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Practice Pointer: Observations on the October 2020 Visa Bulletin
AILA's DOS Liaison Committee has been unable to interview Charlie Oppenheim this month, and therefore in lieu of a Check-In with Charlie column, the DOS Liaison Committee provides the following observations and practice considerations regarding the October 2020 Visa Bulletin.
The October 2020 Visa Bulletin is historic in many respects. Most critically, is USCIS's decision to accept employment-based (EB) I-485 filings based on dates for filing. This decision opens the floodgates to massive filings at a scale that has not been witnessed since the summer of 2007 when all categories abruptly became current.
Why are the employment-based categories advancing so rapidly?
As a result of consular services being reduced to "mission critical" activities due to the pandemic, issuance of Presidential Proclamation 10014 (PP 10014), which suspends the entry of certain immigrants, and other country-specific travel bans, an unprecedented low number of family-based (FB) immigrant visas were issued in fiscal year (FY) 2020.
The continued impact of the pandemic and travel bans has resulted in the unprecedented situation of zero movement in October 2020 in the final action dates for the family-based preference categories. Per the October 2020 bulletin, this is due to the fact that movement in the family-based final action dates during the last six months, coupled with the suspension of routine visa processing at consular posts, have resulted in "enough accumulated demand to fully utilize the numbers normally made available through the first quarter of the fiscal year."
Per INA 201(d)(1)(B), these unused family-based numbers have been added to the FY2021 employment-based immigrant visa allocation, resulting in an all-time high employment-based allocation of approximately 261,500 immigrant visas. To put that into perspective, recent Check-In with Charlie columns reported that until now, the highest EB allocation was 158,000 a few years ago, and the second highest EB allocation (FY2020) was 156,000.
Employment-based preference categories
The big news in the October 2020 Visa Bulletin is the rapid advancement in the final action dates and dates for filing of all of the EB categories that were not already current, with the exception of the BE-5 categories. The decision to advance these dates was made by DOS in consultation with the "USCIS Office of Policy and Strategy to accommodate processing plans for USCIS Offices during the coming fiscal year and to maximize number use within the FY 2021 annual limits."
Why doesn't EB-5 also benefit from the advancement?
Consistent with the FB preference categories, EB-5 immigrant visas are also predominately processed at consular posts abroad. Therefore, the same considerations discussed above that impacted processing and subsequently prevented the final action dates from advancing presumably apply to EB-5 as well.
Furthermore, unless reauthorized by Congress, the EB-5 program (I5 and R5) category will sunset on September 30, 2020. Therefore, the final action date for this category is listed as "U" for unavailable for October. Should the program be reauthorized, this category will return to current, except for EB-5 China which will hold at August 15, 2015 and EB-5 Vietnam which will hold at August 1, 2017.
Movement in the other Employment-based Categories
EB-1 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) remains current in October. The final action date for both EB-1 China and EB-1 India advances 3 months to June 1, 2018, but the dates for filing, which are being honored by USCIS, is listed as September 1, 2020.
EB-2 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) remains current in October. EB-2 China's final action date advances two months to March 1, 2016. The date listed on the Dates for Filing chart is October 1, 2016. EB-2 India's final action date, which has historically held or moved up to a few days at a time, leaps forward almost two months to September 1, 2009, with USCIS honoring the date for filing of May 15, 2011.
EB-3 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) and EB-3 Worldwide Other Workers (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) (including EB-3 Other Workers) becomes current in October 2020. EB-3 China's final action date advances 4.5 months to July 1, 2017, with a USCIS-honored date for filing of June 1, 2018. EB-3 China Other Workers' final action date advances 4 months to December 1, 2008 with a USCIS-honored date for filing of October 1, 2008. EB-3 India's (and EB-3 India Other Workers') final action date advances 3 months to January 15, 2010, with a USCIS-honored date for filing of January 1, 2015.
As with the EB-5 program, the EB-4 Certain Religious Workers category will sunset on September 30, 2020 unless reauthorized by Congress, and numbers are therefore listed as unavailable. If reauthorized, this category will automatically become current for all countries with the exception of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, which would be subject to an August 1, 2017 final action date and a USCIS-honored date for filing of February 1, 2018; Mexico would be subject to a September 1, 2018 final action date, but would be current for filingunder the Dates for Filing chart.
For all EB-4 categories other than Certain Religious Workers, EB-4 Worldwide (including China, India, Philippines, and Vietnam) remains current in October. EB-4 El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras's final action date advances 4 months to August 1, 2017 and has a USCIS-honored date for filing of February 1, 2018. EB-4 Mexico's final action date advances 2.5 months to September 1, 2018 but becomes current for the purposes of filing adjustment of status applications.
How to advise your clients?
