The paper I'm reading says,"Percentage of bearing ramets (stems) and number of acorns per bearing ramet were examined in five clonal oaks... in relation to ramet size within and between species and vegetative associations."?

Acorns are produced on the twigs of branches, is it referring to the size of the twig?

I haven't done any work/readings involving clones up until this paper.

I can't find a picture to provide a visual representation of what a ramet is specifically on oaks or other hardwoods.

Congrats to everyone who made POST! I didn't get an email, but got an invitation on ACORN

So I just started investing into acorns about 2 weeks ago and I have about $500 in the account at a $150/week recurring investment. I’m set on an aggressive portfolio on Acorns. I wanted to know if I should keep the money currently going into Acorns and make separate investments of maybe $50/week on M1, or if I should just completely transfer over all I have in Acorns to M1?

I know it’s only been 2 weeks but I want to make sure I’m putting my money in the right place before I regret it.

EDIT: I am interested in learning about the stock market, but I don’t want to rely too much on myself

I am thinking of depositing half my savings into acorns and letting it grow. Is this a bad idea?

Please keep all your return codes and other related event discussion in this Megathread so as to not spam the subreddit, thank you!

Also, apologies for the title as this was posted in a rush. This is supposed to be "A Faerie's Dream" Returner Event Megathread!

▌Event Period:

2021/12/28 11:00 - 2022/1/25 04:00 (UTC+9)

Your fantastical journey to another country is about to begin. Participate in the Limited-Time Event "A Faerie's Dream" to call your friends back to Stellis, create Unique Dreams, and receive "Tears of Themis - Limited" as well as other generous rewards!

▌Event Access Points:

1. On the main game screen, tap "Event," then "A Faerie's Dream"
2. From the Events tab in Announcements, tap on the link in the "A Faerie's Dream" event announcement to enter
3. Tap the link in the event mail sent to your in-game Mailbox to enter
4. On the official social media pages, check the "A Faerie's Dream" Event Notice and tap on the event link, then login with your miHoYo account to enter.

▌Event Details:

I. Create Unique Dreams

Obtain Faerie Town materials for the creation of Unique Dreams. Earn rewards such as Tears of Themis ×4, S-Chip ×100, Stellin, and more!

1. During the event, exchange Delicious Acorns in the "A Faerie's Dream" event page to obtain "Dream Sticker," "Dream Frame," and "Dream Background." You can utilize these Faerie Town materials to create your own Unique Dreams!* Snowscape Materials will only be available for exchange after 2022/1/1 11:00(UTC+9)~
2. There are a total of 3 Dream Realms in this event. Attorneys can choose to create their Dreams in different Dream Realms. When you have finished creating your Dream, please remember to save. You can also obtain "Tears of Themis - Limited" ×1 when you share your Unique Dream to Facebook, Twitter, or other social media apps for the first time.
3. How to obtain "Delicious Acorns"- Attorneys can obtain "Delicious Acorns" after participating in debate levels. There is no maximum limit to the total amount of "Delicious Acorns" that can be earned.Reminder: Debates can be from Main Story, Personal Story, Anomaly Investigation, or Legal Studies. Trials of Themis, Temple of Trials, and Fieldwork Debates will not drop "Delicious Acorns."- Attorneys can obtain free "Delicious Acorns ×20" each day in "Faerie's Dream - Exchange Shop". This will reset daily at 04:00 (UTC+9).
4. How to obtain event rewards- You can obtain "Tears of Themis ×1" the first time you share the event.- Collect a ce

I always begin these yearly updates with the same disclaimer that I don't have a specific FIRE date since I was self employed before retirement and slowly dissolved my business over time and started investing in real estate. I use the 2010 time frame for reference because it is around the time I hired a property manager (thus leaving me zero active work to do unless I choose), but it certainly isn't exact.

Also, keep in mind my actual spending is LOW even by leanfire standards (spoiler alert, my total non business related spending this year was $8,531), so don't get upset about some of the numbers included here.

