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This last week we put the finishing touches on a new website for one of my favorite local restaurants, Sugar Kettle Cafe. Those of you that are local really need to check this place out. They have THE BEST! waffles and their chicken fried steak will make you smack your Mama (not that we condone that sort of thing). They have had a location in Daphne across from Target and they just opened a new location in Bay Minette near the courthouse. If you have not been there then you need to go. Seriously, it is one of my favorites.
As part of launching a new location Michelle and the folks at Sugar Kettle knew that they needed to revamp their website. They needed something that would work for them vs the old site which was just something they put together on their own. It carried them, like a trusted steed, for years. But this is not the face of Sugar Kettle Cafe they wanted to put forth.
So we put together a basic site for them using our Bluey CSS Framework and Statamic. Statamic allows them to manage all of their content as text instead of trying to format it all as a webpage, or even worse, making your visitors download a PDF.
What Makes a Good Basic Restaurant Website
A restaurant website does not need to be flashy. In fact if anyone mentions the word flash to you as a restaurant owner then run away. You do not want a flashy looking site, nor do you want the archaic, now dying a slow death, flash technology associated with your site. What a proper restaurant website needs are these:
- Make sure that the hours, phone number and location are posted prominantly on the site - You do not want people to have to hunt around on their smart phone trying to figure out if you are open or not. It also keeps them from having to call, which is the last thing you need to be doing in the middle of a busy shift.
- Make sure that the site is mobile friendly - We've all done it. Pulled up a restaurant's website on our iPhones as we are on the way to the restaurant only to find out they have a crummy Mobile version of the site that has not been updated in 3 years or don't provide a mobile friendly version at all. This is 2014. One of our clients saw a 50+% traffic increase when we launched a mobile friendly version of their site. Those are huge percentages. Ideally the site is a responsive site that resizes to the different sizes depending on the resolution of the visitor's screen.
- Make sure you have pictures that display your food in a nice way - This should go without saying. You are trying to sell the sizzle. If you put up some pictures taken with your flip phone (or even an iPhone) that are blurry and horribly lit then you are going to scare folks away. And using stock photos is so 1990s. Just hire a good photographer (or barter, photographers like to eat) and get some good pictures for your site.
- Make sure that the menu is not a PDF and definitely not a static image - This last one is a buzz kill. You go to a restaurant website and they have a huge PDF that you now have to download to your phone to read. The average HTML page is less than half a megabyte. The average menu PDF is somewhere in the 3.5-4 megabyte range. If I have spotty cell service or a limited data plan you just lost me as a customer.
- Don't overdo it - People are coming to get basic information about your restaurant. They want to get the hours, phone number, location, or menu. They want the site to be neat and tidy. They do NOT want to have music start, large flash intros, or massive image files that they need to get through in order to get to the info they want. Wow them with your ambiance. The website should be a place that they only remember because it was helpful.
- Make sure you have Google Analytics installed - And make sure to use it. Google Analytics is free. Yes, I said FREE. And it is super simple to install. If you need assistance in making sense of the data then refer to my Getting Started with Google Analytics post I did a couple of months ago. Here is the thing. Online marketing is the best kind of marketing because it is the easiest to measure. Google Analytics gives you all of the information you need to make smart choices about where to advertise. If you need more assistance coming up with some strategy then give us a call. We love talking about that sort of thing. And it may just end up saving you thousands per year in advertising costs.
- It should be super simple for you to edit the content on the site - If it requires a lot of effort on your part then you are not going to keep it up to date. Ideally your friendly website builder will create one using a system like Statamic or ExpressionEngine. Stay away from folks selling you a WordPress template. If you need to know more info about why then email me. I promise not to bite.
There are only two situations where I can think of that you would want to break these rules. The first is if you are a restaurant where the cost is more than $150 per person. The clientele that frequent your establishment are probably not checking your website so you can do whatever you want. And you probably have the money to do so.
The second is if you are a restaurant that has a lot of events or music. We used to manage the online marketing for one of the local restaurants here that has music 4-5 days a week. We built a website that allowed people to see all of the events that were taking place. We made it easy for the staff to update the event calendar and provide visitors with a lot of information about the acts that were playing. We also drove a ton of traffic to the site through an email list that we set up and grew over a number of years. There was not many a night where that place was not packed.
So, if you are local you deserve to check out 1 of the 2 locations for Sugar Kettle Cafe. I mean... look at this chicken fried steak!


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With the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard less than two weeks away, Ferrari has announced that two very special one-off cars will be making their world debuts in front of the Goodwood crowds: the P80/C and the SP3JC.
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Ferrari P80/C and Ferrari SP3JC to make world debuts at Festival of Speed
Ferrari dubs the P80/C as its "most extreme one-off design ever", and it's clear to see why. Built for a longstanding Ferrari collector, the track-only P80/C is constructed almost entirely out of carbon-fibre and has taken Ferrari four years to build. Although based on the 488 GT3 racer the P80/C doesn't need to follow a particular set of regulations, so it can produce as much power and downforce as Ferrari want it to (although the company hasn't revealed any figures for the 3.9-litre, twin-turbo V8).
The SP3JC, on the other hand, is built on the chassis and running gear of the F12tdf. Supposedly the "maximum expression of open-air motoring", Ferrari took inspiration from V12 spiders from the 1950s and '60s, cars like the 212 Export or 250 GT Cabriolet. It's an incredible looking machine and, with no roof and a 6.3-litre, 769bhp V12 under the glass-panelled bonnet, we'd be willing to bet it'll sound quite spectacular at full chat.
Ferrari will also be bringing the Monza SP2, another one-off special first revealed at the Paris Motor Show in October 2018. It has the same 798bhp, 6.5-litre V12 engine as the 812 Superfast but, crucially, no windscreen, instead employing a patented 'Virtual Wind Shield' to direct as much air as possible over the driver and passenger's heads.
All three cars will be taking to the Hillclimb as part of the Michelin Supercar Run, lining up alongside the 488 Pista, 812 Superfast, FXX K Evo, GTC4 Lusso and Portofino. If you're a fan of the Prancing Horse, it's a line-up that can't be missed.
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Secretlab's quest for an affordable ultimate gaming chair
Find out what happens when two gamers from Singapore come together with an idea to make playing games a lot more comfortable.
