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Electric Vehicle Tax Credits on the Dawn of Change: Price Cap Rises for Qualifying Trucks and SUVs
Robert Pierson November 6, 2021	Electric Vehicle Financing Leave a comment 12 Views
As the U.S. House of Representatives draws closer to passing President Biden's Build Back Better bill, Democrats made some last-minute changes to the electric vehicle tax credit this week. The $ 5,000 credit increase remains, but now more expensive trucks, vans and SUVs will qualify, if the bill passes through both houses of Congress. Scroll down for the status of electric vehicle tax credits.
Will the amount of the EV tax credit increase?
As of October 28, it seems the answer is yes. The Build Better bill includes a tax credit of $ 12,500 for electric vehicles, compared to the $ 7,500 currently available for cars and eligible buyers. Its inclusion comes as the bill removes several other elements to compromise with various Democrats.
The finer details are not yet available, but the White House has floated elements of past negotiations. To qualify, automakers will have to build the electric vehicle in the United States and with unions. So far, it appears that $ 5,000 more is available: $ 4,500 for building a vehicle with union labor and an additional $ 500 for using US-made batteries. The White House said in its original October announcement that "the executive electric vehicle tax credit will reduce the cost of an electric vehicle made in America with American materials and union labor by $ 12,500 for a middle class family ". Importantly, it would disqualify Tesla for at least part of the increase in the tax credit, and even American automakers building electric vehicles outside the country, like Ford's situation with the Mustang Mach-E.
In the latest changes this week in the House of Representatives, Democrats raised the price cap on qualifying electric vehicles. The new wording allows vans, trucks and SUVs with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of up to $ 80,000 to qualify for the $ 12,500 credit. Previously, the original framework set a limit of $ 64,000 for vans, $ 69,000 for SUVs and $ 74,000 for pickup trucks.
Democrats also reduced income eligibility to claim full credit. Single filers with adjusted gross annual incomes of $ 250,000 or more, or joint filers with AGIs of $ 500,000, will not be eligible for the full credit. The dollar figures are down sharply from $ 400,000 for single filers and $ 800,000 for joint filers.
The president would like to encourage the purchase of EVs, and this push is part of a proposed $ 555 billion investment in climate change actions. Now we'll have to wait and see if Democrats officially sign the package to pass it.
What is the VE tax credit?
Section 30D of the Internal Revenue Code grants a tax credit to anyone who purchased an eligible electric vehicle during the year. It includes passenger vehicles and light trucks. The credit first came into being with the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, and changes came with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The latter really gave us tax credits like us. we know them today.
The credit offers up to $ 7,500 in tax credit when you claim an EV purchase on the taxes produced for the year you acquired the vehicle. So, if you bought an electric vehicle this year, in 2021, you will claim the purchase when filing your 2021 taxes next year.
What if I owe money on my taxes when I apply for the credit?
It's the best of times, in fact. The VE tax credit is a non-refundable credit. In other words, the government is not writing you a check for the balance. So let's say you owe the federal government $ 10,000 in taxes when filing your taxes for 2021. Let's also say you bought a Ford Mustang Mach-E in 2021, who is eligible for the full credit amount of $ 7,500. Your federal tax balance would then drop to $ 2,500. If you owed less than $ 7,500, the EV Tax Credit would reduce that balance entirely to a balance of $ 0, even if it supports the tax bill and more. Essentially, buying an EV can wipe out tax bills very well. However, it doesn't put money right in your pocket. Keep this in mind if you are someone who typically receives a federal refund when filing income tax.
Are there federal grants for an EV?
Biden's proposed U.S. jobs plan called for $ 100 billion in subsidies for electric vehicle buyers, if passed. However, on June 24, the President accepted a bipartisan effort this does not include these grants. However, after Senate Democrats passed a $ 3.5 trillion budget plan, House Democrats demanded that electric vehicle subsidies be included in any final legislation. The proposal provides $ 160 billion to fund purchasing subsidies and incentives, funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, incentives for manufacturing electric vehicles, federal requirements for purchasing electric vehicles, and incentives for the electrification of commercial heavy-duty fleets.
Do EV Tax Credits Count for Used Electric Cars?
Like renting an EV, buying a used electric car also doesn't allow you to claim the traditional EV tax credit. However, a new bill called the Affordable Electric Vehicles for Working Families Act could change that. The legislation would provide up to $ 2,500 in return for someone filing taxes and claiming a used EV purchase. For individuals, the $ 2,500 begins to disappear on an income of $ 75,000 a year; those filing jointly would see the $ 2,500 sunset when they report income over $ 150,000. According to the bill, a used electric vehicle would have to be at least two years old and cost less than $ 25,000 to be eligible for the $ 2,500 rebate. If passed, it could provide another option for those priced out of a new EV.
How do I get the total tax credit of $ 7,500 today?
The Internal Revenue Service's Form 8936 is how you calculate the amount you will receive in return, which you will need to complete and report with your taxes. Each vehicle with an outlet earns a minimum of $ 2,500 through the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit, which includes a plug-in hybrid, not just a fully electric battery-powered vehicle. The vehicle must include at least 5 kilowatt-hours of energy from its on-board battery. However, the government adds money to the credit for each additional kWh of energy packaged in a battery. For each additional kWh, the tax credit increases by $ 417. This is where the dollar numbers can change as it depends on the vehicle, not your finances.
For example, a Kia Niro plug-in hybrid qualifies for a $ 4,543 tax credit, due to the size of its battery. PHEVs often have smaller batteries than EVs because they share the efforts of the powertrain with an internal combustion engine. But, the Kia Niro EV qualifies for the full $ 7,500 tax credit because of its larger battery size. The government caps the credit at a maximum of $ 7,500. Even for electric vehicles with giant batteries, they are not candidates for more money. In most cases, pure electric vehicles are the target cars for the full cash back of the tax credit.
Why can't I claim the EV tax credit for my Tesla?
Tesla is by far the largest maker of electric vehicles in the United States today. However, those who buy an electric vehicle from the automaker will not be able to claim the car on their taxes. This is because the current credit law is phasing them out after a particular automaker has sold over 200,000 qualifying vehicles. In the case of Tesla, it sold its last eligible vehicle in 2019, leaving no additional tax credit to take advantage of. It is the same for General Motors. A Chevrolet, GMC, Buick or Cadillac electric vehicle is not eligible for the electric vehicle tax credit as of today. Automakers continue to press for new legislation to make credit available to them again.
Can I rent an EV and claim the tax credit?
Unfortunately, there is no tax credit if you decide to lease a new electric vehicle. Instead, the tax credit actually goes to the automaker or lender who finances the leased vehicle. Thus, to really benefit from the advantage of the tax credit, you must buy an electric vehicle, and not rent one.
What are the credits and incentives for state electric vehicles?
Many states and even local governments looking to accelerate adoption rates for electric vehicles are offering their own incentives. California is a leader in incentivizing the purchase of electric vehicles with a direct consumer rebate of up to $ 4,500, for example, through the Clean vehicle discount project. However, there is currently a waiting list for applications. The states of Colorado, Washington, and New England also offer generous state incentives that you can combine with the Federal Electric Vehicle Tax Credit. Even your local utility company can subsidize an EV purchase.
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Tax Reform Experts weigh in on upcoming changes to Cyprus' taxation system
By Athena Yiazou
International companies often cite Cyprus' competitive taxation system as a significant reason for their setting up shop on the island but some two decades after the most recent significant tax reforms, change is afoot once more. On presenting the 2022 Budget to the House of Representatives last month, Finance Minister Constantinos Petrides announced that the present system would be reformed this year with the objectives of reducing tax inequality, enhancing transparency, simplifying the tax system and reducing the administrative compliance burden.
Speaking exclusively to GOLD, taxation experts have welcomed the move, predicting a positive impact on the economy, if the reform is carried out properly, even as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announced a major international change, making multinational enterprises subject to a minimum15% corporate tax rate from 2023.
Philippos Raptopoulos, Head of Tax and Legal Services at EY Cyprus described the reform as "a move in the right direction."
"Cyprus implemented tax reform 20 years ago prior to joining the EU in order to harmonise our tax law with EU legislation. Today it is widely agreed that Cyprus has to update its tax system to bring it in line with OECD and EU regulations while retaining its competitiveness," he continued.
Raptopoulos noted that it was for this reason that tax reform should not only focus on maintaining Cyprus' competitiveness in the international environment but also "on correcting some inefficiencies of the existing tax system, which affect primarily local businesspeople."
"In our view, tax reform, introducing new tax legislation and amending existing legislation should also focus on removing current administrative challenges and inefficiencies which taxpayers are faced with when interacting with the tax authorities," he said.
