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Пётр Тимофеевич Тимофеев (11 октября 1952, Горловка — 11 февраля 2017, Донецк) — украинский учёный, филолог, фольклорист.

Биография
Родился в Горловке. Родители были выходцами из села Торское. Отец — Тимофей Петрович, по национальности русский, кузнец. Мать — Мария Лукьяновна, украинка, работала на хлебокомбинате.

В 1970 году П. Т. Тимофеев поступил на филологический факультет Донецкого национального университета.

В 1976 году поступил на работу в Донецкий медицинский институт.

С ноября 1976 по ноябрь 1977 года служил в Советской Армии в Москве.

В 1985 году окончил стажировку при кафедре литературно-художественной критики и публицистики Московского государственного университета им. М. В. Ломоносова.

С 1980 года и до конца жизни работал в Донецком национальном университете.

Сфера интересов учёного
Более сорока лет жизни посвятил изучению культуры родного края: собирал фольклор Донбасса, Приазовья (в греческих поселениях Донбасса и Крыма), а также Верхнего Дона и Похопёрья (казачьи хутора и станицы).

Богата и разнопланова сфера интересов учёного. Он писал о природе формульности и вариативности фольклорных жанров, рождённых в рабочей среде Донбасса [1, 2, 7], о поэтике украинских дум, занимался вопросами образности языка легенд, сказок и сказов греков-урумов и греков-румеев [6].

В начале 70-х годов XX века Пётр Тимофеевич осуществил первые экспедиции на Дон, результаты которых позволили в дальнейшем развернуть научное освоение Верхнего Дона.

В это время учёного начинает волновать взаимосвязь истории и культуры народа, содержание традиционного знания, природа словесных форм народного творчества.

Результатом многолетней экспедиционной работы стала книга «Материалы международных студенческих фольклорно-этнографических экспедиций Донецкого национального университета на Верхний Дон» [8].

Творческий путь
В 1970 г. поступил на филологический факультет Донецкого национального (тогда государственного) университета. В 1975 г. после завершения учебы некоторое время работал учителем русского языка и литературы в Загалецкой средней школе Бородянского района Киевской области. В 1976 г. поступил на работу в Донецкий медицинский институт. С ноября 1976 по ноябрь 1977 г. служил в рядах Советской Армии в Москве.

После демобилизации возвратился в медицинский институт преподавателем кафедры русского языка. С 1980 г. и до последних дней Петр Тимофеевич работал в Донецком национальном университете. Преподавал фольклор, древнерусскую литературу, читал спецкурсы по мифологии, мифопоэтике литературного произведения и авторскому идиостилю русских писателей и поэтов.

Знаменательным событием на пути становления ученого стал выход в 1987 г. в «Молодой гвардии» книги «Добрые дела не исчезают» [1]. Это первое издание текстов устного народного творчества Донбасса, фольклорный сборник народных лирических и шахтерских песен, легенд, частушек, пословиц и поговорок, сказок, записанных Петром Тимофеевым в период с 1980 по 1986 год. Книга была удостоена премии им. А.В. Ионова. Вскоре был подготовлен и увидел свет второй сборник фольклора Донбасса — «Легенды шахтерского края» (1988).

Изучение Петром Тимофеевым позднего песнетворчества рабочих Донбасса отражено в статьях разных лет: «Песенный репертуар рабочих Донбасса 1921-1925 гг.» (1991), «Вариативность и сюжетосложение позднего песнетворчества» (1992), «Принципы жанрообразования в рабочих песнях начала XX века» (1995), «"Нетрадиционные" формулы в поэтике позднего песнетворчества рабочих» (1995), «Традиции песенной лирики XVIII века и городской романс» (1996).

3 декабря 1996 г. в специализированном ученом совете Киевского университета им. Тараса Шевченко Петр Тимофеевич защитил кандидатскую диссертацию на тему «Песенный фольклор рабочей среды Донбасса (на материале записей 20-х гг. ХХ в.)», в которой исследовал формульную природу вариативности песенного творчества, описал жанрово-тематическое своеобразие шахтерских песен. Многие тексты были опубликованы впервые.

После защиты диссертации Петр Тимофеевич продолжил исследование фольклора Донбасса и издал ряд работ: «Обрядовый и шахтерский фольклор» (2000), «Шахтерский фольклор» (2001), «Шахтерские частушки» (2001), «Шахтер — чемпион! Из фольклора болельщиков "Шахтера"» (2003), «Донецкий игровой фольклор Донбасса в современной записи П. Т. Тимофеева и Т. А. Ерохиной (июнь — август 2004 года)» (2005), «Протекших дней очарованье… (сказки, песни, частушки, присловья Донбасса, записанные Петром Тимофеевым)» (2008) [7].

Петру Тимофеевичу также принадлежат исследования украинского фольклора: «Структурний аспект дослідження українського героїчного епосу» (1999), «Сучасна текстологія українського епосу» (2000), «Автограф статтi "Українське кобзарство" Дмитра Яворницького» (2001), «Частиномовний словник українських духовних віршів (псальмів) » (2002), «Частиномовний словник українських голосінь» (2002), «Імпровізація та новотворення кобзаря М. Кравченко» (2002) и др. Объектом исследования в докторской (к сожалению, не защищенной) диссертации талантливого ученого стали структурные особенности жанра дум, вопросы текстологии украинского эпоса.

Немаловажное место в научной деятельности Петра Тимофеевича занимали исследования культуры греков-урумов и греков-румеев. Приазовские греки, сохранившие родной язык, их культура и традиции интересовали ученого в продолжение всей жизни. Промежуточным итогом работы стало издание монографии «Старая Ласпа: поэтические традиции народной культуры греков-урумов» [6], получившей множество наград, в том числе и международных.

Донской край и его культура становятся центральной темой работ ученого: «Эпическая традиция на Верхнем Дону» (1999), «Традиция устная и письменная» (2000), «Фольклорные традиции бассейна реки Хопёр» (2001), «Очерки истории Донского края» (2001) и др. Многие годы Петр Тимофеевич посвятил полевой работе, внес значительный вклад в полевое и теоретическое изучение фольклора и народной культуры Донского края.

Уникальной является книга П. Т. Тимофеева «Хопёр: история, быт, культура» [3], изданная в Калининграде в 1998 г., иллюстрированная известным художником С. А. Гавриляченко. Впервые в отечественной фольклористике рассматривается традиционный уклад жизни, поэтическая культура верхового казачества бассейна реки Хопёр.

В 2013 г. вышла в свет коллективная монография под общей редакцией Петра Тимофеевича Тимофеева «Материалы международных студенческих фольклорно-этнографических экспедиций Донецкого национального университета на Верхний Дон (Волгоградская и Ростовская области: 2001, 2003, 2005–2007, 2010–2012 гг.)» [8]. Книга содержит уникальные записи фольклорных текстов, представленные по тематическому принципу: донская свадьба, демонология, суеверия и приметы, заговорные формы, снотолковательная традиция, а также песенное наследие станиц Верхнего Дона.

В 2013 г. Петр Тимофеевич в соавторстве с магистрантом Ксенией Журавель издает книгу «Родословная семьи Дебелых» [9] — единственное в своем роде историко-филологическое генеалогическое исследование.

Основным направлением работы последних лет жизни ученого стали культурные ландшафты станиц Верхнего Дона и храмовое строительство на Дону. По этим темам велась обширная работа в архивах Москвы и Санкт-Петербурга, Ростовской и Волгоградской областей.

Список основных работ учёного
1. Добрые дела не исчезают : Фольклор. сб. / Под ред. Пётр Тимофеев; [Худож. В. Юдин]. – М. : Молодая гвардия, 1987. – 142 с.

2. Тимофеев П.Т. Песенный фольклор рабочей среды Донбасса (на материале записей 20-х гг. XX ст.) / Диссертация на соискание ученой степени кандидата филологических наук по специальности 10.01.07. - фольклористика. Киевский университет имени Тараса Шевченко. Киев, 1996.

3. Тимофеев П.Т. Хопёр: история, быт, культура / П.Т. Тимофеев; [Худож. С. Гавриляченко]. – Калининград : Янтарный сказ, 1998. – 222 с.

4. Тимофеев П.Т. Эпическая традиция на Верхнем Дону / П.Т. Тимофеев // Возникновение казачества и становление казачьей культуры / Сб. научных работ. – Ростов-на-Дону: Издательство Ростовского госуниверситета, 1999. – С.29-31.

