#Amanda Degener

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"The Vulcan Academy Murders" review

Novel by Jean Lorrah, from 1984. Set entirely on Vulcan, after "Journey to Babel" but a bit before M'Benga joins the Enterprise. It seems that Spock can never have a quiet family reunion with his parents, since this time, a suspicious series of computer malfunctions start killing patients in the Academy hospital...

As an insight into Vulcan culture, and specially Spock's family, the story is fine. There are lots of anecdotes from his childhood, as well as Sarek and Amanda's marriage. Spock has also resolved his differences with Sarek, after the events of Babel, and they're starting to understand and appreciate each other much better now. Apart from this, we get to see how Vulcans treat foreigners, and how even in this society there are dissenting parties, that aren't so fond of Surak's teachings.

As a murder mystery, though, the narrative is rather clumsy. The real culprit is pretty obvious, at least from halfway into the novel. Even moreso, by the way the characters brush aside their suspicions about this person for no discernible reason, to focus instead on the (also obvious) red herring. Kirk in particular seems pretty irresponsible in the way he conducts the investigation. But in general, the only reason the murderer escapes capture for so long, it's because all characters seem determined to play the idiot ball around this person.

The structure is a bit uneven as well. A couple of original characters get a lot of exposure in the early parts, even with entire chapters written from their point of view, but eventually return to the background without truly becoming protagonists. It's also a bit weird to see such quiet scenes, like Sarek telling stories about his wife, or Kirk planning to go out on a date, while Amanda's life is still so seriously threatened.

So, not all that great (though fans of Sarek and Amanda will probably love it), but not bad either.

I'll try to explain the plot a bit without spoiling everything. But just in case, spoilers under the cut:

During a battle against Klingons, a crewman sustains grave nervous damage, and he's left in a vegetative state. Spock, however, has heard about a revolutionary treatment, recently developed in Vulcan, that can completely regenerate a nervous system. He knows about the treatment because his own mother is undergoing it, due to a degenerative disease (not that he'd have talked about such trifles with Kirk or McCoy, of course). So they head to Vulcan, and leave the crewman in the hands of Vulcan healer Sorel, and his human partner Daniel, the developers of the new treatment. It consists in placing the patient in a stasis chamber, where he remains unconscious for several days until his system is regenerated. Amanda will be ready to leave her chamber in a couple of days, but the disconnection procedure is very delicate, and doing it too soon would be fatal for the person.

All seems well, so Kirk, Spock and McCoy get a little shore leave at Sarek's house. The story also introduces some other characters, like Eleyna, a human who helps Sarek at the Academy, or Sendet, an elitist Vulcan working under Sorel. However, the problems begin when Sorel's wife suffers also an accident that damages her nerves, and she's put in yet another stasis chamber (so there's a total of three patients now). Shortly thereafter, an apparent power failure disconnects the stasis field around the Vulcan woman, and then she's dead, Jim. Feeling the bond with his wife breaking, Sorel almost dies as well (yes, this is something that happens to Vulcans in this novel; and it's a bit impractical). But Daniel manages to mind-meld with his partner, as he's considered part of the family, and together with Sorel's children, they heal him and bring him out of his shock.

The investigations about the power malfunction don't show any problem with the equipment itself, nor with the computer, and yet the alarms didn't activate until it was too late. When a little later, the chamber that holds Kirk's crewman also fails, and the ensign dies, it starts looking as a murder case and not a simple accident. Vulcan hasn't had any murders for millennia (if you're not counting things like Spock's wedding, that is), so Vulcans are very reluctant to accept it's a crime. But Kirk, Sarek and Spock decide to start their own investigation, as Vulcan lacks a proper police. If there's a murderer, Amanda could be the next target. Kirk starts interrogating several suspects (including T'Pau!), while Sarek and Spock try to retrieve info about the malfunctions from the Academy computer network. Meanwhile, McCoy is doing his medical things, or drinking mint juleps, I'm not sure... Also, Kirk thinks this is an appropiate time to ask Eleyna on a date (sigh...).

At last, Sarek and Spock seem to be on the track of something with the computers. But just then, there's a massive power failure in the whole hospital, the computer's memory is wiped, and all lights go out. To complicate things further, a fire breaks in the hospital immediately after. And Kirk and Sarek are injured while trying to protect Amanda's chamber from the fire. Meanwhile, Daniel had confessed his love for T'Mir (Sorel's daughter), and they had established a bond. Sendet, who's really dismissive of outworlders and wanted T'Mir for himself, attacks Daniel in public. This turns Sendet into suspect number one, apparently causing the stasis malfunctions to discredit Daniel's work. But is he?...

In the last part Kirk, instead of going out on a date with Eleyna, ends up lost in the Vulcan desert at night. And he's almost eaten by a carnivorous plant and a le-matya (the thing in the cover which Spock, in fact, NEVER fights in the book). McCoy proves he's a better detective than all the others conducting the case, when he guesses what happened with Kirk and goes to his rescue. Kirk is unconscious at first, but upon waking up, he reveals the identity of the killer.

McSpirk Meter: 5/10*. It's difficult to separate the relationships in this case. Kirk and McCoy are both invited to Sarek's house, and it's obvious he sees them as part of Spock's family. Also, Sarek isn't very concerned about his son not marrying a woman again (this, in a society that is absolutely obsessed with getting people married). For their part, both Kirk and McCoy seem very interested in learning things about Spock's past, and his family relationships. McCoy "feels warmth" when Spock trusts him as a doctor to treat Amanda. And Kirk is said to only tolerate the presence of Spock while in intense pain; as McCoy explains, "Spock is very good with people in pain". On the other hand, it's significant how the novel avoids any mention of Spock having a mental link with Kirk or McCoy (which is almost a staple in many novels and comics). Precisely in a story that stresses so much the mind link, as a bond between a married man and woman...

On a more comedic note, there's also a bit of McKirk. They tell an anecdote about Kirk and McCoy beaming down stark naked to a nudist planet, and how they tried to cover their junk in embarrassment. And then something about them getting drunk in shore leave, and McCoy putting Kirk to bed... Sarek even wonders if this "putting the Captain to bed" is something McCoy does on a regular basis.

Last but not least, the relationship between Sorel and Daniel is... well... Daniel gets to experience a really intense warmth and belonging while melding with Sorel, during which he also shares his feelings for his wife. Then he's pained to break the link. It's obvious they're really, really close, and Daniel wants to be a part of Sorel's family above anything else. The Vulcan-human relationship somehow mirrors that of Spock with Kirk and McCoy, where he's found his other family as well. The narrative tries to avert this direction by insisting Sorel and Daniel are "like brothers". And then tries to avert it more by having Daniel bond with T'Mir (Sorel's MUCH younger daughter). Which yeah, it's not gay but... in hindsight, it looks a bit incestuous instead.

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Care, Mentor, Social Circle, Fate, Past :0 for Amanda 💚 Sorry if that's a lot!

Oh, godness, you are literally asking me for her whole lore! I am so excited! Here we go!!

How does your OC engage in self-care, if at all? If they don't, why not?