The EY Cyprus expert also noted that, "Over the years, we have come to believe that the ability of Cyprus to attract foreign investment is due exclusively to its competitive tax system. This is a fallacy. Clearly, an attractive tax environment remains a key factor when considering where to invest. However, while tax remains an important factor, it is, today, only one of many considerations, and by no means the most important one."
He said that, as indicated by the EY Attractiveness Survey Cyprus, investment decisions in the coming years will be driven by a number of mega trends set in motion by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raptopoulos continued, "Such trends include, inter alia, an acceleration of technology adoption and a renewed focus on sustainability. Thus, the ability of Cyprus to attract FDI will not only depend on its tax framework, but should encompass a broader agenda as to what investors consider critical to their decision."
Raptopoulos suggested that changing the perception of Cyprus as one of the countries with the lowest tax rate in Europe "will significantly improve our image and credibility among serious international investors and stakeholders."
"We will be sending a positive message that Cyprus is following and respecting global tax rules, including both the OECD and EU directives," he added, noting, "In our view, the main challenge is to remain competitive as well as to maintain an equilibrium with the tax burden on local businesspeople."
The expert is confident that the reform's overall impact for Cyprus will be positive.
"There is no doubt that Cyprus' tax model needs to be reassessed in the light of international tax developments and, more specifically, the OECD BEPS 2.0 project. The reform will strengthen the competitiveness of the economy and enhance Cyprus' position as a business centre," he said.
Raptopoulos also noted that countries that have zero tax rates – so-called 'tax havens' – will have to adopt much more substantial changes to their legislation and their attractiveness will be severely impacted.
"By contrast, for Cyprus this is an opportunity to take advantage of the momentum and introduce any necessary tax changes to its tax code which will help improve its credibility and perception internationally. That, combined with our competitive level of services and business attitude, will possibly attract more companies to establish their headquarters in Cyprus," he concluded.
For his part, Antonis Taliotis, Tax & Legal Leader at Deloitte, believes that the reform's impact will depend on the form it takes.
"So far, it appears that the priority of the Ministry is to increase the corporate tax rate to 15%. However, it is not as clear what the counterbalancing measures will be and who will benefit from them," he noted.
Taliotis continued, "For the reform to help in attracting foreign investments, there have to be incentives – tax and other – to compensate international business for the increased tax burden. That is why the tax reform should be holistic and accompanied by the design of a new economic model for the country, focusing on the industries that we would like to attract."
Sharing his thoughts on some of the reform's most significant positive points and challenges, Taliotis suggested that, "A thoroughly thought-out reform that will enhance transparency and simplify the tax system – to the extent possible – and allocate the inevitable increase in the tax burden due to the impending increase of the tax rate and the upcoming green taxes in a fair and just way, could improve Cyprus' image in the international arena."
He also cautioned, "At the same time, we need to maintain our attractiveness as an international business centre by continuing to offer tax incentives that are acceptable in the new tax world. It is for this reason that we believe that the help of international experts is vitally important, as was the case back in 2003. On the other hand, we have a lot to lose if we apply a rushed and piecemeal approach without carefully considering the impact of the various amendments on taxpayers, especially international business."
Taliotis noted that the adoption of the OECD's minimum corporate tax rate of 15% was intended to apply to groups with consolidated revenues of €750 million, adding that not many such groups have a presence in Cyprus and therefore the OECD's decision per se was not likely to significantly affect Cyprus.
"Considering, however, that the Ministry of Finance appears to be contemplating a rate of 15% for all taxpayers and not just multinational enterprises (MNEs), the challenge will be what we can offer in exchange," he said. Taliotis continued, "We need to think very carefully about what should be included in the set of tax and other incentives that will be offered, as well as how we can improve the services the state and private sector offers to make doing business in Cyprus easier. If we cannot do this, we should reconsider whether the minimum tax rate should apply to just those MNEs suggested by the OECD."
Costas Markides, Board Member, International Tax and Corporate Services at KPMG in Cyprus, also believes that the planned reform, if carried out properly, will be advantageous.
"I strongly believe that a targeted tax reform that aims to further simplify and modernise the current tax framework will have a positive impact on further attracting foreign investment and triggering a domino effect on other interconnected sectors of the economy, such as consumption, retail and construction," he said, clarifying, "In order to be as precise as possible, my understanding of a 'targeted' tax reform means incentivising the attraction of specific classes of investors that are active in specific fields of economic activity."
He suggested that one good example that that has already been seen producing tangible results for the Cyprus economy, and which should be protected and developed further, concerned high-tech companies and corporate headquartering.
"Our tax system must also be simplified further and, at the same time, stay current and relevant in a constantly changing international tax environment. Consolidating existing laws (e.g. Special Defence Contribution, Capital Gains) that are now scattered, or even abolishing outdated laws or provisions of the law (e.g. Stamp Duty, Deemed Dividend Distribution provisions) that have a high cost of administrating compliance without the corresponding level of revenue collection for the State budget, must be within the scope of any reform."
Markides noted that international investors were actively looking to set up operations and relocate their staff to a jurisdiction that was both regulated and transparent in order to avoid possible reputational risks that could tarnish their brand and at the same time, allow them to operate in a stable, predictable, modern and highly digitalised tax environment.
"The possible increase in the corporate rate to 15% has already been digested by investors and is not expected to impact the competitiveness of Cyprus, considering the generous exemptions from tax, which are expected to continue unscathed. The key to turning the reform into a win is to enhance existing and introduce new tax incentives for corporates with a special focus on individuals, since relocating a family is a challenge on its own and tax should be an accommodating factor in the decision-making process, not a disruption," he said.
Markides noted that the challenge is to achieve a balance between introducing provisions that could increase revenue collection for the State (by attracting more taxpaying entities and individuals) and, at the same time, simplify the taxpayer's experience and incentivise foreign investors and specialised-high calibre staff to relocate with their families to Cyprus.
"Global competition for attracting foreign investment is relentless; this is a given. The race to zero tax rates is a thing of the past. The only way forward is to follow the global trends in tax and be in full compliance with all EU tax-related directives. I am confident that there is political will and stakeholder support for a much-anticipated and long overdue tax reform, with the aim of keeping Cyprus on the map of transparent, regulated and reputable top-tier financial centres," he concluded.
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Hooked on soaps – thanks, Mom
May 8, 2012 February 22, 2021 ewade
My mother has taught me many things: How to cook, how to hem pants and skirts (we're both short, so that was, and still is, a necessity), how to shop for bargains and when to splurge, and how to iron (more about that later). She also taught me to be kind and polite and, most importantly, how to be a good mom.
I'm extremely thankful for those and all of my mother's cherished lessons, but there's another thing she imparted for which I will be forever grateful: She introduced me to soap operas. I love my "General Hospital." I'm not ashamed to say it, and I thank my mother for it.
In my preschool years, my mom and I spent all of our time together. My dad was at work and my two sisters were in school, so during weekdays I'd accompany her to visit relatives, to coffee klatches with her girlfriends and to her weekly bowling league. She was, and still is, the greatest mother as well as an excellent homemaker. When I was growing up, our house was spotless, the laundry was always done and folded, the dinner was always homemade and baked treats were often around. I've had phases of being a full-time homemaker myself, and I don't in any way compare. My house has always been dusty and its windows smudged from my cats' noses and more. Baked goods? Forget it.
But the soap opera habit remains.
When I was 4 or 5 or so, after our morning jaunts out for errands, visits and such, my mother and I would set up our ironing boards in front of the TV in our '60s-style "den."
Yes, I had my own toy ironing board and an iron that actually heated up. She'd give me washcloths and pillowcases to do. (I haven't ironed since then, seriously, so don't buy your children toy ironing boards and irons, if they are still available, if you're thinking that will help them look presentable in later life. Just saying.) On the TV in front of our boards would be "Secret Storm," "Another World" and "Days of Our Lives." We'd watch each with rapt attention while ironing. (It seemed like we ironed every day – what's up with that?) I knew the casts and the melodramatic storylines of all the soaps well, all before entering kindergarten. I especially liked "Secret Storm" because there was a main character with my first name.
To all you judgers out there who are aghast at a mother subjecting her precious, impressionable young child to soap operas, let me just say this was many, many years ago, and while the soaps were probably considered risque? at the time, they were in no way like they are now, actually showing adulterers hopping into each other's beds at a whim and mobsters being gunned down and so on. Plus, I was so young I didn't get the subtle sexual stuff anyway. I just liked watching, and ironing, with my mom.
The soap opera thing was a long tradition in our family. My older sisters were heavily into the afterschool "Dark Shadows," which, for those of you too young to know, was kind of a late '60s and early '70s version of "Twilight," about vampires, but a soap nonetheless.
