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A few months ago I was leaving from a class I had late in the afternoon so it was dark out by the time I went to my car to go home. It hadn't been raining and it was pretty temperate out. When I got in I forgot to look through the windown at the backseats before getting in which I usually do. The windshield and windows were all fogged up and I had no explanation to why it was like that. I had no warm objects in the car to create condensation. I was driving out of the parking lot when it hit me that the only explanation I could think of was that there was someone hiding in my car and their body heat created it and they were waiting to slit my throat/use cholorform on me. I speed up and then smashed the breaks and whirled around expecting I'd have to kill a guy with my bare hands. There was nothing there... I still have no idea what caused it but for a few moments that night I legitimatley believed I was going to have to kill someone if I didn't want to be killed.
Anyone else been in sitatuons where you reall believed you were in a life or death situation?
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Holy shit dude that was badass.
As for me, the only situation that would come close would be when I was jogging by the cemetery late at evening when it was dark and this dog without a leash or owner comes out of nowhere and starts barking at me and occasionally taunting me as if he were about to attack. I was already coming up with multiple ways to kill that thing.00|00|0
I've had dog situations similar to that before. I just friendly call it over to me as if I was it's owner. It wants to fight or chase. If you treat it like it's normally treated (unless it's abused) it'll just get bored of you and move on.
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Great advice actually, thanks dude. The first thing that came to mind back then was a pretty risky move. I thought that I would just kick the dog at the very last moment and as it's immobiled I'd quickly and rapidly strike it. But in hindsight that seems like a stupid idea.
Yeah the hard part is getting into that position but once you do you'd win the fight. It would struggle and try to roll you off but it would get exhausted really fast trying to get you off since it'd have to roll your weight as well as it's own.

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This anthology kicks off with 1980's No Place To Run, now featuring the single edit "Young Blood", available on CD for the first time, as well as its live b-side "Hot 'N' Ready", recorded in concert at that year's Reading festival. Next up is a BBC gig recorded for Radio 1 on their 1980 No Place To Run UK tour. Featuring the classics "Out In The Street", "Cherry", "Only You Can Rock Me", "Love To Love", "Doctor Doctor", "Too Hot To Handle", "Lights Out" and "Rock Bottom", this is the first time the original broadcast has been released on CD in its entirety.
1981's The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent (UK No 19) kicks off with live favourite "Chains Chains", and includes the singles "Couldn't Get It Right" and the 7" edit of "Lonely Heart", previously unreleased on CD. Back in the days when rock groups were expected to produce (at least) one LP a year, and UFO being no slouches, they produced Mechanix (UK No 8) in 1982, now featuring the otherwise unavailable b-side, "Heel Of A Stranger". 1983's Making Contact, the first album to be recorded without founder member and bassist Pete Way, now features the b-side "Everybody Knows", as well as the previously unreleased on CD - 7" edit of single "When It's Time To Rock".
As UFO have now been touring and recording in excess of 40 years and 20 albums, announcing their "farewell" tour in 1983 may have been a little premature, but to commemorate this, a number of concerts were recorded on that tour, resulting in the 5 tracks taped at London's famed Hammersmith Odeon, and later released on Headstone. The "comeback" record, and their final LP for Chrysalis, Misdemeanor was released in 1986, and now features the non-album b-side "The Chase", as well as US Remix versions of "Night Run", "Heavens Gate" and "One Heart". The package is completed with liner notes written in conjunction with singer, songwriter and UFO mainstay Phil Mogg available on request), conducted whilst the band recorded their very latest album, which is due for release later in 2012.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo sophomore Brett Coffel belted a pair of home runs while Tyler Bauman and Zach Whitaker combined to keep a lid on Lynn University's big bats, as the Lions posted a 5-2 win on the Fighting Knights on Friday night at Thomas B. Southard Stadium.
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Patrick Dorrian accounted for two of Lynn's five hits – including a two-run double up the middle in the second that accounted for all of the Knights' scoring.
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My colleague has been looking into the AVN seminar and received a free invite to attend. I'm pretty sceptical by nature and feel that some of the marketing material is so good it really can't be true that you can achieve what they promote!
It would be free to attend but would require a full day away from the office and travel and over night accomodation so its not quite as simple as "what have we got to lose by attending" so i'm hoping for some feedback from anyone who has attended a seminar previously. Thanks in advance.
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Just an up date, I decided not to go ahead because of the monthy outlay. At my current fee level it is just not viable.
It is well worth going to the seminar, you will leave with some great ideas and some free stuff.
Give it a go
If you have never been to an AVN event I would encourage you to do so. At the end of the day you may well decide it's not for you, but you'll definitely pick up some ideas you can take back to your office and use. AVN is as much about attitude and positioning of accounting practices as it is about selling them a load of software resources. Whether or not you decide to go, do get a copy of Steve Pipe's latest book and see what other firms are doing, it really is inspirational stuff.