5. Тимофеев П.Т. Фольклорные традиции бассейна реки Хопёр / П.Т. Тимофеев // Филологические исследования / Сб. научн. трудов. Вып. 2. – Донецк: Юго-Восток, 2000. – С.147-155.

6. Тимофеев П.Т. Старая Ласпа: поэтические традиции народной культуры греков-урумов. Исследование, тексты, приложение / П.Т. Тимофеев, И.В. Пуды; Донецкий национальный университет. – Донецк : ООО "Юго-Восток, Лтд", 2005. – 116 с.

7. Протекших дней очарованье…: сказки, песни, частушки, присловья Донбасса, записанные Петром Тимофеевым / [сост., авт. вступ. ст., подгот. текстов, слов. П.Т. Тимофеева]. – Донецк: Донбасс, 2008. – 219 с.

8. Материалы международных студенческих фольклорно-этнографических экспедиций Донецкого национального университета на Верхний Дон (Волгоградская и Ростовская области: 2001, 2003, 2005-2007, 2010-2012 гг.): монография / [П.Т. Тимофеев и др.]; под общ. ред. П.Т. Тимофеева; Донец. нац. ун-т. – Донецк: Юго-Восток, 2013. – 383 с.

9. Тимофеев П.Т. Родословная семьи Дебелых / П. Т. Тимофеев, К. С. Журавель. − Донецк : Юго-Восток , 2013 – 222 с.

Примечания

Родившиеся 11 октября
Родившиеся в Горловке
Фольклористы Украины

Кандидаты филологических наук
Учёные по алфавиту
Преподаватели ДонНУ
Учёные Украины
Филологи по алфавиту
Филологи Украины
Выпускники Донецкого национального университета
Умершие в Донецке
Умершие 11 февраля