And, about once a month or so, my mother and I would drive to Gorham to pick up her elderly Aunt Ginny, a farm woman, to take her to the big city of Westbrook to have her hair done. Then we'd take her to our house until her husband could pick her up after his day job at the paper mill. My great-aunt was a very, very big soap opera fan. After lunch, my mom and I would sit and watch Aunt Ginny's soaps with her – we didn't iron during those visits – while Ginny shouted at the small TV screen encased in that huge, woodish box: "She's lying! Can't you see a liar right in front of you?" and "Leave him! He's cheating on you!"
She never seemed to have a problem with me, a little 4-year-old, sitting beside her listening to her ranting, and sometimes R-rated, critiques. She was always nice to me, and she adored my mom, who never yelled at the actors on the screen.
On the paternal side of my family, a cousin told me that our normally subdued grandfather displayed the same kind of outbursts in his elder years while watching a soap with her when she, too, was young and impressionable. He once yelled at the TV, for instance, about a character on one of his favorite soaps getting "knocked up." Neither my cousin nor I are the worse for those rantings. We're respectable, upstanding mothers and citizens, thank you very much.
When I was in high school, I switched from my mom's stronghold soaps to the seemingly cooler "All My Children" and, of course, "General Hospital," with the famous Luke and Laura. Still, I kept up with my mom's old shows to some extent. "Secret Storm" was off the air by then, followed by "Another World," but "Days of Our Lives" is still gunning to this day. That's the thing about soaps, you can go without watching them for a while, but be right back in the swing of things after one conversation with someone who has kept up.
Today, my mom has given up on her lone standout, "Days of Our Lives," because, as she says, "it's all about those teenagers," and I feel bad about that for her because I understand her sentiment as I get older. It used to be that the cast was all characters my mom had known throughout her adult life. I guess the writers thought they had to draw in a younger crowd. (I remember one DOOL storyline about two teens arriving in a pod from outer space. No kidding.) It's like a death, really, when you stop watching your favorite soap.
As for my lone standout, "General Hospital," my mother doesn't watch it, but she wholeheartedly acknowledges my allegiance. If I'm talking to her on the phone on an afternoon, she'll remind me, "It's almost time for your show." I mostly DVR it, but I'm always within a day or two of the latest episode. Luke's still there, and his kids, even one he didn't know he had, of course. Laura pops in from time to time, too. Robin, daughter of secret agents Anna and Robert Scorpio and wife of Patrick Drake, who is the son of Dr. Noah Drake (in real life, '80s Grammy Award winner Rick Springfield) recently seems to have gotten burned to a crisp in a fire, but she's still alive in a secret place as of this writing. During the week or so after her fake death, GH showed clips of her when she must have been, at most, 6 years old. She debuted in 1985. The same actress all these years! That's what I'm talking about. My lifelong friend, Robin. I sobbed! That is, I sobbed before I knew she was still alive and kicking.
I love GH. The acting, 99.9 percent of it at least, is superb. Kudos to those actors and actresses. How difficult must it be to do five different hour-long shows a week? (The handsomely dimpled Maurice Bernard as Sonny Corinthos? Muscle-bound Steve Burton as Jason Morgan? The fabulous Laura Wright as Carly? And another of my faves, Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis? Excellent!) I've seen lesser acting ability on prime time too many times. Soap storylines? I admit that sometimes they are beyond stupid, but for the most part the plots are captivating, lively, and downright good.
I know there's the whole stigma of "housewives" sitting around in their sweats eating "bonbons," whatever those are, while soaking in their soaps. I've never met those women. Remember, my mom and I ironed while watching ours. Today I know professional woman of all ranks who still record their remaining favorite soaps. (Soaps are a dying breed, I know, but please don't even get me started about how they're all on their way out. Banish the thought that "General Hospital," in production since 1963, should go off the air.) These highly productive, savvy women I know watch their favorite soaps while on the elliptical or treadmill, or have them on in the background while they catch up on paperwork.
I know of women, longtime fans of "All My Children" and "One Life to Live," both recently canceled, who to this day refuse, in protest, to watch the programs that took those previous timeslots just because they replaced their favorite shows. I even know one viewer, and he's a man, who will debate with me the merits of "All My Children" over "General Hospital" for hours if given the chance. "They tried to freeze the world," he'll shout. Of course, that was a GH storyline a few decades ago that featured none other than the Elizabeth Taylor as the evildoer, so what can I say? There's nothing to be ashamed of, and I'm not.
Thanks for teaching me how to hem, Mom, and sorry the ironing habit didn't stick. You're the best and I love you. And I love my "General Hospital," too. Thanks.
Amy Vigeant Canfield and her mom, Shirley Vigeant, share a hug in this photo taken in the early 1980s, during the "General Hospital" Luke and Laura heyday.
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Ludivine Sagnier, stars in « The Serpent Queen« , a series in which she plays the role of Diane de Poitiers.
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The Frenchie of the casting
You have surely seen Ludivine Sagnier lately in Lupin, Adieu Paris, La Ruche but also in older films such as Eight Women, My wife is an actress or Swimming Pool by François Ozon. Today, you can see her in the series « The Serpent Queen » where she is the « Frenchie » of the cast. She plays Diane de Poitiers, the cousin of Catherine de Medici.
Who was Diane de Poitiers ?
Diane de Poitiers was the official mistress of King Henry II and rival of Queen Catherine de Medici. She wielded considerable influence over him, to the point that some regard her as his informal prime minister. For her, the king was ready for anything, covering her with jewels, naming her a duchess and giving her the superb Château de Chenonceau as a gift. King Henry II is a boy of barely 20 years old, tall, athletic, touchy, much loved by his young wife who ruminates in silence on the humiliation of being preferred to this mistress in the flower of her age. The queen would like to hate this rival who has outwitted her since the first hour. But she can't, because she owes him too much ! Indeed, in the first years of their marriage, Henri and Catherine were unable to have children. Failing to give her husband an heir, Catherine was on the verge of being divorced. She owed her salvation only to an unexpected support : that of Diane de Poitiers ! It was she who encouraged Henry to persevere for more than ten years, until the birth of the first royal child in 1544.
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Practitioner of the occult arts
Justin Haythe starts from the black legend of Catherine de Medici, that of the practitioner of the occult arts, the widow who pulls the strings in the shadows, immortalized in Alexandre Dumas' novel La Reine Margot. Pragmatic, this Catherine addresses the camera, as in Greek tragedies or Shakespeare. The series opens with a Catherine regent of the young Charles IX. She has the carnivorous smile of Samantha Morton (Minority Report) and orders a servant to keep her company. She then retraces her painful arrival at the Court of France, at the age of 15. An embedded story where Morton fades behind the amazing Liv Hill (The Little Stranger).
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© 1981 by Charles L. Grant. Originally published in TALES FROM THE NIGHTSIDE: DARK FANTASY . Reprinted by permission of the author.
David told himself there was nothing to be afraid of, nothing at all. It was, of course, only the delicious sense of anticipation he was feeling and not the fear that he could be mistaken. No. After all these years, all that pain, all that twisting of what he thought he knew . . . mistaken. No. No, it wasn't that at all. He was not afraid. He knew he wasn't. And yet, in spite of what he knew, he vacillated between the very real danger of disobeying his mother and running inside, now, away from the sun.
Crazy, he thought. God, if I'm wrong, I'm crazy.
But are you really crazy if you think you're crazy?
He grinned broadly, almost laughing aloud, realizing that he sounded like any one of a hundred different characters on a hundred different channels at two o'clock in the morning.
Am I really nuts, Doc? I can take it. Let me have it straight.
This time he did laugh, shaking his head slowly at his own dark whimsy.
And he sighed at the unfairness of it all.
Of a life fully nineteen years long that not once moved from a place called Oxrun Station; of a search that could have ended years before if only he had had the wit, the brains, the pure and simple imagination to pursue it; of a girl like all girls and unlike any other he would have to leave behind.
If, that is, he was not crazy.
Vagrant spears of melancholy light pierced the heavy November overcast and repulsed him, convinced him completely that he was physically agonized. Obsidian eyes squinted, fighting the dim glow that seemed determined to sear from what remained of his soul the memories of shadow—delightful shadow, enticing shadow, shadow that writhed away from the sun, silently screaming. He glared at the sky and despised the way that sun, in behind a gray veil, disregarded his pale, almost ivory skin, reddening it, puckering it, sloughing it off like a leprous serpent and twisting it into a mocking dark brown. He shrank from the light as often as he could, as best he could.
But there were his instructions.
And to get what he wanted—after all these years, all this pain—to get what he wanted now, he had to endure.
