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Since the holidays are headed our way fast, it always brings me back to the place where I was the most broken and vulnerable so I will start my first blog with a little trip into a very personal testimony. I don't even know where to begin...for some reason I am not good at remembering dates but ever since the twins were born I can remember dates that pertain to them. On November 14, 2009 we were sent unexpectedly to Macon, GA because I was in preterm labor, something that I thought I was going to avoid. Six months through the pregnancy and no complications at all. My doctor told me that she wanted us to make it to 35/36 weeks because that was the average for someone carrying twins. I didn't see myself not making it, I was determined. But it was no longer in my control. I didn't even know that I was having contractions the first time-laying on the table hooked up to two heart monitors, the doctor told me that I was 1 cm dilated and having contractions every 3 minutes!!! So that's what I was feeling on the bumpy ride to Macon. I was given a steroid shot for the twins to help develop their lungs just in case they could not stop labor. I still couldn't believe that this was happening. Thoughts started running through my head and I was blaming it all on me. But as God worked in me and my unborn twins, I knew that wasn't the case. He had a plan, a journey for us to walk through, and little did I know that it wasn't going to be a walk in the park. After a night of no sleep, because of unannounced doctor and nurse visit, I was still having some contractions but they were more than 5-6 minutes apart. Which to them was a good thing, but I didn't want to have them at all. My doctor in Valdosta warned me to pack a "just in case" bag, but I was thinking a bag for a day maybe even two to three.
I was not expecting to spend the next 8 weeks on complete bed rest through all my favorite holidays-Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve!!! During those 8 weeks, I went into labor 3 more times, was on oxygen for a couple days (the medication, which was a last resort, gave me pulmonary edema-kinda like drowning), had ultrasounds every couple of days, getting morning sickness again near the end, stuck with countless needles, and more. I remember telling Blake the last time that I went into labor, that I just couldn't do it anymore, I was feeling my body giving out not up, but literally giving out. This was the only time that I felt self-fish and I did not like that feeling. Blake knew that I was barely hanging on, and only doing it for the babies. After talking to our Pastor and his wife, which we did countless times, they prayed over the phone like always, and Blake hung up the phone. He looked at me and put his hand on my face. Tears started streaming down, which was beginning to be a norm for us, he softly said, "I don't know what else to do but pray. My heart wanted to cry out and worship, and we did just that. I asked him to put in a CD that would help calm me down and open my heart and mind. I didn't say a word, the CD began and as it began to fill the room, the Holy Spirit began to rebuild our faith by filling our hearts, minds, and our bodies with His love. Never have I felt the Holy Spirit so strong and so alive as I did that day. Something that you don't pray for during many times during a hardship, is PEACE. Maybe it was just me, but it is not something that comes to mind right away. God used that song to speak to us and I will never forget it. The song is by Jason Upton, called "Psalm 23". Maybe this song can touch you too, if you have time check it out, you may have already heard it.
Your hands Reached into the depths of darkness
Your arms Pulled me to the light above
Your voice Spoke the word that broke my heart
Your eyes Burn with holy passion, fire, and love
You lead Me beside the quiet waters
You walk In the shadows of death's darkened door
You make Tables right before my enemies
You take oil and then you pour it over me
The Lord is my Shepherd, I will fear no evil
You are my Shepherd, God,I will fear no evil
Surely goodness and mercy cover me
All the days of my life they cover me
Surely I'm going to dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever and ever and ever and ever more
You are my refuge, You are my refuge O God
This song basically became our "theme" song I guess you could say. We played it whenever we heard bad news, good news, when we were told that we were going to be going home, then played it again when we were told sorry, one more week, which was only about 4 times!!! Blake sang it to me after they were born, then again when we found out that Josiah was having a hard time breathing on his own and had to be sent to Macon on a ventilator, Blake sang it again when he got to hold him for the first time against his chest, the lyrics ran through our minds and hearts while we were apart from each other. Blake and Josiah stayed in Macon while little man was getting the help that he was not able to get in Valdosta. Me and Abbie stayed behind. Needless to say, peace was the only thing that kept us going besides the fact that we were blessed with two babies and taking one day at a time! I guess that I can leave this part for another day, maybe I won't forget!!


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Radio Host: Thank you Gordon 8:03 right here 620 AM KEXB your experts in business. Good morning, thanks for joining us on this Wednesday show. The debate and the conversation goes on through the breaks. Learning that owning a horse is a lot of money and we've got a couple of guests that we'll introduce here in a second. one of them owns a horse the other one owns a dog and they both have amazing stories on how much money they spend on their pets. And they bring up an excellent point that there's a lot of things that you and I might have in our life budget wise that we think we gotta have that but when you compare that trumps the expense of just a sweet little dog might be. It's 8:03 let's get a quick check on the weather. It is cooling down perhaps we could go out to the city of Addison at Vitruvian Lights and enjoy this holiday season with a little cooler temperatures on Friday and perhaps a little bit of rain as well.
Michael: Well Friday isn't gonna be that much cooler than it is today. It's not gonna be cooler at all. Actually today's highs is gonna be 60 degrees we got the northwest winds so that windshield will feel a little bit cooler. But then first day of December we'll start off our morning 38 degrees. Possibly stay in the low forties here in town. 64 degrees for the highs tomorrow, suddenly winds increases the temperature just a little bit, it's gonna stay partly cloudy and then increasing clouds on Friday and Friday night we got the 50% chance as storm is moving in so I don't know how late in the evening that storm is gonna move in but it might affect the Vitruvian fun run what's it
Radio Host: Yeah the run the lights and we talked yesterday when Robert and I met and the pure thing about running, the sport of running is outside you now tornadic activity or anything like that. You run, you run in the rain unlike a lot of sports they cancel it. It's a very pure sport. I just don't see myself running this thing. I'm not a runner and I don't see myself doing that. It's like I can't just start running all of a sudden you know. I know you could do it. I know that you could do it.
Michael: I can probably do it. Do we need some more headphones in there?
Radio Host: I'm sorry. . .
Michael: Do we need some more headphones in there?
Radio Host: No it's just scrambled. We'll figure it out. But anyway go out and check thast our at the Vitruvian Park. It starts at about 7 o'clock it's when the fun run itself starts which will be something that we can all enjoy. Okay let's got to our Pledge of Allegiance today with our good friend Neal McCoy. Let's do it. (Neal McCoy recites Pledge of Allegiance)
Radio Host: Amen of course you can hear Neal McCoy everyday on Facebook. Go follow, like as Neal McCoy music. What's making headlines this morning of course we talked about oil prices in the OPEC in the meeting and the deals that hopefully will happen and maybe drive oil above the $50 mark and sustain it to kind of bring some jobs back. We got kind of brewers take on this whole OPEC situation as well to take on this whole OPEC situation as well. For me personally if I was in charge of all that I'd give a big middle finger to the Middle East and I'd say we are done, I'd take my I'd come back home. And I would set up shop here and I would not have any dependency on foreign oil but that's just why I'm not in the White House, it's probably a good thing. But that's what I would do and we'll see about that. Plus Donald Trump just said about a thousand jobs in Indiana Carrier Aircon struck a deal to keep nearly a thousand employees there in Indiana. It's really surprising how they left comes out and becomes very critical of all of this saying that Donald Trump is stiff arming businesses and I don't think he's stiff arming businesses at all. I think he's pleading a case to why leave. You know what can we do to keep the jobs and business here in the States. Now this is refreshing Stuart Varney of a Fox Business was on this morning and he cannot recall the last time that president Barack Obama
has reached out to the business world, to corporate America and said "look we want you to stay we want jobs what can I do to keep you here?" and he just disconnected from the business world. And I think it's refreshing and I think it's why you've seen the stock market and the Dow rally so much and the GDP go up so much in the last 3months. It's because people, businesses are optimistic about the future. They are optimistic about a presidency. Joining me now is Aaron McPhie and Tony DeYoung both of BKM Sowan Horan. Good morning before we jump into everything both of you guys one owns horses, one owns dogs.
Aaron MacPhie: Yes. That's right.
Radio Host: What do you think you spend on your horse? Or horses.