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Svend Asmussen: Rhythm Is Our Business
By CHRIS MOSEY
Once, as they were jamming, Duke Ellington's drummer Sam Woodyard called out to Danish violinist Svend Asmussen, "Man, you play your ass off," to which The Fiddling Viking replied, with that charmingly naïvely innocent wit so typical of his homeland, "From now on then my name is only Mussen."
There is just one Svend Asmussen and today, at the age of 93, he is a Danish national treasure, but let's assume, as the above anecdote implies, that in his prime he was two people. One—call him Mussen—was a world class jazzman, playing with Benny Goodman, Ellington and Lionel Hampton, and jamming with his idols Stuff Smith, Ray Nance and Stephane Grappelli.
The other—call him Ass—was a star of the Danish variety stage, singing songs in broken English ("The whole world smiles to you"), telling silly jokes and occasionally chucking in a bit of virtuoso jazz violin just to show where he was coming from.
This compilation, although billed as "The Perfect Asmussen," features far more of the Ass than the Mussen, and has little place in the modern age. Did no one stop to think that it might be entirely inappropriate to regurgitate Asmussen's unembarrassed warbling of the old Uncle Tom number "Carry Me Back To Old Virginny," which celebrates the joys of slavery with lines like:
That's where I laboured so hard for old massa
Day after day in the fields of yellow corn
No place on earth do I love more sincerely
Than old Virginny, the state where I was born.
Asmussen, who is billed as a co-producer, was apparently oblivious to any offence that might be given in the Obama age by words such as these, along with references to "this old darkey." Indeed, he is quoted on the sleeve as saying, of the songs selected, "Yes, they do sound quite fresh after such a long time."
In fact, listening to the cod vocals and clichéd arrangements, it's hard to imagine that the 23 numbers on this album were recorded after Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1949).
In an enthusiastic but often incoherent sleeve note, Henrik Wolsgaard-Iversen, of the Danish Ben Webster Foundation, refers to Asmussen's quintet as "miraculous." He goes on to list this "quintet" as containing four members and the "sextet" five. An indication that the album—far from being "The Perfect Asmussen," as claimed—is actually a rush job best seen as being for domestic consumption only, despite the English (sic) sleeve.
Instrumentals, such as "Ellington Mood" and "Svend's Riff," come as a great relief, though Max Leth's vibraphone playing is often heavy-handed, as is Preben Oxbøl's drumming with the sextet. Jørgen Ingman's guitar playing, on the other hand, is light and airy and a joy throughout.
As for Asmussen, in the twilight of his years, he deserves a far better memorial than this unfortunate hotchpotch. Let's hope someone will one day sort the wheat from the chaff and provide it.
Track Listing: Rhythm Is Our Business; Panhandle Pete; Be My Life's Companion; Ellington Mood; Svend's Riff; Someone To Watch Over Me; Darktown Strutters' Ball; Schöner Gigolo; Cotton Tail; Indian Summer; After You've Gone; When You're Smiling; Moonglow; Carry Me Back To Old Virginny; Fiddler In Rio/Umbrigado; Jeepers Creepers; Svend's Blues; Poor Butterfly; Georgia Camp Meeting; Hallelujah; Honeysuckle Rose; How About You?; Jazz Me Blues.
Personnel: Svend Asmussen: violin, vocals; Max Leth: piano, vibes; Jørgen Ingman: guitar; Ulrik Neumann: guitar; Frank Jensen: bass clarinet; Poul Grigersen: bass; Preben Oxbøl: drums.
Title: Rhythm Is Our Business | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Storyville Records
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What Is a Loan Rollover and Why Is It Scary?
Written by: Anne-Marie Hays | Best Company Editorial Team
Last Updated: December 8th, 2020
Topics: Payday Loan Advice
"It is important to know that millions of Americans rely on payday loans each year to handle emergencies." says Carey Zielke, personal finance expert for Realities and Dreams.
Payday loans are often referred to as predatory, but they still stick around in America.
Consider this:
According to a Federal Reserve report released in May 2019, four in ten adults would have difficulty covering an unexpected $400 expense. Twelve percent of adults would be unable to pay the expense by any means, and 2 percent would use a payday loan, deposit advance, or overdraft their accounts to cover the expense.
A term common in the short-term lending industry is a payment rollover, or a loan rollover. This is when a borrower can't make the payment in full and takes an option to roll the loan payment over, for more time to pay it off. To consumers who rely on short term lending, a rollover can be helpful, but also harmful. Let's explore how and why.
How does a loan rollover work?
"First, we need to clear up the term rollover," says Zielke. "A payday loan rollover can mean two different things:
Consolidate the loan into an installment loan.
Pay the outstanding interest and extend the due date."
In addition to these two instances, there is a third that is common in the payday lending industry. Jacob Dayan, CEO and co-founder of Community Tax and Finance Pal explains, "Another way to roll over a loan is if the borrower takes out a new loan in order to cover the previous loan."
"The second option, and most common," says Zielke, "is accompanied by a fee, usually an interest rate increase."
To better understand what this means, Zielke shares an example:
"Basically, if you have a $300 payday loan with a 15 percent interest rate on a 14-day term, you can pay $45 to extend the due date another 14 days. The fee for this will be an interest rate increase, most likely another 15 percent.
The loan interest rate is now 30 percent. If you still can't afford to pay it off, you can roll it over again by paying the $90 of interest, for 14 more days. Now your interest rate will be 45 percent."
With a rollover, the cost of a short-term loan can clearly add up. Essentially, you are paying more money so that you can delay your payment, says Xavier Epps, founder and CEO of XNE Financial Advising. He adds, "You will still owe the same principal and fees associated with the loan. If you are seeking to rollover your loan, expect to end up paying more than what you would have paid, had you originally finished paying the loan off on-time."
Are loan rollovers regulated?
Robert L. Föehl, Esq., Executive-in-Residence for Business Law and Ethics at Ohio University explains, "The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and states have been particularly concerned about payday lending activities, including rollovers. A number of states require a 'cooling off' period after a payday loan comes due. This is a period that must elapse before a borrower can roll over the payday loan. The CFPB has issued a rule related to various aspects of payday lending as well."
When is a loan rollover helpful?
To help us understand how and when this loan option can be a positive thing for consumers, Professor Foehl, shares some details: "The helpful aspect of payday loan rollovers is that they enable borrowers to extend the repayment period of their loan. This is particularly helpful when the anticipated source of funds for repayment doesn't materialize for the borrower."
"For example," he says, "a borrower may take out a payday loan for emergency car repairs, believing that the short-term loan can be paid in full from the borrowers upcoming paycheck(s). However, the borrower may not be able to work the regular number of hours he usually works because of the lack of reliable transportation. As such, the actual paycheck is less than what was initially anticipated."
Föehl adds, "It is important to remember that payday loans are designed primarily for individuals who are living paycheck-to-paycheck and qualify for few, if any, other types of credit products. Payday loans exist to serve these individuals, who are underserved by traditional lenders."
These are people with bad credit or no credit score, also known as credit invisible or credit unscorable consumers.
When is a loan rollover harmful?
Just as a loan rollover can be helpful to the consumer who is having trouble making a loan payment in full, there are also times when it can really harm a borrower's finances. Professor Foehl explains, "The concern with payday loan rollovers is that they are usually accompanied by additional fees (after all, the payday lender needs to be compensated for the additional risk of loan default). These fees are usually rolled over into the new loan. In the circumstance where the borrower hasn't made any payment toward the loan, the loan amount actually increases."
Now imagine how hard it would be to make the payment, if your loan keeps growing, but your earnings stay the same. "Multiple rollovers exacerbate the problem," he warns. "A borrower can get into a cycle of rolling the loan over and over, increasing the loan amount due to the additional fees, until the borrower is unable to pay back the total amount lent."
What is a cycle of debt?
"A loan rollover is harmful because it can lead to a cycle of debt," explains Dayan. "If the borrower is unable to pay off their debt, they are continuously trying to extend their loan due date or take a new loan in order to pay the first loan off. By choosing to rollover their loan, the amount they're borrowing increases and it will become difficult saving enough money to pay off the entire loan."
Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer is Executive Director of Exodus Lending, a non-profit that helps consumers refinance these expensive loans. As a non-profit, Exodus charges no interest or fees. She explains a bit more about how one rollover can easily put someone into a cycle of debt: "Loan rollovers are the result of people not being able to repay their payday loan, including hefty fees, which are due in full on one's next payday. Borrowers end up taking out a second loan to repay the first, a third to repay the second, a fourth to repay the third, and so forth. Each of these new loans (after the first) is a rollover."
"Typically," she adds, "people end up spending more in interest and fees for their loans than the amount that they borrowed in the first place."
What can borrowers do to stay safe?
As we mentioned before, payday loans exist because people without any access to mainstream credit need them. We asked our financial experts for advice on handling or managing payday loan rollovers and personal finances. Here's what they said:
Nathan Wade, Managing Editor for WealthFit Money
"The biggest reason why you shouldn't take part in a loan rollover is that you will have to pay more long-term. Although it may seem beneficial in the moment since you will have more time to pay it off, you're having to pay more. "
"Don't borrow with credit cards. If you can't pay your credit cards in full every month then you probably shouldn't be using one. Utilize cash or a debit card until you're comfortable with your spending. Create a spending plan that lays down how much you can spend and how much you're actually spending. Start by budgeting living needs such as food and housing, then start to include expenses that you need and not just 'want.' This means you might have to change your spending habits, like canceling cable services. You should also pay attention to how many times you eat out or attend expensive events. Making these small changes can make a huge difference in your budget and help you escape the cycle of debt."
Xavier Epps, founder and CEO of XNE Financial Advising
"Make sure that you do not frequently roll over your loans your total balance can quickly increase by hundreds."
Carey Zielke, Personal Finance Expert, Realities and Dreams
"My number one recommendation for everyone is to save some money, three to six months of living expenses as an emergency fund. I understand that will take a substantial amount of time to accomplish, and sometimes is not even possible depending on our financial situations.
To start this process, at an absolute minimum, save up $1,000, and use it ONLY for emergencies!"
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Devicescape Enhances its Software Client to Automate Wi-Fi Access
Thursday, February 07, 2008 Wi-Fi
Devicescape Software released the second generation of its Wi-Fi client software, expanding coverage by allowing devices to instantly access potentially millions of free and open hotspots. Devicescape 2.0 now provides connections to free or open hotspots, subscription networks, and home and other personal Wi-Fi networks.
Devicescape eliminates the need to launch a browser to enter user names and passwords. Once the client application is downloaded, and the consumer has registered for the free service, the device automatically connects with available networks.
Devicescape 2.0 works with Windows laptops, Nokia series 60 devices, Nokia Internet Tablets, Mac OSX, Apple iPhone and iPod touch, and will be available shortly for Windows Mobile Smartphones.
For device manufacturers, Devicescape provides a Wi-Fi solution that immediately connects any device to millions of hotspots around the world, without the consumer having to do anything. Devicescape has also launched a developer community and is offering SDK source code.
http://www.devicescape.com
Devicescape, which is based in San Bruno, California, is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, JAFCO Ventures, August Capital, Concept Ventures and Applied Materials.
Alvarion Unveils SentieM for Mobile WiMAX
Thursday, February 07, 2008 BroadbandWireless
Alvarion unveiled its "SentieM" technologies designed to comply with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard and WiMAX Forum Mobile WiMAX specifications, while optimizing the benefits of technologies such as MIMO, Beamforming and SDMA, as well as introduce new capabilities to enhance the overall solution value for operators.
The enhancements aim for better coverage, capacity and throughput per user to operators using Alvarion's end-to-end Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution. SentieM includes Advanced Antenna and Radio Resource technologies in addition to Distributed Network capabilities, improving the economics for operators and the quality of service for subscribers.
SentieM technologies include:
On-demand Collaborative MIMO and Beamforming -- enhances coverage and boosts capacities by intelligently utilizing air interface and radio resources.
Subscriber independent SDMA technology directing the radio interface at users that create the most efficient network -- extends cell capacity to any device on the network.
Self-learning algorithm for rate adaptation that modifies itself according to variations in the channel's condition -- provides better performance and maximizes capacity.
Distributed radio architecture -- enables all base stations to coordinate and negotiate with each other, resulting in less delay, less latency and fast response time.
Hierarchical ASN-GW network architecture -- provides network survivability with localized mobility, a key factor when designing and deploying a WiMAX network.
High-quality voice service by optimizing scheduling -- allows a higher capacity of users on the network, adaptively managing the air interface and providing superior voice services which are near wire-line in quality.
http://www.alvarion.com
Wind River Systems Touts Carrier Grade Linux
Thursday, February 07, 2008 Packet Systems
Wind River Systems announced that it has become the first commercial vendor to meet the Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 requirements specified by the Linux Foundation. Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition 2.0, adheres to the most recent CGL specification and is available immediately to Wind River customers for project development.
The CGL 4.0 specification defines approximately 250 individual requirements divided into seven key categories for equipment providers: availability, clustering, serviceability, performance, standards, hardware and security. Requirements in each category are then split into priority levels of mandatory, desired and roadmap. The CGL specification, which started in 2002, has undergone several updates, and is now the standard choice for ATCA-based network equipment. It is also designed to support all hardware capabilities to create a foundation for a complete Carrier-Grade solution.http://www.windriver.com
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Freescale's Michel Mayer Steps Down as CEO
Thursday, February 07, 2008 Silicon
Michel Mayer has decided to step down as chairman and CEO of Freescale Semiconductor. The company and its board of directors have initiated a search for a new CEO. Mayer will continue in his current role until a successor has been identified and will remain chairman of the board until the transition is effective. Mayer joined Freescale in May, 2004 and led the company through its transition from a semiconductor division of Motorola to a public company following an initial public offering in July 2004. In December 2006, Freescale became the largest leveraged buy-out (LBO) in the history of the technology industry.http://www.freescale.com