Another glance heavenward, and he decided to be grateful for the clouds, whispering a brief and undirected prayer for the added comfort of a light and steady rain. That, however, was icing on the cake. He had his instructions, and he was determined to obey them. And to wait. The time had come. He believed it now; he knew it. The time had come indeed, and there would be no more thwarting the reunion with his friends.
Stoically resigned then, he covered as much of himself, of his very long and very thin frame, as he could and huddled by the door on the front porch. He shaded his eyes with a palm when there were no shadows to protect him and grimaced at the occasional brightness of that Saturday afternoon. While he waited he told himself repeatedly—in a liturgical monotone very much like a chant—that it was and it would be worth the small pains, the pricks, the tiny slashes. His mother had been in a remarkably fine mood for some days now, and he did not want her to lose it just when he was drawing so tantalizingly near.
He knew that. She did not have to make such a poisonous point of reminding him. But he was pleased that she had because it meant he would probably be able to get it down that night.
Or, though he dared not think about it, sooner.
She had kissed his forehead, patted his cheek, and he had squirmed with impatience to see her leave so she might return. She had laughed then, like a jackal, and he had pretended to grin. And if she knew he was hating her, she never said a word. So he waited on the porch that faced Chancellor Avenue and allowed himself to daydream a little, plan a little, until he finally relaxed and let the day die around him. He did not mind the damp wooden flooring that was so long unpainted the neighbors were whispering (and a few of them outright complaining), nor the splinters that now and then found their way through his black trousers into his calves and thighs. The small jabs, the momentary stings, were nothing, nothing at all . . . and he concentrated on looking, and listening, and once in a while smiling a death's-head grin.
Ah, Mother, he thought, I can't wait for you to meet all my old friends.
He stifled a short laugh with his fingers, blinked, squinted, and decided that today it was beautiful in the place they called the Station. There was autumn grass slowly browning under brightly dying leaves; the brittle cold air that seemed to make the pavement crisp under the feet of the passers-by who were hurrying to the college's stadium where the high school games were played; the languid haze of burning piles of leaves; a ragged cloud of starlings that swooped silently toward the scent of popcorn and candy; the clouds.
David half-smiled and answered the waves from the cars that sped past with bicolored pompons swinging in time to riders' cheers and the off-the-beat blasts of horns and whistles. He found the nerve, the quiet and timid nerve, to nod when the principal walked by with his young podgy wife; and he grinned when a covey of girls giggled loudly as they closed ranks against the swaggering pride of boys who followed. A few of them called to him, and he called back, and they disappeared around his neighbor's hedge without stopping.
In school it was because of the load of books he carried; downtown it was because of the way he kept close to the buildings; and today it was football. He could smell it, taste it, feel it in the dull yellow leaf he crushed absently in his hand.
It was the season's last game, and he had to watch the house. The one cloudy Saturday afternoon of the entire season, practically of the entire year, and his mother had told him he had better watch the house. But as soon as bile rose angrily to his throat, he swallowed it with a stern reminder that it had been his choice, after all. He could have easily drifted off to the game with the rest of them and, after a fashion, perhaps even enjoyed himself. It would have been nice. The last game. But in the light—he grinned—of his mother's unspoken promise and the gathering at last of the nerve and the knowledge, the regret became an unimportant thing. A little thing. Inconsequential. He soon ignored it, and soon it passed.
Hate was much better, and the distant scent of power.
He shifted, feeling the onset of a cramp in his left foot. He knew he was growing anxious. The afternoon's voice had faded into the restless rustling of the few last leaves. The shadow of the old house—that might have been called a Victorian had it held a sense of history—the shadow stretched to merge with the trees and the shrubs. The temperature fell. He shivered then and decided to take a short walk to kill the time moving now in a slow-motion race toward a gray and bleak sunset. He stretched carefully to relieve the stiffness that had settled in his arms and legs, bent at the waist to loosen his back. Then he vaulted the railing, wishing Claire had walked by to see him sailing. The ground was damp and pillow-soft; he leaned over to see if it were really as black as he imagined.
He moved deliberately, with small measured steps, staring up at each window, envisioning each room huddling beyond, all of them unchanged and most of them unused for as long as he could remember. A late-leaving sparrow was playing in a rusted, canted gutter, knocking frail twigs and clumps of dirt over the side. David ducked away from one of the harmless bombs and laughed.
Little bird, he thought, would you come with me if you knew?
Probably not. Birds don't have emotions, and especially they don't hate.
Halfway to the back he stopped involuntarily at one window heavily curtained and streaked with an accumulation of dust-turned-grime. The top half was covered by a screen that was torn and laced with debris the wind had thrown. It was his father's study. He closed his eyes for a moment to search for a reminder of the time when the family was three, but nothing came to him, not even a voice. He shrugged the effort away. It wasn't important enough to worry about. For all he knew, the man was little more than a bedtime myth. Or he might be dead. Or he might have run away when he had gotten to know his wife. Or he might be locked in a padded room. Or he might be dead. Might be . . . David shrugged again.
Somewhere down the street a telephone shrilled and a woman shouted shrilly.
And he thought about the plan, and was cheered.
Thought about his old friends, and smiled.
Twice, then, and three times he circled the house; twice and three times he huddled on the porch, taking all the comfort he could from the shadows, trying to crouch away from the rising wind's rush as it hummed through the railing and dragged dark clouds closer.
Up again, and this time he stopped in front of the slanting, double cellar doors with the rusted combination lock forced through the latch. His hands were bunched in his pockets, his shoulders stooped.
Playmate, he thought, come out and play with me.
a little boy inside there, down there in the dark, pale and raven-haired, breaking a fruit juice glass, spilling his ration of milk over a shabby kitchen tablecloth. Often. Too often. A flurry of cloths from the scratched and stained porcelain sink, or an artificial sponge from the cabinet beneath. A storm of yelling, shrieking, commandments to be damned, and his mother who said she loved him would grab his shoulders with strong lovely hands that gripped like talons and squeezed for blood . . . strong lovely hands that would lead him and push him and shove him and guide him to the stairs that led into the empty coal bin, barren woodpile, grumbling furnace, damp concrete cellar floor. He would stumble down the steps through his I'm-sorry-I'm-sorry tears, and her words, and the door, would slam shut and lock solidly behind him.
for as long as memory would allow him to go back.
home late from his first real date alone with a girl and the smear of lipstick on his chin.
the shrieking and the commandments and the cellar door locked solidly behind him.
always; for as long as he could remember.
David would weep in frustration and rage . . . and the darkness would blacken . . .
. . . and everywhere he went there would be light so bright it would shame the summer sun.
They stared at each other without awkwardness, without shifting their feet, without clearing their throats. Then they walked to the front without speaking. As they did, David watched her from the corner of his eye—and the hint of soft rose at her high cheeks, the growing pink at the tip of her stubby nose, made him doubt for the first time the wish behind the plan. He stood silently, facing the sidewalk, while she sat on the bottom porch step and hugged her knees, watching him measure the crawl of the hedge's shadow into the deserted street.
There was the scent of rain in the air.
Would it be the same, he wondered; would Claire be the same if she . . . would she be the same?
When he had been fourteen and she was living across the street in the English Tudor with the leaded bow window, he had trusted her so much that he'd confided in her what he now understood was an extraordinarily abnormal fear of the dark. He gave her none of the reasons; he just told her it was the dark. She had listened intently, and she had laughed—not at him, however, and that was why he had permitted himself to love her.
He had laughed, too, but he had not forgotten.
He spent a long time thinking about what she had said and about the cellar doors and what lay down there, and the next night he deliberately smashed a plate while washing the supper dishes—and it was bad in the dark, so bad he used Claire's name as the worst obscenity he knew.
Two nights later, while his mother was watching him from her place at the table, smiling her smile and filing her nails, he broke another—again it was bad, but the screaming was gone.
He hefted a rock, waited, and tossed it through the living-room window—the crying dried to sobs.
The fourth time—a jam jar, grape, whose stains were still on the floor—was an accident—but now he understood, and now he knew his friends.
Claire, he had discovered, only knew part of the answer.
Thank you, Claire, he had said each time he greeted the cellar and its masque.
She called him Ghost because of his skin; he called her Spot because of her freckles.
She had moved to stand directly in front of him, was glaring into his unseeing eyes. He blinked when he saw her, and shrugged an apology. "Daydreaming again," he muttered, and slid an arm around her waist. She tensed—just to show him that she could not be bought—but let him pull her close enough for him to kiss her forehead.
She pressed into his embrace, and he forced his laugh to merge with hers. The sun was almost down, and he was growing nervous. When she poked his ribs, hard, he laughed again and squeezed.