Aaron MacPhie: Oh gosh. Several thousands a year I'd say just in hay and feed and vet bills you know they have to come out at least once or twice a year to vaccinations and it's just…
Radio Host: Now what do you do with this horse? Is it the family rides them? Breeds them?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah my daughter she really enjoys riding horses and just kind of grew up with them and it's ..
Radio Host: Very cool. How about you?
Tony DeYoung: On dogs?
Radio Host: On dogs. You laugh because I know your story.
Tony DeYoung: Well you know just this story of him breaking his leg when he was a puppy at four months old, it's $1500 to do the surgery to fix his leg and you know.
Radio Host: Was that shocking to you. Was that the first time you'd ever bring an animal to a vet and you actually got a figure attached to a service?
Tony DeYoung: Oh! absolutely. Especially in the case of an emergency like that. You know he couldn't walk on it there was nothing to do and then the surgery didn't take so they wanted him to take him down to Texas A&M Vet School and spend $5500 dollars to get his leg fixed.
Radio Host: I know Michael is just cringing over there. Of course I am too. I don't really know what I would do because obviously it's a puppy it's whining it's in pain,
Tony DeYoung: When It's 4 months old what are you gonna do?
Michael: Yeah I'd say it's four months old, I just got it so let it be somebody else's problem I'm not that sure yet.
Radio Host: So you are giving away a broken puppy? It's what you are doing.
Michael: Somebody else want to pay that much money for it not me.
Radio Host: You are going on Craiglist and listing a dog for sale with a broken leg.
Michael: I get paid hourly I'm just saying.
Tony DeYoung: Didn't have to pay the $5500 because the leg actually healed on its own.
Radio Host: Well it's very interesting though when Katy Rose Watson chimed in her horse as well about $10,000 a year. Was that sound about right with you?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah probably close yeah.
Radio Host: Okay great. With BKM Sowan Horan our official accounting experts on the show as we wrap up 2016. A lot of stuff you gotta do. You are in recaps and prepare for next year.
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah especially in the possibility of a new administration coming in and changing things next year. You know lower tax rates you gotta plan for.
Radio Host: I heard this morning they said by March this new tax plan will be in effect. I mean they are gonna roll it out quick which is good news I think to a lot of people.
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah and they can retro back to the beginning of 2017. So it's ..
Radio Host: I like that. And of coure Obamacare same thing. Change is going on that. So what do you see in the business community? What are people coming to you and say hey I need help with what, or what are you reaching out to them and say hey this is what you need to do.
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah I think a lot of it is uncertainty now because there's nothing concrete. You know Trump's been sort of vague. he's made some speeches about tax policy but he doesn't put any firm policies out and you know I guess the overall impression is that tax rates are gonna go down.
Radio Host: Lower taxes are good right? Unless you are the government.
Aaron MacPhie: Right. And there are some things that you wanna do to lower you know when taxes are going down in the future, you know you wanna accelerate expenses as much as possible so that your taxable income this year is lower because it's not a higher tax rate year. And we just have a couple of things that you know we walk through this morning to discuss that.
Radio Host: Absolutely and there's a lot of optimism in the business community about this Trump presidency and what 2017 looking forward. So okay what's some of the first steps that someone should do?
Aaron MacPhie: I think the biggest thing is accelerating expenses. And you know there are several ways businesses that can do that. There's section 179 deductions, they can instantly deduct 500,000 right off the top of new assets.
Radio Host: Okay so go around your office, find out what you bought this past year. Is that kind of we dumming it down simple is that?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah. Or if you are going to buy new equipment may be a new piece of machinery you know do it before year end.
Radio Host: Do it before the end of the year. You know we had the Mint Dentistry guys on and that's what he a matter of fact I think it was Tim had a conversation in the breaks about going out and buying equipment putting it in the air because you would imagine a lot of that stuff is pretty pricey and why not take advantage of all the tax
incentives of what mind you that would be. Okay so what else?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah the other thing is bonus depreciation. You wanna talk about that a little bit?
Tony DeYoung: Yeah on new assets it can be used so has to be new. You can take 50% deduction in the first year regardless of where it's placed in service. So if it's placed in service at 1231, you still get the 50% deduction right off the top.
Radio Host: What if it's an animal bill that's part of your business?
Aaron MacPhie: There's some limitations on autos.
Radio Host: Range Rovers, commercial vehicles that's 6,000 pounds?
Aaron MacPhie: You know with SUVs there's a $25,000 limitation on section 179 so you can do 25,000 right up front but then the rest you have to stretch over the life which is 5 years.
Radio Host: Gotcha.So now you know it's November 30th we are wrapping up. Do people have time to do all of this? I mean it's not too late if you haven't started?
Aaron MacPhie: Absolutely not.
Tony DeYoung: Not until the clock strikes midnight December 31st.
Radio Host: Aaron MacPhie and Tony DeYoung in the studio from BKM Sowan Horan our official accounting experts. I actually went to Kevin Rockecharlie yesterday we had a great little conversation at the great offices there. I didn't realize you guys were right off there tollway in Addison. You ever got to Vitruvian park?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah. Everyone .. we go over to Addison Circle, Vitruvian Park, we go to the WaterTower Theatre…
Radio Host: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The lights?
Tony DeYoung: Oh absolutely.
Radio Host: So nice. I've got three texts from friends of mine they've said hey I didn't know about this. I'm gonna go check it out. I'm like there's another one.
Aaron MacPhie: Vitruvian Park is where Pokemon people are going right?
Radio Host: I had heard that. Very popular among the Pokemon crowd. Alright we'll continue this conversation on the other side of the break plus is Japan working themselves to death? You always hear like Japan the hard workers. They go to work but they might be going to work all the way to their grave. We'll talk about that plus we have been continuous conversation and discussion on the actual cost of owning a dog or in this case horses, pets, whatever, it's pricey. I've got some numbers on that as well. It's 8:14 stick around we'll be right back you are listening to 620 AM KEXB your experts in business.
Radio Host: Alright we are back. Hanging out with the guys from BKM Sowan Horan Aaron MacPhie and Tony DeYoung. I love the conversation about pets. I honestly do, and you are a double income no kids.
Tony DeYoung: Yes.
Radio Host: Tony and so I would imagine that you are in that tax bracket that you have none of the dependents you can… You have one. You claim your wife I guess or she claims you . You claim each other right? Is that how it works?
Tony DeYoung: Yes.
Radio Host: But you don't get the child to earned income credit.
Tony DeYoung: Correct.
Radio Host: Wonderful. And of course you still got animals, you still got your dogs. Is your dog healthy by the way?
Tony DeYoung: He's very healthy now.
Radio Host: Okay he's doing fine. No more medical bills?
Tony DeYoung: Right. And he doesn't have anything in his leg either. It's healed completely on its own.
Radio Host: Great. Without that additional surgery. Miracle how that works. You start to think for a second that he really need that surgery for $5500? Anyway we are talking about how to get prepared for 2017 and how to wrap up this year. We are going over a couple of things. If you need equipment is there capital on that by the way?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah so with 179 the investment limitation is at two million and ten thousand. So as long as you don't go over that in purchasing a lot of small businesses never come close to that but it's just …
Radio Host: Okay that's true.
Aaron MacPhie: It's just to keep the like the large corporate businesses from taking advantage of that. Just more of a small business incentive.
Radio Host: Oh that's great . You know like you said a lot of small businesses I can imagine there going out and investing 2 million dollars and a new equipment so that's actually a great plan. The second thing was the bonus was at the ..
Aaron MacPhie: The bonus depreciation.
Radio Host: Bonus depreciation. What else can we add this list of the thins to do to prepare for 2017?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah I mean just accelerating expenses as much as possible. You know if you are using the accrual basis of accounting, you can actually accrue bonuses that you pay next year as long as you pay them within two and a half months of beginning of 2017.
Radio Host: Okay so if you got something that you are gonna spend in the first quarter in March let's just say you can do that now as long as you do for a follow through…
Aaron MacPhie: For employee bonuses.
Radio Host: For employee bonuses. Interesting. Now with the employee necessarily want that bonus in 2016…
Aaron MacPhie: Well I mean their tax bill is probably gonna go down too so they want the income in 2017. They are in the lower tax bracket next year. So as long as they pay it pretty close to the beginning of next year you know the price saves some money on their taxes.