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The Most Anticipated YA New Releases of September 2017
One Dark Throne (Three Dark Crowns) by Kendare Blake
Release:September 19, 2017
The battle for the crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail?
With the unforgettable events of the Quickening behind them and the Ascension Year underway, all bets are off. Katharine, once the weak and feeble sister, is stronger than ever before. Arsinoe, after discovering the truth about her powers, must figure out how to make her secret talent work in her favor without anyone finding out. And Mirabella, once thought to be the strongest sister of all and the certain Queen Crowned, faces attacks like never before—ones that put those around her in danger she can't seem to prevent. GET IT HERE
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass) by Sarah J. Maas
Release: September 5, 2017
Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.
His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica–the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them.
But what they discover in Antica will change them both–and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined. GET IT HERE
Warcross by Marie Lu
Release: September 12, 2017
For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game—it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty-hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. To make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.
Convinced she's going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game's creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year's tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika's whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she's only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire. GET IT HERE
Release by Patrick Ness
Adam Thorn doesn't know it yet, but today will change his life.
Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela.
But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adam's life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release. GET IT HERE
If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She's ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances.
Until one choice, one moment, destroys everything.
Now Lena isn't looking forward to tomorrow. Not when friend time may never be the same. Not when college applications feel all but impossible. Not when Sebastian might never forgive her for what happened.
For what she let happen.
With the guilt growing each day, Lena knows that her only hope is to move on. But how can she move on when her and her friends' entire existences have been redefined? How can she move on when tomorrow isn't even guaranteed?
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome, Far's very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market-captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past.
During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl named Eliot who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Eliot has secrets-big ones-that will affect Far's life from beginning to end. Armed with the knowledge that history is not as steady as it seems, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to set things right before the clock runs out.
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Sarah Kloth is a graduate of University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, accomplishing a Bachelors of Arts in Multimedia Digital Arts. Kloth currently works at a local advertising agency as a web developer / digital marketing director. She is the dystopian editor at Shelf Unbound Magazine with her column "Dystopian Fangirl". She currently resided in Milwaukee with her husband, cat and chocolate lab. Sarah drinks over 6 cups of tea a day and loves to get "arts and crafty" while jamming out to MMMbop.
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There are about 200 stocks paying monthly dividends on the NYSE and NASDAQ, but not all of them make great investments. Here's a list of the 10 largest monthly dividend stocks, and which of these companies make the top choices for your long-term portfolio.
Low payout ratio:A stock's payout ratio is the dividends it pays out relative to its earnings. For example, a stock that earns $1.00 per share and pays a $0.50 dividend has a payout ratio of 50%. For REITs, it's best to look at the payout relative to funds from operations (FFO), as this is the "earnings" of the real estate world. While there is no formally defined cutoff between a good and bad payout ratio, you should at least make sure the company is taking in more than it's paying out.
Dividend growth:An attractive dividend yield is nice, but for long-term investments, you want your dividends to grow over time. Check out the company's dividend history -- ideally, you'll see a long, steady record of growth.
Growth potential:Dividends are nice, but dividends combined with a rising stock price can make you rich. In other words, you want to invest in businesses that have potential to grow over time.
Low debt:The debt level a company carries should be reasonably low. While this can vary based on industry, ask yourself this question: "If the company's profits were to drop, would it still be able to pay its debts and sustain its dividend?"
In a nutshell, it's a good idea to avoid dividend stocks that don't meet these criteria. As an example, mortgage REITs like American Capital Agency (NASDAQ: AGNC) tend to use extremely high levels of debt to supercharge their returns. This leads to impressive dividends, but also makes the company more susceptible to interest rate fluctuations and economic weakness.
The short answer is yes. My personal favorite monthly dividend stocks are the REITs on this list. Realty Income (NYSE: O) is actually one of my largest stock holdings. The company has a low-risk business model, a phenomenal record of dividend increases, and it carries a small debt load. Plus, the company has proven its ability to grow year after year. Since its 1994 IPO, Realty Income's total return (dividends plus share price growth) has averaged 18.2%.
Similarly, I'm also a big fan of the other two equity REITs on the list, EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) and Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE: APLE). Both have excellent fundamentals and lots of room to grow. EPR Properties is a unique company that specializes in entertainment, recreational, and educational properties -- three different markets with excellent growth prospects. Apple Hospitality REIT invests in a portfolio of hotel properties that are newer than the competition, and located in attractive markets.
Finally, some of the closed-end funds could be worth a look if income is your main priority, and you're not too worried about growth. Here's a primer on closed-end funds if you're interested.
The only stocks on this list I would specifically tell investors to avoid are American Capital Agency for reasons I've already mentioned, and Prospect Capital (NASDAQ: PSEC), which invests in somewhat risky assets and uses leverage to do it. In fact, a look at the dividend history of either stock tells you all you need to know about the risk involved, at least from a dividend-seeker's standpoint.
When choosing the best monthly dividend stocks (or any dividend stocks, for that matter), your best bet is to stick with time-tested companies with the proven ability to grow in any economic environment. Remember, for long-term investors, it's not about how much a stock pays now, it's about how much it will pay next year, and several years into the future.


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Enric IV el Just (1258-1290) va ser rei de Polònia del 1288 al 1290. Educat per la jerarquia eclesiàstica i consellers reials, va mostrar sempre gran interès per la cultura. En el seu breu regnat, va apostar per donar més pes a les ciutats, amb lleis germàniques i el foment de la mineria i reformes monetàries per obtenir ingressos. Hi ha rumors d'enverinament al voltant de la seva mort. Es va casar dos cops, la segona amb Matilda de Brandenburg, sense descendència, per la qual cosa va ser succeït per un cosí

L'interès per la cultura d'Enric el va portar a parlar diverses llengües i promoure la cultura cortesana i cavalleresca. Fins i tot el mateix va escriure poesia en alemany com a Minnesänger. En el Còdex Manesse, elaborat pocs anys després de la seva mort, es conserven dues poesies seves (a nom de Heinrich von Pressela) i un retrat.

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Cailhavel – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Oksytania, w departamencie Aude.

Według danych na rok 1990 gminę zamieszkiwało 129 osób, a gęstość zaludnienia wynosiła 24 osoby/km² (wśród 1545 gmin Langwedocji-Roussillon Cailhavel plasuje się na 774. miejscu pod względem liczby ludności, natomiast pod względem powierzchni na miejscu 993.).

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Mary Undoer of Knots
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It was time to call in the big guns—Mary, the mother of God, and some industrious cherubs. I'd been wrestling with several impossible problems. Talk therapy worked to a degree. But certain issues are beyond copays and conversation. As a manager, I distributed work to capable employees, and I now imagined turning my personal issues
Plant a Mary's garden
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May is the month of Mary. Why not plant a Mary's Garden this month, as a sign of devotion and to create a place of beauty and reflection? Whether we give it a whole acre of space, a single lushly planted pot on a balcony, we can pray in our Mary's garden with our children
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From Party Boy To Radical Christ-Follower St Francis (born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone) was the popular son of a silk merchant who dreamed of a military career during the Crusades. He was generous and popular and lived a luxurious lifestyle. In his early 20s he was captured and imprisoned after a skirmish with a
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The millions of pilgrims who travel to Medjugorje each year are a sign of the love that Mary has for all of her children. Mary is said to have appeared to six visionaries many times beginning in 1981. The Church has not officially approved the visions, but encourages pilgrims to visit what has become an important centre
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St Valentine was a bishop in Rome who was imprisoned for performing marriages for Christian soldiers against the decree of the Roman Emperor, Claudius II. While in jail, Valentine healed the blind daughter of his jailor and they became friends. He was eventually beheaded in Rome on February 14, 269 AD, signing a farewell note
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These satin rose ribbons are fun for older children to make and look great on top of a beautifully wrapped gift or on the breakfast tray on Mother's Day! Alternatively, string them together to make a special family rosary ribbon chain and save it for use on Marian feast days.
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Motherhood: Living God's Gift
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May is the month of Mary and also celebrates Mother's Day. In this edition we give tribute to mothers - both heavenly and earth-bound ones. I remember the time my class teacher, Mrs Gardner, had each of us write down what we wanted to be when we grew up. She pinned our responses up on
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An invitation... I am a mother to three young children under the age of six. Prior to having children I thought I had it all worked out, I had read all the books right? I presented parent information nights on the challenges and pressures of adolescence, puberty education evenings for parents and their children and seminars to high school
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St Patrick is one of the Church's most well known saints and is practically synonymous with all things Irish. This saint is ultimately very mysterious, living, preaching and converting the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle in the 5th century AD. This beloved saint also gave us a beautiful prayer known as St Patrick's Breastplate or