Sometimes all it takes is a simple question, like, "Why aren't gaming chairs a lot cheaper?" to get the ball rolling.
Meet Ian Ang and Alaric Choo, the two brains behind Singapore-based gaming accessory company Secretlab. The gamers-turned-designers are closing in on their first year as startup entrepreneurs and are ready to launch two new chairs in this niche, but rapidly growing market.
"Although gamers are our primary target audience, we aren't just specifically targeting them. Secretlab chairs are meant for whoever sits long hours in front of the computer," says Ang, Secretlab's co-founder and director of business development.
"If we just look at Singapore alone, more than half of the resident workforce are PMETs (professionals, managers, executives and technicians). This puts an estimated 1.5 million of the total available market, so if we're to be conservative and say we manage to convert 10 percent of these people over the next few years -- that would mean an obtainable market of 150,000."
With a population of just 5.5 million, Singapore isn't the biggest market in the world -- but it is a good start for the duo, who are already hoping to expand their business across Australasia.
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The Omega cometh
The company's first gaming chair, the Secretlab Throne, was released in March earlier this year, and soon it will unveil two new models, an upgraded version of the Throne, the V2, and the Omega, a chair that hides its gaming pedigree with a slightly more office-friendly look.
"We had low expectations initially. We knew we had a product that was going to work, we thought the buildup for demand would be slow. But when we launched, it was very explosive," said Choo, co-founder and director of creative development.
Read our hands-on of the Secretlab Omega
The Omega gives you the ability to adjust almost everything, from the height and position of the arm rests to the recline angle. You can even sleep in the chair if you wish. Generously foam-padded, the Omega is designed to be a premium machine for gaming for long hours.
Normally, you would expect to pay an arm and a leg for chairs of this caliber, but it's not the case with Secretlab. The founders came into the business with the idea of affordable high-quality gaming chairs, and the company delivers on this. The Omega will have an opening price of $469 ($340, £220 and AU$465 converted), while the Throne V2 will debut at S$399 ($290, £190 and AU$395).
Compared with rivals, such as chairs from the more renowned DX Racer brand, a similar chair with the same features as the Omega or Throne V2 would cost twice as much in Singapore. The cheapest DX Racer costs the same as the Omega while lacking some of its features. However, even with cheaper chairs, the company isn't worrying about turning a profit -- it's already in the black from the sales of its first chair, the Throne, which sold for S$349 ($255, £165 and AU$345).
"We have broken even and have been profitable since the first month of launch -- we were put in a very fortunate setting with great mentors, backers, media contacts," said Ang. "I'm expecting us to double our current monthly sales count in three months time, but honestly speaking, it's difficult to give a confident projection because with our new lines and expansion it's going to be quite an overhaul."
No experience
If that sounds impressive, this'll blow your hair back: neither founder has any experience in designing furniture. Ang was doing business development at local custom laptop maker AftershockPC while Choo was a sociology graduate who did paintwork for PCs.
They met at AftershockPC and, disappointed in what the market was offering -- what they considered to be unjustifiably expensive products -- they decided to make a gaming chair.
"A lot of times brands tend to incorporate flashy stuff, which might not necessarily justify the jump in price, sometimes by $200 to $300," said Choo. "We incorporated these improvements at a marginal price. This is kinda like the Xiaomi philosophy."
Xiaomi, China's number one smartphone maker, became one of the biggest phonemakers in the world seemingly out of nowhere, by selling quality products at rock bottom prices and marketing them almost entirely by online buzz and word of mouth via social media. By emulating this strategy, Secretlab is hoping this will put the company on the seat to success.
Its first chair, the Throne, was made with the help of an industrial designer consultant, who has since left, though he also worked on the newer chairs. That said, both founders had plenty of input into the design process, spending six months working on the design and prototyping process, trying out competitors' chairs before finally settling on how they wanted their chair to look and perform.
"All of us have always been involved in the design process. We are definitely familiar with the process at this point," added Ang. "For future lines and designs we'll definitely need to engage an industrial designer again -- but not just for an ID actually, we recognize the need to hire talented people in other aspects such as operations and marketing as well and it's on our priority list."
Planning for the future
Looking ahead, the Secretlab founders are looking at the rest of Southeast Asia as the next stepping stone in their expansion. The company had originally intended to sell its products regionally, but demand from Singapore became much stronger than projected, so the founders decided to concentrate on the island nation. Within a few weeks of the launch of the new models, Secretlab is planning to sell its chairs to customers in Southeast Asia again.
While the founders do want to eventually tackle bigger markets, such as the US, Secretlab says it will be daunting. It's not ready yet, but, Australia is probably next on the list after Southeast Asia, though Secretlab will need to figure out how to crack the market Down Under.
"There's a high barrier to entry for Australia. Taxes and the likes are ridiculously high. It's something we'd love to do," said Choo.
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UPDATE: This story was updated Sept. 24 to reflect the CDC and state health department's latest recommendations.
SAN DIEGO — California residents might be confused by a flurry of back-and-forth updates on third vaccine doses and COVID-19 booster shots: namely, who can get them and when?
While health regulators recently backed boosters of the Pfizer vaccine to targeted groups — and earlier approved a third shot for some higher-risk individuals — the path toward wide availability of extra doses (and the rules on who can get one now) remain a bit unclear.
Here's the current state of play in the Golden State:
Booster shots: Now available (but only for some)
After a back-and-forth few weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended boosters of the Pfizer vaccine for the following groups at least six months after they complete their first two shots:
- people 65 years and older
- residents in long-term care settings
- people aged 50–64 years with underlying medical conditions listed on their website
The CDC also said that the following groups may get a booster after the same time period (but notably, health officials soften their language from "should" get the shot to "may"):
- people 18 to 49 years old with underlying medical conditions listed on their website
- people 18 to 64 years old who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and transmission because of occupational or institutional setting
- This category is fairly open-ended, but the CDC listed the following examples: health care workers, teachers and day care staff, grocery workers and those in homeless shelters or prisons.
What if you are in the groups described above, but got the Moderna or J&J shot, not Pfizer? You'll simply need to wait for trials on those vaccines and further recommendations from health regulators. Right now, advisors say you should not mix and match shots or schedule a third dose of your vaccine brand as a self-appointed "booster."