Radio Host: Yeah I wish we just had companies that gave bonuses. It used to be a big thing. You gotta get a bonus. Umm alright what else is on this list with things to do for 2017?
Aaron MacPhie: Uhh you know just deferring income is another area you can do that.
Radio Host: That's a good point. Because I had a buddy that had a great year like this past year and he's like" I don't want anymore money. I don't have to claim anymore income." Can you just go to your employer and say hey I want to defer my compensation until …
Aaron MacPhie: You can try.
Radio Host: Is there any incentive for them to do that?
Aaron MacPhie: Cash flow.
Radio Host: Cash flow that's true.
Aaron MacPhie: You know they keep the cash in their bank and they are not getting much interest on it and you know they …
Radio Host: Interesting. Okay so what else do we do?
Tony DeYoung: Uhh, so like if you are a business you know you can you know if your accrual basis again if you take advanced payments so if you get a down payment on something you are creating or you are gonna deliver next year, you don't have to recognize that income this year. You can defer that income as long as you use that same methodology on your financial statements.
Radio Host: Okay.
Tony DeYoung: So let's say you are building a truck like the Tesla for instance somebody puts the down payment and they are not getting the extra Tesla until next year, they don't have to, Tesla doesn't have to recognize that income if their accrual basis until they actually deliver the product.
Radio Host: Do you like the company by the way? Would you buy one?
Tony DeYoung: Maybe. I live too far out for .. .
Radio Host: Yeah it's not really practical. Yeah I agree with you on that. It's funny I'm in on the lower model they can get that price point down to 38 to 41 something that's comparable to like the Prius or something like that domestic… I'm in. But the 70, the 80, the 100 I can't justify that I would ever get that back in savings.
Tony DeYoung: And those are the base models too. Including the extra stuff that goes a long with it like the self driving aspect of it.
Radio Host: Yeah I agree with you on that. But other than that I'm in. I always like striking up conversations with people who have left to cars and I'm famous for doing that. If I see somebody getting a parking spot I always go up and talk to them. Do you like it? Do you feel like can you drive a alive? alright if a company takes deposits on something but you are not gonna deliver the product until 2017 you don't have to claim that?
Tony DeYoung: Yep.
Radio Host: Pretty good job. What's your day like now? I mean you know you look at kind of people take for granted that anybody that's in accounting after tax season they think they are just thinking back, going on vacation but that's not the case at all for you guys. Just get dirty looks from Tim.
Radio Host: Tim, Rick, those guys. But very busy. So if you have small business and I'm gonna make the pitch for you for a second because I know several small business owners and they try to do everything themselves and it runs them in the ground. And there's a reason why you have grey hair because you can't do everything yourself. You need to turn over responsibility of special accounting to professionals. Is it too late for someone to call you guys or contact you and say look you know what, I need your services.
Aaron MacPhie: Now is actually a good time of the year to do that because we kind of look at the whole year coming up and start helping them plan out everything with their business and you know stuff like that.
Tony DeYoung: Yeah and in fact I got two calls yesterday for people looking for a new CPA. You know gonna have a different tax year this year than they are used to handling it on their own so you know they reached out you know there's still definitely time to work on that.
Aaron MacPhie: It's a good time to start a new.
Radio Host: It is a good time to start a new. Start fresh. Because there's a lot of stuff that they are probably are missing trying to do it you know themselves anyway. BKM Sowan Horan the website to go to find out all you need to know is http://bkmsh.com/ for all the information on the website you know look them up give them a call you guys deal with a wide range of industries too. That's the thing your small businesses to corporate America essentially. What's the number one concern that you are hearing from small business owners right now? I mean you've got your finger on the pulse there? What is it?
Aaron MacPhie: I think health care is always a big concern. Should I be providing healthcare to my employees you know these are the people that have 5 to 10 employees and they are saying if it's feasible. You know they wanna help their employees and help retain you know good talent. . there's just a wide open field as far as you
know all the uncertainty there.
Radio Host: Yeah I would agree with you on that. I think that healthcare is a huge concern and we've heard people on this show that have said hey look I'd rather pay the penalty. It's cheaper for me to pay the penalty than actually to get health insurance to you know 1500 workers or whatever it would be and hopefully that I'll get replaced with something I think is appointment in that president elect Donald Trump's appointment to that particular area is a great one. The guy is an orthopedic surgeon and he has a plan. I can't wait to see it actually. I think once it's rolled out, you'll probably see the business community do back flips over that finally we got something that makes sense. Almost 7 .. . I'm sorry I always say that. 8:28 we'll continue this conversation on the other side of the break plus Japan working themselves to the grave? One report clearly states that plus we talked about it before, the Four Seasons is having their Christmas tree lighting later on tonight. We'll have Val Torbert the PR director of the Four Seasons we'll call in talk about that as well. 8:28 stick around we've got plenty ahead right here on 620 AM KEXB your experts in business.
Radio Host: Alright it's a serious issue going on in Japan right now. Millions of Japanese people are in danger of working themselves into an early grave. A study has shown that one in five workers are at risk of actually working themselves to death. It's a big problem that Japan has even have their own word for it. I'm probably gonna mispronounce it Karōshi which is death by overwork. It's something that they've been dealing with for decades there as people quite honestly have fallen into serious depression from the social and from the stress of having to work and the harassment from their companies of not working enough drawing people literally to their graves. One of the examples here says that one individual had clocked around 105 hours of overtime in 1 month leading up to her suicide that people just I guess by being told they are not working hard enough or long enough. And also the cases of cardiovascular disease. Heart attacks,things like that, strokes, stress is up to historic highs. So that leads my question, it's great to have a solid work ethic but my goodness if you are working yourself to the grave, I don't see how that's good for you. And looks like it's a social thing there, it's a cultural thing of this dedication to working hard. They say the average workweek for someone I don't know if… this just can't be true is about 80 hours a week. Can you imagine working 80? That's almost like. . . that's brutal.
Tony DeYoung: Yeah. But we do it sometimes during tax season but it's short term.
Radio Host: Short term. This seems like the typical the average they said is 65 hours of overtime a month but it is quite you know frequent to see and 80 hour work week there in the Japan.
Aaron MacPhie: Well in the U.S. at least I know that it's really important nowadays are work life balance. So people are looking for jobs one of the number things …
Radio Host: That's the truth. Millennials have come out and said hey we wanna make sure that … can we work from home? Which you know maybe in some of these cases for technology you can work from home. Maybe that's a part of it because when it's all said and done I'll be honest with you, you know we are not here at work and a lot of times I'm on this laptop right here doing work and you know you can work 2 or 3 hours at night from your laptop you know 14 hours a week or so. But anyway joining us in the studio once again Aaron MacPhie and Tony DeYoung from BKM Sowan Horan our accounting experts on the show talking about how to prepare for 2017 and how to wrap up 2016. Now let's talk on the individual side of things, what needs to be put in place?
Tony DeYoung: Well for individuals what they need to do is start thinking about the items of income deductions that they can control. We are talking earlier about salaries and bonuses that's something that employees really don't have a lot of control over but something that they do is they have investment stocks, they can determine when they sell that stock so you know sell it before the end of the year or right after the end of the year depending on what their tax rate is gonna be coming up and then on the deduction side, you can choose when you pay charitable contributions. You don't really have much say so on the mortgage interest because you know that's something you just have to pay throughout the year but you can also do things like pay property taxes. Umm you can actually make it where you pay it twice in one year and then the next year not pay any at all and that way you get a bigger deduction in one year and hopefully have a little lower tax.
Radio Host: Yeah makes sense. It makes sense. As far as the charitable contributions you know I think it's no having the North Texas Giving Day so late in the year kind of makes sense in a way. It kind of helps whatever funds you wanna to donate makes perfect sense for that rather. Umm, what else can we look forward to?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah so on the charitable contribution side, you don't have the cash to give but you plan on giving something in 2017 you can always use a credit card to give. And it's instantly deductible. And you know I don't recommend incurring a whole lot of debt but it's interesting. It is a way to get a deduction in the current year.
Radio Host: Because if you had a 0% interest credit card they knew for 0% for 9 months or whatever. Donate, write that off and of course pay the bill before absolutely. Makes sense, very creative. That's why you hire the bosses. That's why people hire you. I wouldn't ever thought of that.