The explosive roar of a racing engine broke them apart, but not, he knew, before his mother had seen them. She slid gracefully out from behind the wheel, a large bag of groceries cradled in one arm. She was tall and blonde and warmly lovely, and David's eyes hardened when he saw her smile. Snakelike. Luring. Claire muttered something under her breath and was already across the lawn and on the sidewalk before his mother reached the porch.
Sitting at the kitchen table, his hands moist and pulling nervously at the bottom of his sweater, he recited a detailed account of his passing of the afternoon. He said nothing about missing the last game of the season, however, and nothing about the rug. He tried to keep sight of her eyes, to read them, to anticipate them, but she only smiled and murmured "how nice" every few minutes. Only once did she frown—when he mentioned the temptation to leave the house and wander toward the football stadium. But the moment passed, and all he could do now was wait.
They dined, and the sun went down. In the corners of the room warmed by the oven, the shadows hovered and shrank away from the light. The clouds shredded and vanished. The stars rose on the train of the moon. The refrigerator hummed, slightly out of tune. The clouds returned. The rain returned. A single bulb hung unshaded over the table, and the shadows were warm and loving on David's stiff back.
Finally, when he thought he was going to have to beg her like a child, his mother rose and stood by the cellar door, a large iron key resting in her palm. He licked at his lips in spite of himself and gripped the edge of the table as tightly as he could to prevent himself from lunging.
Claire, he thought, would you come if you knew?
He swallowed. "Yes, Mother." His voice was years away, to the first time she had discovered he liked the darkness, preferred it. Her laugh, then, and the snake's glint in her eyes.
There was a silence. Only the rain.
Finally she nodded her agreement and opened the door.
He rose, and for a long moment dared not release the table. When he did, he moved quickly, brushing past her and taking the first step down, waiting in terror for her to summon him back the way she did when he appeared too anxious, eager, desperate, laughing at him with her eyes closed and the key catching the light, and warning him that he would never escape her as the dream-father had done.
He glanced up at her and was delighted to see her look startled when he grinned suddenly, broadly, completely without mirth.
"Good-bye, Mother," he said calmly, and he yanked the door from her hand and slammed it shut.
Below him there was . . . nothing.
He made his way down and stood in the center of the floor, perspiration gathering in ice-runs along his spine, his sides, the inner sweep of his thighs.
For so very long he had waited, prayed, planned, and dreamed—and now, suddenly, he wondered.
If I'm wrong, I'm crazy.
And if I'm right . . .
. . . no more football or sleigh rides or holding hands; no more gropings on the porch or the urgings of his loins; no more Oxrun; no more tests to fail because he would rather talk to the dark than read a book; no more sunlight; no more . . .
Slowly, not quite fearfully, he stripped off his clothes and shivered in the clammy sheath that rose through him from the soles of his feet.
No more teachers who yelled . . .
He swallowed. He listened. And when he finally understood that he wasn't crazy after all, that he knew he really knew and it wasn't so bad not to be crazy . . . when he understood it and believed it, he lifted his arms wide to feel the warming black air, smiling, loosening every muscle and nerve and cell and thought and dream and prayer and sight and scream; he believed, and he believed and felt himself drifting, sailing, floating . . . felt himself grow and shrink and lift and swirl.
No . . . more . . . Mother.
And in time, in a very long time that was no time at all, he learned at last how the shadows in attics and cellars and dark empty closets were born and survived. He studied his clothes lying in a pile on the damp concrete floor. He learned the difference between a nightmare and a wish, a death and a dying, November gray and December black.
He learned that his old friends were true friends indeed.
He learned that Claire, despite her teaching, was no friend at all.
So . . . he waited.
And in time, in a very long time that was no time at all, the door at the top of the stairs opened. The light still burned in the kitchen, and he saw from every dark angle the dark figure at the threshold. "Davey?" A snake-word.
He felt himself smiling, and wondered if he could.
Claire, he thought then, it'll only take a minute.
His mother hesitated a moment longer before following her elongated shadow down the stairs, paused before leaving the path of dim light and hurrying toward the furnace at the far side of the room. Her heels struck the floor like the burr of a rattler.
"Hey, Davey," Claire whispered from the kitchen.
The silence. Not even the rain.
She spun around just in time to see the darkness gather to blacken the light and bury the stairs.
To swallow the coal bin, the woodpile, the furnace, the door.
Her scream was cut off before it reached her blackening lips; her eyes were closed before she dissolved.
A . . . breathing.
She knew, he thought, and there was always the chance that she might remember.
The darkness moved, and the kitchen light died.
Charles L. Grant (1945-2006) was the author of numerous novels and short stories, both under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms. During his career, he appeared frequently on awards lists as a nominee, and won a number of awards, including multiple turns as a winner of the Nebula, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award. He also edited over twenty anthologies, including the long-running Shadows series, which in 1979 won the World Fantasy Award for best anthology. His website can be found at charlesgrant.novelhost.net.


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Accessibility Compliance and Risk Mitigation Tactics | Solving the most common real-world challenges
As legislation evolves, many organizations are unaware that providing accessible technology is not a choice—it is now the law. These laws define the civil rights of those with disabilities and ensure equitable access across websites, apps, and internal systems.
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Be a cat. I could not agree more.
Hey, what a GREAT discussion thread going on here–I appreciate all your comments. I am surprised that some of you see the phrase "conversation of mankind" as melodramatic. Can we talk more about that later? I think Bruffee put it in quotes in his title because it's an expression put forth before him, but even so, doesn't it fit his argument?
Jackie, you are inspirational: pipes for everyone starting this week. BYOT (tobacco).
Rebecka, here's a question for you: if we all sat and talked about cats for three hours (the more we talk about this, the more I want to do so), and all we did was recycle information that each of us brought in, would our language used to summarize and synthesize create new knowledge by virtue of having articulated it in certain ways? That is, while fur balls are STILL caused by too much self-grooming, we understand this process differently when we leave the room by virtue of having discussed it. Right?
Elizabeth, nice job of bringing things together at the end. Were we to run a relay race, you'd be my choice for anchor.
Christina, I think Vygotsky would say that the concept of a thesis sentence that you help your clients discover in themselves is a concept constructed by society at some point first, then internalized by the writer. So, the collaboration undergone by you and the client may very well facilitate the rediscovery of what he or she knows already, but it was not invented originally except through external language.


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THEY appeared to know each other but were not friends. Dressed similarly in tank tops and baggy sweatpants; they kept an eye on each other, thinking they were being discreet. I knew better because I would notice the things they did while working out on the fitness floor. Before or after my class I would hang out on the fitness floor to do some strength training exercises. Seeing these two young guys in the same area for several weeks, I started to notice they were not workout buddies; they were competing with each other, attempting to exert their dominance by being the best. What I mean is they would try to out lift each other using free weights. If one guy was doing chest presses, the other would start to do them but with slightly more weight on the barbell. Once the first guy caught sight of his "opponent" lifting more weight, he would stop and add more weight. This pattern would go on until they went from doing 15 reps down to 1; it was comical to watch. THERE is something about some men's testosterone that pushes them over the edge. Those two guys on the fitness floor are still at it, trying to top each other. Since I am at that between age, between birth and death, I can sit back and just observe some of these antics and shake my head. And trust me it is not just the younger generation; I still get from time to time some older member coming up to me in the locker room and making some lewd comment about me teaching "a classroom full of ladies." Without being rude, since I am an employee of the fitness center, I find a way to give them a quick response that masks my displeasure and get away from them as quick as possible. I felt the same way about watching this action dramatic comedy. FORCED to do community service former Olympic swimming champion Matt Brody, played by Zac Efron (Dirty Grandpa, Neighbors franchise), thought being a lifeguard would be a no-brainer of a job. That all changed when a dead body washed up on shore. This film loosely based on the television show starred Dwayne Johnson (The Fast & Furious franchise, Pain & Gain) as Mitch Buchannon, Priyanka Chopra (Don franchise, Quantico-TV) as Victoria Leeds, Alexandra Daddario (The Choice, San Andreas) as Summer Quinn and Jon Bass (Loving, All Nighter) as Ronnie Greenbaum. I vaguely remember the TV series but I am sure it was nothing like what I saw in this movie. For me the best part of this film was Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and the outtakes at the beginning of the credits. One cannot help but enjoy Dwayne's effort and Zac's comedic timing. Outside of that the story was overloaded and bulky; sort of like Dwayne's muscles and Zac's attitude. The script was awful as it was filled with foul language and sexual references. I did not find it funny simply because more than one or two swear words or sexual innuendos is cheap humor in my opinion. Now there were a few fun sarcastic lines in the script, but there was not enough to entertain me for the duration of the picture. Based on the crowd in the theater, the main purpose for seeing this film as far as I could tell was for the eye candy. No matter how many lifeguards were in this movie, it could not be saved.