Finding your booster appointment (it can be tricky)
California said Thursday that it will be ready on "day one" of federal approval to start administering booster shots, and people looking for appointments can head to the My Turn platform.
It's already been adjusted to add a booster eligibility screener that helps people confirm they are among the millions of Americans who can now get one. You'll be asked to verify your age and eligibility criteria and that you've already received the first and second Pfizer shot before being offered local appointments.
NOTE: It's probably best to call individual locations and check ahead if you're scheduling a booster during the initial rollout. While the CDC has approved the shots, not all local health providers may be ready or willing to provide boosters right away.
Sharp HealthCare, which popped up in a search for San Diego-area booster shots on My Turn Friday morning, told FOX 5 that they were not yet offering boosters, despite them turning up in the search. Meanwhile, Walgreens and some other local pharmacies found on My Turn said they were already offering them.
Some county-level leaders said Friday morning that they were still waiting on word from a western state safety review group before opening up booster shot supply — then that approval came just a few hours later, and state health officials encouraged eligible recipients to get their shots.
While there may be some confusion around the exact time that shots will be available from a given source, the California Department of Public Health does not believe supply will be an issue. "California is fortunate to have enough supply of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and is ready to get doses to the providers that need them," a statement from CDPH reads.
The state also says doses will remain free regardless of health insurance or immigration status.
Third doses for the immunocompromised
State (and federal) health officials distinguish between "third doses" and "booster shots" when discussing extra vaccination eligibility, and the initial group that was able to make appointments for third shots included those who are "moderately to severely immunocompromised."
For this group, third doses to strengthen immune response are available of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines (experts are still studying the potential for an additional dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot). It includes people who have:
- Been receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood
- Received an organ transplant and are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
- Received a stem cell transplant within the last 2 years or are taking medicine to suppress the immune system
- Moderate or severe primary immunodeficiency (such as DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome)
- Advanced or untreated HIV infection
- Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress your immune response
Not sure if a third dose is right for you? Talk to your primary care provider before booking.
For help making a third dose appointment, Californians can go to the state's My Turn CA dashboard, where they'll be asked to verify that they have one of the listed conditions and that they received their second COVID-19 vaccine at least 28 days prior.
They'll also be asked to verify which vaccine they have already received (current medical guidance says not to mix and match doses) and will have the option to request transportation assistance. Then the state will present local options for a third dose, including pharmacies and health care providers.
But what about that speech on boosters for all Americans?
You might remember a public address by President Joe Biden from August, in which his administration laid out plans to make booster shots widely available to nearly all Americans and targeted Sept. 20 as the start date.
"The plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you got your second shot," Biden said at the time. "The time to lay out a plan for a widespread booster shot is now," Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy added.
Amid the fanfare of Biden's speech, his administration did include the caveat that his booster plan hinged on recommendations and authorizations by federal health regulators. That was expected to come swiftly, but as of late September, debate is still swirling over some of the basic rationale for widely providing boosters.
Some top doctors question whether the plan will actually help slow the course of the pandemic more than a targeted approach to vulnerable groups only, and others say that more time to research the boosters' effects are needed. Proponents argue that with the delta variant circulating the U.S. and driving back up case numbers, a booster shot will help strengthen protection and keep more high-risk people out of the hospital.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has strongly opposed the use of a third round of shots in wealthy nations while poorer countries don't have enough vaccines to distribute first doses.
As an example of the topsy-turvy process of scientific debate, the FDA initially recommended booster eligibility for workers based on occupational settings, but the CDC's top advisory panel left that consideration out of their recommendations — only to have the CDC's director add that consideration back in when setting the final policy.
If your head is spinning, you're not the only one, but medical experts point out that this is the kind of rigorous debate and consideration that goes in to making important recommendations. It's just playing out with the added pressure of a president's bold speech and an American public weary from the pandemic.
For now, stay tuned to the ongoing deliberations of the FDA and the CDC, and check back with this article for updates.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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It's a bit awkward to recommend On Chesil Beach to friends and family because it's a book I'd never read aloud (or in front of) friends and family. After a swift recap of the wedding and dinner, the book launches into a detailed description of Florence and Edward's awkward, bumbling wedding night. There's an imperceptible shift into an engaging story; it's like a magic trick.
The miscommunications between Florence and Edward are awkward. If this were a movie, the secondhand embarrassment would have kept me peeking through my fingers, but that doesn't work with a book. McEwan's chief skill is how he bounces the narrative between their perspectives to show the ways they misunderstand and misinterpret each others' actions and words. Things end badly, but not from any intentional duplicity or maliciousness on either part. If the narrative were from a single perspective, it would be easy to assume the worst of the other party, but by showing both sides, something much more interesting and tragic emerges.
I sometimes poke through other reviews before writing my own, and the reviews for On Chesil Beach have more range than most. Some readers see Florence as a willing but naive and nervous participant. Others say she's obviously asexual or a lesbian. Still others argue that she's traumatized from childhood sexual abuse. A few reviews say Florence feels the way she does because she's a woman and women don't like sex. With the exception of the generalization about all women, all interpretations are valid. In some ways, On Chesil Beach is more of an ink blot than a book. It's astonishing that such a detailed story, in which neither Florence nor Edward moves an inch without analyzing the action and response, can lead to such a wide range of interpretations.
There are some cringe-inducing descriptions of the wedding night activities, but they don't necessarily reflect badly on the author's skill. These "bad" descriptions are filtered through Edward and Florence's perspective. Edward is overly enthusiastic, and Florence is pushing down feelings of disgust—neither is going to describe things neutrally.
Despite the ultimate tragedy, things begin optimistically:
And they had so many plans, giddy plans, heaped up before them in the misty future, as richly tangled as the summer flora of the Dorset coast, and as beautiful. Where and how they would live, who their close friends would be, his job with her father's firm, her musical career and what do do with the money her father had given her, and how they would not be like other people, at least, not inwardly. This was still the era—it would end later in that famous decade—when to be young was a social encumbrance, a mark of irrelevance, a faintly embarrassing condition for which marriage was the beginning of a cure. Almost strangers, they stood, strangely together, on a new pinnacle of existence, gleeful that their new status promised to promote them out of their endless youth—Edward and Florence, free at last! (6-7)
The only thing in their way is that wedding night.