Tony DeYoung: A lot of charities work with you too on that kind of stuff because they want to help you out as much as you wanna help them out.
Radio Host: So you could write them a check they can hold it? Say hey February 1st at that point. I don't know. Umm good point though. What else on the individual side?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah so if you have self employment income one of the biggest benefits is that except for IRA and you can actually deduct payments you make in 2017 as long as you put the money in the IRA account before the due date of your tax return. And if you extend your tax return you have until October 15th to deposit money into a IRA and currently the limits are up around $53,000. So that's a big chunk of money that you get you know ordinary income deduction for and on your 16 return that you make the payments in 17. So I have some people who will save up during 17 and make the payment in October and you know they extend their tax return.
Radio Host: Smart. Michael, I love being around these guys because I feel like if I had you guys around me 24/7, you would be annoyed by me probably, you wouldn't wanna hang out with me but I would probably have a lot more money. I would be a little bit more frugal with my cash.
Michael: I think you would turn into someone who's more interested in asking questions about the money and financial side of things and you are about the electric cars so you would be like oh hey there's some guys I know about finances … talk to them about that.
Radio Host: That's true instead of talking to people about electric cars you are right. Yeah I would say let me show you how you can write that off. Write it all off! But we have talked about things that you can write off and of course equipment, investing in equipment, new equipment there's a limit you know 2 million I think was the limit
for small businesses. That's something you wanna do and if you think that next year you are gonna, let me give you a scenario, let's say you have a flower shop and your strip center and there's a location next to you that's just opened up you are like "oh that would be a great expansion to my business." When do you knock that wall down and assume that lease and invest in the counters, the equipment and all that stuff, refrigeration, when you do that do you do it now?
Aaron MacPhie: Yes. You wanna do that soonest possible. Because the equipment actually has to be placed in service. So you need to…
Radio Host: Can't just be ordered…
Aaron MacPhie: It has to be in service. So it has to be up and running so I guess what you would do in the equipment is you know try to get the finish out done as quickly as possible or if you get this new refrigeration you can actually plug them in to start storing flowers in there.
Radio Host: True.
Aaron MacPhie: Even though you are doing the finish out on that.
Radio Host: Excellent point. Excellent point. So if you have a small business expansion and you are looking to grow your business jump on it. Jump on it quick and the reason I bring that up because I noticed the other day there's a place I go to about once a week and I noticed they were expanding next door. They had you know 'coming soon' kind of deal and maybe think I wonder how much I can write off on this and this coming soon might wanna be coming soon before December 31st … you know do it before the end of the year to take full advantage of every tax break that you can possibly get. About hiring people, about adding employees, is there any incentive to wait 2017 to do that?
Tony DeYoung: Umm, no I don't think so. I mean it's more on the expense side so you know of course if you have like a … do a sign on bonus or something like that paid out this year, that way you have that expense this year and you know …
Radio Host: Mmmh, interesting stuff. If you wanna get a hold of them go to http://bkmsh.com/ is the website go to them. You can pull up all the different areas that you guys specialize in and you got a wonderful office off the tollway in Addison. There's three little buildings, I don't know which one you are in though.
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah we are on the one that's closest to the hotel Intercontinental.
Radio Host: Got you. Got you. I saw that one. Umm, alright a bit of advice we have for our listeners as far as how to wrap up the year, anything they need to prepare for on the individual side, on the business side that might be helpful? Pets? Can you write off your pets? That'd be nice right? Let me ask you a question though? What if your pets are part of your business? What if it's a part of your. . .you know it's a . .it's a customer service thing, it's in your advertising, it's there everyday, it's security purposes . . .
Michael: Hey at King's Chicken. What if your dog is the …
Radio Host: Which that dog died by the way.
Michael: I'm sorry.
Aaron MacPhie: They came too.
Radio Host: I don't know if they do but with any write off on that stuff for animals?
Aaron MacPhie: I guess the marketing aspect of it would be yeah. It's will be kind of a stretch but…
Radio Host: Don't know if you can buy off on everything right? Interesting. Well I guess you can write off if the dog required a special housing or a house, a fixture of something you can say hey it's for my dog.
Tony DeYoung: Security too. I guess the governments for your property.
Radio Host: That's what I'm saying. It's actually legitimate security with government that might be kind of cool.
Michael: And of course if your horse is doing some sort of work on the farm that's different.
Aaron MacPhie: That is different yes.
Radio Host: If you have a horse and a buggy. Is is an ordeal. That has got that downtown McKinney has a little horse that goes around light up for Christmas or something you could write that off. Right?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah. Absolutely.
Radio Host: So now we are talking. Writing off pets.
Aaron MacPhie: I need to write some of these down.
Radio Host: I really think the security dog would work. If dog's is part of my security team I'm writing that bad boy off. 8:43 stick around we got more with these guys plus Val Torbert over at the Four Seasons we are gonna call in talk about this Christmas tree they have going on tonight. 8:43, see you in a few.
Radio Host: Okay I am not quite sure what to say about that song. Who was it?
Michael: That's No Doubt.
Radio Host: Oh it's No Doubt, great! The Christmas song?
Michael: That's the one from MTV his first Christmas album they put out back in may be not the first one but anyway it's one of them.
Radio Host: I've gotta check that out. I'd be up for listening to that. Alright tonight going on at one of my favorite places if I come up missing one day, there's a couple of places you can check. Go down to Tupps Brewery in McKinney if I'm not there, okay go down to the Four Seasons. Chances are that I could be at the Four Seasons club at Las Colinas hanging out enjoying everything there is at the Four Seasons and of course Val Torbert is on the line talking about the annual tree lighting that takes place tonight. Good morning?
Val Torbert: Hey Brian. Good morning.
Radio Host: Good morning. First of all let me start off with this, how is your foot?
Val Torbert: It is much better. It's a little bruised and still a little swollen but that's what happens when you sprain your ankle and bit pain in the middle of the night.
Radio Host: Did you step on the leg or anything?
Val Torbert: I wish it was that silly but no I just tripped over my own foot out of the chair.
Radio Host: Alright so you'll be there tonight. Starts 6 o'clock, let's talk about the tree lighting ceremony.
Val Torbert: Yeah we are so excited to get the holidays kicked off. All of our decors up to the lobby and the hotel, we are super excited to finally like the tree today and Santa is going to be arriving to help us light the tree. So the event starts at 6 o'clock and it lasts till about 8. We are going to have cider and hot chocolate and all kinds of holiday treats for everyone to snack on. The Urban Children's Choir is going to be there from 6:15 to 6:45 and they'll be singing Christmas songs and carols, about 30 kids from that course there. So that should be . . . and then Santa arrives and we'll light the tree about 6:45. After that we'll have Christmas pictures.
Radio Host: Absolutely and if you have not been to the Four Seasons during the holidays and like you said Val, it is decorated like you cannot believe. I mean I actually walk away going back home, redoing my house because I'm like okay this didn't look right. They know what they are doing over at the Four Seasons. You are putting on a
clinic on how to decorate your house for Christmas. So the tree will sit inside is that correct? Right there in the lobby?
Val Torbert: It is. It is in the lobby yes.
Radio Host: Okay and then there is a free admission to this right? You aren't charging to come out for the lighting?
Val Torbert: It is complementary and then it is open to the public.
Radio Host: There you go. And of course you enjoy the hot chocolate, eggnog . coffee, .. I'm not a big fan of eggnog open to my guests here. Guys you drink eggnog?
Tony DeYoung: Yeah..
Radio Host: You like it?
Tony DeYoung: I do yeah.
Aaron MacPhie: I've actually never had it.
Michael: How long have you been in America?
Radio Host: Eggnog latte. I gotta try that. Anyway I'll try it with you tonight and it all happens at 6 to 8 the tree lighting ceremony is about 6:45, that's when the light goes on right? And it will be perfect temperatures for this by the way. Nice and cool.
Val Torbert: I know. Very cozy!
Radio Host: Alright I got one request I gotta take a picture with you me and Santa is that possible?
Val Torbert: Absolutely. I can't wait.