Amanda doesn't give a damn about her life. She is like a walking zombie, getting laid with whoever who shows a hint of affection and all. She even drinks a lot and she has yellow teeth due to her abusive smoking habit.

She wants to die, yet she also wishes to fulfill Big Boss' wish about an Outer Heaven. That's the only motivation for her to live.

Does your OC have a mentor? Have they ever reached out to anyone for guidance or teaching, or been taken under someone's wing? How does your OC get along with their mentor?

There are two men in Amanada's life. It all started during the Peace Walker events, where the MSF soldiers found a baby in the jungle. Big Boss considered it as an early Christmas gift (since he believes in Santa Claus, haha), so he tried his best to take care of her with Kaz and the rest of the crew. Her codename, Southern Explosion, was BB's idea during this time, but officially her first name was Espo. No one knows the meaning behind this name, tho.

During his coma, misteryously Ocelot appeared, taking the girl with himself. How did he know about the baby's presence, in the first place? He was the one who named her Amanda and raised her until TPP events. By this time, Amanda was an agile girl, fluent in both English and Russian, skilled in guns and self defense, but still weak compared to other kids like Eli.

Amanda goes back to Big Boss' guardianship, following him with respect and devotion. BB is way more strict and harsh than Ocelot, yet he taught her the most valuable lessons about survivance and CQC. It's pretty obvious she goes to the Army, and later she joins FOXHOUND, to abandon it once the Operation Intrude N313 takes place. You know BB runs away to create Zanzibar Land, and so Amanda follows him. Then guess what? Her current PMC, Star Eagle, is the remains of Zanzibar Land. She's trying to create the Outer Heaven BB wished.

Ocelot returns to her life after the Zanzibar Land Disturbance. He doesn't join Star Eagle but takes her soldiers into consideration for several missions he wouldn't involve FOXHOUND in. But Amanda didn't notice Ocelot was just using her, making her work for The Patriots... The Big Shell Incident showed her Ocelot's true colors, leaving her confused and angry.

What's your OC's social circle? Are they obligated to spend time with others in their circle, or are they happy to be there? Has their social standing and social circle ever changed, and if so, how did your OC feel about it?

Her social circle is mainly masculine, surrounded by soldiers or politicians. After the Big Shell Incident, she starts searching for bigger contacts for her own benefit. Take into consideration she got a degenerative illness, so she needs a special set of nanomachines. Ocelot could provide it to her, but after she kicked him out of her life, she needs a new dealer.

Does your OC believe in destined meetings? True love, soulmates, hearing the bells? Have they ever experienced this?

She only believes in death.

Does your OC have any past partners? How did the relationship(s) end? Are any of their exes still in their life, and if so, do they get along?

After BB's death, she finds consolation in other men's bed. I am not saying she has got some sort of daddy issues but... You know!

There are rumours that she felt a connection with Solidus, but these are just rumours. She seduced Sundowner, in order to reach deeper into the alliance Desperado has with World Marshal, and dumped him to play with Armstrong. She was so close to become the First Lady of America, until Raiden stopped her plans. You know what happens in MGR!

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Game, Set and Match - ITV - October 3, 1988 - December 19, 1988 / PBS - March 23, 1989 - June 8, 1989

Drama (13 Episodes)

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Ian Holm as Bernard Samson

Mel Martin as Fiona Samson

Michael Culver as Dicky Cruyer

Michael Degen as Werner Volkmann

Gottfried John as Eric Stinnes

Anthony Bate as Bret Renssalaer

Frederick Treves as Frank Harrington

Amanda Donohoe as Gloria Kent

Hugh Fraser as Giles Trent

Gail Harrison as Tessa Kozinski

Gary Whelan as George Kozinski

Brigitte Karner as Zena Volkmann

Alan MacNaughtan as Sir Henry Clevemore DG

Michael Aldridge as Silas Gaunt

Peter Vaughan as David Kimber-Hutchinson

Eva Ebner as Frau Lisl Hennig

Jeremy Child as Henry Tiptree

Ralf Wolter as Juri Rostov

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Manchester mum loses 10 stone and has improved her quality of life

A Manchester Mum loses over 10 stone and finally improves her quality of life dramatically Amanda Dean, Manchester has suffered for 15 years with chronic pain issues which include degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis of the spine, fibromyalgia, chronic pain syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome (known as ME). Amanda says ‘these conditions took over my life and I was mostly bedridden due to…

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Our Mighty Journey for My Mighty Journey

We recently had the absolute pleasure of unboxing My Mighty Journey: A Waterfall’s Story written by John Coy and beautifully illustrated with original color wood engravings and prints made directly from found materials by Gaylord Schanilec, in collaboration with Paul Nylander and Barbara Eijadi. We had to pry open box after box after box to reveal the 18″ x 24″ book. Fully opened, the children’s book is nearly 4 1/2 feet wide! Much bigger than a child! Luckily, the text and images have also been turned into a trade edition for children.

The book tells a story about the evolution along the Mississippi River, as imaginatively told by the longest resident in these parts, the St. Anthony waterfall in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The waterfall as narrator playfully explains all of the changes the river has been through over its 12,000-year journey of 15 miles. The act of turning the enormous pages adds to the illusion of years passing for the reader. 

“I am a powerful waterfall. I listen. I pay attention. I have a long memory. You might find it hard to believe but I have moved through time.”

We had a sneak peak of the publication when Gaylord Schnilec was the guest artist in our annual Ettinger Book Artist Series in February and a couple of days later when our department head Max Yela was a featured participant in the opening events for the exhibition “Gaylord Schanilec: A Natural History” in the James Watrous Gallery of the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, Wis.

Schanilec’s Midnight Paper Sales is the imprint, and the images were hand-printed on Mohawk Superfine paper, with the text handset in Bernhard Gothic foundry type printed on handmade Cave Paper produced by Amanda Degener in Minneapolis in an edition of 40 copies. The volumes were hand-bound and the covers and boxes constructed by the project participants.

Want to see more of what’s inside? Come into UWM Special Collections on the fourth floor of the Golda-Meir Library, or stay tuned for more social media posts on this magnificent text.

Pictured in the GIF is Max and our department manager Alice! 