Even though they have been used since the 1950's, there's no hiding the fact that they have come a long way. As technology proves itself, it's clear to see that drip coffee makers are becoming smarter and more capable than they have been before. Just because they are more innovative, it doesn't mean that they are much more expensive.
In fact, we have spent numerous hours researching the best drip coffee makers for all pockets. You don't have to spend half of your salary to drink a good cup of coffee.
Our researchers have searched the web and asked around for the reviews of best drip coffee maker 2019 that you can put your hands on. Since coffee at your local coffee shop is becoming more expensive, it's only fair that you consider investing in the best drip coffee machines.
Carafe: The container that holds the coffee is just as important as the drip coffee machine itself. Thermal carafes are made from stainless steel and they can handle a high temperature. It's the ideal choice if you want to keep coffee hot for a period of time. Glass carafes are much more aesthetically pleasing and they are usually designed with a measuring guide.
Programmable: Some smart drip coffee machines will do some of the work for you. You can set the timer so you wake up every day with a fresh cup of coffee without you having to set anything beforehand. As well as, some have self-cleaning properties that will take some maintenance work off your hands.
size: Just like anything, size matters. You have to pay close attention to its size as it may be perfect for your needs but useless to how much counter space you have available. Therefore, the very first thing you need to do is to measure how much space you can afford to supply it.
This drip coffee model a state-of-the-art technology in order to ensure a superior taste by ensuring an optimal temperature. You will never have to worry about bitter tasting coffee.
The unit measures 7.75" (L) x 9" (W) x 14" (H). You will be thoroughly pleased to know that it's fully programmable and automatic. You can control the brew strength according to your own individual taste.
The 24h programmability means that you can set it to make a cup of coffee whenever you want to.
This drip coffee machine can self-clean as it boils water at a high temperature in order to avoid the unit getting contaminated with bacteria. It also ensures that it doesn't allow a coffee build-up. You don't have to worry about your safety as it has been designed with automatic shut-off if you don't use it for 4 hours.
The carafe is made of glass and it has an adjustable warming plate. Choose the temperature between low, medium or high.
This low-maintenance drip coffee model is exactly what you need if you don't want to spend long hours cleaning. You can use the coffee machine as a compact single-serve for personal use or you can use it the full 12-cup carafe.
You have to bear in mind that the travel cup isn't included in the package but the carafe is. Additionally, the carafe has measurement markings so you will know exactly how much water you need. The brew basket has been designed with a mesh filter to hold ground coffee or pre-packaged soft pods.
If you want to use it for yourself only, the pot holder will snap into the brew basket to hold the soft pods. You will be pleased to know that you can select the strength of the brew between regular or bold.
You can program the coffee machine up to 24 hours beforehand. The reason why this is one of the best drip coffee maker 2019 is that it has multiple usages.
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Although not a new trend, the forestry green theme seemed to be one of the dominant trends for interiors at Decorex, combined with bold florals, on everything from wall surfaces to fabrics, furniture and décor.
And according to Plascon colour expert, Claire Bond, green will remain one of the preferred colours as we enter 2019. "Forest green colours like Monsoon Lagoon (G5-E1-1), Ridge (G5-E1-3), Evening Grass (G5-E1-4) and Julianne Jade (G5-E2-2) is huge, and it is all about the awareness of our impact on the world and the necessity to protect nature and recycle," she states.
"Also, what do people do when they are stressed? They walk out into a garden or introduce green plants into their spaces. This is also why blues remain popular – reminding of the sea and blue skies," she adds.
However, Bond points out that next year the green trend will start to move away from moody emerald greens towards vibrant, playful apple greens like Granny Apple (G2-A1-1). The newest trends will combine fresh green with various shades of yellow and orange, including coral and peach.
In fact, it is the peachy salmon You're my Sweetie (O4-C2-2) colour that Bond predicts will be the new beige. "The merit of this colour lies in its therapeutic character. In a space where people are quite anxious, such as a call centre, it helps people to better manage the rejection of the cold calls they do. Also, if someone is struggling with a low self-esteem, introducing this colour into their space, for example in a bedroom, can aid in boosting their confidence," she explains.
The peach colour, which Claire Bond, colour expert at Plascon, predicts to be the next beige, combines well with the soft grey Mandarin Tusk (EC49).
Peachy hues were popular at Decorex, as seen at the Yudu installation.
Another huge trend flooding interiors over the past few years was the use of minimalistic grey and white interiors. However, Bond points out that grey has no energy as a colour and therefore doesn't really have a mood. "People are starting to feel that they need to be invigorated and rejuvenated by bringing colour into these spaces. Imagine introducing a splash of sunshine yellow like Golden Daffodil (Y3-A1-1) in a beautiful grey bedroom – it just makes the room feel different," she illustrates.
The upside of the Scandinavian grey Mandarin Tusk (EC49) and white is that one does not have to redo everything. "One can add almost any colour to grey because it is the ultimate neutral. This is also why we are seeing many pastel colours coming through – to soften the seriousness of the current world economics," states Bond.
She further points out that feature walls in interiors will start to drop away, but that they will remain in exteriors. "As many people migrate to the cities from urban rural areas, away from natural surroundings, they will need the stimulation of vibrant colours to prevent them from becoming depressed," she states.
Green walls, accentuated with leafy fabrics and décor, are still a big trend for interiors.
Whether you are designing a new space or refashioning an existing one, using colour and paint can provide the base for everything from inspiring productivity or maximising focus, to a calming environment for relaxation.
Plascon's colour expert, Claire Bond, predicts that You're my Sweetie (O4-C2-2) a peachy hue, will be the next beige. You can pair this colour with the dark green Monsoon Lagoon (G5-E1-1 to create a well-balanced space.
Shades of green like Evening grass (G5-E1-4) and blues such as Mellow blue (B4-C2-2) are some of the most functional colours at the moment.
"The beautiful thing about using colour as a paint application is that it doesn't cost too much. It is still the easiest way to create change, whether it is big or small," says Bond.
Full thanks and acknowledgement are given to Decorex and Plascon for the inspiration and information provided to write this article.
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Who have sucked the life out of me.
As the one who threw me into the abyss.
In church, they teach you forgiveness.
The thought of that one just screws up my day.
If I were the only one to whom he owed a debt.
My heart can never again love with such measure.
But wherever I go, I still see his shape.
If I've forgiven everyone but the one under my skin?
I've chosen to live with the bane of my existence.
I've instead decided to embrace the one that I chastise.
So maybe, just maybe, there's a reason to forgive.
There's a speck of hope that I could relive.
Forgiveness is probably something that I can conjure.
It could have been perfect, if not for that one thing.
Studying abroad (with your other half) is amazing and a dream come true; but even so, it can sometimes get pretty lonely at home (especially when we're both locked up in our own rooms studying). We were as excited as little children meeting their playmates when Russy came over! It was his first time in the UK (in fact, in Europe) and we were eager to show him around Manchester London. Furthermore, we were endeavouring to surprise Jia Lok (for his birthday) at his door step in London. IT WAS A SUCCESS.
As we only had 3 days to explore, we filtered down to the few (must-go) places.
It was my 3rd time in London and each time I visit, I'd never miss a walk in that awe-inspiring park. I absolutely love how such a huge green space exists right in the middle of such a bustling city. Just imagine taking a walk or having lunch in such a park during your break at work - how refreshing! It's a pity we don't have such luxury of space in Singapore. Of course, since we were at Hyde Park, we took the opportunity to walk through Green Park to visit the epitome of the monarchy.
BURGER AND LOBSTER!!! London, to me, is all about the food. (Especially since I've pretty much explored all the tourist attractions.) The Lobster here is huge, succulent, mouth-watering and worthy of every penny. If you were to ask any Londoner to recommend a restaurant in London, I assure you that it'd be B&L. It was my 2nd time there and I'm looking forward to more!!! Apart from B&L, Gold Mine's Roast Duck is on my must-eat-in-London list. It is better than the duck rice they have in Singapore - can you imagine?! Apparently, it is very popular with the (London) flight crews of Singapore Airlines. We tried Kanada-Ya Ramen Bar (recommended by a Jap friend) as well and the feeling of satisfying my 7-months-ramen-craving was indescribable.
It was my first time there and it was a pleasant experience - although I would describe it as a "High Class Pasar Malam". Everything was overpriced so we basically "sampled" our fill. What was interesting was the types of meat they sold there. After trying a sample of one of the meat they offered, I asked the sales girl what it was and she replied, "Bambi!" Oh. Gosh. She ruined my childhood. The boys tried Kangaroo and Ostrich meat as well but it was a no-go for me. For the rest of you (unadventurous people) who are just like me, the duck confetti was really good!
It was truly wicked! We enjoyed every single bit of it, from the plot to the singing and the props. It was sick. I watched Billy Elliot the first time I came to London but this completely nailed it. Les Misérables and Phantom are next on the list!
London's a gem but Manchester's (a second) home!