Radio Host: There you go. I can't wait either. Come on out. I'll do some Facebook Live as I'm sitting on Santa's lap giving him my Christmas list for this year. What is in your Christmas list by the way Val? Just curious.
Val Torbert: My Christmas list?
Radio Host: Yeah.
Val Torbert: Umm, well, this year I've been focused on Christmas list you kind of get low. Thats true how about a fancy pair of crunches you try to make your own.
Radio Host: That's true.
Michael: How about a fancy pair of crutches?
Radio Host: Yeah there you go. A Louis Vuitton crutch.
Val Torbert: That would be totally great.
Radio Host: Alright go on out. For more information on the Four Seasons, got to http://www.fourseasons.com/dallas/ is a great place to start to all the information about the Four Seasons and go out play golf too. It's a great place to play golf. I'll talk to the guys in studio. Have you played golf there?
Tony DeYoung: I haven't.
Aaron MacPhie: I have.
Radio Host: You love it right?
Aaron MacPhie: Oh it's awesome. Beautiful course.
Radio Host: And I heard some feedback the other day my neighbor played golf there and he said look I am never and because I've played in a lot of courses. I have never seen a friendlier stuff at the Four Seasons than I did there.
Val Torbert: Awww.
Radio Host: And I'm not putting words. He's not putting words in my mouth. That's exactly what he said. It's been the friendliest staff he's ever had. So anyway go check it out the Four Seasons tonight at 6 o'clock right there in the main lobby. Val I'll see you several hours from now. We'll have some eggnog and take a selfie.
Val Torbert: Sounds good. See you soon.
Radio Host: See you. Val Torbert, PR, over there at the Four Seasons. I love that place. I really do. When I was with Channel 8 we did several live shots there in the morning and I'm telling you if you can get a staff to wake up at 4:45 am and meet you somewhere, they are good people. It's hard to do that. It's very hard. I've invited people
to come on the show and say sit in and co host the show you've got a great story to tell. . ."No. Can't wake up." And they tell you "I can't get up that early." I'm like this is not a 5:20 in the morning live hit, this is at 7:00 you should be up. "I will think by 7:00." On the weekends I'm up by 5:30, no you are not. Come on Tony.
Aaron MacPhie: I set my alarm for 7:45.
Radio Host: How far do you live from the office?
Aaron MacPhie: About 30 minutes.
Radio Host: Okay, well there you go. Alright we are talking to Aaron MacPhie and Tony DeYoung of BKM Sowan Horan our official accounting experts on this show. And you know kind of wrapping up 2017, I will say this before we get into it. Robin, our sports angel Robin, friends of us, friends of the show .. .
Michael: Yes, Robin Valitudio.
Radio Host: Yes. Absolutely. She Facebooked me earlier and it is awesome. U.T. Arlington, the men's basketball team beat the University of Texas for the first time ever, that's pretty epic.
Michael: Wait UTAB beat UT?
Radio Host: Yes. Which is the first time it's ever happened.
Michael: How often have they played each other? I didn't even think they are in the same competition.
Radio Host: Yeah a lot of times these teams will play different leagues I mean it's just what they do. The diversity .. but, and she had Facebooked me and said this is kind of cool because actually UTA men's basketball you know KEXB is the official home of UTA basketball that's why I'm kind of tying this all into this radio station. I am taking full credit for the win here because you know we've had some terrific luck on this station this past year and I just think it's bleed over to the UTA Arlington basketball team and that's why they've got their first victory. But good for them, that's historic.
Michael: Absolutely.
Radio Host: I don't know what the score is but they beat the Texas Longhorns. Here's the stat for you. College football fans?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah.
Radio Host: Okay there's not one Texas team in the top 25.That is the first time I think they said since like . . .I mean a long time ago. Not one team in the top 25.
Aaron MacPhie: It's embarrassing.
Michael: Last night's game was 72 – 61.
Radio Host: There you go. That's a convincing win. So I ask you, are we losing talent here in Texas? Are we not from the high school level, is it not as competitive or are those people moving out of the state to go to these other schools?
Aaron MacPhie: It's all going to LSU.
Radio Host: Or Alabama. Right?
Tony DeYoung: He's an LSU fan.
Radio Host: Well you might loose your coach too. I've heard some rumors about the coach.
Aaron MacPhie: We've got Coach Joel locked in.
Radio Host: Okay. And of course you know Les MIles was another one that's been on the list for a place down in to replace down in Baylor. Some chat going on about that.
Aaron MacPhie: He's a good coach.
Radio Host: But I think it's kind of odd that there's not been a team in the top 25 in the city of Texas. Houston at one point looked really good. And I think they just had a couple of key losses that pushed them back out but anyway I love college football I love talking about it. Alright so contact information for you guys one more time we
got about a minute and a half left so I'll make sure we have all this out. Go to the website it's right here http://bkmsh.com/ and any particular email for you or if somebody says hey I got a quick question, I wanna get hold of you what's the best way to do that?
Aaron MacPhie: Yeah my email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Radio Host: There you go. Or just give him a call. Do you have your main number there at the . . . the main is 214-545-3965. That's 214-545-3965. Give him a call.
Michael: Or 855-545-4CPA.
Radio Host: There you go. Got that vanity number. Good stuff there. Prepare for the 2017 tax season which Donald Trump has promised to be big changes and I think everyone is pretty optimistic about that to the most part. Well thank you so much for joining us. We'll see you back here tomorrow. 620AM KEXB. I'm trying to get some special guests in the studio but I just can't get people to wake up in the morning. I wanna thank you guys for waking up. And once again, go spend money what did Bob Barker say? Go spade your pets in New Year? We'll leave it on a pet note here.
Michael: Yeah. That's right.
Radio Host: Money well spent. You don't need 20 kitties and 20 dogs around your property. So thank you so much for joining us. Go like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter all that good stuff and we'll see you back here tomorrow bright and early. 620AM KEXB. See you.

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Living in a tiny house opens up the ability to live completely independent of the grid and allows for the possibility to locate your home outside of the usual neighborhoods.
Malissa Tack explains how she and her husband have set up their home with a solar system that meets their needs.
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St. Thomas inquest into road worker death hears speed-reduction requests were denied by Queen's Park
Follow Times-Journal reporter Laura Broadley live at the inquest Thursday morning:
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The project manager for a construction job at which a flagman was killed testified Wednesday that his repeated requests to Ontario's Transportation Ministry to reduce speed limits were in the interest of worker safety.
Mike Ifabumuyi testified at the coroner's inquest into the death of Brian Daniel, who was struck by a pickup truck and killed July 2, 2014, when he was a flagman for bridge repair on Highway 3 at Burwell Road in St. Thomas.
"This was a safety issue where the workers' safety should have taken precedence over policy," Ifabumuyi said.
Ifabumuyi has worked for Facca Inc. as project manager for more than two decades. The company was repairing the Burwell Road overpass for the ministry when Daniel was killed.
Ifabumuyi had helped create a traffic control plan for the job that included a proposed speed limit cut from 80 km/h to 60 km/h.
The Essex County company asked the ministry to approve the reduction when flagmen were out, Ifabumuyi said. "That was the safest method . . . to use for traffic control."
Ifabumuyi said he made the request based on his years of experience in construction and the fact that a reduced speed limit was granted on a similar job in 2013.
"Just from seeing the speeds in the past, even though it was an 80 (km/h zone) I felt they (drivers) were going above 80 (km/h)," Ifabumuyi said.
Facca Inc. sent the traffic control plan to the ministry in January 2014 and received a response that said the ministry would not granted a regulatory (enforceable) speed reduction because the project didn't meet ministry guidelines.
"My next step was, I have to find a way to convince them to reconsider," Ifabumuyi said.
Facca decided to send a "strongly worded response stating that we disagree with the decision and we'd like them to reconsider," Ifabumuyi testified.
Though Facca's second bid to get the speed limit reduced was denied, Ifabumuyi was still determined.
"I just had tunnel vision that that was the only solution that I was going to accept . . . because I didn't want to compromise," he said.
It was only after Daniel's death and after Local 1059 of the Labourers' International Union of North America threatened a work refusal that the ministry agreed to lower the speed limit to 60 km/h.
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Until last week, the pending closure of the Naval Academy's dairy farm forebode a 4-H'er nightmare: 140 cows, sold at auction, most likely to folks in the hamburger business.