I agree with Nigel
If you've never been to an AVN event before, its easily worth a day plus a few expenses.
... hear hear!
I am a member of AVN if you want to PM me at all - but whatever you decide to do I would certainly go along to Steve's event - he is such a motivating speaker and I'm confident you will leave absolutely buzzing.
Why are you looking at AVN?
There must be a reason, some form of motivation. Are you concerned about maintaining margins in the years ahead want to win better work or perhaps you are bored with basic compliance work?
Whatever the issue/s think about the costs and then ask yourself is it worth poking your nose. My guess is that it will be just so you know what then competition are doing.
But, if you do decide not to go or not to join ask yourself what are you going to do instead? Basic compliance fees and margins will continue to fall over the coming years.
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... eh?
Bob, please enlighten us as to the point of your post - 'is it worth poking your nose in?' - what does that mean?
'Just so you know what the competition are doing' - ???
I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make?
I went along and found that most of what they said was not ground breaking, just common sense.
I think it depends on your client base, and if you can get the right clients in. if you go along i think you will see from the practices they use as examples.
Was not for me and my practice has grown by 45% this year without it.
A lot of my clients would not want the tools they promote and would not pay for it.
Not sure if it is ALL AVN's doing that has helped the practices they use as examples, but it might be. Would the practice of done as well without AVN? Maybe
I know a few people have asked if there is a particular size you have to be for AVN to work for you as a practice and not had an answer.
In my opinion, i feel that you do have to be of a certain size or have a certain size of client base.
You asked "What size firm is it suitable for?"
As the above thread shows, AVN is right for many but not all firms, and some like Fidodido are able to grow at 45% a year without our help.. However, the determining factor for suitability is not one of size of firm,
I am, though, mystified that Fidido says we haven't answered the question of what size AVN is best suited for - since what follows in italics was posted by me in this very forum earlier in the year...
The reigning 2010 Accountancy Age medium size firm of the year is Hallidays – a successful AVN member in Stockport with 8 partners and a 100+ year pedigree. www.hallidays.co.uk
One of the runners up in the 2010 Accountancy Age small firm of the year award was Wirral based Woods Squared – a really successful one director + 3 team members that started in business and as an AVN member in 2007. (In fact their principal Alan Woods has posted a comment above). www.woods-squared.co.uk
And one of the previous Accountancy Age Small Firm Of The Year is Landers, a successful AVN member with one equity principal and c 10 team members on a village green in Toddington. www.landerstheaccountants.com
While Stark Main, who in June 2011 were named as the "The UK's best accountants" by David Maister, Paul Dunn and Mark Lloydbottom, are AVN members from a two equity director practice that was a 2006 start up in Scotland and now employs 18 people. www.starkmain.co.uk
So the reality is size and location of the firm are irrelevant, as is the age of the firm itself.
Doing the right things with the right attitude is what really counts.
And with the right attitude extraordinary results (such as growing from startup up to 18 team members in 5 years, as Stark Main has) are possible.
But the acid test is clearly this…
… you can see above the sorts of results and awards AVN members are getting doing things one way – if you are doing things a different way, how do your results compare?
All three of the small sole practitioner finalists in the Accountingweb Practice Excellence Awards are AVN members.
@Jaybee661 - the point of my post is to get the OP to think about the reason/s why they are considering attending an AVN event. I suggested research (poking a nose)is a good idea and asked what else they can do if they don't do something like AVN.
... not sure there's a lot to think about...
@Jaybee661 - the point of my post is to get the OP to think about the reason/s why they are considering attending an AVN event. I suggested research (poking a nose)is a good idea and asked what else they can do if they don't do something like AVN.
... not sure there's a lot to think about if you're offered a day's worth of ideas to dramatically improve the service to your clients completely free-of-charge... there's absolutely no obligation to do anything at all even after you've been to the seminar so not sure I'd bother 'poking a nose' around at all...
I've just been on to AVN website because I was thinking or attending. However it is priced at £200 (proactivity seminar 23/11/11); am I looking at the correct thing?
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Thacca - You are right, tickets are actually £200.
But we do also have some guest places that we offer to selected invitees. But, given the mention of free places in this thread, I am happy to extend that offer of a guest place to any accountingweb reader in practice.
Dates are 15 November in Manchester and 23 November in central London.
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@Jaybee661 - your first post was good, the rest leave me wondering what point you're trying to make. You'll have to enlighten me.
@Jaybee661 - your first post was good, the rest leave me wondering what point you're trying to make. You'll have to enlighten me.
Funny that as that was exactly my opinion of your initial post - which made absolutely no sense at all.


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Buying an Investment property is a challenging process! What do I do, where do I start, who do I speak to and what are the sequence of events? In order to assist you through this important process I have provided my '7 steps to buying an investment property.' This is the checklist I use when purchasing a property.