Overall 4.8 (out of 5.0). It's a compact book with few wasted words. A story and characters emerge almost imperceptibly. The end provides more closure for one character than the other, which feels off after everything previous balanced them so well.


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The ghostly Spanish moss fluttering from cypress trees and stately, white-painted plantations may seem like a dream, but in Baton Rouge, LA, this dream is a beautiful reality. The gorgeous scenery and laid-back Southern hospitality have made this state capital popular with film crews and travelers alike. After you pick up a rental car in Baton Rouge, you'll see why the city lives up to its motto, "Authentic Louisiana at every turn."
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New "Meth Gun" Not as Cool as it Sounds
Courtesy of Pete Guither at DrugWarRant comes this terrifying story.
From CNET News:
A new "meth gun," in development by Maryland-based CDEX, enables police to use ultraviolet light to detect trace amounts of chemicals left by methamphetamines and other illegal drugs.
Civil libertarians have been concerned for some time that drug war profiteers would begin marketing something like this. Of course, the obvious problem with this type of technology is that it will inevitably be wrong sometimes.
More likely, it will be right way too often. Drug molecules are ubiquitous. Take for example the rumor that 80% of U.S. currency contains cocaine residue. It's actually true.
So if your lifestyle involves touching money periodically, the "meth gun" might catch you red-handed.
Here's a hilarious example of the uselessness of this technology:From BBC News last year:
A Welsh assembly member who called for his colleagues to volunteer to try out a new drug detection machine has tested "positive" for cannabis himself. Swabs taken from Conservative AM William Graham's hands at the Welsh assembly building revealed traces of the drug, probably from a door handle.
I think that pretty much says it all. It should be obvious to anyone who isn't drunk on drug war hysteria that this technology can't reasonably be used as a means of establishing probable cause to search people.
But alas, it would be foolish to expect that logic will prevail over insanity among those who build and operate creepy drug war machines that spot meth with ultraviolet lasers. Inevitably, police agencies will stock up on "meth guns," and it will be up to the courts to decide whether the device passes constitutional muster.
It might destroy the 4th Amendment forever, but there's no question the "meth gun" would make a totally sweet membership gift.
Afterthought: remember the "meth rocket"?
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Perhaps it should detect how potent the meth is too. That way the discriminating meth connesouir can be sure to not get ripped off. Dealers could "gun" their stash to prove its worth. Or, even better, addicts can make sure to always find that last crumb on the floor. That's just what we need, a bunch of addicts running around with gun-like objects. Awesome. I feel safer already.
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This is stupid and outrageous. Another morbid realisation of how our tax dollars are being wasted. I've said it once, and I'll say it again. If we focused even HALF the funds that we are spending on these fruitless enterprises, on the PEOPLE of this country (treatment, harm reduction methods, legalising seemingly innocuous substances, such a Marijuana) we would have safer schools, safer streets, and this country would be a better place to live. Now, even Europe is starting to complain about how draconian our laws are regarding drug policy. The rest of the world is laughing at us, along with me. Grow up, America!
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I believe that "probable cause" to search is where the legal implications and constitutional sticky points come in regarding this. Not to worry we Americans will be more than willing to give up another civil right if the government tells us that people who use drugs are terrorists. After all if you have nothing to hide, what is the problem? The problem is, one day we might discover that we all have something or another to hide and that something could be used against us by mistake or by abuse of power.
America, put down your charge cards, stop self medicating with the latest gadget and wake up It is just a matter of time before the "i-thought gun" is released and if our thoughts are not in line with the corporate-political structure..
Thought Gun??
Dang, I hope we never have to cope with a thought gun!!
I would get me face slapped 30 times a day....or get more offers than I could cope with...


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The Tax Code of Ukraine # 2755-VI dated December 02 2010 (hereinafter TCU) in the part of corporate income tax (CIT) in the Chapter III of TCU and comes into force in April 01, 2011.
The following changes relating to the CIT shall be pointed out:
01 New rules of incomes determining
Income from sales of goods is recognized at the date the buyer receives the ownership rights for goods (p. 137.1).
Income from sales of services is recognized at the date of acceptance act or other document drawn up due to the current legislation (p. 137.1).
Advances received will not continue to be included in taxable income.
Special rules for separate types of income are stated in art.137 and art.159.
02 New rules of expenses determining
Expenses forming the cost price of sold goods, services are recognized as expenses of the accounting period in which the incomes from sales of such goods and services are recognized (p. 138.4).
Cost price of sold goods is determined in accordance with the Accounting Regulations (Standards).
Other expenses are recognized in the reporting period in which they were realized (p. 138.5), except some separate operations foreseen by the Tax Code.
Expenses are recognized on the basis of the primary documents, obligatory bookkeeping and saving of which are foreseen by the Chapter III (p. 138.2).
Expenses can be also accounted on the basis of confirming documents received from non-residents in accordance with the rules of other countries (p. 138.2).
Advances paid will not continue to be included in deductible expenses.
Also it's prohibited to include into gross expenditures expenses incurred in connection with purchase of goods (works, services) and other tangible or intangible assets from private entrepreneurs-unified tax payers (except for the IT services) (p. 139.1.12).
Restrictions on including into gross expenditures services purchased from non-residents:
- Consulting, marketing, or advertising expenses
- Expenses on engineering services
- Expenses on royalties payments
03 Corporate tax rates
- starting from April 1, 2011 till December 31, 2011 – 23%,
- in 2012 – 21%
- in 2013 – 19%
- starting from 2014 – 16%.
04 Tax privilege – 0%
From April 1, 2011 under certain conditions some taxpayers (p. 154.6) will be entitled to apply a 0% tax rate.
In the same article there are the conditions and spheres of activities for which a 0% tax rate is not entitled.
There are even more changes – please read the full version of Newsletter in the PDF-file below.
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Cognitive Interference in the Context of Daily Stressors, Daily Awareness of Age-Related Change, and General Aging Attitudes. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 76(5), 920-929. presented at the 2021 04 23. doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa155. (2021).
Context Influences on the Subjective Experience of Aging: The Impact of Culture and Domains of Functioning. Gerontologist, 57(suppl_2), S127-S137. presented at the 2017 08 01. doi:10.1093/geront/gnx015. (2017).