-Morgan. Special Collections Graduate Intern

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“Jim Blaine and His Grandfather’s Ram” - Or How to Enjoy Codex VII

“Jim Blaine and His Grandfather’s Ram” – Or How to Enjoy Codex VII

The seventh biennial Codex book fair and symposium in Berkeley and Richmond, California have come to a close. Of what use it is now to explain how to enjoy them, you be the judge. Your first step is to read the story in Mark Twain’s Roughing It of “Jim Blaine and His Grandfather’s Ram”. Being the story of a story — book art being so self-reflexive and all — it is the best way to commence:

Ever…

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hi everyone, i’m amanda & i’m super excited to be here and to get to write with all of you! i’ll be playing persimmon kennedy, and you can read about her under the cut! 💜  

triggers: sibling death, blindness

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persimmon kennedy, second oldest kennedy daughter. older sister to @peachykeenkennedy​. while she’s not particularly close to her parents (they suck), her sisters are her best friends.

born and raised in madison! went to college and lived in savannah for about 6 years (age 18-24)

30 years old, born on nov. 24th (sagittarius)

her family owns kennedy cherry orchard, which is incredibly successful and has been passed on for generations. she and her sisters grew up as wealthy as one can be in a small southern town, wanting for nothing. except maybe some love and affection from their parents? lol

grew up doing pageants, was also in ballet and had lessons in piano, archery, cello, horseback riding. she was also a cheerleader in high school and probably part of prom court-- all part of her mother’s doing, because appearances mean everything to the kennedy’s, and she wanted her daughters to all be the epitomes of the term southern belle. 

persimmon however-- hated most of it. while she enjoyed the activities, she hated being restricted and forced into all of it. she had no passion for any of it-- what she had passion for was art. she loved to paint and draw, specifically, though she enjoyed pottery as well. her mother expected her to continue with the pageants so she could eventually go on and compete for miss georgia and miss usa but persimmon quit and went to college instead. she ended up being accepted to the savannah college of art & design, where she decided to specialize in interior design. 

after graduating, she worked for a couple of years in savannah as an intern and had plans to stay in the bigger city rather than come back to madison-- but that was around the time that her older sister died. 

it was unexpected and a devastating blow to the family, and persimmon couldn’t in good conscience stay away when her family needed her- especially peachy keen. so she packed up the life she’d started and moved back to madison. 

she has since been trying to build up her portfolio working in neighboring towns and cities when she gets the opportunity, in the hopes of one day eventually opening her own business. however, more recently, she’s started to wonder if it will be possible. 

at the age of five, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease. it’s a disease that affects one’s eyesight, and though it’s very rare and affects every person differently, it usually results in complete eye loss. because each person’s experience with it is different, when she was diagnosed, her doctors could not tell when exactly she would lose her sight, and though they had second, third opinions, the diagnoses was the same. some people lose their sight at a young age, some later in life. for the most part, while her eyesight wasn’t perfect and she has experienced some effects of the disease, she’s been extremely lucky. however, more recently, her sight has begun to worsen and has been told by specialists that she will lose her sight completely within the next year or two if not sooner. 

persimmon’s still coming to terms with this fact, as she’s spent her whole life thinking she was lucky and somehow could avoid it, and still thinks somehow it’s something that she can prolong-- she’s avoided telling anyone, except for her immediate family, as it’s not something she wants people in town to know, because she’s not ready for it to be real. she’s thrown herself into work as much as possible, pretending everything is fine, but in reality, it is not fine at all. 

was engaged about six months ago but broke things off with her fiance after her doctor confirmed she will go completely blind - not wanting to burden him with what was happening to her, though she never told him what was going on, so the split was very much out of nowhere. she’s still very broken hearted over it and cherry was absolutely PISSED when she found out her daughter broke the engagement off, but she’s recently started setting persimmon up with any bachelor she can find, because she absolutely hates that persimmon is 30-- almost 31-- and still unmarried. 

is a madison belle! 

when she’s not working, she still loves to paint and draw. she’s also recently opened an etsy shop selling customizable home decor and other trinkets. 

literally doesn’t have to work since her parents have a ton of money and she has a trust fund once she gets married but she loves her job and bringing other people joy, and also hates sitting still and being the rich spoiled girl most people might expect her to be. 

so this is pretty much everything about persimmon! she’s very mild-mannered and soft, an actual sweetheart who rarely has anything bad to say about anyone (though if you’ve messed with one of her sisters, she probs hates you but is like... polite about it). please give me all the connections for her - she’s a local and has lived in town for the majority of her life except for her college years. would love to have best friends, a close knit friend group, high school friends, maybe some enemies (they can dislike her for whatever reason), exes (ex fiance 👀 ), people she might’ve been on a couple of dates with, neighbors, clients, etc. 

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20 Paperbacks to add to your TBR

Real talk: we can all agree hardcovers make for gorgeous collectors’ items, but there are times when only a paperback will do. They’re easier on the wallet, way more portable for reading on the go and they’re easy to conceal (oh, say, for some sneaky reading during family functions). Here are 20 new and upcoming paperbacks we wouldn’t want to live without:

The Black Witch by Laurie Forest

Powerful magic. A deadly legacy. A world at the edge of war.

Evil looms on the horizon, and for Elloren Gardner, granddaughter of the last Black Witch, pressure to live up to her magical heritage is building. Elloren’s people, the Gardnerians, believe she will follow in her grandmother’s footsteps. But Elloren is utterly devoid of power—in a society that prizes magical ability above all else.

Granted the opportunity to study at the prestigious Verpax University, Elloren sets out to embrace a destiny of her own, free from the shadow of her grandmother’s legacy. But the university may be the most treacherous place of all for the granddaughter of the Black Witch, and Elloren soon realizes that the world she knows is not what it seems. If she is to survive the coming danger, she’ll have to free her mind from the assumptions she was raised with, and learn to trust the very people she’s been taught to hate and fear.

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

The first day of senior year:

Everything is about to change. Until this moment, Sal has always been certain of his place with his adoptive gay father and their loving Mexican-American family. But now his own history unexpectedly haunts him, and life-altering events force him and his best friend, Samantha, to confront issues of faith, loss, and grief.

Suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and discovering that he no longer knows who he really is—but if Sal’s not who he thought he was, who is he?

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Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody

Welcome to the City of Sin, where casino families reign, gangs infest the streets…and secrets hide in every shadow.

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school—and her reputation—behind to follow her mother’s trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.

Frightened and alone, Enne has only one lead: the name Levi Glaisyer. Unfortunately, Levi is not the gentleman she expected—he’s a street lord and a con man. Levi is also only one payment away from cleaning up a rapidly unraveling investment scam, so he doesn't have time to investigate a woman leading a dangerous double life. Enne's offer of compensation, however, could be the solution to all his problems.

Their search for clues leads them through glamorous casinos, illicit cabarets and into the clutches of a ruthless Mafia donna. As Enne unearths an impossible secret about her past, Levi's enemies catch up to them, ensnaring him in a vicious execution game where the players always lose. To save him, Enne will need to surrender herself to the city…

And she’ll need to play.

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Renegades by Marissa Meyer

Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies — humans with extraordinary abilities — who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone... except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice — and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both. 

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Runebinder by Alex R. Kahler

Magic is risen.

When magic returned to the world, it could have saved humanity, but greed and thirst for power caused mankind's downfall instead. Now once-human monsters called Howls prowl abandoned streets, their hunger guided by corrupt necromancers and the all-powerful Kin. Only Hunters have the power to fight back in the unending war, using the same magic that ended civilization in the first place.

But they are losing.

Tenn is a Hunter, resigned to fight even though hope is nearly lost. When he is singled out by a seductive Kin named Tomás and the enigmatic Hunter Jarrett, Tenn realizes he's become a pawn in a bigger game. One that could turn the tides of war. But if his mutinous magic and wayward heart get in the way, his power might not be used in favor of mankind.

If Tenn fails to play his part, it could cost him his friends, his life…and the entire world.

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(Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health edited by Kelly Jensen

Who’s Crazy?

What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences?

In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there’s no single definition of crazy, there’s no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things—wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?—to different people.