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A typical lawn is usually in need of renovation, moss, weeds, thin and bare patches.
usually between one to three years.
A number of processes are required to obtain a quality lawn.
There are a number of reasons for carrying out aeration on a lawn.
To allow air, oxygen carbon dioxide exchange around the roots.
Aid the application of top-dressing, fertilisers etc.
Helps the breakdown of thatch.
Reduces potential for diseases to take hold.
During the growing season your lawn will become untidy on the edges and will slowly encroach into the border. Where the lawn meets the borders hand shears or a strimmer don't get the same neat finish as a half moon edger. Unlike a digging spade a half moon has a straight blade which gives the clean cut finish.
Scarification is carried out for a number of reasons.
Improves airflow around the grass reducing risk of diseases.
Improves incorporation of fertilisers, top-dressing etc.


My new blog template was tweaked by LJ, of Lady Java's Lounge. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to LJ for having the patience to deal with an exhausting client like me.
The 125 X 125 widget is a gift from LJ. Nice isn't it? However I need your input dear readers. Do I change my blog's widget or not. Look to your right at my profile. Yes. That chubby boy is my widget. Which of the two attracts you more? Input please. Thanks.
I like the one with Ethan's pic on it. Just like you, I'm also thinking of using the widget the Cathy made for me when she worked on my template. I'm still using the old one - pic of the little one.
Ay di ako nakatulong...hahaha. Kahit alin pwede...nasanay lang ako seeing the sleeping chubby boy in your widget.
huling: but i like the widget with your daughter's pic too!!! o sya! lol!
I agree with Juls. I also prefer the one with Ethan's photo kasi chubby, cute na cute, hehe! He's sleeping like an angel.


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The Organization of the Screen
On a text-only terminal, the Emacs display occupies the whole screen. On the X Window System, Emacs creates its own X windows to use. We use the term frame to mean an entire text-only screen or an entire X window used by Emacs. Emacs uses both kinds of frames in the same way to display your editing. Emacs normally starts out with just one frame, but under X you can create additional frames if you wish. See section Frames and X Windows.
When you start Emacs, the entire frame except for the last line is devoted to the text you are editing. This area is called window. The last line is a special echo area or minibuffer window where prompts appear and where you can enter responses. You can subdivide the large text window horizontally or vertically into multiple text windows, each of which can be used for a different file (see section Multiple Windows). In this manual, the word "window" always refers to the subdivisions of a frame within Emacs.
The window that the cursor is in is the selected window, in which editing takes place. Most Emacs commands implicitly apply to the text in the selected window (though mouse commands generally operate on whatever window you click them in, whether selected or not). The other windows display text for reference only, unless/until you select them. If you use multiple frames under the X Window System, then giving the input focus to a particular frame selects a window in that frame.
Each window's last line is a mode line which describes what is going on in that window. It appears in inverse video if the terminal supports that, and contains text that starts like `-----Emacs: something'. Its purpose is to indicate what buffer is being displayed above it in the window; what major and minor modes are in use; and whether the buffer contains unsaved changes.
Within Emacs, the terminal's cursor shows the location at which editing commands will take effect. This location is called point. Many Emacs commands move point through the text, so that you can edit at different places in it. You can also place point by clicking mouse button 1.
While the cursor appears to point at a character, you should think of point as between two characters; it points before the character that appears under the cursor. For example, if your text looks like `frob' with the cursor over the `b', then point is between the `o' and the `b'. If you insert the character `!' at that position, the result is `fro!b', with point between the `!' and the `b'. Thus, the cursor remains over the `b', as before.
Sometimes people speak of "the cursor" when they mean "point", or speak of commands that move point as "cursor motion" commands.
Terminals have only one cursor, and when output is in progress it must appear where the typing is being done. This does not mean that point is moving. It is only that Emacs has no way to show you the location of point except when the terminal is idle.
If you are editing several files in Emacs, each in its own buffer, each buffer has its own point location. A buffer that is not currently displayed remembers where point is in case you display it again later.
When there are multiple windows in a frame, each window has its own point location. The cursor shows the location of point in the selected window. This also is how you can tell which window is selected. If the same buffer appears in more than one window, each window has its own position for point in that buffer.
When there are multiple frames, each frame can display one cursor. The cursor in the selected frame is solid; the cursor in other frames is a hollow box, and appears in the window that would be selected if you give the input focus to that frame.
The term `point' comes from the character `.', which was the command in TECO (the language in which the original Emacs was written) for accessing the value now called `point'.
The Echo Area
The line at the bottom of the frame (below the mode line) is the echo area. It is used to display small amounts of text for several purposes.
Echoing means displaying the characters that you type. Outside Emacs, the operating system normally echoes all your input. Emacs handles echoing differently.
Single-character commands do not echo in Emacs, and multi-character commands echo only if you pause while typing them. As soon as you pause for more than a second in the middle of a command, Emacs echoes all the characters of the command so far. This is to prompt you for the rest of the command. Once echoing has started, the rest of the command echoes immediately as you type it. This behavior is designed to give confident users fast response, while giving hesitant users maximum feedback. You can change this behavior by setting a variable (see section Variables Controlling Display).
If a command cannot be executed, it may print an error message in the echo area. Error messages are accompanied by a beep or by flashing the screen. Also, any input you have typed ahead is thrown away when an error happens.
Some commands print informative messages in the echo area. These messages look much like error messages, but they are not announced with a beep and do not throw away input. Sometimes the message tells you what the command has done, when this is not obvious from looking at the text being edited. Sometimes the sole purpose of a command is to print a message giving you specific information--for example, C-x = prints a message describing the character position of point in the text and its current column in the window. Commands that take a long time often display messages ending in `...' while they are working, and add `done' at the end when they are finished.
The echo area is also used to display the minibuffer, a window that is used for reading arguments to commands, such as the name of a file to be edited. When the minibuffer is in use, the echo area begins with a prompt string that usually ends with a colon; also, the cursor appears in that line because it is the selected window. You can always get out of the minibuffer by typing C-g. See section The Minibuffer.
The Mode Line
Each text window's last line is a mode line which describes what is going on in that window. When there is only one text window, the mode line appears right above the echo area. The mode line is in inverse video if the terminal supports that, it starts and ends with dashes, and it contains text like `Emacs: something'.
A few special editing modes, such as Dired and Rmail, display something else in place of `Emacs: something'. The rest of the mode line still has the usual meaning.
Normally, the mode line looks like this:
--ch-Emacs: buf      (major minor)----pos------
This gives information about the buffer being displayed in the window: the buffer's name, what major and minor modes are in use, whether the buffer's text has been changed, and how far down the buffer you are currently looking.
ch contains two stars `**' if the text in the buffer has been edited (the buffer is "modified"), or `--' if the buffer has not been edited. For a read-only buffer, it is `%*' if the buffer is modified, and `%%' otherwise.
buf is the name of the window's buffer. In most cases this is the same as the name of a file you are editing. See section Using Multiple Buffers.
The buffer displayed in the selected window (the window that the cursor is in) is also Emacs's selected buffer, the one that editing takes place in. When we speak of what some command does to "the buffer", we are talking about the currently selected buffer.
pos tells you whether there is additional text above the top of the window, or below the bottom. If your buffer is small and it is all visible in the window, pos is `All'. Otherwise, it is `Top' if you are looking at the beginning of the buffer, `Bot' if you are looking at the end of the buffer, or `nn%', where nn is the percentage of the buffer above the top of the window.
major is the name of the major mode in effect in the buffer. At any time, each buffer is in one and only one of the possible major modes. The major modes available include Fundamental mode (the least specialized), Text mode, Lisp mode, C mode, Texinfo mode, and many others. See section Major Modes, for details of how the modes differ and how to select one.
Some major modes display additional information after the major mode name. For example, Rmail buffers display the current message number and the total number of messages. Compilation buffers and Shell buffers display the status of the subprocess.
minor is a list of some of the minor modes that are turned on at the moment in the window's chosen buffer. For example, `Fill' means that Auto Fill mode is on. `Abbrev' means that Word Abbrev mode is on. `Ovwrt' means that Overwrite mode is on. See section Minor Modes, for more information. `Narrow' means that the buffer being displayed has editing restricted to only a portion of its text. This is not really a minor mode, but is like one. See section Narrowing. `Def' means that a keyboard macro is being defined. See section Keyboard Macros.
In addition, if Emacs is currently inside a recursive editing level, square brackets (`[...]') appear around the parentheses that surround the modes. If Emacs is in one recursive editing level within another, double square brackets appear, and so on. Since recursive editing levels affect Emacs globally, not just one buffer, the square brackets appear in every window's mode line or not in any of them. See section Recursive Editing Levels.
See section Optional Mode Line Features, for features that add other handy information to the mode line, such as the current line number of point, the current time, and whether new mail for you has arrived.