THE landscape tilted down as I peered out the airplane's window. I was looking forward to a peaceful ride. The day was clear except for small clumps of clouds that looked like wadded up paper towels discarded across the sky. We were close to reaching our flying altitude when I heard a faint noise. It sounded like a sad pet uttered a whimper. There was a slight pause before a piercing wail filled the cabin. It was a baby I had not seen when we boarded. I thought after a minute the parent(s) would have done something like give the baby a bottle, a toy, a set of keys, something to distract the child. Maybe they did, I could not see though since they were sitting closer to the front. As I sat in my seat I stared up at the FASTEN SEATBELT sign, hoping it would turn off. With no sign of stopping if the parent(s) were not going to take the baby to the restroom, I would go to it to get away from the crying. Needless to say the flight was not pleasant. LIVING a full life means there will be celebrations as well as challenges. Let me include into that equation annoyances. I cannot imagine someone getting through life without ever becoming annoyed by something. Of course the question is what does one do when they become annoyed? Being stuck at a railroad crossing due to a long, slow moving freight train is annoying to me; however if there is no alternative route as an option, there is no point in me staying annoyed. It is out of my control, so I just turn the radio up louder and wait it out. It is funny, I found myself in a similar predicament while watching this family comedy film. Sure I could have walked out, but who then would have warned you? THE special occasion of Meemaw's 90th birthday was the catalyst for the Heffley family hitting the road to be part of the celebrations. Unfortunately for Greg, played by Jason Drucker (Barely Lethal, Every Witch Way-TV), that meant he would not be able to go to the video gaming convention. Starring Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin) as Susan Heffley, Tom Everett Scott (La La Land, Dead Man on Campus) as Frank Heffley and relative newcomer Charlie Wright as Rodrick Heffley; this latest installment of the franchise had new cast members. It did not make a difference to me but I understood some fans of the series were upset. After seeing this picture the change of actors was the least of this movie's problems. Both the script and directing were poorly done; if you saw the trailer then you saw the best parts. I was uncomfortable with the story; I found it whiney and disrespectful. There was nothing funny taking place or let me say I did not find the pranks and embarrassing situations amusing. It seemed as if there was little thought put into the script. Besides not being funny, there was not one element of surprise; the set up and payoff could be seen a mile away, which is where I wished I had been from this film. Here is something interesting: I have never sat in a movie theater and seen so much foot traffic from the audience. Kids and parents were constantly walking in and out during the entire showing of this movie. If I wasn't annoyed already, there was a parent sitting down in front who played with her cell phone for ½ the time.
EVERYDAY was a battle between me and dessert. I say dessert even though it was not only the course one waits to eat after their main meal. It would be multiple times throughout the day and I should tell you dessert encompassed a wide variety of items. Where other people have a sweet tooth, I have a set of sweet molars. My first choice to snack on used to be cookies or cakes, but if none were available I would seek out sweetened cereal or candy. If I could not get my hands on anything sweet I would switch and go to the salty side; looking for potato chips, pretzels or even sliced white bread. I had no shame; everything was free game. I tried a variety of diets when I was younger, even to the point where a doctor prescribed what he called an appetite suppressant; years later I found out it was a form of "speed." As my issues with weight took a toll on me mentally I eventually got a handle on the reasons why I was seeking out food for comfort. TODAY the way I work with my weight is to be aware of what I am eating during the week. On weekends I let go of my control but never too far out to become a food festival. I realized I was no longer dieting; I had changed my way of life and no longer made food my focus. For those of you who do not have concerns with weight, you have no idea how much of a impact one's issues with food can weigh on them. It can come to the point where you feel like you are not living your life anymore; every day you wake up knowing you are going to have a struggle throughout the day. It really is not a way to live. This dramatic film will give you an idea of what I am talking about by showing you something similar, where an individual has to deal with the same thing over and over. MADDY Whittier, played by Amanda Sternberg (The Hunger Games, Colombiana), had a rare disease that made her allergic to practically everything. Never leaving her house was the norm until the new neighbors moved in next door. This romance movie, based on the best selling young adult book, also starred Nick Robinson (Jurassic World, The 5th Wave) as Olly Bright, Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, The Good Wife-TV) as Pauline and Ana de la Reguera (Nacho Libre, Cowboys & Aliens) as Carla. I thought Amandia and Nick were a good choice for the roles; they appeared vulnerably real. The script was just okay and as the story unfolded I realized there was a lack of energy. This may have been caused by the combination of the script and direction. I have sat through other movies based on YA novels and there was more intensity or "oomph" to the characters. The energy which was never high did a continual slow descent to a place I found bizarre by the end of the film. Not only did I not care for the ending, there were several scenes that did not seem believable to me. I am afraid the title to this movie is misleading; it did not have all the elements one needs to make an engrossing movie watching experience. Maybe young adults (the majority of the audience at my viewing) would have something different to say about this picture.
YOU cannot force a person to love something or someone they do not like. I have never seen it become successful. There was a mother I knew who drove her daughter everywhere to audition for dance roles even though the daughter did not have her heart in it. Rejection after rejection did not stop the mother from forcing her daughter to try again. Now if the daughter truly had a talent for dance and wanted to pursue it, then it would be somewhat of a different story. There have been several instances where I have seen a parent pushing their child to try out for a sport or some form of the arts, but one thing was never mentioned to the child. "To do their best;" I do not always hear this being included. If a child has a strong desire to do something I feel they should be allowed as long as they give it their best shot. This reminds me of an episode of a singing talent show where the singer auditioning mentioned they had been working with a voice coach for several years. After the contestant auditioned the judge told the person to fire their coach, because they did not have a good singing voice. IF a person is gifted at something wouldn't it be in the best interest to encourage the individual to give it their all? I am familiar with a family that has 3 children. One child is exceptional when it comes to drawing; her paintings are incredible. The father, who works as an accountant, is against his daughter's idea of going to college to study art. He believes she will never make a living at it and would rather she go into economics. Now it does not matter if the girl has an aptitude for numbers or not, the father just wants her to do something where she can earn a decent living and thinks since he supports a family by working with numbers, she should do the same thing. It is similar to what was taking place in this drama. AS the owner of an auto repair shop Miguel Alvarez, played by Demian Bichir (The Heat, A Better Life), wanted his two sons to be part of the business. But with his youngest one Danny, played by Gabriel Chavarria (Freedom Writers, A Better Life), wanting to pursue art; Miguel simply could not understand why his son would want to do such a thing. This film festival nominee's story was set in east Los Angeles and also starred Eva Longoria (The Sentinel, Over her Dead Body) as Gloria and Theo Rossi (Bad Hurt, Sons of Anarchy-TV) as Francisco "Ghost" Alvarez. I walked into this film not fully understanding what "lowriders" were, but I discovered I liked the look of them. As for what they do, I don't understand the point. Putting that aside the other part of this movie I enjoyed was the art work on display. Outside of that there really was nothing new about this story. I have seen similar movies that have done the same story line and actually did it better. Every scene in this film followed a generic formula from the portrayal of a Hispanic family to the family tension to the girlfriend; I was bored for the most part. Let me say there was nothing "bad" per se about this picture; if you have never experienced this type of story you may find something of interest. I sort of wish the writers had been pushed harder to try and create a better script.