(Don’t) Call Me Crazy is a conversation starter and guide to better understanding how our mental health affects us every day. Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness, how we do and do not talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person’s brain is wired differently, and what, exactly, might make someone crazy.

If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages, and let’s get talking.

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The First to Know by Abigail Johnson

Dana Fields's father never knew his parents. When Dana secretly does a DNA test for her dad, hoping to find him some distant relatives for his birthday, her entire world implodes. Instead of a few third cousins, Dana discovers a half brother her age whose very existence means her parents' happy marriage is a lie.

Dana's desire to know her half brother, Brandon, and the extent of her dad's deception, clashes with her wish not to destroy her family. When she sees the opportunity to get to know Brandon through his cousin, the intense yet kind Chase, she takes it. But the more she finds out about Brandon, her father's past and the irresistible guy who'll never forgive her if he discovers the truth, the more she sees the inevitable fallout from her own lies. With her family crumbling around her, Dana must own up to her actions and find a way to heal the breach—for everyone—before they're torn apart for good. 

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The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand

On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways.

She didn't.

And then she died.

Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge--as the latest Ghost of Christmas Past.

Every year, they save another miserly grouch. Every year, Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable.

But this year, everything is about to change. . . 

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Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz

Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest girl in her class, she tries hard to keep up and to seem mature to the older boy she's crushing on, even as she catches his eye. But the need to look good on camera and at school soon grows into an all-consuming struggle with bulimia.

As Liv works toward her goal of gaining early admission to art school, including taking part in an upcoming student show, her life spirals out of control. Swept up in demands to do more than she's ready for, to always look perfect and to succeed, Liv doesn't know who she is anymore. It will take nearly losing her best friend and even her life for Liv to learn that loving herself is far more important than earning the world's approval.

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The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King. As Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy in this alternate world, even August begins to question what is real or not.

August and Jack struggle to keep afloat as they teeter between fantasy and their own emotions. In the end, each must choose his own truth. 

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Oh My Goth by Gena Showalter

A note from Jade Leighton’s journal

Years ago, a tragic accident robbed me of my mother and emotions. Because I find beauty in darkness and thrive outside social norms, I’ve been labeled a “freak” at school. I know my continued apathy hurts my loved ones, but I’m not about to change. Nothing will ever hurt me again.

Then I wake up in an alternate reality…and everything else has changed. Goth is in. I’m considered cool, and my archenemy—the formerly popular Mercedes—is the freak. But my real friends won’t talk to me...and the new boy is getting under my skin. As my world spins out of control, I’m desperate to return to normal. But the more time that passes, the less I’m sure what “normal” really is.

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Stealing Snow by Danielle Page

Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent her life locked in Whittaker Psychiatric—but she isn’t crazy. And that’s not the worst of it. Her very first kiss proves anything but innocent…when Bale, her only love, turns violent.

Despite Snow knowing that Bale would never truly hurt her, he is taken away—dashing her last hope for any sort of future in the mental ward she calls home. With nowhere else to turn, Snow finds herself drawn to a strange new orderly who whispers secrets in the night about a mysterious past and a kingdom that’s hers for the taking—if only she can find her way past the iron gates to the Tree that has been haunting her dreams.

Beyond the Tree lies Algid, a land far away from the real world, frozen by a ruthless king. And there too await the River Witch, a village boy named Kai, the charming thief Jagger, and a prophecy that Snow will save them all.

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Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley

Fifteen-year-old Aki Simon has a theory. And it's mostly about sex.

No, it isn't that kind of theory. Aki already knows she's bisexual—even if, until now, it's mostly been in the hypothetical sense. Aki has dated only guys so far, and her best friend, Lori, is the only person who knows she likes girls, too.

Actually, Aki's theory is that she's got only one shot at living an interesting life—and that means she's got to stop sitting around and thinking so much. It's time for her to actually do something. Or at least try.

So when Aki and Lori set off on a church youth-group trip to a small Mexican town for the summer and Aki meets Christa—slightly older, far more experienced—it seems her theory is prime for the testing.

But it's not going to be easy. For one thing, how exactly do two girls have sex, anyway? And more important, how can you tell if you're in love? It's going to be a summer of testing theories—and the result may just be love.

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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today.

Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they’re both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: There’s an app for that. It’s called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure—to live a lifetime in a single day.

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Four Weeks, Five People by Jennifer Yu

Obsessive-compulsive teen Clarissa wants to get better, if only so her mother will stop asking her if she's okay.

Andrew wants to overcome his eating disorder so he can get back to his band and their dreams of becoming famous.

Film aficionado Ben would rather live in the movies than in reality.

Gorgeous and overly confident Mason thinks everyone is an idiot.

And Stella just doesn't want to be back for her second summer of wilderness therapy.

As the five teens get to know one another and work to overcome the various disorders that have affected their lives, they find themselves forming bonds they never thought they would, discovering new truths about themselves and actually looking forward to the future.

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Mirror Mirror by Cara Delevigne and Rowan Coleman

Friend. Lover. Victim. Traitor.

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Rose, and Naomi are misfits; still figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Life isn't perfect, but music brings them together, and they are excited about what the future holds for their band, Mirror, Mirror. That is until Naomi vanishes before being pulled unconscious out of the river.

She's left fighting for her life in a coma. The police claim it was a failed suicide attempt, but her friends aren't convinced. Will Naomi ever wake up? What - or perhaps who - led her to that hospital bed? And how did Red, the self-styled protector of the group, fail to spot the warning signs?

While Rose turns to wild partying and Leo is shrouded by black moods, Red sets out to uncover the truth. It's a journey that will cause Red's world to crack, exposing the group's darkest secrets. Nothing will ever be the same again, because once a mirror is shattered, it can't be fixed.

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The Ravenous by Amy Lukavics

From the outside, the Cane family looks like they have it all. A successful military father, a loving mother and five beautiful teenage daughters. But on the inside, life isn't quite so idyllic: the Cane sisters can barely stand each other, their father is always away, and their neglectful mother struggles with addiction and depression.

When their youngest and most beloved sister, Rose, dies in a tragic accident, Mona Cane and her sisters are devastated. And when she is brought back from the dead, they are relieved. But soon they discover that Rose must eat human flesh to survive, and when their mother abandons them, the sisters will find out just how far they'll go to keep their family together.

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Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten

When I looked up, his smile was wide and real. “Ready?” he said.

I faked a smile back. I had gotten so good at faking things.

I thought: You brought this on yourself, Sasha. You will have to pretend forever now. He squeezed my hand again. He couldn’t begin to imagine what this actually was. He had no idea what I’d done. What any of us had.

When Sasha’s best friend Xavier gets back together with his cheating ex, Ivy, Sasha knows she needs to protect him. So she poses as a guy online to lure Ivy away.

But Sasha’s plan goes sickeningly wrong. And she soon learns to be careful of who you pretend to be because you might be surprised by who you become…

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Zenith by Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings

Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness, a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To those aboard her glass starship, Marauder, however, she's just Andi, their friend and fearless leader.

But when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder's all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi's past.