The personal importance of being independent: associations with changes in disability and depressive symptoms. Rehabil Psychol, 59(1), 35-41. presented at the 2014 Feb. doi:10.1037/a0034438. (2014).
Effectiveness of educational and social worker interventions to activate patients' discussion and pursuit of preemptive living donor kidney transplantation: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Kidney Dis, 61(3), 476-86. presented at the 2013 Mar. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.08.039. (2013).
Magnitude and causes of bias among family caregivers rating Alzheimer disease patients.. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry, 21(1), 14-25. presented at the 2013 Jan. doi:10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.002. (2013).
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What is compliance?
Compliance or regulatory compliance is a term used across industries to describe rules and policies that prohibit or regulate specific products, services, or processes. Often legally binding and enforced by government agencies, compliance standards are federal, state, and municipal regulations that restrict the way organizations conduct business.
First established to protect consumers and the environment, compliance standards create responsibility for organizations that sometimes induce added expenses. Not complying could be even more costly when the consequences are financial penalties, court costs, suspension of services, and more.
Compliance standards are agreed-upon mandates by a governing body, often representative of a nation-state's population or industry. Before and after adopting a standard, companies sometimes take advantage of the change by marketing their product or service as compliant. For example, before seat belts were required components of a car, auto manufacturers could market their vehicles as safer.
Where Do Compliance Standards Apply?
- Accounting
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Examples of compliance standards
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
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The CCPA includes the right of California citizens to opt-out of data collection, financial remediation rights for data breaches, and guidelines for security practices. Applicable to any organization with gross revenue over $25 million, working with the personal data of 50,000 consumers, or earning half its annual income through personal data sales, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the closest standard to the GDPR.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards
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All researchers and research advisers will need to create an account to access PACS. This system will be the primary mode of communicating about your proposal will the IRB office. All submissions must be uploaded through this system.
Please refer to the SUNY PACS website link below to sign in or register an account. If you are having issues creating your account, please refer to the instructions or contact our IRB officer.
Self-registration for a PACS account may take a day or more to go through, so plan accordingly
- Go to the PACS website
- Under "Tools & Applications" select "Pre-Award and Compliance System (PACS)"
- Under "Campus Login" select SUNY Brockport
- Login using the your NetID (same username and password that you use to login to any Brockport computer)
- Click on "Create New Study" and follow the prompts on the screen.
If you do not have a SUNY account please follow these instructions:
- Go to the PACS website.
- Under "Tools & Applications" select "Pre-Award and Compliance System (PACS)"
- Scroll down and click "Register"
- Follow the prompts on the screen
- Click on "Create New Study" and follow the prompts on the screen
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- SUNY campus faculty, staff, and students.
- External SUNY campus partners who need access to the campus site in PACS, including collaborators from other SUNY campuses.
Once you have self-registered, you will receive an email letting you know when your registration has been processed. Your login for the PACS system will be your SUNY email login credentials.
- PACS works best in Google Chrome. For the best results, open their website in a new window, not just a new tab.
- With PACS, it is not necessary to combine the proposal form and all attachments into a single document. Instead, you will enter information into a series of online forms and upload documents as necessary. Each document (the protocol form, consent form, recruitment information, instrument(s), etc.) will be uploaded in a specific place. The PACS system is also linked to CITI, so CITI certifications will upload automatically.
- The IRB office can still be reached through email, but all proposals will be submitted, reviewed and approved through the PACS system. It is best to direct questions about submitted proposals through the PACS system. You can contact the Research Foundation's Customer Service at (518) 434-7222 or Laura Merkl at 395-2444.


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Shy away from attorneys who seem only to settle cases. Why? You may have to go to court to get the defendant to compensate you for the injuries you've suffered. If your attorney avoids going to court at all costs, he's likely to pressure you into settling your case for far less money than you deserve. The attorney will be pleased because he'll get paid for a minimum of effort, but you'll be left trying to put your life back together without the financial support you require and deserve.
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When you go to the law firm's office for an interview, the firm may try to impress you by letting you discuss your case with its most well-known attorney. Maybe she's the one with her name on the building, or she's the one you've seen in all the TV commercials. But this may be only an attempt to get you to sign with the firm. Once you've signed, the firm might hand your case to a junior associate.
If you're expecting to work with a particular attorney, ask who will be assigned to handle your case. While a partner or junior associate may be more than qualified to take your case you deserve to know upfront who you'll actually be working with.
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Obviously, every case is different, but an experienced attorney will be able to give you estimates and best/worst-case scenarios.
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It's a standard practice that a personal injury attorney will work on a contingency basis, getting paid only after your case is settled. However, ask a potential attorney about his fee structure to make sure you know of any charges you'd be expected to pay above and beyond the normal fee.
Be certain you have a clear idea of the amount or percentage that the attorney will receive from your settlement, and whether there are any special fees that will apply if he doesn't win your case.
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In last week's blog, we looked at the first five traps that are set before prophets and prophetic people on their journey to grow in purity, humility and accountability. As previously mentioned, these pitfalls can certainly be applied to other areas of ministry. We will now look closely at the last five traps that must be avoided in the days ahead as God pours out His Spirit in these last days. For much more insight, I highly encourage you to read my book, "Cleansing and Igniting the Prophetic" which can be purchased here.
Let's begin!
- The Pitfall of Pride
Prophets must remember that they only see in part. (1 Cor 13:9). Pride is a swollen estimation of one's own importance. Prophets must be careful that they don't become prideful when people praise them for giving an accurate prophetic word or thinking they have more authority than they actually do. The truth is that prophets need the other 4 ministries of apostles, teachers, pastors, and evangelists (Eph 4:11) to help mature and grow their own gifting and calling.
Prophets have the tendency to wander around in circles because their eyes are so focused on the future. They desperately need apostles to help them to build and live for the present. Prophets constantly get caught chasing never ending revelation and pursuing new spiritual experiences. They need apostles to hold their feet to the fire to study and actually know the Word of God. Prophets are prone to wander around and become lone rangers. They need apostles to father them, work alongside them, instruct them, and correct them.
