DreamboatAnnie
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Thank you so much Nasa!!!:smile:
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nasa1974's Account Talk
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Every little bit helps in trying to decide what to do.
Thanks for the spreadsheet Nasa. Seasonality has the S Fund as the place to be in November, but I will probably have a combination of C and S as the C Fund has been outperforming the S Fund all year.
Good luck with going all in today!
C fund has outperformed the S fund by about 4%, 21.16% to 17.45%. I thought about going 50/50 but the way the market was going yesterday it looked a little smarter to go 100% S. I actually gained 100 shares from when I was 100% "S" earlier in the year. I can change the beginning of November if I need to.
We all could use a little luck.
Thought this might be of interest for everyone.
I was told that if you miss the Webinar that they will be posted on YouTube.
https://www.tsp.gov/representative/Content/trainingInfo.html
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November 19, 2019
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October 30, 2019
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I was told that if you miss the Webinar that they will be posted on YouTube.
https://www.tsp.gov/representative/Content/trainingInfo.html
TSP Webinars
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TSPweb
Your New TSP Withdrawal Options (1 hour)TSPweb
This webinar provides an overview of the additional TSP withdrawal options that are now available to participants.
November 19, 2019
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December 4, 2019
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Intro to TSP (1 hour)
This webinar provides an introduction to the Thrift Savings Plan for new employees and service members.
December 5, 2019
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TSP Contributions and Investment Funds (1 hour)
This webinar provides an overview of the TSP contribution rules and investment funds.
November 20, 2019
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TSP Loans and In-Service Withdrawals (1 hour)
This webinar provides an overview of the TSP loan program as well as the TSP in-service withdrawal options.
October 30, 2019
- 10:00 a.m. – Register now
December 5, 2019
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TSP Post-Service Withdrawals (1 hour)
This webinar provides an overview of the current TSP post-service withdrawals and death benefits. The information in this webinar is beneficial to TSP participants that are within 10 years or less of retirement.
October 31, 2019
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DreamboatAnnie
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Great Information -- Thanks NASA! :smile:
The "S" fund took a quick rise and in the past we have seen a steep drop after lunch. Just figured I might as well put on a fresh pair just in case.
HILARIOUS
From SpaceWeather.com
https://www.spaceweather.com/
Found it very interesting.
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A GIGANTIC JET: When you see lightning, run! That’s what NOAA advises in lightning safety brochures. On Oct. 15th, however, pilot Chris Holmes had no place to go when lightning started to crackle in thunderstorms around his aircraft."I was flying 35,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula when a super cell started pulsing with light," he says. "It wasn't just ordinary lightning, though. The cell was creating lots of sprites and jets leaping up from the thunderhead." At a distance of only 35 miles, he video-recorded this:
"It was the most amazing thing I've seen in my aviation career," he says.
Holmes had a close encounter with a Gigantic Jet. Sometimes called "Earth’s tallest lightning," because they reach all the way to the ionosphere ~50 miles high, the towering forms were discovered near Taiwan and Puerto Rico in 2001-2002. Since then, only dozens of Gigantic Jets have been photographed. In previous images taken by cameras on the ground, it's almost always impossible to see the base of the jet over the edge of the thundercloud. That’s why Holmes’s video is special. He was filming above the storm at practically point-blank range.
"His clip shows very nicely the top of the cloud where the jet emerges, which is usually hidden from view," says Oscar van der Velde of the Lightning Research Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya who examined the footage. "I split the video into individual frames so we can see exactly what happens."
Van der Velde’s deconstruction reveals the order of events: “First, relatively cool blue filaments spring up. These are streamers akin to Saint Elmo’s Fire,” he explains. “Next, after the Jet reaches its maximum height, another feature crawls more slowly out of the cloudtop–a white-hot ‘lightning leader.'”
Turns out, this is a bit of a surprise. For years, some researchers thought that Gigantic Jets could reach such extreme heights only if their streamers got a boost from the lightning leader. Holmes’s video shows just the opposite: The Gigantic Jet reaches the ionosphere before the lightning leader even leaves the cloud.
“This suggests that there may be a much more powerful electric configuration inside the thunderstorm than was previously thought–perhaps as much as 200 million volts," says van der Velde.
It just goes to show, we still have a lot to learn about Gigantic Jets. A sharable version of this story is available here.
https://www.spaceweather.com/
Found it very interesting.
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A GIGANTIC JET: When you see lightning, run! That’s what NOAA advises in lightning safety brochures. On Oct. 15th, however, pilot Chris Holmes had no place to go when lightning started to crackle in thunderstorms around his aircraft.