This isn't meant as a comparison to anyone else. This is strictly provided to the FIRE community because I know I would have liked to have seen real world example of how people handle their finances when I was trying to figure all this out many years ago. Another reason I post these is to show there is more than one way to do FIRE. I was able to accomplish this without ever making a high income during my working years. I simply lived very frugally and put the money I saved into individual stocks (hey, it was 80s - 90s...I didn't know better and stock investing was a completely different animal back then) and then converted that to buying rental properties in a low cost of living area in the 2000s.

Quick stats: I'm 56, single, no kid's, about 11 years post FIRE.

INCOME

Total net income for the year.

$124,040 (this does not count reinvested dividends)

If you think they should be counted, my total in dividends is

$10,089

GROWTH AND NET WORTH

My growth in my investments so far

High Dividend Stock account began the year at $98,892. I invest $100 per day into it. It currently is at $169,774.19

Broad Market Index fund account began the year at $193,640. I invest $200 per day into it. It currently is at $394,610.11

My Fundrise account started the year at $44,479. I invested a total of $16,000 so far this year. It is currently at $78,778

My real estate (rentals) is very difficult to estimate since I have partners on some of the houses and some I own outright. Not to mention it isn't a liquid asset. I usually just judge it by the income it produces...that being said it does have a value that adds to my net worth. I'll be conservative and say my real estate portfolio is worth $1.5M - $2M, although the amount I've personally invested into it is well under $500k.

My personal property (the house and 10 acres of land I live on) is worth ab

Do your worst!

I really like the idea of M1, but after experiencing a small problem (nothing evil) I decided to go with Fidelity. They’re interface is no where near as clean as the newer brokerages, but they have $2.3 trillion in customer money and they offer a fraud garauntee.

I was excited to try the newer brokerages knowing that they still carry SIPC. I then learned that SIPC ONLY covers you if the brokerage completely fails, not if your account is breached or if you suffer a loss due to their negligence. So I ended up going with an established player even though they’re uglier and less innovative.

Am I crazy for worrying about it?

It really does, I swear!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Welcome to the latest sabbat informational post! Throughout the year, we will be posting up these threads to share general information about the next upcoming sabbat so WvP's witches, new and old, can prepare for the holiday. These posts will contain basic information about the holiday and open up for the floor for further questions or discussion.

🌲🕯️🌲 Yule & the Winter Solstice 🌲🕯️🌲

What's Yule? What's the Winter Solstice? When are they and how are they different?

Yule (YOU-uhl) is one of the eight sabbats of the modern pagan Wheel of the Year. It is one of the "lesser sabbats", meaning that it is based around either an equinox or a solstice. The others are Ostara (Spring Equinox), Midsummer/Litha (Summer Solstice), and Mabon (Autumn Equinox). There's a section that goes into the history and connections of Yule in more detail below if you're interested.

The Winter Solstice, also sometimes called Midwinter, is an astronomical event that happens once a year and marks the event when one the earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It occurs on either 21 or 22 December each year in the northern hemisphere. In many Western cultures, this starts the beginning of Winter. This year, the winter solstice falls on 21 December.

For our Southern Hemisphere witches, the upcoming solstice is the Summer Solstice, which corresponds to the celebration of Midsummer/Litha. For more information, check out our earlier Midsummer (Litha) & the Summer Solstice post!

Yule: History, Connections, and Modern Practice

Yule was originally a midwinter festival celebration by early Germanic people. The name Yule is very old, originally spelled Jól or Jul. Our earliest references to this name refer to a period of time about two months long lasting roughly from mid-November through early-January. These old Yule celebrations centred around midwinter and were filled with feasting, sacrifices, and oath-taking. We also see references to Yule in some of the names or kennings of Odin, such as Jólnir and possibly Jölfuðr.

As Christianity moved north and west into and across Europe, many local Yule customs were absorbed and repurposed into "Christmastide" celebrations. Indeed, many of these traditions still live on in modern times, both in purpose and in naming, such as Yule Logs and Yule Goats.

To

They’re on standbi

Buenosdillas

Can someone explain why the Raleigh subreddit picture is an acorn and also why on NYE we do the acorn drop? How does the acorn tie into Raleigh-ites culture. I've lived here my whole life 19 currently and never thought much of the acorn until discovering this sub.