Meanwhile, across the galaxy, a ruthless ruler waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time to exact revenge for the destruction of her people. The pieces of her deadly plan are about to fall into place, unleashing a plot that will tear Mirabel in two.

Andi and her crew embark on a dangerous, soul-testing journey that could restore order to their shipor just as easily start a war that will devour worlds. As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, and Mirabel hangs in the balance, the only certainty is that in a galaxy run on lies and illusion, no one can be trusted.

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Dumplin’: Movie Tie-in Edition by Julie Murphy

Soon to be a movie from Netflix—featuring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, Dove Cameron and others, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton!

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.

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Climb that damn mountain. Do the things you have always been too afraid to do or try. This is the message behind this episode of the podcast. Amanda returns to talk about her recent knee surgery. Her main message or take away, is that if you want to do something, just do it. Climb that mountain. Take that trip. Start that business. Get the surgery that will allow you to live your best life.

Amanda takes time out of her recovery to share her recent experiences with us. For most of the summer she visited friends and family in Thunder Bay. That is roughly 8 hours from home. Like most of us, she needed a mental health break – a vacation from her every day life.

Why did Amanda get knee replacement surgery? Why was she awake and aware for the procedure? You will find out those answers and more in this exciting episode of the Soul Forge Podcast.

 Knee replacement, also called knee arthroplasty or total knee replacement, is a surgical procedure to resurface a knee damaged by arthritis. Metal and plastic parts are used to cap the ends of the bones that form the knee joint, along with the kneecap. This surgery may be considered for someone who has severe arthritis or a severe knee injury.

Various types of arthritis may affect the knee joint. Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that affects mostly middle-aged and older adults, may cause the breakdown of joint cartilage and adjacent bone in the knees. Rheumatoid arthritis, which causes inflammation of the synovial membrane and results in excessive synovial fluid, can lead to pain and stiffness. Traumatic arthritis, arthritis due to injury, may cause damage to the cartilage of the knee.

The goal of knee replacement surgery is to resurface the parts of the knee joint that have been damaged and to relieve knee pain that cannot be controlled by other treatments. 

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Het is geen geheim dat de fiscale prikkels voor vastgoedinvesteerders een van de redenen zijn waarom onroerend goed een van de beste investeringen is die u kunt doen. Althans, volgens miljonairs.

Dat gezegd hebbende, “belastingen” is vaker wel dan niet een eng woord. Dat verandert niet wanneer u een vastgoedbelegger wordt, ook al worden er nieuwe wegen voor u geopend om de belastingplicht te verminderen. Voordat ik begin, wil ik dit voorafgaan met een disclaimer.

Ik ben geen belastingprofessional.

Ik zit net lang genoeg in deze business om het een en ander te weten. Dat gezegd hebbende, moet u altijd een gekwalificeerde CPA of een andere belastingdeskundige raadplegen voordat u doorgaat met belastinggerelateerde zaken. Idealiter heeft degene die u raadpleegt een achtergrond in onroerendgoedbelasting en het werken met investeerders. Op deze manier zorgt u ervoor dat u uw voordelen maximaliseert en uw aansprakelijkheid minimaliseert – zonder in de problemen te komen met Uncle Sam.

Een overzicht van het belastingstelsel

De Verenigde Staten werken aan een zogenaamd progressief belastingstelsel. U weet hoe het gaat: u betaalt een hoger percentage belasting over uw inkomen op basis van belastingschijven. Naarmate uw inkomen toeneemt, neemt ook uw belastingplicht toe op basis van die inkomensschijf en uw indieningsstatus. Dit staat bekend als uw ‘marginale belastingtarief’.

Nu is uw belastingschijf niet het percentage belasting dat u betaalt over al uw inkomsten. Laten we eens kijken naar de huidige belastingschijven, geüpdatet in 2017 via de Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Deze cijfers zijn bijgewerkt voor 2020, waarbij de IRS aanpassingen heeft gedaan op basis van inflatie.

Belastingtarief Single indienen Gehuwd gezamenlijk indienen Getrouwd indienen single 10% Tot $ 9.875 Tot $ 19.750 Tot $ 9.875 12% $ 9.876 tot $ 40.125 $ 19.751 tot $ 80.250 $ 9.876 tot $ 40.125 22% $ 40.126 tot $ 85.525 $ 80.251 tot $ 171.050 $ 40.126 tot $ 85.525 24% $ 85.526 tot $ 163.300 $ 171.051 tot $ 326.600 $ 85.526 tot $ 163.300 32% $ 163.301 tot $ 207.350 $ 326.601 tot $ 414.700 $ 163.301 tot $ 207.350 35% $ 207.351 tot $ 518.400 $ 414.701 tot $ 622.050 $ 207.351 tot $ 518.400 37% $ 518.401 of meer $ 622.051 of meer $ 518.401 of meer

Als u een enkele indiener was, zou u 10% belasting betalen over de eerste $ 9.875 die u verdient. Alles daarboven en tot $ 40.125, zou u 12% betalen, enzovoort, enzovoort.

Als vastgoedbeleggers zoeken we naar manieren om ons effectieve belastingtarief te verlagen. Dit is het gemiddelde tarief waartegen uw verdiende (loon) en onverdiende (dividend) inkomen worden belast en het is meer indicatief voor het werkelijke tarief waartegen uw inkomen wordt belast.

Dat heeft natuurlijk alleen met inkomen te maken. Als het gaat om onroerend goed, is er enige nuance in hoe belastingen werken.

Hoe onroerend goed wordt belast?

Meerwaarden

Meerwaarden worden anders belast dan reguliere inkomsten. Dit is de winst die wordt verdiend bij de verkoop van een actief, of het nu onroerend goed, aandelen of iets anders is. Meerwaarden zelf worden onderverdeeld in twee categorieën die afzonderlijk worden belast.

Kortetermijnmeerwaarden worden belast door dezelfde belastingschijf. Omdat het Amerikaanse belastingstelsel langetermijninvesteringen wil aanmoedigen, zijn de vermogenswinsten op de lange termijn echter in een ander, gunstiger pakket tarieven.

Meerwaarden op lange termijn

Belastingtarief Single indienen Gehuwd gezamenlijk indienen Hoofd van het huishouden 0% Tot $ 39.374 Tot $78,749 Tot $ 52,749 15% $ 39.375 tot $ 434.549 $ 78.750 tot $ 488.849 $ 52.750 tot $ 461.699 20% $ 434.550 of meer $ 488.850 of meer $ 461.700 of meer

Voor de vastgoedbelegger is het fiscaal voordeliger om eigendommen minimaal een jaar aan te houden om in aanmerking te komen voor langetermijnmeerwaarden dan voor kortetermijnwinsten. Meerwaarden zijn niet zo eenvoudig als het vergelijken van de prijs waarvoor u het hebt gekocht met de prijs waarvoor u het verkoopt. Meerwaarden op onroerend goed omvatten de kosten die verband houden met de aan- en verkoop van dat onroerend goed, zoals onroerendgoedcommissies, juridische kosten, sluitingskosten en andere gerelateerde vergoedingen.