You must be able to afford the cash flow impact on owning an investment property. Work out how much disposable income you have after each pay packet taking into consideration your daily living costs, and do not over commit. Work out how much you have already or will need in savings to go towards a deposit. Generally a Bank will require 20% cash down and they will then lend you the balance. Also allow for 5% of the purchase price to cover costs like stamp duty and legal fees.
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Also you should consider how you will structure your Loan, should you go for interest only or principle and interest? Should you lock the rates in on a fixed term or leave it variable or go half/half? The answers to these questions may depend on the economic environment at the time and as always, seek counsel from the professionals before making a commitment!
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Form a relationship with a lawyer that specialises in property, and make sure that you touch base with them early and get a quote. Once you have found the right property and have instructed them to review the contract, also instruct them whose name should appear on the contract. This is very important and you should seek advice from the accountant before deciding on the name on the contract of sale. While undertaking the review of your contract, as part of this process you may also want to make sure that your Will is current and reflects the latest changes and commitments of if you do not yet have a Will, to arrange for one to be drawn up.
Commence your search for the right property in which State/City/Suburb/Street. If required, seek assistance from a Buyers Agent to ensure correct research is done to purchase the right property for you.
This is the critical step and if you get this wrong could cost you a lot of money so if necessary, seek professional help. Remember the Real Estate agent is working for the seller not you and they are trying to achieve a sale at the best price possible for their client, whereas a buyers agent is working for you .Do your own research on the areas within a state, city, suburb and street that have a proven track record of capital growth. Look at the demographics of the suburb, and things like proximity to public transport, schools, roads and shops. There are a number of online providers that can assist with information on recent sales and history of the property in the street and area which you are looking, to ensure you don't over pay. Remember that other than your home, this will be your largest Investment decision so do your homework and seek professional help if required. Understand the sales processes of making offers and the Auction. Don't become emotionally attached to the property, its an investment, a business and you are only interested in maximising capital and rental returns.
After discussions with your accountant you would have determined whether you should look at a newer property vs older ones. Understand the rental market and returns gained from the property, also what are the vacancy rates within the area. This will determine how long it may take to find a new tenant if your tenant leaves .
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Expect them to look for a commission of around 5-7% of the gross rent. Set the expectations on what they are to do e.g. all bills to go to them for payment and only contact you for approval if the amount exceeds a certain number, however if there is a minor repair just go ahead but if a major repair, it needs your approval. They will issue monthly statements reconciling rent and expenses and will deposit money directly into your nominated bank account each month. They get paid to manage your property so don't do it for them, just manage them to do it for you.
Now that you have settled the property and have a tenant in place and an Agent managing it for you ,you now need to speak to your accountant about how you can assist your cash flow by lodging a PAYG variation . You will now know the rent you will receive after costs and also the interest you will be paying the bank and the impact on depreciation if applicable. He will help you lodge this PAYG application with the ATO and within a few weeks you will see a little extra in your pay packet. Also ask the Accountant about what information he requires and by when to assist him in lodging the yearly tax returns and how much is this going to cost you each year so there are no surprises.
These are my "7 steps to Purchasing an investment property" but always seek professional advice where necessary to determine whether Investing in property is appropriate for your individual circumstances .
Chan & Naylor, National Property Business Tax Accounting & Wealth Advisory Group - Australia's Fastest Growing and Top 100 Accounting Firm (BRW 2007, 2008, 2013)
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Disclaimer: This article contains general information. Before you make any financial or investment decision you should seek professional advice to take into account your individual objectives, financial situation and individual needs.
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( ??? lays on the ground unconscious )
( Dralios flies off )
Aaron has came from the battlefield to see Jean...
Aaron) That should have thought him a lesson...
Jean) Hurt him badly?
Aaron) No, not at all.
Jean) Oh Raphoon!
Aaron) He's in my room, not my pocket.
Jean) …
Aaron) Went Raphoon on you.
Jean) Yeah, Aarudy.
Popcorn) MEOW!
Aaron) O_O
Jean) Now run, Aarudy!
Aaron) No th - Wait, Aarudy...That actually sound pretty nice.
Jean) Not like we'd name a child that.
Aaron) What?
Jean) I'm just saying.
Aaron) Okay.
Jean) Now where did you get that scratch?
Aaron) Not telling you, that's for sure.
Jean) Why not?
Aaron) It's a secret between me and I.
Jean) Well, I AM your girlfriend.
Aaron) That doesn't matter.
Jean) Well then, I don't want to speak to you again!
Aaron) Wh-
Jean) I'm kidding. *Hugs Aaron* I love you too much to break up with you.
Aaron) *Hugs Jean* Me too.
( Raphoon slips out of Aaron's room and looks down towards Aaron and Jean )
( Aaron and Jean start kissing )
Raphoon Razeun) *In head* NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Popcorn) MEOW! *Rubbing against Aaron's leg*
Raphoon) *In head* KITTY!
Popcorn) MEOW! *Scratches Aaron's leg*
( Aaron and Jean don't stop kissing )
Popcorn) MEEEEEEOW! *Constantly scratches Aaron's leg*
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