FIRST introduced in the 1960s these toaster pastries have been sampled by millions of people. They were a novel idea; some ate them in lieu of a full breakfast, while others snacked on them between meals or as a dessert. I am sure the idea of having a convenient sweet item with a long shelf life was a revelation for many people. When they first came out there were only 4 flavors: blueberry, strawberry, brown sugar cinnamon and apple. Presently there is a variety of flavors and frostings to cover almost anyone's taste preferences. Just on the news recently there was a report the manufacturer teamed up with a candy company to come out with candy flavored fillings in these pastries. My first reaction to this combination was negative. But as I thought about it I realized I had not had one of these pastries in decades. If there was a market for these flavor combinations, who was I to judge them? It was not like the other fillings were not sweet, so what would be the difference except personal tastes. WHENEVER something is going well, it almost never fails the company looks for other ways to cash in on their success. Take a look at the fashion industry; if a designer has success with their line of clothing pretty soon their name could pop up on kitchen products, home furnishings or sports related products. Personally the name is not what motivates me to make the purchase; it depends on value and worth for me, besides liking it or not. I sort of feel the same way about movies. If the story looks good, I would go see it regardless of who the studio cast for the roles. Since I enjoyed the previous movies by both of the actresses in this comedy, I was sure I would have a good time watching this film. The buzz surrounding this movie was the addition of the one actress who had been away from acting in pictures for over a decade. Everywhere you looked the talk was how the 2 main actresses would be great together. AFTER Emily, played by Amy Schumer (Trainwreck, Inside Amy Schumer-TV) was dumped by her boyfriend the only person she could get to take his place on the non-refundable vacation package she bought was her mother Linda, played by Goldie Hawn (The First Wives Club, Death Becomes Her). The trip would bind the mother and daughter in ways neither ever imagined. With Ike Barinholtz (Suicide Squad, The Mindy Project-TV) as Jeffrey, Wanda Sykes (Evan Almighty, Monster-in-Law) as Ruth and Joan Cusack (Working Girl, Say Anything) as Barb; the story started out fun. I enjoyed the style of humor and jokes. Unfortunately the story or to be more exact the script quickly went south, no pun intended. The majority of the scenes turned into a mixture of crudeness, silliness or non-believability. I was embarrassed for Joan in particular in regards to her role. It was such a waste of a prolific actress; which leads me to Goldie and her role. Though I was happy to see Goldie back in a movie and she really gave it a good try here, the script did her no favors. If the writers had focused as much energy on the script as the studio did on Goldie, something hilarious could have happened here. Instead I was left with very little to laugh about or enjoy.


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House speaker Nancy Pelosi promises to pass pro-LGBT Equality Act
The new speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has vowed to pass the Equality Act law, banning anti-LGBT discrimination across the US, in her first speech.
As a record number of openly lesbian, gay and bisexual lawmakers were sworn in, the Democratic leader told Congress, "We will make America fairer by passing the Equality Act to end discrimination against the LGBTQ community."
There are currently no federal-level protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the US. This means that it is legal to fire people for being gay in dozens of states due to uneven state-level protections.
The Democrats won back the House in November's midterm election, taking 40 seats which will be largely occupied by queer lawmakers and allies.
Newly elected LGBT+ Democrats Angie Craig (MN), Sharice Davids (KS), Katie Hill (CA) and Chris Pappas (NH) were sworn in, alongside re-elected incumbents Mark Takano (CA), Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) and David Cicilline (RI).
And in the Senate, Arizona lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema became the first openly bisexual senator and second ever out LGBT+ senator, joining re-elected Wisconsin representative Tammy Baldwin.
The Equality Act bill faces a smooth path in the House, where the Democrats have a majority, but may struggle to get through the Republican-controlled Senate.
Bisexual Senator Kyrsten Sinema, from Arizona,
sworn in on a law book instead of The Bible
Publicat per Ben Aquila a 5:03 AM
Eddi Haskell January 6, 2019 at 8:14 AM
A national bill to extend discrimination protection to LGBT people is not going to pass under a Republican President or Republican Senate. However, employment protection exists in many large states including California, New York, and Illinois (blue states), and in major metropolitan areas in states like Florida, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri where corporate jobs that employ skilled workers are located. The areas in which a gay or trans person is not protected in employment are rural areas in red states - where it probably it not safe to be wide open and out anyway. However, it is safe to say that the great majority of LGBT Americans - I would guess over 92% - are protected in public and private employment, simply because fewer and fewer Americans are living in outlying rural counties in red states.
Ben Aquila January 6, 2019 at 4:21 PM
Thanks for your comment Eddi, very interesting and realistic as usual.
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Yet despite such a relatively short window of opportunity for legislative mayhem; and despite the myriad problems – serious problems – facing our state, some of these people still find ways to waste everyone's time and insult our intelligence with ridiculous bills often designed to empower government, weaken civil liberties and absolve citizens of the responsibility to take care of themselves.
* Sen. Ben Kieckhefer, who took time out of his busy schedule trying to sock Nevadans with $1.4 billion worth of higher taxes to introduce a bill to establish an official…state dog.
* Assemblyman Harvey Munford for his bill to slap a "fat tax" on Big Macs and other "junk food." Apparently only government intervention can save people from eating food the government decides is unhealthy for you. By that logic, though, shouldn't salads be completely tax free?
* Sen. Joe Hardy, who introduced a bill to fine parents $10 if their kids are caught skateboarding in the driveway without wearing a government-approved safety helmet. Hardy said the bill would help parents by allowing them to threaten their kids with the ol' "it's the law" routine.
Really? If the purpose is to help parents exert parental authority, then why fine the parents instead of the kids?
* Assemblyman Harvey Munford (a double nominee!) for his bill making it illegal to cross a street while texting on your smart phone. Sure, it's a dumb idea to try to cross a busy intersection while texting, but it's an even dumber idea to think this is something government law enforcement authorities have time to worry about.
* Assemblywoman Lucy Flores, who introduced a heavy-handed bill authorizing the government to force privately-owned restaurants to go through the expense of figuring out exactly how many calories are in each menu item and publishing that information on all menus and menu boards.
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Zelda 2 Clones
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Christian Cruz
Why did Super Metroid and Castlevania SOTN get used label all games like themselves "Metroidvania" when Zelda 2 did it first?
Parker Moore
Zoldo 2 is always in the side-scrolling perspective
The same reason why normalfags call platformers mario games, table tops D&D, and any military FPS COD. They're the most popular/well known thus making them the go to name.
Carter Wood
What about the first metroid and second castlevania? Weren't they already like that? Also Zelda 2 is quite different with the overworld and all.
Carson Scott
Zelda 2 is very linear though? I don't know, only fucking faggots use the terms "Metroidvania". I came into this thread hoping OP wanted to talk about Zelda II and other games similar to it like Battle Of Olympus. Now I am just sad.
Benjamin Hall
I'm sorry user. Have this.
Matthew Howard
Because Link 2 is shit; if it wasn't, it might be half as popular as those other two games you mentioned.
Jaxson Thomas
Zelda II is one of the best Nintendo games ever made, which isn't saying much. You need to stop posting.
Luke Jones
I just remembered this game. I'm not sure how good it is.
Zelda 2 isn't a metroidvania. You don't unlock any new abilities. Its all flag based progression.
Grayson Powell
Because Link 2 is shit
Your opinion is fundamentally and utterly wrong.
Bentley Wood
When you die in the game you start from the beginning everytime you game over and you get new abilities like the up and down stab in towns plus spells which can be considered new abilities. I think you have something mixed up cause Super Metroid better defines flag based progression cause you get save points in it.
Because Zelda 2 didn't do it at all. None of the side scrolling stages are interconnected in Zelda 2.
Eli Powell
Zelda 2's not a Metroidvania at all you casual.
Adam Martin
cause Super Metroid better defines flag based progression cause you get save points in it
I don't think you understand what flag based progression means.
In Zelda 2, you can't progress unless you've triggered certain flags. Its linear in that way.
Fast travelling to old locations isn't a new ability. Getting double jump or the ability to climb walls is a new ability.
How the hell have I not heard of this game? I even have the rom floating on my HDD. I've been really binging on old mythology lately, and this sounds right up my ally. Thanks guys, you're the best.
Metroidvania is a gay term. It's used to describe a negligible change in Castlevania's design philosophy. SOTN is by all measures a good game, but it's not really all that different than its predecessors. You still have boss battles, a variety of auxiliary weapons, and health management. The only major differences are the added "RPG elements" (another bullshit term) and the level design. Even if you hate the leveling up and equipment customization, the non-linear level design is only a natural evolution for the series, the reason being that games are extremely derivative, which means that developers tend to emulate certain elements that were taken from other titles. You can argue about whether or not this is a good thing, but that conversation isn't really relevant to whether or not "Metroidvania" should even exist as a term, or whether or not Castlevania was the first game to ever borrow elements from Metroid. It's not a genre, it's a pointless descriptive term, similar to "soulslike."
All that aside, Zelda II isn't what could be describe as a "Metroidvania" styled game, it's merely one of the first 2D side scrolling ARPG titles but with an RPG-esque overworld. Yes, the dungeons are non-linear, but they're segmented areas that don't connect to one another. That alone is enough to disqualify it from being described as a "Metroid-like", but it should also be mentioned that Zelda II's overworld and dungeons are locked behind specific item gates that can only be bypassed by using a specific item. Zelda II and Zelda III are similarly linear in this way, which is to say that the flow of progression is built around a very linear path. It can be described as follows:
go to dungeon [X]
collect item [A] from dungeon [X] and defeat the boss
use item [A] to collect item [B]
use item [B] to enter dungeon [Y]
This is what is described as "The Zelda formula" and it's pretty fucking stale at this point. As an example, in Zelda III you need to collect the sword before you can leave Hyrule Castle with the princess. You need to collect the Bow and Arrow that is found inside the Eastern Palace before you can collect the Pegasus Boots, and you need the boots before you can collect the Book of Mudora and use it to enter the Desert Palace. There are more examples like this, but the point is that the game is designed around the player acquiring special items in a certain order, and this is what dictates progression, so even though you can technically go anywhere on the map, you're still limited by your arsenal. Zelda II is designed in a similar way; you need to collect the Jump (and arguably the candle) spell before you can enter Central Hyrule and move on to gain access to Death Mountain and the other Palaces, which means you need to collect the Statue from the cave in Northern Hyrule. You can technically sequence break any one of these intended paths of progression by collecting the necessary items and moving through the game at your discretion, but this is antithetical to the games' design. They just wasn't intended to be played in that way.