But an 11th-hour brainstorming session -- ironically, at a McDonald's -- has resulted in a tentative agreement to save up to half of the academy's herd. If it gains final approval from the academy, the agreement will keep alive an Anne Arundel County 4-H dairy program that's been run on the 865-acre Gambrills farm since 1992.
The flurry of maneuvers means 4-H members such as Rebecca Pritchett, 9, of Elkridge, likely won't be separated from the heifers they've cared for in recent months. Rebecca had even written to President Clinton, asking him to help save her heifer, Sugar.


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"The Delicate Task of Memorializing the Boston Marathon Attacks," New Yorker, April 18, 2017
"Zoning New York's Supertalls," Architect Magazine, January 2017
"The Myth of Trickle-Down Innovation," Architect Magazine, December 2016
"Top-Down, Bottom-Up Urban Design," New Yorker, October 19, 2016
"The Ambitious But Flawed 'House Housing," Architect Magazine, September 2016
"Daniel Libeskind's Secret Museum of the Kurds," Bloomberg Businessweek, April 11, 2016
"Are Micro-Apartments a Good Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis?," New Yorker, March 2, 2016
"On Pivoting: How We Talk About Labor," Pacific Standard, November, 2015
"It's a New Day in the Gayborhood," New Yorker, August 8, 2014.
Book Review: 'Bricks and Mortals,' by Tom Wilkinson, Boston Globe, July 22, 2014.
"When Street Art Meets High Finance," New Yorker, June 16, 2014.
"The New Must-Have for Luxury Buildings: Graffiti," New Yorker, May 3, 2014.
"A Whole Foods Grows in Brooklyn," New Yorker, December 17, 2013.
"How to Manhattanize a City," New Yorker, October 24, 2013.
"Mayor Bloomberg's Legacy," New Yorker, September 18, 2013.
"The Story Behind the First Piece of Public Architecture at Ground Zero," The Atlantic (on-line), September 11, 2013.
"The Towering Symbol of Sept. 11," New York Daily News, September 11, 2013.
"Daniel Libeskind's World Trade Center Change of Heart," New Yorker, August 29, 2013.
"The Beginning of America's Most Fought-Over Public Space," Salon, August 18, 2013.
"The Side of Ground Zero that Obama Didn't See," The Atlantic (on-line), May 5, 2011.
"A Tradition of Conflict and Controversy at Ground Zero," The Atlantic (on-line), September 10, 2010.


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — This offseason makeover for the Detroit Pistons is a bit different than last year's.
Instead of making a big free agent signing and adding another key player via trade, the Pistons have made quieter moves this summer, adding better outside shooters to a team that's missed the playoffs for the last five seasons.
Detroit introduced D.J. Augustin and Caron Butler at a news conference Tuesday after signing the two free agents. The 6-foot-7 Butler played 56 games last season for Milwaukee and Oklahoma City, averaging 10.5 points and shooting 39 percent from 3-point range. Augustin, a former Brother Martin standout, was waived by Toronto early last season, but the 26-year-old point guard caught on with Chicago and averaged 13.1 points for the season.
"Obviously both these guys played in big games, in big roles for their teams this past year," said Stan Van Gundy, who took over this offseason as Detroit's coach and team president.
"Both of these guys go to exactly what we've been talking about since the day I came in here — high-character, hard-playing guys who can shoot the ball and be a major part of what we do."
The Pistons also signed Jodie Meeks, who was introduced Monday.
WADE RE-SIGNS, DENG SIGNS: Dwyane Wade is staying with the Miami Heat, and his latest deal is designed to give both the player and the only franchise he's ever known some flexibility in the coming years.
Wade signed a new contract with the Heat on Tuesday. It's a two-year deal, the second of those seasons a player option, said a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side announced terms.
Financial terms were not announced, though it's expected Wade's salary for next season will not reach the $20.2 million he would have made under his previous contract.
Also, Luol Deng signed a $20 million, two-year contract with the Heat.
He agreed to the deal over the weekend. The contract signed Tuesday includes a player option for 2015-16.
Deng is entering his 11th NBA season, after spending almost his entire career with the Chicago Bulls.
SOURCE SAYS MILLER, CAVS AGREE TO 2-YEAR DEAL: In Cleveland, Mike Miller had choices. None of them was better than playing with LeBron James again.
Miller has agreed to a $5.5 million, two-year contract with the Cavaliers, re-uniting the sharpshooting forward with James, his former teammate in Miami. Miller's contract includes a player option in the second year, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the deal is not yet signed. Miller will make $2.7 million next season, and the option is worth $2.8 million, the person said.
The 34-year-old Miller also was coveted by Dallas and Denver. But the chance to play alongside James was enough to send him to Cleveland. Miller and James played together with the Heat for three seasons, winning two NBA titles. Miller reportedly had a three-year offer from the Mavericks.
Last season, Miller played in 82 games — the most since his rookie season — for Memphis. He shot 46 percent (107 of 233) on 3-pointers and averaged 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds.
NOWITZKI, PARSONS OFFICIALLY SIGN: In Dallas, the Dallas Mavericks officially signed forwards Dirk Nowitzki and Chandler Parsons.
The 36-year-old Nowitzki's contract is for three years and $30 million, with a player option for the final season. It's similar to the deal Tim Duncan signed with San Antonio two years ago. The 38-year-old Duncan recently exercised the option after the Spurs won their fifth title with him.
Tuesday's announcement of the contracts came five days after the Mavericks signed Parsons to an offer sheet worth about $46 million over three years. Houston declined to match the offer to the 25-year-old restricted free agent.
Nowitzki and Parsons will be part of a starting frontcourt that includes center Tyson Chandler, who came back to Dallas in a trade with New York.
Hawks-Thunder trade
HAWKS GET SEFOLOSHA IN TRADE WITH THUNDER: In Atlanta, the Atlanta Hawks acquired guard/forward Thabo Sefolosha in a sign-and-trade deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Atlanta also received the rights to Giorgos Printezis and cash considerations from Oklahoma City for the rights to Sofoklis Schortsanitis and a trade exception. The Thunder say they have one year from Tuesday to use the trade exception.
The Hawks announced on Thursday that they had reached a $12 million, three-year contract with the 6-foot-7 Sefolosha, who averaged 6.3 points and 3.6 rebounds in 61 games for Oklahoma City last season, all starts. He has spent eight seasons in the NBA with Chicago and the Thunder.


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It's pretty simple to use, but there are a couple of simple tips to remember. Firstly, don't let it dry; if you do, it means you will have to go and give the wheels another wipe, meaning more work! Use it in the shade and ensure the wheels are cool enough to touch. Same goes for brake callipers, we have not personally experienced an issue, but due to the different finishes used on some callipers, we don't suggest spraying it directly onto them, as it can flash dry and mark some of the lesser quality finishes. Like any type of wheel cleaner out there, with some brake rotors, zinc plating can be affected near the hat, but it's a simple fix to just have this area sprayed and sealed in a heat-coated paint. In nearly all cases it will not bother most people, as the wheel usually hides this area of the rotor.


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Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confirmed her government will impose a minimum, national carbon price on provinces in an interview Sunday, reports The Globe and Mail. She also confirmed reports that the Liberals will not attempt to bring tougher emission targets than their Conservative predecessors.
In Canada:
In a recent analysis, TD Securities found that only three out of 15 Canadian energy firms trying to sell themselves found buyers, reports the Canadian Press. Six are still looking for a buyer, four have gone into receivership and one closed down after selling all of its assets.
Environmentalist David Suzuki says Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall isn't taking climate change seriously, reports the Canadian Press. Speaking in Saskatoon, Suzuki said he's shocked people in the province would elect Wall given farmers known climate change is happening.
OPEC's secretary general said the cartel may set up an extraordinary meeting if countries can reach a consensus on oil markets, reports Bloomberg. Mohammed Barkindo's comments come after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said OPEC is close to reaching a deal on how the group can stabilize prices.
Oil firms were never that big of a money-maker according to Goldman Sachs, reports Bloomberg. A note from the banking group says the climb in oil prices in the past decade didn't bring the returns many investors expected.