Verwervingskosten worden bij verwerving toegevoegd aan de totale kostprijs van het onroerend goed. Verkoopkosten worden in mindering gebracht op de verkoopprijs. Daarom is uw vermogenswinstbelasting op lange termijn waarschijnlijk lager dan u denkt.

Huurinkomstenbelasting

Net als vermogenswinsten worden huurinkomsten anders belast. Dit is waar uw belastingaangifte een beetje ingewikkelder kan worden. Op het eerste gezicht worden huurinkomsten belast samen met alle andere inkomsten in uw aangewezen belastingschijf.

Vastgoedinvesteerders kunnen echter effectief een “verlies” aantonen, zelfs als hun huurinkomsten zwart zijn.

Allereerst, wat is huurinkomsten? Huurinkomsten zijn inclusief:

Huurbetalingen

Vooruitbetalingen huur

Bewaarde borgsommen

Kosten die de bewoner betaalt om huurkosten af ​​te trekken (dwz waterrekeningen)

Diensten verleend in ruil voor huurverlaging

U kunt de volgende kosten aftrekken van de huurinkomsten:

Kosten voor het schoonmaken en onderhouden van het pand

Verzekeringskosten

Hypotheekrente

Advertentiekosten

Betalingen voor vastgoedbeheer

HOA of condo kosten

Diensten en nutsvoorzieningen

Juridische kosten met betrekking tot het onroerend goed

Eigendom belasting

Elke staat in de VS heeft onroerendgoedbelasting. Gemiddeld betaalt u jaarlijks 1,18% over de waarde van uw woning. Staten verschillen echter. Dit is slechts één reden waarom het ertoe doet waar u investeert. Het tarief in New Jersey is bijvoorbeeld 2,44%. Op Hawaii? Slechts 0,27%.

Voor de vastgoedbelegger maakt dit beleggen buiten de staat veel logischer. Als u hogere belastingen op uw lokale markt heeft, kunt u uw investeringsinspanningen richten op staten en markten met lagere belastingtarieven.

Vervolgens voeren we de grote voordelen voor vastgoedinvesteerders in.

Angst voor belastingseizoen?

Weet u niet zeker hoe u de inhoudingen voor uw onroerendgoedbedrijf kunt maximaliseren? In Het boek over belastingstrategieën voor de slimme vastgoedbelegger, delen CPA’s Amanda Han en Matthew MacFarland de praktische informatie die u nodig hebt om niet alleen uw belastingen dit jaar te doen, maar ook om een ​​doorlopende strategie voor te bereiden die uw volgende belastingseizoen veel gemakkelijker zal maken.

Het vinden van de belastingvoordelen in onroerend goed

afschrijving

Afschrijving is het belangrijkste voordeel voor vastgoedbeleggers. In vergelijkbare termen is het als het aftrekken van een zakelijke uitgave. In feite kunt u de kosten van uw residentiële huurwoning aftrekken gedurende de “nuttige levensduur”, die de IRS definieert als 27,5 jaar. U zou de kosten van het onroerend goed, minus de grondwaarde, delen door 27,5.

Voor een onroerend goed ter waarde van $ 200.000, kijkt een belegger naar een jaarlijkse aftrek van meer dan $ 7.000. Dit kan de verschuldigde belasting op huurinkomsten aanzienlijk verminderen. U verlaagt uw belastbaar inkomen, maar niet uw cashflow – en dat is cruciaal.

Afschrijving is niet onderhandelbaar. De IRS zal je dwingen om het te nemen, of je het nu wilt of niet. De enige reden waarom een ​​belegger deze aftrek kan weigeren, is vanwege het herwinnen van afschrijvingen. Dit is wanneer een onroerend goed wordt verkocht en de IRS belast het bedrag dat is afgetrokken door middel van afschrijvingen (op basis van het aantal jaren dat u een aftrek hebt ontvangen).

Hierin worden winsten en verliezen verantwoord op basis van aangepaste kosten (versus de oorspronkelijke kostprijs). De gecorrigeerde kostenbasis is de oorspronkelijke aankoopprijs van het onroerend goed, verminderd met het totale bedrag aan afschrijvingen die in belastingen zijn afgeschreven zolang u het onroerend goed in bezit had.

Dit bedrag wordt vervolgens afgetrokken van de verkoopprijs van het onroerend goed. Dit wordt een gerealiseerde winst genoemd. Het resterende bedrag is belastbaar als onderdeel van de terugwinning. Er is geen terugwinning als het actief met verlies is verkocht.

Er zijn echter manieren om herovering en vermogenswinstbelasting te omzeilen, zoals een 1031-uitwisseling die uw vermogenswinstbelasting uitstelt.

Waardering

Vermogenswinstbelasting kan een klein beetje van uw waarderingsdonder stelen. Er zijn echter manieren om deze belastingen uit te stellen. Wanneer u een buy-and-hold-belegger bent, neemt uw vermogen om de belastingplicht te verminderen alleen maar toe. Als u nooit van plan bent om te verkopen, hoeft u zich nooit zorgen te maken over vermogenswinstbelasting.

Terwijl u het onroerend goed bezit, betaalt u de hypotheek af, verhoogt u uw algehele cashflow en verhoogt u uw vermogen. Bovendien kunt u uw vermogen doorgeven aan de volgende generatie. Het klinkt misschien morbide, maar doodgaan zonder uw eigendom te verkopen, levert u inderdaad fiscaal voordeel op.

De 1031 uitwisseling

Een 1031-uitwisseling is een strategie waarbij een belegger onroerend goed ruilt voor een “gelijkaardig” onroerend goed of eigendommen van gelijke waarde. Dit kan niet alleen een uitstekende manier zijn om uw portefeuille te diversifiëren, maar het stelt u ook in staat om vermogenswinstbelasting uit te stellen.

Er zijn specifieke richtlijnen voor deze strategie en er wordt gebruik gemaakt van een gekwalificeerde tussenpersoon (QI) en een aantal strikte deadlines. Het kan echter enorm voordelig zijn voor een belegger die wil diversifiëren of ‘een hoger niveau wil bereiken’.

Een onroerend goed dat sinds de aankoop in waarde is gestegen, kan worden ingeruild voor een onroerend goed met die nieuwe waarde, wat waarschijnlijk gepaard gaat met een hogere huurprijs op basis van de locatie en staat.

Afschrijving en de 1031-uitwisseling worden een beetje ingewikkeld. U kunt de afschrijving niet volledig “resetten”, omdat u plotseling uw nieuwe eigendom vanaf nul kunt afschrijven. In plaats daarvan moet u een nieuwe kostengrondslag berekenen. Omdat u in wezen de geschiedenis van het ene onroerend goed in het andere overdraagt, moet u dezelfde kostenbasis gebruiken als uw oorspronkelijke, verkochte onroerend goed.

Uw kostengrondslag verandert alleen als u voor de vervangende woning meer hebt betaald dan u uit de afgestaan ​​heeft. In dit geval wordt het verschil toegevoegd aan uw kostenbasis.