Apostles help the prophets find their orientation and direction. Apostles will establish kingdom government in the lives of prophets and bring great emotional balance and stability to them. In many ways, apostles act as the anchor to the prophet's ministry. (Eph 2:20)
Apostles and prophets must learn how to function together as a team in this hour. Every apostle needs a prophet and every prophet needs an apostle. (1 Cor 12:28). The prophets bring great confirmation and revelation to God's apostles and the apostles bring great emotional stability and balance to the prophets of God. Healthy prophets are always connected to fathering apostles and healthy apostles are always connected to revelatory prophets. We must learn how to work together and not compete against one another in the days we are living in.
There is a reason why in 1 Cor 12:28 prophets are specifically placed in between apostles and teachers when it comes to establishing the kingdom of God and the New Testament Church. When prophets do not have apostles AND teachers as their boundaries lines, they go off into dangerous doctrine and immature behavior.
Prophets have the tendency to form their own doctrine based off of their spiritual experiences. Teachers will call the prophets into line and ask them, "Where is that found in the Scriptures?" Rebellious prophets who answer to no one constantly mislabel God's teachers as religious and constricting when really they are operating in their divine purpose and function. Teachers help many prophets to realize that their good sounding "revelation" actually can't be backed up in the Word of God and needs to be thrown out. Just because it sounds good to preach, does not at all mean it's biblical. Healthy and mature prophets constantly submit their dreams, visions, and revelations to teachers before they ever release what they believe God has spoken or shown to them. Teachers are the checks and balance that prophets so desperately need.
Teachers function in a line upon line, precept upon precept reality when it comes to the kingdom of God, whereas prophets tend to function in a dream after dream, vision after vision, spiritual experience after spiritual experience reality. While the prophets and teachers each have their own function, they desperately need one another to bring balance to one another's ministries.
Teachers help prophets to unpack and thoroughly investigate the dreams, visions, and revelations they are receiving. They challenge prophets to seek God for more insight and clarity regarding what they are seeing and hearing. Without teachers, prophets are potential candidates for heretical doctrine based off of bizarre experience alone, they risk the opportunity of not being rooted and grounded in the Word of God by teachers, and most importantly, prophets will not grow in character and integrity without teachers taking them to task over whether their lifestyle lines up with who God is and what He has revealed in His word.
Prophets: you must surround yourself with apostles and teachers. You are not an island of revelation unto yourself! You are not the only one who "hears" and "sees" God. Let's grow in maturity and confess our great need of one another.
Without the influence of pastors, prophets have the tendency to be harsh, arrogant, and disconnected from the saints. These two 5 fold ministries are the hardest to get to work together, but are also the most effective when they get along.
Pastors impart compassion, tenderness, and personal care for the prophets. Without strong pastoral care, prophets remain wounded in their souls due to the amount of rejection that they face because of their calling. Pastors are focused on the present issues at hand while prophets are caught up in the future. Pastors typically slow things down while prophets want to speed things up.
Pastors desire to counsel people while prophets would prefer to just cast the demons out. Pastors will sit with hurting and broken people for hours while the prophets want a quick solution now. Prophets just want to prophesy and leave, but pastors are willing to walk through the pain and trials of those who receive the prophetic ministry. Pastors love hospital visitation and more, prophets just want to walk in and raise the dead real quick.
Every prophet needs a pastor and every pastor needs a prophet.
Prophets like to focus on maturing saints at an accelerated pace, pastors take time for the hurting, broken, and wounded. Pastors stroke, but prophets provoke. Pastors coddle, but prophets cut. Pastors comfort, but prophets correct. Pastors stimulate, but prophets impregnate. Pastors listen, but prophets challenge.
When prophets choose to join themselves with a pastor, they are greatly balanced and matured!
Both of these ministries are so important and though they have separate functions, they must learn how to work together. Prophets are never given permission to be a lone ranger and pastors have the difficult function of teaching the prophets the joy of living in community and learning how to grow in love toward God's people. The most unstable and immature prophets that I have worked with around the globe are always those who refuse pastoral care for their own lives and don't think they need community with one family of believers.
Evangelists stir up a vision for the harvest in the lives of prophets. They challenge them to prophesy beyond the four walls of a church and into the harvest fields. Without the influence of evangelists, prophets will be near sighted in their approach to the kingdom of God and constantly focus on prophesying to those who already know God and forget the lost who must be prophesied into the kingdom of God.
Evangelists thrust prophets into the harvest fields. At times prophets can tend to be harsh and intense toward what God is saying. Evangelists help to impart a revelation of the mercy and grace of God toward sinners to prophets. Evangelists teach prophets how to grow beyond using "churchy" terminology when they prophesy to the lost and get to the heart of the matter. Evangelists teach prophets that the word of the Lord can run swiftly at the gas station, grocery store, or homeless shelter.
- The Pitfall of Adrenaline and Emotionalism
As prophets of God, we are called to minister from the place of peace, not pressure. We will constantly be placed in environments full of hype, loud music, and carnal desires of people. Jeremiah the prophet commented on the prophetic movement and leaders in his day and said, "An appalling and horrible thing has happened in the land: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priest rule on their own authority, and MY PEOPLE LOVE IT SO!" (Jer 5:30-31) Jeremiah lived in a day where people actually loved false prophecy. They loved being told what they wanted to hear and not what they needed to hear.
If people are addicted to adrenaline, they will be drawn to what gets their blood pumping and their heart pounding. They will only listen to what gets them stirred up and gravitate toward prophetic voices who will do that for them. In this process, they will blind themselves to whether these prophetic voices even have a history of accuracy. They will forget to examine if their prophetic words passed the test of Scriptures and truly advanced the kingdom of God.
Our polluted prophetic stream too often delivers what we are prepared to hear or what we think about ourselves. If you have problems with covenant relationships and commitment, you will hear God telling you to move from church to church.
If you carry a root of insecurity and have contracted an infection of ambition or arrogance to cover it, you will hear "from God" all kinds of exalted things about yourself. You will gravitate toward prophetic voices that will flatter that delusory image. You will hear these things and draw them out of people you regard as prophetic voices.
- The Pitfall of Giving Horoscope Prophecy
There is a modern day phenomena taking place within the prophetic movement that I believe must be confronted and specifically addressed with love and truth. The sensation that I speak of is regarding the increase and explosion of very general and vague prophetic words being posted on social media and released on popular Christian websites that have little to no SUBSTANCE or SPECIFICS. And because of the lack of content and specifics within the prophetic words, there is no place for ACCOUNTABILITY or even judging the ACCURACY of what is supposedly being said by God.