- Oil climbs as Venezuela sees output deal (Reuters)
- For mining companies, digitization is the next gold rush (The Globe and Mail)
- Trudeau's challenge is to lead on pricing carbon and building pipelines (CBC)
- On climate, healthcare and pipelines, the provinces may offer Trudeau his sternest test yet (National Post)
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Several major energy companies are engaging with aboriginal communities the right way, writes Nick Wilson for Alberta Oil.


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text: OK so I got my Wii modded recently and I'm looking to play SMG...just like the rest of the world but before I do I will need to update my WiiKey. Now I'm very experienced with PSP modifications so I'm wondering is it possible to update the firmware right to the newest version without installing any of the others? Or would I have to install each update one at a time until I am up to date with the newest one? ATM, I have no idea what firmware my WiiKey is running and am not 100% sure how to check. Any help would be wonderful guys! BTW, me and my friend has been arguing for weeks over the updates contained on some Wii games. I told him as long as the game matches the region his system was purchased in (NTSC, PAL, w/e) the update will not affect his Wii at all. Any thoughts on that as well?


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This summer your "tits" are in the spotlight ! The colorful Moony Mood brand cooperates with the daring designs of Tits Up... and creates a new trend that is very original and exclusive to Spartoo: the « Anthophila » t-shirt.
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Today in France 1 women over 8 is subject to breast cancer.
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Today we live in the era of tablets and phablets and most of the tech giants have realized this fact sooner or later. The latest to follow this trend is Sony which today launched it's convertible, hybrid, laptop cum tablet combo in the form of three models namely Sony Vaio Flip 13N, 14N and 15N. If you are a Windows 8 lover then this offering will definitely attract you. These set of three hybrid devices are equipped with the fourth generation Intel processors.
These machines have a unique new hinge design that lets users flip the screen around and use them as tablets. All the three laptops sport Sony's Triluminous display technology on an IPS panel that comes with a resolution of 1920×1080 and as the name suggests these devices have a display size of 13 inch, 14 inch and 15 inch respectively. The very unique feature of these laptops is their hinge functionality which enables the user to flip back the laptops display by first pushing it up little and then rotating it 180 degree, thereby giving us a tablet and laptop combo.
The Sony Vaio flip 13N and 14N comes fitted with Intel Core i5 processors while the top of the end 15N comes loaded with Intel Core i7 processor to give you a smooth and outstanding performance. On the RAM front both 13N and 14N are equipped with 4 GB of RAM, while the 15N boasts of 8GB RAM. These devices can be used very effectively as a presentation device by flipping the display to backside and operating the keypad at the back.
The chasis of the laptop has been built with brushed aluminium hairline finish. Sony has equipped these laptops with back lit keypad to allow users to work in low light areas. All these are touch screen laptops and come with opti contrast panel, larger touch pad and bigger palm rest to give more comfortable typing and web surfing experience.
The Sony Vaio Flip 13N weighs 1.31 Kg and its battery lasts up to 7.5 hours. 14N and 15N's batteries last for 6 hours and 5 hours respectively. Sony has also included a dedicated USB port inside charging adaptor for quick smart phone charging. This provides instant charging without blocking USB ports on laptop. With Vaio's sleep and charge technology, phones can be charged even when the system is shutdown.
As a promotional offer Sony is giving away it's MDR-XB910A headsets for free (worth 12K) with every Sony Vaio flip hybrid laptop. Sony has tied up with couple of Banks and financial institutions to provide customers with easy EMI options and these laptops are covered with free one year accidental policy.
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Air Force officials held their first news event, dubbed an "open forum," via the popular micro-blogging application Twitter last week largely due to the fact that they needed to get the word out concerning a report issued about the Global Positioning System, according to Air Force Space Command spokesperson Mr. Dan Wade.
The added muscle provided by social media was due in large part because of what appeared to be a "stagnant" reception of the facts, he said.
The forum wasn't like a traditional Air Force-mainstream news conference; it allowed anyone, anywhere with Internet access the ability to ask a Headquarters Air Force Space Command official a question about the GPS system.
The back and forth dialog allowed people an unfiltered approach to developing their own opinions about the subject.
"Is there any actual probability of the GPS systems going down in 2010, or is it just worst case scenario – like my commute?," said Justin Herman, a Washington, D.C. based blogger who was online for the forum.
"No, the GPS will not go down. GAO points out, there is potential risk associated with a degradation in GPS performance," said Col. Dave Buckman, AFSPC command lead for Position, Navigation and Timing who was online to respond to the questions.
See more here and here. The archived conversation is here. Check out Air Force Space Command's Twitter profile here. The online forum has resulted in hundreds of stories and comments from bloggers and mainstream media.
Air Force Space Command's Commander General C. Robert Kehler said:
"Let me state emphatically – since we declared Full Operational Capability in 1995, the Air Force has maintained the constellation above the required 24 GPS satellites on orbit at 95 percent. In fact, we have achieved sub-three meter accuracy," said General Kehler. "The Air Force has been a good GPS steward continually providing 'better than expected' service to our GPS users. At this point, we foresee no significant loss of service in the future, near or far."


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A writer once said, "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." If this is true, which five people would you like to spend your time with? – Daily post prompt: Circle of Five
I've heard this saying before. When you spend time with a certain group of people for long enough, you eventually start to become alike. You rub off on each other. You want to build connections so even subconsciously you start to mimic each other. Eventually a small part of each of these people becomes a part of you.
So which 5 people would I want to spend time with?
J.K. Rowling
I admire her ability to tell stories and to create such vast imaginary worlds. I would like some of her creativity. I think I would tell her to stop adding things to the Harry Potter universe…
Michael Scott
I'm not sure if this is a good idea! I love how Michael has no idea of how he appears to people and how he affects people. He just says whatever is on his mind. He means well but he just doesn't understand how he world works. I love his sense of wonder.
Lady Gaga
I am going to turn into a gogo-dancer, haha! I see Gaga as someone who promotes unity, bravery, kindness, love, and passion. Who wouldn't want any of that to rub off on them?
Mark is one of my favourite YouTubers. He has an amazing speaking voice and has about 10 million subscribers but he is the most humble guy. Whenever he reaches a milestone, his fans create these creative videos to thank him, and he always watches them and cries through the whole thing. He is also rather silly!
Jennifer Lawrence
J-Law. She is beautiful and funny and easy to watch. She doesn't come across as if she is trying too hard. Some people say it's all an act and she is fooling us. I don't really care. She seems genuine and she is entertaining. She's quick on her feet and even when she is walking the red carpet or winning and Oscar she is natural, charming, and a bit of a goofball.
If I were to become the average of these 5 people. I would want to marry myself.


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These chocolate covered pumpkin breakfast bars are loaded with whole oats, sliced almond, flaxseed and sunflower seeds!
- 0.67 cup sliced/chopped almonds
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 0.5 cup dark chocolate (can use semi-sweet baking chocolate, dark chocolate chips or favorite dark chocolate candy bar)
- 0.33 cup honey
- 0.25 cup applesauce
- 0.75 cup pumpkin puree
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 0.5 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 cup toasted shredded coconut
- 0.5 cup sunflower seeds
- 0.5 cup ground flaxseed
- 1.75 cup whole oats
- 1 tsp honey (if desired for additional sweetness)
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees and grease 9x13 pan.
- Combine all dry ingredients in large bowl, stir. Combine all wet ingredients in smaller bowl, stir. Add wet ingredient to dry ingredients and stir until well combined.
- Spread the mixture into the prepared pans and press firmly with a spatula to evenly fill.
- Bake 10 minutes, then remove from oven and press down firmly with spatula. Bake additional 10 minutes, press firmly with spatula then bake last 5-10 minutes watching carefully to ensure they do not get too dark.
- Let pumpkin bars cool slightly, then melt chocolate and coconut oil (honey if desired) and drizzle over bakes bars. Set bars in refrigerator until chocolate hardens.
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Main > People > Lori Lesko
I wrote this for her in December of 2015, in twitter DM. She never replied. Now that she has deleted both her facebook and twitter accounts, having posted just before "I give up, goodbye." and while there may perhaps be a way to contact her, I will respect her wishes and wish her well.
I know you'd love to go live in Paris,
And we're friends on facebook
Ah, what does that even mean?