Er zijn twee manieren om hiermee om te gaan: neem de nieuw aangepaste kostenbasis en start vanaf daar met afschrijven. Het is eenvoudiger om een ​​geheel nieuw afschrijvingsschema te starten, maar beleggers kunnen profiteren van het bijhouden van aparte schema’s (en worden aangemoedigd). De resterende afschrijving op het afgestaan ​​onroerend goed loopt door voor de rest van de 27,5 jaar, terwijl de meerkosten van het vervangende onroerend goed volgens een nieuw schema worden afgeschreven.

Zelfgestuurde IRA’s

Ik zou voor altijd kunnen praten over een zelfgestuurde IRA (individuele pensioenrekening), maar ik zal het voor nu kort houden. Het grote voordeel van een IRA is de mogelijkheid om uitgestelde belastingen te beleggen. In een zelfgestuurde IRA zijn niet-traditionele activa, zoals onroerend goed, beschikbaar voor investeringen. Net als een gewone IRA zijn bijdragen aan de rekening ook fiscaal aftrekbaar.

Dat gezegd hebbende, er zijn veel regels voor de SDIRA. Hier zijn enkele belangrijke kwaliteiten om op te merken:

Als u zich vóór de leeftijd van 59,5 jaar terugtrekt, krijgt u een boete van 10%.

Federale belastingen zijn verschuldigd bij intrekking.

Je kunt niet zelf zaken doen. U kunt SDIRA-fondsen niet gebruiken om in uw eigen bedrijf te investeren, u mag niet wonen of werken op een eigendom van uw SDIRA en gediskwalificeerde personen (zoals familieleden) kunnen dit onroerend goed niet huren.

Ondanks deze (en vele andere) voorschriften, stelt een SDIRA beleggers echter in staat de belastingplicht te minimaliseren en hun pensioenrekeningen op te bouwen.

De pass-through-aftrek

Als onderdeel van de Tax Cuts and Jobs Act van 2017 werd tot 2025 een belastingvermindering van 20% op bedrijfsinkomsten aangeboden. Dit is de Qualified Business Income (QBI)-aftrek. Terwijl over wie en wat voor soort huurinkomsten in aanmerking komen, wordt gedebatteerd door belastingprofessionals, is het voor beleggers mogelijk om zich te kwalificeren, vooral als ze gebruikmaken van een pass-through-entiteit zoals een LLC.

We weten dat twee dingen onvermijdelijk zijn: overlijden en belastingen. Voor de vastgoedbelegger kan de mate waarin die belastingen ons leven beïnvloeden drastisch worden verbeterd. Als er iets is, kunt u belastingen en de belastingwetgeving in uw voordeel gebruiken.

De belastingvoordelen bij investeringen in onroerend goed zijn ingewikkeld en enorm. De grootste belemmering om ze te gebruiken, is een gebrek aan bewustzijn. Daarom is het zo waardevol voor vastgoedbeleggers om samen te werken met een CPA met ervaring in het omgaan met vastgoedbeleggers.

Aan het eind van de dag wilt u een professional die u kan helpen bij het navigeren door – en profiteren van – de belastingcode zonder zorgen of struikelen. Dat gezegd hebbende, is er veel meer detail en nuance in belastingen voor vastgoedbeleggers. Dit is het topje van de ijsberg.

Deze gids kan u in ieder geval helpen om onderbenutte strategieën aan te boren, zodat u uiteindelijk uw succes bij investeringen in onroerend goed kunt maximaliseren.

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It’s Fine Press Friday!

This week we present High Bridge: Ten Wood Engravings of Demolition with Nine Stories of Construction  designed and printed by Gaylord Schanilec in 1987 for his Midnight Paper Sales Press. The book contrasts images of the demolition of a 97-year old bridge in Saint Paul, Minnesota with articles written during its construction. The wood engravings are by Gaylord Schanilec based on a series of photographs taken during a final walk around the bridge. Each engraving was printed in five to seven colors using three to five blocks of end-grain maple. The text of High Bridge comes from newspaper articles written during the bridge’s construction from 1887 to 1889, and sourced using the microfilm library at the Minnesota Historical Society. The articles were researched by Robert Schanilec, and edited for the book by Clayton Schanilec.

High Bridge was printed by Gaylord Schanilec at Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) in Saint Paul in an edition of 174 numbered and 26 lettered copies, signed by the printer/artist. It was hand-bound into boards at the Campbell-Logan Bindery, the numbered copies in cloth and the lettered copies were quarter-bound in leather with “Cavepaper” covers handmade by Amanda Degener especially for this edition. The text is Plantin Monotype and it was set at the Out-of-Sorts Letter Foundry. The titles are set in Onix from the drawers of MCBA.

Some backstory about the bridge from Gaylord Schanilec’s website:

“On February 24, 1985, twenty-four thousand people gathered on the banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota to witness the demolition of a 97-year-old bridge that connected their communities for generations. When it came down in a well-orchestrated collapse of steel, there was scattered applause and then silence. No one present had ever seen this valley without the bridge.”

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52 things I learned in 2019

Each year humanity produces 1,000 times more transistors than grains of rice and wheat combined. [Mark P Mills]

The maths of queuing are absolutely brutal and counter-intuitive. [John D Cook]

Emojis are starting to appear in evidence in court cases, and lawyers are worried: “When emoji symbols are strung together, we don’t have a reliable way of interpreting their meaning.” (In 2017, an Israeli judge had to decide if one emoji-filled message constituted a verbal contract) [Eric Goldman]

Harbinger customers are customers who buy products that tend to fail. They group together, forming harbinger zip codes. If households in those zip codes buy a product, it is likely to fail. If they back a political candidate, they are likely to lose the election. [Simester, Tucker & Yang]

Baijiu is the world’s most popular spirit, with 10bn litres sold each year, almost entirely in China. The second most popular spirit in the world is vodka, with just 5bn litres sold. [Feyi Fawehinmi]

A Python script, an Instagram account and quite a bit of free time can get you free meals in New York City. [Chris Buetti]

At least three private companies have fallen victim to ‘deep fake’ audio fraud. In each case, a computerised voice clone of the company CEO “called a senior financial officer to request an urgent money transfer.” [Kaveh Waddell, Jennifer A. Kingson]

Drunk shopping could be a $45bn /year industry, and only 6% of people regret their drunk purchases. [Zachary Crockett]

Placebos are so effective that placebo placebos work: A pain cream with no active ingredients worked even when not used by the patient. Just owning the cream was enough to reduce pain. [Victoria Wai-lanYeung]

Since the 1960s, British motorways have been deliberately designed by computer as series of long curves, rather than straight lines. This is done for both safety (less hypnotic) and aesthetic (“sculpture on an exciting, grand scale”) reasons. [Joe Moran]

Between 1880 and 1916, Ireland had its own timezone, which was 25m 21s behind Greenwich Mean Time. After the Easter Rising, the House of Commons in London introduced GMT in Ireland and abolished Dublin Mean Time [Elena Goukassian]

Drug names are changing: X and Z names (Prozac, Seroxat) are giving way to names ending in O or A (Natesto, Qsymia) which are more appealing to speakers of Romance languages in Europe and South America. [Pascaline Faure]

The UK male suicide rate is the lowest since accurate records began in 1981. [Office for National Statistics]