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Is this anyone else's plan? Anyone done this?
If I attain my FIRE amount of money (enough to live and help others) then I may not do this as extensively but If I can barely FI and just need to spend time doing something I'll do mostly this.
Large public forest I can almost walk to, two large public lakes with public woods esp in the coves and lower swamp areas, national forests nearby, also another national forest near my parents. I could definitely see myself doing this in the mornings, picking up kids after school and taking them out to keep going all afternoon. I may ride bikes, a horse, or even buy a used atv, but will mostly walk.
We would love to, though our biggest issue is social interaction.
Generally the places you can do this cheaply are fairly isolated from other people.
I live near national and state forests and love to hike there every weekend, but that won't depend on the size of my 'stashe. I go for 4-6 hours at a time just for fun. It sounds like a nice, healthy interest for you!
Lol, I'll still get social interaction. I am not planning on moving. Actually Atlanta less than 2hrs away, so if I need to see something in a big city it is not too difficult. We actually haven't been back since getting stuck in traffic for 4 hours and missing our comedy show, almost 9 years ago.
Probably only go camping on weekends or when kids are out of school.
I am across the road from the walking trails of a 4,400 acre Metropark. It is why I bought this little house I live in. I started walking there once a day, but now that I have a dog, I am in the park two or three times a day--easily walk two hours a day and more like two and a half to three hours. It is soul-satisfying--being out in all weathers at different times of day, seeing the changing seasons in the colors of the leaves, the different wild flowers--the sudden surprises as deer cross the trail in front of you--mostly does, sometimes fawns, the really occasional huge buck with antlers--a great blue heron zipping across the creek practically in front of your nose--a barred owl flying across the trail right in front of you in the evening, then landing on a nearby tree and staring at you for a while--geese, ducks, squirrels, chipmunks, toads, a garter snake, a gorgeous luna moth in the evening--this is all so priceless. I don't think I could ever live somewhere without nearby natural beauty that I could immerse myself in. So to answer your question, OP, yes--I want to mostly spend my time in the woods.
Forests. I like them. :) I just returned to the city from my own bit of forested nirvana.
Anyone who happened to follow my FIRE-saga knows that one of my "places" is a on small island in the PNW. Heavily forested with cedars, Douglas firs, red-skinned arbutus (madrone)...interspersed with a few farm fields - but trees will always be the dominant feature here. And surrounded by a teeming-with-life sea. At certain times, in certain places, the mingling of scents of the trees and sea creates an intoxicating bouquet.
I am not what you would consider a "flakey" person...but when I wander in amongst the woods (which I do often) I feel SOMETHING that I cannot explain.
One of the reasons for my mad dash to FIRE was so that I could spend more time here. During my career regular visits helped me keep my sanity (barely)...now it serves to maintain my current post-FIRE happiness.
I live near three national parks and a ton of USFS land - so even while working spend a lot of time here - not to mention my work. But looking forward to exploring a bit more soon.
I have 40 acres that borders over a million acres of national wilderness area. Wouldn't trade it for the world and I've been offered 50x what I paid for the land and a small cabin in recent years.
The timing of your question encourages my response, because a few months into ER, I am finding that we are spending much time in the forests, some near home, some a couple of hours' drive away. Only a few hours ago, we returned from this week's three-day jaunt to a state forest a few hours away, where we hiked on Tuesday and biked nearly the entire day yesterday. We were in swamp land, on the tops of mountains, and crossed many creeks. When we were done, we sat for a few hours in the late afternoon sun on a lake, where I knit, kept an eye out for the bald eagle I'd seen the day before, and watched the fishermen. Each walk, I saw a multitude of mushrooms sprouting, along with the teaberries in the underbrush. (Ha ha, even in the woods, I am food-oriented.) Each night, we sat for hours in front of our fire, sometimes chatting, but mostly listening to the night sounds of the forest, enjoying the warmth of the fire as the coldness of the night crept up behind us.
A few weeks ago, we did a similar car-camping/biking trip in the Finger Lakes area of NY, and next week we're heading out for 3-4 days of trail riding/camping with a group of friends, leaving from home. Having the time and mobility to make these small trips has added tremendously to my appreciation of life. There's something magical to me, too, in stretching into the time that used to be "work time" -- my sweetie and I were chuckling over how it seems last weekend was just here, and now it's nearly this weekend. The middle of the week, which used to be so measured and demanding, now all but disappears as we are completely engaged in whatever adventures we find. Even I am surprised at how easily we are taking to living so much in the outdoors. I hope you get the chance to go for it!
Nothing flakey about that. We've spent most of our evolutionary history in the forest, after all – of course it feels right.
Maybe there needs to be a "ER towns close to wilderness areas" thread. How about some actual place names?
Yes. This is part of the reason we've chosen our post-FIRE location (two weeks to go!). We are very close to Temperate rainforest national parks and lots of other 'bush' around. I will certainly making hiking a regular part of my routine and hope we get back into camping once we have more time.
Nothing stills my restless soul more than the stunning peace of serene scenery. Quite often that means the woods somewhere, though an incredible beach can be equally satisfying.
Quite wooden-headed of you to stick around.
I will add: It's important to me to live in the trees vs just visit them daily, because I know the bears and cougars are around me, I can hear the owls in the night, and the stars are dense and bright. These fill me up. Hanging in it during the day wouldn't cut it the way sleeping every night in it does. So restorative.
4. type of woods; skiing, hiking, mountain bike riding, horse back, hunting/no hunting, mountains/elevation/grade/brush thickness, lake/stream fishing, some things I am leaving out.
maybe some other key details, could start another thread similar to the AirMnM thread, with a little database. I pretty much have all the above except I have to drive 40 mins before I hit a switchback. its kinda weird, I live in a tiny town but the area (maybe 100 sq mi) has somewhere just under 100k people, lots of farms and forest in between several decent sized towns one of which is a college town, so doesn't really fit a mold. I can think of a lot of other places but then again would be better to put in a database than me just rambling. If someone likes a place in NE georgia, western NC or SC Ill be happy to give an opinion. Not sure if there are any Asheville mustachians, that region in general would probably fit a lot of people on here.
Funny how everyone gets poetic on this thread.
Do I want to spend more time in the woods?
When we downsized we moved to an area actually in a smaller town but an hour away from the closest city but still in our school system. In town ( population 8k) I can walk to anything I need but more importantly I can walk out of town 10 minutes and disappear on trails man made and not man made that lead to all sort of lakes , hiking etc.. and I do this 3 hours every morning now. I dont think you need to go to far out of most cities to find what your looking for. Guess it depends more on if you would be happy with Mountains vs Hills and stuff like that. Where I am at I see all the wildlife you could ask for and some I really would rather not see on a walk. At least 30 lakes in the area and some really good hiking hills/woods but not "mountains" though I would love those!!
I am fortunate to live close to a forest already and I tend to walk or ski there in the weekends. I certainly hope to do that more after FIRE. In our nearest town, there are organized trips in the forest for seniors and other trips for people with newborns who don't work for a period, so there is always a group to join for the social aspect. There is also an option of joining a club of people who maintain the marked trails in the forest. These are often pensioners.
But I think we should actively try to find other people who can join trips during day time.
OP- I would check out the FrugalWoods blog- they're a couple in their early 30s who just retired and now live on 66 acres in Vermont, living the dream.
joining a club of people who maintain the marked trails in the forest.
I would like to spend much more time hiking once I get rid of my pesky job...and volunteering to maintain trails is a great way to do this.
I'm spending 2-3 days a week fixing up a 640 acre summer camp that adjoins a 500,000 acre tract of national forest so children can enjoy the same experience I had as a child. So, yes, I like the woods! I particularly enjoy socializing in the woods. Aside from some unneeded high end gear some choose to purchase, it seems to strip away a lot of the BS from our culture and has resulted in some of the best bonding experiences I have ever had. I'll solo a bit, but sharing the experience is so much better.