I know you write novels
And your picture show a bright smile
Beyond all that,
My dear Lori
You're still a mighty mystery
A tweep hidden behind the 140
Now your FB post and tweet
Let in some of the darkness
Under you carefully closed door
And I for an instant saw
That we know nothing of each other
That we are really just strangers
Passing along life's corridors
Without a glance, even a nod
Well, let me stop for a moment
And your hand take in mine
For an instant in time
I will look into your eyes
And tell you quite frankly
That I care quite deeply
And searching your face
For a smile I long to see
I'll not let go your slender hand
How creepy this may seem,
And I will smile and let you know
By my presence, my attention
That you matter at least to me
And I'm sure many others.
At last the moment will have come
for us to part
For you to go your way
and me mine,
And if I could I'd walk your shoes
And help you carry your burdens
But then who would carry mine?
So with a smile and a warm hug
I'll remind you you're not alone
That we're all in this together
And that the road less traveled
Nevertheless isn't deserted
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This year sees the fourteenth architect to design a temporary Pavilion outside the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery
Smiljan Radic's Pavilion has been designed as a flexible, multi-purpose social space with a café sited inside. Visitors are actively encouraged to enter into and to interact with the Pavilion in a variety of different ways throughout its four month life within the Park.
On a series of selected Friday nights, between July and September, the Pavilion will become…Continue
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OPI + Coca Cola Collection Review and Swatches
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Hey sweeties!
Have you heard about the latest OPI Collaboration with Coke?
Alot of us bloggers have been super excited about this one, and with good reason, there is a great variety of colors and finishes in this collection, some of which I think will be wildly popular for years to come.
Let's pop through and check them out, shall we?
Have you heard about the latest OPI Collaboration with Coke?
Alot of us bloggers have been super excited about this one, and with good reason, there is a great variety of colors and finishes in this collection, some of which I think will be wildly popular for years to come.
Let's pop through and check them out, shall we?
You're So Vain-illa - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
This is a fantastic vanilla/bone colored creme with wonderful formula. In fact, all of these had a perfect formula. This polish is definitely "backup worthy"
Orange You Fantastic - 2 Coats over You're So Vain-illa (+ Top Coat)
Orange You Fantastic has a tinted jelly base so it changes whatever you put it over. Worn here over You're SO Vain-illa, you can see the shift of color. This can be worn alone at 3-4 coats, but I like the coverage I saw at 2 coats with a base.
Orange You Fantastic - 2 Coats over You're So Vain-illa (+ Matte Top Coat)
Sorry I'm Fizzy Today - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
A very lovely pinkish salmon creme. Nothing super special but I still really loved this one.
Get Cherried Away - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
Adoring this plummy purple creme. Something about it in person that is just really impressive.
A Grape Affair - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
Another win for me. This is a smokey purple with a little blue. Such a fantastic formula, it can pass as a one coater.
Today I Accomplished Zero - 1 Coat over A Grape Affair (+ Top Coat)
A black jelly base with small coppery red glitters. I wore it over A Grape Affair and its wildly purple based. I liked it this way alot. At 2 coats on its own you would get its true color.
Green On The Runway - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
Green On The Runway was THE polish in the collection I was most excited about. It is definitely a stunner, but the cremes impressed me more in the end than this one did. Nothing at all wrong with it, I DO love it...I doubt I have to explain why.
It's got a nice and subtle shift from green to brown with extreme shifting you can even see a bit of gold/red
Coca Cola Red - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
This one is shockingly orange-leaning and almost neon. I adored this as well. And I'm very on the fence about red polish most days. I felt like I was painting my nails with liquid crayolas, it was SO vivid.
My Signature Is "DC" - 2 Coats with Natural Finish
Silver foil. It seems to be a bit different from the MANY silver foils I own, but I will have to do a comparison to know for sure. It was very glowy and bright though, and wore great for quite a few days!
The Coca-Cola 10 Pack of Style is a set featuring eight shades (Coca-Cola Red, You're So Vain-illa, Sorry I'm Fizzy Today, Get Cherried Away, My Signature is "DC," Today I Accomplished Zero, Green on the Runway and A Grape Affair) in mini bottles along with a mini OPI Top Coat and a mini OPI Original Nail Envy.
Coca-Cola by OPI will be available in both nail lacquer and GelColor formulas beginning June 2014. Nail lacquer shades each feature OPI's exclusive ProWide™ Brush and will retail for $9.00 ($10.95 CAN) at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, beautybrands.com, Beauty First, Chatters, Dillard's, jcp Salons, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, ULTA andulta.com. The 10 Pack of Style mini pack will retail for $24.95 ($29.95 CAN). GelColor is an in-salon, professional service only. Prices depend on the salon and range from $28 - $38 for a manicure and $35 - $45 for a pedicure.
"We are thrilled to partner with OPI – a brand that, like Coca-Cola, exudes optimism," says Kate Dwyer, Group Director, Worldwide Licensing, The Coca-Cola Company. "It gives us another opportunity engage an important trendsetting audience and help further build favorability for our brands."
For more information, please call 800-341-9999 or visit www.opi.com. Follow OPI on Twitter and Instagram@OPI_PRODUCTS, become a Facebook fan, and share Coca-Cola inspired manicures using the hashtag #OPICokeStyle.


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On Thursday, March 16, Out Professionals presents "Show&Tale: Coming-Out Mementos and Stories," an object-prompted event guided by Personal Historian Martie McNabb (shown). According to Martie, "Show&Tale is like Antiques Roadshow meets The Moth — or your favorite Pinterest board come to life!"
For a majority of the members of the LGBT community, coming out constituted one of life's most significant events. What did it mean to you? The act of coming out to yourself or to others? Awakening to a role as an activist?
In Martie's experience, you probably still cherish a coming-out memento — a particular object, document or photo that plays a nostalgic role in your story.
- Did you find a suffragette sash in your great-grandmother's attic?
- A faded photo of your great uncle, a confirmed bachelor, in drag?
- A clipping showing a relative participating in the early fight for civil rights?
- A photo of you and your friends in ACT-UP, demonstrating for AIDS funding?
Welcome to an interactive evening featuring guided sharing of coming-out stories of all kinds. You'll learn more about yourself while connecting with other professionals as we share the stories that helped make us who we are today.
No need to practice. Everyone is welcome to share. Three-minute time limit. No judges, no prizes, no competition. You'd just like to come and listen? Awesome! Observers welcome.
Personal Historian Martie McNabb has been haunted by all the vivid life stories that get shoved into a box, a bag, or a suitcase. Her business, Memories Out of the Box, reclaims an owner's photos, documents and memorabilia and turns them into a visual narrative of a unique life.
The handsomely reimagined LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues. Subway: 1/2/3, A/C/E or F/M to 14th Street; L to 6th or 8th Avenue.
On Thursday, Mar. 16, doors open at 6:30 p.m. for networking, socializing, seat selection. Show&Tale, an object-prompted evening of guided sharing, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Nonmember, $25. Dues-paying Out Professionals Member, just $15. Dues-paying OP Business Member, free with advance registration. Space limited; final sale. Sorry, no refunds or exchanges. Advance ticketing closes at noon on Monday, Mar. 16. Pocket a copy of your online receipt; thanks! Walk-ins welcome, space permitting. Cash only at the door.
As a registered nonprofit, Out Professionals relies heavily on Membership dollars. You can enjoy a 12-month Individual OP Membership (new or renewal, your own or a gift) PLUS admission for one to tonight's workshop for just $75. Or choose to enjoy even greater benefits as an Out Professionals Business Member ($125) and provide even greater support for OP's vital year-round LGBT programming, which includes low-cost or no-cost networking and socializing. Join here.


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Room 2 is identical in size to Room 1 and has an open outlook over farmland and countryside with the hills of Ben y Vrackie in the distance. This comfortable room sleeps two either as a double or twin. There are two armchairs with a coffee table and a large ensuite shower room with velux window.
This room has plenty of storage. We also provide tea and coffee making facilities, supply of fresh milk, home baking and a variety of magazines.
This room has a 32 inch flat screen television. We also have an extensive library of DVDs for use during your stay.
For those requiring internet access this room has free WiFi.