You're describing elements of progression that are present in Metroid as well. For example, you need to collect the missile before you can open red gates, and you need to get the Power Bomb before you can explore the Meridian depths
This is true, but the major difference lies in the level design. In Super Metroid, the player is given an open, non linear, and interconnected world in which they can move and explore freely, and there are certain sequence breaks that can be performed without acquiring any special ability. However, I am of the opinion that any arguments that seek to create a distinction between the two aforementioned design philosophies are likely built upon semantics and "splitting hairs."
In truth, Metroid, Zelda and Castelvania are quite similar in a lot of ways, but it's pointless to use made up bullshit words to describe their similarities and differences, when it would be perfectly fine to use normal fucking language and the already existent, corresponding genre term to pigeonhole these games into respective categories. It's not a "Metroidvania", it's a 2D, side scrolling, action platformer that may or may not contain stat management and character building. It's not a "soulslike" it's a 3D ARPG with character building and stat management, some multiplayer functionality, and a "show don't tell" approach at narration and atmosphere.
Adrian Turner
The power level is real.
Fast traveling
So you have never played Zelda II, okay.
Samuel Rivera
ACCEPT FRANKISH RULE YOU PAGAN SHITS
Grayson Howard
Battle of Olympus is fucking awesome tbh.
Grayson Watson
SOTN is by all measures a good game
STOP RIGHT THERE FAGGOT
Castlevana: Symphony of the Night has nice graphics and music but the quality stops there. It has terrible overall level design. While it attempts to rip off Super Metroid, it actually has a far more linear structure: you get an ability, move to the usually singular next area of the castle and repeat. Then there's the shitload of abilities that you use once to unlock the next path and never touch again. Then, of course, you get to the halfway point in the game (upside-down castle) and they drop the Metroid facade entirely.
The stat system was an interesting idea but ultimately heavily flawed in execution. The game is absolutely laughably easy for the most part, but there are a couple areas in the upside-down castle with weird difficulty jumps. Then there are the myriad pieces of equipment you can easily stumble upon which break the game utterly.
Ultimately, Symphony of the Night is a game without direction: they simply stuffed as much shit into it as they could. And I do mean shit. The outright majority of bosses are fucking retarded and pointless, the upside-down castle was the worst gimmick ever, and the game is sorely lacking the intense, constrained action that previous Castlevanias had.
It also has some of the worst voice acting ever. But strangely some people find that a positive.
It is interesting how nearly every subsequent Metroid-like Castlevania improved on the gameplay featured in Symphony of the Night, yet some people still hold it on an undeserved pedestal.
I agree, I would rather play Bloodlines.
Jayden Morgan
Zelda 2 has spells that grant new abilities (jump spell, fairy spell), but there's very little required backtracking. And things can be done out of order to an extent, there are only a few areas where you have to do a before you can do b.
Sensible and well put criticism of the over-worshipped SOTN. It ripped off and was worse than Super Metroid in every way, and is not deserving of having its name as the suffix for a sub-genre. They should simply be called "Metroid-likes".
Lincoln Baker
"Metroidvania" is a stupid way to refer to a subset of action platformers. "Metroid-like" is slightly better, but only because Metroid's formula has been the same since the beginning, while Castlevania didn't use a similar formula until SotN. It's not ideal because you're still trying to name a genre after a specific video game. There are better ways to refer to a group of things than to say that it's constituents are like something else.
has it right.
Aaron Walker
Nice, I forgot about that one. More games need spears.
Colton James
Dont forget the healer glitch
Isaiah Parker
It's not a "Metroidvania", it's a 2D, side scrolling, action platformer that may or may not contain stat management and character building.
Ah yes, because that's a convenient, easy to use term to quickly describe the general idea of the game in casual conversation or any other form of communication. That's such a great phrase to put in a search engine in order to find other games like that. Do you not know why genres exist? It's not just so you can categorize your library. Genres are there so you can quickly get an idea of what a game is like through a single term or short phrase. When multiple, otherwise unrelated movies, music, games, etc share features that distinguish them as a group among their peers, a new genre is defined. No genre just popped into existence from nothing. Every genre of anything that's ever existed started out as a subset of another. To go "waaaahh, they're just action-platformers with exploration, not their own genre" is to completely misunderstand how genres come about in the first place. There are so many games now that have the main design features Metroid popularized that it's become, at the very least, a sub-genre.
It's not ideal because you're still trying to name a genre after a specific video game.
Rogue-likes.
Dominic Morgan
"Action platformer" isn't a specific enough term to describe Metroidvanias. Contra is an "action platformer". Mega Man is an "action platfomer".
Kayden Howard
zelda 2 is haaaaaaaaaaarddd though grrrrr
Easton Robinson
In Super Metroid, the player is given an open, non linear, and interconnected world in which they can move and explore freely
don't have super missiles, can't progress
don't have bombs, can't progress
don't have super bombs, can't progress
don't have hijump, can't progress
don't have grapple, can't progress
don't have enough energy reserves or varia suit, can't progress
Seems like you just ignore the obvious item gating Metroid does.
Many of those can be circumvented by the wall jump, and not all of them have to be done in that order.
Caleb Hill
Term Metroidania described jack shit. The genre's correct name is called action-adventure.
item gates aren't item gates because you can sequence break
You can sequence break in Zelda 2 as well. The candle isn't necessary for example.
Julian Gray
Many of those can be circumvented by the wall jump
Tricky walljumps that the devs probably didn't account for or didn't bother to remove. One thing I notice a lot of people forgetting is that most of the sequence breaks in Super are unintended. It wasn't until Zero Mission that the devs really adopted the mindset of letting the player intentionally avoid upgrades or get them out of the standard order.
Do you realize the broad range of games that fall under that denomination? Action-adventure describes everything from Bomberman Tournament to Hollow Knight, which are two very different games.
Grayson Bailey
The excuse that Zelda 2 has an overworld and its dungeons/caves/towns are not directly interconnected to each other doesn't jive. The overworld in Zelda 2 is just a different method of connecting those places. Brinstar isn't any more connected to Maridia than Palace 1 to the Trophy cave. The only difference is walking through an overworld that only has some encounters and doors vs just going through a door. It is fundamentally the same.
post Katsuya Terada's art
its a thumbnail
Eli Bailey
(you) are unworthy
Ryan Cruz
It is sad that Link will never go back to looking like some normal dude on a grand adventure to save a princess without any bullshit. Zelda 1-4 is still a great playthrough. Links Awakening was pretty awesome.
Jackson Robinson
You think this dork is any more normal looking than what we have now?
Elijah Collins
Jesus Christ literally no one says any of these things.
Noah Lewis
The original Tomb Raider on psx is "action-adventure". What does that have in common with Metroid? Fuck all.
Brayden Miller
Definitely, also brown hair is better
Aiden Young
Are you the same dumbfuck who refused to acknowledge Cavestory as platformer and demanded it be referred to as an "action-adventure" game
Juan Ward
the only rule63 im comfortable fapping to is link. and he gets a power to turn in to a fairy in zelda 2. why isnt there more porn of fairy girl link?
Jordan Gonzalez
Not that user, but if you think it plays at all like Metroid you're an idiot.
pr0n of fairy girl link
I didn't even know this was a thing. Link just turns into an ordinary fairy in Zelda 2, after all. There's not even a special sprite to claim a thing such as 'fairy girl link' was ever even conceived of.
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Google has removed support for resetting Android devices' passcode/password from within a Device Administrator granted app since Android 7 (Nougat).
Samsung has its own API implementation and is not affected. Resetting still works on Samsung devices.
Passcode reset is not possible. If code is not known, the only option is a factory reset.
If passcode was set by policy, it may be found from Device details view in PSB (applies to Freedome for Business only).


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This tough mighty thread from Denmark is broadening the fly tying horizon with a constant expanding range of different thread, tinsel styles, strengths and colors. We cannot wait to see what Veevus has up their sleeve but know it will be unique and an improvement on what is out there.