Pilot on me!!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

This was cross posted in r/leanfire a couple of days ago and r/Fire today, so if you have already seen it there, nothing is different.

I always begin these yearly updates with the same disclaimer that I don't have a specific FIRE date since I was self employed before retirement and slowly dissolved my business over time and started investing in real estate. I use the 2010 time frame for reference because it is around the time I hired a property manager (thus leaving me zero active work to do unless I choose), but it certainly isn't exact.

This isn't meant as a comparison to anyone else. This is strictly provided to the FIRE community because I know I would have liked to have seen real world example of how people handle their finances when I was trying to figure all this out many years ago. Another reason I post these is to show there is more than one way to do FIRE. I was able to accomplish this without ever making a high income during my working years. I simply lived very frugally and put the money I saved into individual stocks (hey, it was 80s - 90s...I didn't know better and stock investing was a completely different animal back then) and then converted that to buying rental properties in a low cost of living area in the 2000s.

Quick stats: I'm 56, single, no kid's, about 11 years post FIRE.

INCOME

Total net income for the year.

$124,040 (this does not count reinvested dividends)

If you think they should be counted, my total in dividends is

$10,089

GROWTH AND NET WORTH

My growth in my investments so far

High Dividend Stock account began the year at $98,892. I invest $100 per day into it. It currently is at $169,774.19

Broad Market Index fund account began the year at $193,640. I invest $200 per day into it. It currently is at $394,610.11

My Fundrise account started the year at $44,479. I invested a total of $16,000 so far this year. It is currently at $78,778

My real estate (rentals) is very difficult to estimate since I have partners on some of the houses and some I own outright. Not to mention it isn't a liquid asset. I usually just judge it by the income it produces...that being said it does have a value that adds to my net worth. I'll be conservative and say my real estate portfolio is worth $1.5M - $2M, although the amount I've personally invested into it is well under $500k.

My personal property (the house and 10 acres of land I live on) is worth about $450k - $500k...again as a cons

This was cross posted in r/leanfire a couple of days ago, so if you have already seen it there, nothing is different.

I always begin these yearly updates with the same disclaimer that I don't have a specific FIRE date since I was self employed before retirement and slowly dissolved my business over time and started investing in real estate. I use the 2010 time frame for reference because it is around the time I hired a property manager (thus leaving me zero active work to do unless I choose), but it certainly isn't exact.

This isn't meant as a comparison to anyone else. This is strictly provided to the FIRE community because I know I would have liked to have seen real world example of how people handle their finances when I was trying to figure all this out many years ago. Another reason I post these is to show there is more than one way to do FIRE. I was able to accomplish this without ever making a high income during my working years. I simply lived very frugally and put the money I saved into individual stocks (hey, it was 80s - 90s...I didn't know better and stock investing was a completely different animal back then) and then converted that to buying rental properties in a low cost of living area in the 2000s.

Quick stats: I'm 56, single, no kid's, about 11 years post FIRE.

INCOME

Total net income for the year.

$124,040 (this does not count reinvested dividends)

If you think they should be counted, my total in dividends is

$10,089

GROWTH AND NET WORTH

My growth in my investments so far

High Dividend Stock account began the year at $98,892. I invest $100 per day into it. It currently is at $169,774.19

Broad Market Index fund account began the year at $193,640. I invest $200 per day into it. It currently is at $394,610.11

My Fundrise account started the year at $44,479. I invested a total of $16,000 so far this year. It is currently at $78,778

My real estate (rentals) is very difficult to estimate since I have partners on some of the houses and some I own outright. Not to mention it isn't a liquid asset. I usually just judge it by the income it produces...that being said it does have a value that adds to my net worth. I'll be conservative and say my real estate portfolio is worth $1.5M - $2M, although the amount I've personally invested into it is well under $500k.

My personal property (the house and 10 acres of land I live on) is worth about $450k - $500k...again as a conservative estimate. A house similar to mine, but in my op

There hasn't been a post all year!