Let me give you some examples of vague and general prophecy that lacks substance, specifics, and even accountability:
For starters, the prophecies are directed at ANY ONE AND EVERYONE. There is no target audience, person, or groups of people that the prophetic word is specifically directed to. In other words, it's a horoscope prophecy. How it works is that people simply scan the facebook's of popular prophetic voices trying to find a status or prophetic video that they can apply to their life or they scan popular Christian websites looking for the latest prophetic word released that again is typically not addressed to a target audience, person, or groups of people and has absolutely no substance or specifics. It's a bunch of fluff that has someone's carnal desires and greed at its core. This is horoscope prophecy.
Secondly, the prophecies do not ask for participation, sacrifice, or requirements for those who the word is supposedly for. It's pretty much a name and claim it one stop showboat. All someone has to do is read the word on social media, claim their prize, and bada bing bada boom, your destiny and desires WILL BE fulfilled.
The explosion and increase of general and vague prophecy across the internet world can be likened to going to a Chinese restaurant and getting a free fortune cookie. Pick one, open it up, and there you have your horoscope prophecy.
The heartbreaking part about all of this is that when we turn to the Scriptures to try and find where all this vague and general prophecy is coming from, YOU CAN'T FIND ANY. You cannot find a single prophet or prophetic word in Scripture that was not prophesying to a specific person, people group or nation and what they prophesied was not only SPECIFIC and full of SUBSTANCE, but it also had REQUIREMENTS from those who received it.
There is so much more for the prophetic movement than promising anyone and everyone upgrades, breakthrough, financial blessing, more glory, angel feathers, gold dusts, property, and more. People can keep scrolling Facebook and popular Christian websites for their monthly prophetic horoscope, but I believe that God is calling many of His people to hit delete and unsubscribe from all this shenanigans and tomfoolery.
God is raising up a company of prophetic messengers, intercessors, and saints in America that are hungry for the word of the Lord that has weight, substance, and specifics. They are hungry for revelatory prophecy, not spontaneous prophecy. They must not be ashamed of their appetite for the deeper and weightier matters that are upon God's heart.
May we heed the warning that Jeremiah gave in his day when God said, "There are people prophesying that I have not spoken to and there are people traveling and ministering that I have not sent." (Jeremiah 23:21)
- The Pitfall of Becoming a Vending Machine
Prophetic maturity is not measured by whether we have prophetic word for every world event or situation, but rather whether we know when to remain silent when we do not have a word from the Lord.
I want to encourage prophets not to succumb to the pressure of feeling like you have to put out a "new prophetic word" every day, week, or month.
You are not a vending machine. You should not be expected or even feel the need to pop out prophetic words every time someone sows a "seed" into you or stops to look at the "goods" you have inside. I'm convinced that much of what fuels the pressure to put out a prophetic word every day, week, or month is the need to keep fans and followers happy, to get people to keep giving financially, and worst of all to feed a deep inner need inside the prophet for validation through popularity and fortune.
I fear that many prophets on social media have built a following of people who are always itching to hear something new, something sensational, something entertaining, and something pleasing to their flesh. These deceived Christians are like the Athenians in Acts 17:24 who spent their time on nothing else but either telling or listening for some new thing.
Prophets! Do not fall for this trap! Stop popping out "new prophetic words" just so you can get more "likes" and "followers" on social media. Stop popping out "new prophetic words" that have no substance or specifics and literally could be applied to anything and everything. Has God really spoken to you or has He not? You must recognize that there are prophets prophesying that God has not spoken to and prophets traveling and ministering that God has not sent. (Jer 23)
I'm praying that God would deliver a generation of prophets from the need to pop out new prophetic words so they can be validated by men and raise up a generation of prophets who will only speak when God speaks, even if it's just once a year and unpopular.
Prophets! Fight the pressure. Do not give into carnality and popularity contests. Do not allow the people of God to treat you like a vending machine and do not act like one regardless. Have the courage to remain silent when God has not spoken to you and commit to never compromising the word of the Lord no matter what open doors come your way.
- The Pitfall of Carrying Rejection
To be called as a prophet of the Lord is to share and partake in the sufferings of Christ and one of those sufferings and cups to drink that cannot be passed on is certainly the cup of rejection. (Isaiah 53:3) Rejection is extremely painful, especially when it comes from family members, friends, and people in ministry that you thought you could trust. I imagine the pain of what Jesus must have experienced in the Garden of Gethsamene or perhaps even at Calvary, being rejected and despised by those even closest to Him.
It only takes a cursory reading of all the Old Testament prophets to understand that they too were men who were deeply rejected. What about the New Testament? John the Baptist was rejected, Jesus Christ was rejected, and many of the prophets that came after Him continued to be rejected. In fact, Scripture is clear that one of the signs of a false prophet is that everyone loves everything they prophesy. (Jeremiah 5:31) In the words of Jesus, He said, "Woe to you when all men speak well of you." (Luke 6:26) According to the testimony of both the prophets themselves and Jesus Christ, there is no way around rejection if you are truly called as a prophet of the Lord.
You must receive rejection as part of your prophetic training, but choose not to operate in a spirit of rejection. This is where the path of a prophet and the need for healthy and mature development can become very difficult. As a prophet of the Lord, you will be trained by the rejection of men, but it is not healthy nor is it the will of God that you walk in a spirit of rejection. When prophets operate out of a spirit of rejection, they are convinced that they are constantly "alone" in their calling and everyone is either against them now or will be in the future.
The spirit of rejection operating in a wounded prophet's life has convinced them that it's them versus the world and they are out to prove everyone wrong. The motive of the heart behind prophets who operate out of the spirit of rejection is to show the world and religion how bad they missed it with them. These prophets with wounds of rejection have what I call a "told you so" approach to life and ministry. Every open door and potential favor that God gives them, in their eyes, is twisted into proving to their critics how anointed they really were in the first place. These types of attitudes and heart postures are not only signs that a prophet is operating in a spirit of rejection, but they are extremely grieving to God the Father and not a sign of a mature prophetic anointing.
May we all check our hearts today and invite the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us into all truth!