The goal of walking 10,000 steps per day may have originated when a Japanese pedometer manufacturer noticed that the 万 symbol (which means 10,000) looks a little like someone walking. The actual health merits of that number ‘have never been validated by research.’ [Amanda Mull]

People hate asking sensitive questions. However, it turns out that people don’t hate being asked sensitive questions. So talking around difficult questions in research interviews is a waste of time and money. [Hart, VanEpps, Schweitzer]

The Korean Police force includes five labradors who are clones of ‘Quinn’, a bomb-sniffing dog who found fame after finding a missing girl’s body in a 2007 kidnapping. [Kim Tong-hyung]

As mobile phones became mainstream in the US in the early 1990s, the murder rate fell sharply. Street drug dealing became less popular, so gang-related turf wars were less common. (Other factors were also involved, obviously.) [Alexis C. Madrigal]

Mechanical devices to cheat your phone pedometer (for health insurance fraud or vanity) are now all over AliExpress. [Matthew Brennan]

In 2017 Google and Facebook lost $100 million between them to one scammer who sent them fake invoices. [Jeff John Roberts] [found by TomBot*]

Teenagers with acne get higher marks, are more likely to complete college and, if female, eventually get paid more than people without teenage acne. [Hugo M. Mialon & Erik T. Nesson]

72% of classical musicians have taken beta blockers for performance anxiety. [Composed]

Black women in the United States die in childbirth at roughly the same rate as women in Mongolia. [Annie Lowrey]

Sometime in the 1990s, it seems the US forgot how to make a critical component of some nuclear warheads. [Nick Baumann]

“Mushrooms and truffles are fungi, more closely related to humans than they are to plants.” [Lynne Peskoe-Yang]

In the US Northwest, rain can damage the fruit on cherry trees. So helicopter pilots are paid to fly over the orchards, using their downdraft to dry the fruit as it ripens. For the pilots, it’s a risky but potentially profitable job. [Maria Langer]

Gravitricity is a Scottish startup planning to store energy by lifting huge weights up a disused mine shaft when electricity is cheap, dropping them down to generate power when it is expensive. Using a 12,000 tonne weight (roughly the weight of the Eiffel tower), it should be half as expensive as equivalent lithium ion battery. [Jillian Ambrose]

Spotify pays by the song. Two three minute songs are twice as profitable as one six minute song. So songs are getting shorter. [Dan Kopf]

Fashion++ is a Facebook-funded computer vision project that looks at a photo of your outfit and suggests ‘minimal edits for outfit improvement’ like tucking in a shirt or removing an accessory. [Wei-Lin Hsiao & co] (In 2019, Fluxx helped launch Vogue Business.)

Three million students at US schools don’t have the internet at home. [Michael Melia & co]

No babies born in Britain in 2016 were named Nigel. [Jonathan Ore] (Correction: Robert Colvile, who broke the original story, points out that there could have been one or two Nigels in 2016 — the ONS only reports names with three or more examples)

Using machine learning, researchers can now predict how likely an individual is to be involve in a car accident by looking at the image of their home address on Google Street View. [Kinga Kita-Wojciechowska]

In 2018, the Nigerian government spent more on subsidies for petrol than on health, education, or defence. [Andrew S Nevin]

According to WaterAid research, women spend 97 billion hours a year looking for a safe place to go to the loo. That equals 46 million working years, which is the same workforce as Germany, the fourth largest economy in the world. [Caroline Criado Perez via Tanya Gold]

28% of people like the smell of (their own) urine after eating asparagus.[Rolf Degen]

AliBaba is investing $15m to research Chinese dialects, hoping to improve the performance of their voice recognition systems. [Emma Lee]

At least half of the effort of most AI projects goes on data labelling, and that’s often done in rural Indian villages. [Anand Murali]

Worldwide, growth in the fragrance industry is lagging behind cosmetics and skincare products. Why? ‘You can’t smell a selfie’. [Andrea Felsted and Sarah Halzack]

CD sales still make up 78% of music revenue in Japan (compared with less than 30% in the UK). Japanese pop fans have been encouraged to buy multiple copies of their favourite releases to win rewards (buy 2,000 copies, win a night at a hot spring with your favourite star). One 32 year-old fan was charged with illegally dumping 585 copies of a CD on the side of a mountain. [Mark Mulligan] [found by TomBot*]

Two disgruntled game developers wrote a script to generate and release identical but differently-named slot machine apps (sample names: Deer Antler Spray Slots, 3D Ravioli Slots). Eventually, the slot machine apps earned them $50,000. [Alex Schwartz & Ziba Scott]

80% of prisoners released late 2018 in a presidential pardon have opted to return to Kinshasa’s infamous Makala jail due to lack of means to live. [Olivier Kalume]

Disco, a Japanese high tech manufacturing company, has introduced an internal billing and payment system, where every cost is charged back to workers. Renting a conference room costs $100. “People really cut back on useless meetings,” says one staffer. [Yuji Nakamura & Yuki Furukawa]

A man who bought the personalised number plate NULL has received over $12,000 of parking fines, because the system records ��NULL’ when no numberplate has been recorded. [Jack Morse]

The islands of Orkney generate 120% of their energy needs using wind and solar. However, 57% of homes in Orkney are in fuel poverty, where a household spends more than 10% of income on fuel. [Chris Silver] (This year I worked briefly with Community Energy Scotland on a project with Energy Systems Catapult)

Some blind people can understand speech that is almost three times faster than the fastest speech sighted people can understand. They can use speech synthesisers set at at 800 words per minute (conversational speech is 120–150 wpm). Research suggests that a section of the brain that normally responds to light is re-mapped in blind people to process sound. [Austin Hicks & R Douglas Fields]

SpottedRisk is a disgrace insurance company built on data: “Firstborns are at slightly higher risk of disgrace, as are those… who’ve suffered recent breakups — until the passage of time sends the bereft partner back down the ‘risk-decay curve.’” [Boris Kachka]

SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory) is a rare syndrome where otherwise healthy, high-functioning people are unable to remember events from their own life. There is also an exhausting syndrome called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, where people can remember precise details about every single day of their life. [Palumbo & Alain]

“Polling by phone has become very expensive, as the number of Americans willing to respond to unexpected or unknown callers has dropped. In the mid-to-late-20th century response rates were as high as 70%… [falling to] a mere 6% of the people it tried to survey in 2018.” [The Economist]

In 2012, only one sports team (Manchester United) was worth more than $2bn. Today, there are 52 sports teams worth more than $2bn. [Kurt Badenhausen]

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos were invented by a cleaner at a Frito-Lay factory. He’s now VP of multicultural sales for PepsiCo America. [Zachary Crockett]

Six reluctant Chinese hitmen who hired each other to carry out a murder went to jail when their outsourcing scheme collapsed. [Eric Cheung]

Fast fashion is hitting the wiping rags businesses, because some clothing is just too badly made to be sold as rags. [Adam Minter] (In January, Fluxx worked with Fibretrace to develop new ways to make the circular economy work in fashion.)

Asking ‘What questions do you have for me?’ can be dramatically more effective than ‘Any questions?’ at the end of a talk. (Many more good tips in this thread. [Jacqueline Antonovich]