Holmes had a close encounter with a Gigantic Jet. Sometimes called "Earth’s tallest lightning," because they reach all the way to the ionosphere ~50 miles high, the towering forms were discovered near Taiwan and Puerto Rico in 2001-2002. Since then, only dozens of Gigantic Jets have been photographed. In previous images taken by cameras on the ground, it's almost always impossible to see the base of the jet over the edge of the thundercloud. That’s why Holmes’s video is special. He was filming above the storm at practically point-blank range.
"His clip shows very nicely the top of the cloud where the jet emerges, which is usually hidden from view," says Oscar van der Velde of the Lightning Research Group at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya who examined the footage. "I split the video into individual frames so we can see exactly what happens."
Turns out, this is a bit of a surprise. For years, some researchers thought that Gigantic Jets could reach such extreme heights only if their streamers got a boost from the lightning leader. Holmes’s video shows just the opposite: The Gigantic Jet reaches the ionosphere before the lightning leader even leaves the cloud.
“This suggests that there may be a much more powerful electric configuration inside the thunderstorm than was previously thought–perhaps as much as 200 million volts," says van der Velde.
It just goes to show, we still have a lot to learn about Gigantic Jets. A sharable version of this story is available here.
From SpaceWeather.com
https://www.spaceweather.com/
Credit: Tom Polakis of Tempe AZ made this movie of a previous Mercury transit on May 9, 2016. [more]People in every continent except Australia can see at least a portion of the crossing. In the USA, the best place to be is on the Atlantic coast, where the entire transit will be visible. On the Pacific coast the transit will already be in progress at sunrise.
Warning! Do not stare at the sun during the transit. Mercury covers only a tiny fraction of the solar disk, so the sun remains as bright as ever. Eye damage can occur.
Ordinary eclipse glasses will keep your eyes safe, but they won't do much to help you see tiny Mercury. The planet is only 1/194th of the sun's apparent diameter. To watch this event, a safely-filtered telescope with a magnification of 50x or more is recommended. Don't have a filter? No problem. Images of the transit may be easily projected onto a wall or screen through an unfiltered telescope. Just do not look through the eye piece!
Nothing beats a telescope equipped with an H-alpha filter. H-alpha filters are narrowly tuned to the red glow of solar hydrogen. They reveal the sun as a boiling inferno cross-crossed by dark seething magnetic filaments. On Nov. 11th, the tiny form of Mercury will navigate this starscape. Here's a sample H-alpha image taken during the last transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016:
Paul Andrew took the picture from his backyard observatory in St. Margarets at Cliffe, Dover, UK. "The background prominence made Mercury look like it had a comet's tail," he says. More images may be found here and here.
Transits of Mercury occur only 13 times each century. The next one won't occur until Nov. 13, 2032. Don't miss this unusual event!
https://www.spaceweather.com/
JUST ONE WEEK UNTIL THE TRANSIT OF MERCURY: One of the biggest astronomy events of the year is just one week away: The Transit on Mercury. On Monday, Nov 11th, Mercury will pass directly in front the sun. The rare transit begins at 12:35 UT (7:35 am EST) and lasts for almost six hours. Mercury's tiny form—jet black and perfectly round—will glide slowly across the solar disk, like this:
Credit: Tom Polakis of Tempe AZ made this movie of a previous Mercury transit on May 9, 2016. [more]
Warning! Do not stare at the sun during the transit. Mercury covers only a tiny fraction of the solar disk, so the sun remains as bright as ever. Eye damage can occur.
Ordinary eclipse glasses will keep your eyes safe, but they won't do much to help you see tiny Mercury. The planet is only 1/194th of the sun's apparent diameter. To watch this event, a safely-filtered telescope with a magnification of 50x or more is recommended. Don't have a filter? No problem. Images of the transit may be easily projected onto a wall or screen through an unfiltered telescope. Just do not look through the eye piece!
Nothing beats a telescope equipped with an H-alpha filter. H-alpha filters are narrowly tuned to the red glow of solar hydrogen. They reveal the sun as a boiling inferno cross-crossed by dark seething magnetic filaments. On Nov. 11th, the tiny form of Mercury will navigate this starscape. Here's a sample H-alpha image taken during the last transit of Mercury on May 9, 2016:
Transits of Mercury occur only 13 times each century. The next one won't occur until Nov. 13, 2032. Don't miss this unusual event!
Here are the December numbers. Last year did not do well at all, but still the month has been more bullish than not. Good luck.
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ravensfan
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Not sure what's up nasa, but I can't reach the link...;damnit
Thanks ravensfan, I'll post it again. It looked different this time.
According to Govexec.com Congress has kicked the can down the road again with a stopgap spending bill until December 20th. The bill was approved Tuesday. The bill also give the military a 3.1% pay increase for 2020.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefit...ing-measure-no-word-civilian-increase/161429/
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefit...ing-measure-no-word-civilian-increase/161429/
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