Marked for Eternity,


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A BRIGHT meteor shower will grace the night sky over the UK this week.
The Eta Aquariids meteor shower appear every year – and we've got all the info you need to spot it.
What is the Eta Aquariids meteor shower?
The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is usually active from around April 19 to May 28 each year.
Eta Aquarii, the brightest star in the Aquarius constellation, gives the shower its name.
This is because the meteors appear to radiate from this direction.
The Eta Aquarids is actually one of two meteor showers created by debris from the Comet Halley.
Meteors appear when dust and rock crashes into the Earth's atmosphere at nearly 150,000mph.
Earth will pass through Halley's path again in October, which will result in the Orionid meteor shower.
"The Eta Aquarids peak during early-May each year. Eta Aquarid meteors are known for their speed," explains Nasa.
"These meteors are fast – travelling at about 148,000 mph (66 km/s) into Earth's atmosphere.
"Fast meteors can leave glowing "trains" (incandescent bits of debris in the wake of the meteor) which last for several seconds to minutes.
"In general, 30 Eta Aquarid meteors can be seen per hour during their peak."
When is the Eta Aquariids meteor shower?
The best time to spot the shower is in the early hours of the morning.
During the peak, which should be around May 5 and 6, stargazers could see 30 meteors an hour.
However, a full waxing gibbous moon around this time could block the good show.
Try to block out the Moon with the side of a building or other object so it doesn't obscure you view of Eta Aquariids.
How to see the Eta Aquariids meteor shower
You shouldn't need any special equipment to see the meteor shower but clear skies will help.
It may be useful to locate the Aquarius constellation as the meteors appear to radiate from there.
The show is typically better viewed in the Southern Hemisphere.
Stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere may notice more meteors if they look towards the horizon.
With lockdowns happening all over the world it may not be possible for you to go to a dark secluded spot away from light pollution.
Nasa previously gave some tips on how to make the most of your garden to catch a meteor shower.
It advised: "Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket or lawn chair.
"Lie flat on your back with your feet facing east and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible.
"After about 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors.
"Be patient—the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to catch a glimpse."
What is Halley's Comet?
Comet Halley or Halley's Comet is one of the most famous comets, and was given its name after its discoverer, the astronomer Edmond Halley.
He looked into reports of a comet approaching in 1531, 1607, and 1682, and concluded they were all the same one.
Comet Halley is the only known short-period comet that is often visible to the naked eye from Earth.
Although its dust is regularly seen, the actual comet itself isn't due to be visible until 2061.
What's the difference between an asteroid, meteor and comet?
Here's what you need to know, according to Nasa…
- Asteroid: An asteroid is a small rocky body that orbits the Sun. Most are found in the asteroid belt (between Mars and Jupiter) but they can be found anywhere (including in a path that can impact Earth)
- Meteoroid: When two asteroids hit each other, the small chunks that break off are called meteoroids
- Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor. On Earth, it'll look like a streak of light in the sky, because the rock is burning up
- Meteorite: If a meteoroid doesn't vapourise completely and survives the trip through Earth's atmosphere, it can land on the Earth. At that point, it becomes a meteorite
- Comet: Like asteroids, a comet orbits the Sun. However rather than being made mostly of rock, a comet contains lots of ice and gas, which can result in amazing tails forming behind them (thanks to the ice and dust vapourising)
In other news, Nasa recently revealed a rare image of a comet breaking up.
The space agency has given out grants for innovative space projects.
And, we've rounded up some excellent snaps of the Lyrid meteor shower taken last month.
Are you a fan of stargazing? Let us know in the comments…
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At one time when I was struggling with my evil-commanding soul, it was imagining that the bounties it saw in itself to be its own property, and it became conceited, proud and boastful. I told it: "This property is not yours; it is on trust." So it gave up its conceit and pride but became lazy, it said: "Why should I bother about someone who is not mine? Let him perish, what is it to me?" Suddenly I saw that a fly had alighted on my hand and had started to thoroughly clean its eyes, face, and wings, which were its trust from God. The fly was washing itself just like a soldier cleans his rifle and uniform thoroughly, which belong to the state. I said to my soul: "You look at that!" It looked and learned a good lesson. As for the fly, it became my conceited and lazy soul's teacher and instructor.
Fly excretion is not harmful medically; in fact, sometimes it is a sweet
How beautifully and subtly the following lines by the celebrated Yunus Emre allude to the wonderful works of dominical art that are the fly's wings and body: "I loaded a single fly's wing onto forty ox carts; Forty of them could not haul it; it remainded thus decreed."


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The Croatian Kevin Durant showed off a versatile set of skills in Summer League play last week. His floor game, in particular, stood out, as he looked comfortable off the bounce in a variety of situations, though he seemed most at home attacking from the perimeter.
As the Suns, among others, found out, Luka Samanic has more than a little wiggle in his game.
Luka Samanic (9 PTS, 8 REB) showcases the handles and finishes! #NBASummer #NBARooks @spurs 53@Suns 47— NBA (@NBA) July 11, 2019
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That's not a big man Luka put on skates; that's David Kramer, a 6'3" point guard.
For Spurs fans, that particular sequence should look awfully familiar thanks to a certain recent retiree.
Here's a look at Manu using it in the wild, albeit with a minor modification, against the very same franchise.
The similarities extend beyond just the teams and the crafty setup. Both are coming from the right wing with a big down low and the other three players spread out along the three point line on the opposite side of the floor. Because of the angle of attack and the spacing, it's difficult for the low man on the weak side, who should be the help defender, to know when or whether to commit to stopping penetration.
Attacking from the same side as the big is an interesting setup. It all but guarantees there will be another defender who can easily swipe at the ball, but it also means there likely won't be as much of a challenge at the rim. Both Manu and Luka manage to navigate that potential problem successfully.
While Manu is heading downhill when he switches back to his right, Luka takes a little contact from Kramer as he moves to the left, prompting the quick change of direction that catches the whole defense off guard. Manu's version was much more dynamic, and he pulled it off in the playoffs on Shawn Marion, which is in a completely difference universe in terms of level of difficulty. Still, watching Luka throw out a reasonable facsimile at 6'10" and just 19 years old, even in Summer League, is pretty impressive.
Remember any other times Manu used this move? Drop links in the comments. Let's see how many we can find.