Since they PAY me to be in the woods I'm keeping the gig for a bit longer, but then, alas, I'll have to do it for free in the near future.
We bought a forest outside of Seattle for self sufficiency - 5 acres, our own firewood from naturally fallen trees in the forest, solar, water catchment, and so on...love it, never going back. Only about an hour outside of civilization if we need it. No HOA's, no silly rules, no one to bother us and the hood is still filled w/nice helpful people when you need it or when they need it. We wake up, see old growth Douglass Firs and Cedar all around, we don't see a single house in any direction - in a cove like setting - hear traffic on a distant street. Wildlife all around. We don't have to live with all the ridiculous LAWN noise that we grew to hate that seemed to be never ending, people and their machines cutting this or that non stop. We have a low maintenance yard we cut w/a battery operated lawn mower from green works a few times a summer but the grass is the type that can grow long, keeping the weeds out, remains lush and increases the frog population which is good for all. We love it and most likely not ever leave or sell. I reached FI at 49, not ER yet. Working on the remaining details and will post soon. Love the site and all the inspiration. Glad I found this community - just awesome.
I don't know if I'll do it, but the PCT or the aT once I've FIRED, but we'll see. I love being in MN during the warm weather months, but wouldn't love to spend the winter months somewhere warm where I can spend plenty of time in the woods.
We live adjacent to a redwood forest, and I walk there daily for at least an hour. It's tranquil and peaceful, and no matter how distracted or crabby or grumpy I am, particularly now with current events, as soon as I get into the forest all the BS lifts and I feel restored and balanced again. I feel like the richest person in the world having this forest outside my front door.
I can hear the owls out there hooting at each other up in the redwoods as I type this evening.
I've been wanting to read "The Secret Life of Trees." Has anyone read it?
I love the thought of permanent nature, but I also really like travel. To be in the woods 'permanently', one either needs a solid home and willingness to somewhat constrict themselves to domestic travel, or a traveler spirit (and slightly larger budget) to go anywhere and continue to balance adapting to the land with reasonable comfort (or maybe survival, although I have yet to feel stressed in that dimension).
I love being outside; woods, trout stream, beach, mountains. Pursuing my outdoor hobbies is the biggest reason I fired.
Fixing up a summer camp for kids sounds like an awesome way to spend your time and give back. Good for you. Let me know if you need some help.
Me! I want to have some forested land and a small cabin, ideally near a National Park, somewhere in the Northwest, not too far from the coast, not too far from a major airport. It's the details that elude me so far: How much land? What do I need to know to but land? Where exactly in the Northwest? What kind of care will it need? I hope to begin learning more and begin narrowing the search this year. Ideally it would be nice to use the land as a vacation spot now and retirement home in 10-15 years. Following this thread to keep up with everyone else who has the same idea; there will surely be a lot to learn from this thread!
We made this happen pre-FIRE! We live in Colorado on 5 acres of ponderosa pines. It is so peaceful and beautiful. It really is our dream home. We have fruit trees and a garden, lots of space for our dogs to run, a barn with a couple pet goats, lots of wild life, star filled skies at night, and best of all NO NEIGHBORS! We live about 12 miles away from stores and work--but it really is like coming home to a private sanctuary. We really don't feel the need for vacations anymore like we used to when we lived in residential areas where we felt like we just needed to get away from people and noise! We're looking forward to spending lots of time enjoying our days here after FIRE!
Tip: buy a telescope to look at those stars and galaxies. Without disturbing neighbour lights astronomy is great.
Part of my FIRE plan is to find a place in the woods, with maybe some pockets of meadows, and some type of body of water, that I can just enjoy on nature's time. Of course, I'll need to save up the money for this paradise along with the stash.. Don't know where it will be or anything (still at the getting-out-of-debt stage..) but I sometimes dream about it. So I've seen it. I just got to get there. I love nature. so. much.
Mostly? Not sure, maybe. More than I do now? Definitely.
Not sure what our Post-FIRE plan would be yet.
We have purchased 4 acres of land w/ 60 year old Red Pine trees on it, and not much else. Less than 3 hours from our home. We've put in a camping trailer and outhouse/privy, but plan to build a small off-grid cabin in the next few years.
Our primary residence is a duplex, and, in the future with inflation, rent from the lower should cover carrying costs of the house itself, or make us money if we pay the house off. I could see splitting time between our duplex unit and a cabin, and maybe a 3rd location/travel location as well. The possibility of full-time in said cabin has been discussed a bit, but I'm not sure if that's realistic or not.
If I had both today and was retired, I could see AirBnB renting the cabin and/or the duplex unit enough to cover their own costs so each was essentially free.
So, yes, MORE time in the woods for sure. Hiking, foraging, firewood, hunting, fishing, snowshoeing, x-country skiing, biking, all things I could see doing a lot more of!
My first week into FIRE i plan on doing thru-hike for PCT, followed by AT and CDT every year.
I plan to partially FIRE in the next 3 months by negotiating a new part-time position at my job. Two days a week max is my limit, and if they don't accommodate I'll just fully FIRE, I have FU money. After that, I'm kinda like spartana, I plan to spend my days climbing, cycling, hiking, standup paddleboarding, running, mountaineering, pack-rafting, backpacking, snowboarding, etc etc. I love most every outdoor sport and am decently mediocre at most of them :) I get my energy, inspiration, and motivation from nature and I can't wait to more fully immerse myself in her beauty!
Those are all outside activities. If I need to cut back on $$ I'll do more stuff closer to home and if I have lots of money I'll travel further afield.
This sounds great. I will be pretty similar to this.
Camping in the woods or in the mountains.
Hiking in the woods or in the mountains.
Fishing (with a rod) in the sea or in mountain rivers or lakes.
Cycling around Europe or in Norway on gravel roads (I am not a technically skilled mountain biker).
Cross country skiing, if that still exists with the coming climate changes.
Paddeling on lakes and quiet rivers.
what with all the regs in Canada.
We will need to plan our second approach better.
We live on a 160 acre farm in the rural midwest that has gradually all been converted into wildlife habitat.
I really enjoy the work associated with working on and maintaining the property, and have projects to do every day if I choose.
My hobbies are hunting & fishing, so they go hand in hand with this. When I'm not at home doing something on the farm, I'm usually off somewhere on a hunting or fishing adventure.
Cezilous, is there such a class? I keep telling my husband the land takes care of itself for the most part, but maybe I'm a bit too optimistic on that front?
Depends on you definition of "care"! Your location will determine the final appearance, but all land will eventually reach a stability point in one form or another with no human input. If you are starting with a mature ecology, it should pretty much remain the same, perhaps with some ocasional disturbance from heavy storms, fire, etc. If you are starting with previously cleared, or otherwise disturbed, land it will need to go through full succession before you reach stability. In our neck of the woods, that usually means impenetrable growth of non-diverse, less productive species, that take decades to thin out enough to even walk through.
I'd consider my land pretty heavily managed. I use livestock to clear underbrush and maintain fields. After the fences are built, they don't require too much of my time to maintain, but do require some attention every day or two to check water, health, etc. We cut dead trees for firewood (probably my most productive activity $ wise but hard dangerous work), build brush piles for wildlife, and are slowly adding more productive species, such as nut and fruit trees (long term investments!).
Now if I had wanted, I could have let it all go wild, maybe just maintaining some walking trails, hunting a bit of game, and ocasionally picking up some deadfall wood for a campfire. That would have been cool, too!
Aside from maintaining the very steep dirt road in, ours is entirely unmanaged. We have 25 acres that were pretty well climax forest stage when we bought them, and we put the whole thing under a conservation easement. Forestry advises us on the occasional controlled burn.


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1. Hospital CFO Report. How poor customer service in healthcare industry risks revenue. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/how-poor-customer-service-in-healthcare-industry-risks-revenue.html.
2. Velaro. How long will they wait? https://velaro.com/long-will-wait/.
3. Opticall. The cost of putting patient phone calls on hold. https://www.opticall.com/patients-are-not-patient/.
4. NCBI. Disrespectful behavior in health care. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5265230/.
5. Continu. Customer service training for healthcare professionals. https://blog.continu.co/customer-service-training-for-healthcare-professionals/.