The October 2020 Visa Bulletin presents an unprecedented opportunity for clients who have been waiting years to file adjustment of status applications to finally do so. While this window of opportunity is open, it is critical that members properly identify clients who are eligible to fileand how quickly you may need to file Aside from reviewing the Visa Bulletin dates for filing for each client's EB preference category, it is important to also take into consideration the following tips in order to ensure that all clients eligible to file are properly identified.
TIP #1: Don't forget the downgrades!
It is critical that AILA members who have clients with PERM-based EB-2 petitions analyze their eligibility to file I-485 under the dates for filing listed under both the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. A client with an approved or pending EB-2 I-140 petition can file a "new" EB-3 petition to take advantage of the adjustment of status filing window. This practice is commonly referred to as filing a "downgrade" petition. While this has traditionally been available for China categories, the disparity in the dates for filing in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories for both China and India are feasible in October 2020.
Specifically, the date for filing for EB-2 China is October 1, 2016, while the date for filing for EB-3 China is June 1, 2018. Therefore, AILA members whose EB-2 China clients have a priority date between October 1, 2016 and May 31, 2018 may still file AOS as long as they do so concurrently with a "new" EB-3 I-140 petition. Since this will be a concurrent filing, Form I-485 Supplement J is not required.
Similarly, the date for filing for EB-2 India is May 15, 2011, while the date for filing for EB-3 India is January 1, 2015. Therefore, AILA members whose EB-2 India clients have a priority date between May 15, 2011 and December 31, 2014 may still file AOS as long as they do so concurrently with a "new" EB-3 I-140 petition. As with the China example above, since this will be a concurrent filing, Form I-485 Supplement J is not required.
Members should refer to AILA's practice resource on filing downgrade I-140 petitions for additional guidance. (AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 13120548. (Posted 12/16/13). AILA members should note that AILA is currently updating this resource and expects an update to be posted within the coming days.
TIP #2: Don't forget alternate chargeability!
Bear in mind that in some cases, the country of birth of the principal applicant's spouse may allow the family to be alternately chargeable to the spouse's country of birth. (See 9 FAM 42.12 N2 and N3.) When this applies, if the category applicable to the spouse's country of birth would render the application current, it could potentially allow filing in circumstances where it would not otherwise be possible based on the principal applicant's country of birth.
What can we expect in the coming months?
In the October Visa Bulletin, DOS included projections for the potential rate of monthly advancement through January 2021 for final action dates. These projections are of course subject to fluctuations in applicant demand and other related variables. It should also be noted that when determining the Dates for Filing, DOS and USCIS set a date in October where they think the Final Action Dates will be at the end of the Fiscal Year.
With regard to the family-based preference categories, DOS anticipates that the F1 category would either stay the same or advance up to three weeks per month. F2A is expected to remain current. F2B is expected to either remain the same or advance at a rate of up to three weeks per month. F3 is expected to either remain the same or advance at a rate of up to two weeks per month; and F4 is expected to either remain the same or advance at a rate of up to one week per month.
EB-1 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) is expected to remain current for the next few months, with rapid forward movement likely for EB-1 China and EB-1 India.
Similarly, EB-2 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, Philippines, and Vietnam) is expected to remain current for the next few months, with rapid forward movement (most likely at the pace of months rather than weeks) likely for EB-2 China and EB-2 India.
EB-3 Worldwide, EB-3 Mexico and EB-3 Philippines (and EB-3 Worldwide Other Workers) are also expected to be current, with rapid forward movement expected in EB-3 China and EB-3 India. Steady forward movement is anticipated for EB-3 China Other Workers.
EB-4 is expected to be current for most countries, with the exception of EB-4 El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras and EB-4 Mexico, which are expected to experience steady forward movement.
Assuming the EB-5 program is reauthorized, the final action date for EB-5 China is expected to continue to hold, while there should be limited forward movement in the final action date for EB-5 Vietnam. All other countries should remain current for the foreseeable future.
How long will the filing window remain open?
As noted in the October Visa Bulletin and as alluded to in the Department of State Liaison Committee's October Visa Bulletin insights resource the projections are a reflection of known data as of the specific moment in time. (AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 20091810. (Posted 9/18/2020). A variety of factors contribute to the determination of the final action dates and dates for filing each month. Primarily, the supply of visas relative to the demand is critical. However, as we have seen in the family-based and EB-5 contexts, processing capacity can also have a profound impact on whether a category advances. While we know there is an all-time high supply of EB numbers, and while we believe that DOS and USCIS are using the best information available with regard to what they expect the demand for those numbers will be, their data is based on assumptions and statistics that may be imperfect.
One significant question on the minds of many members and stakeholders is whether USCIS will continue to honor the dates for filing beyond October 2020. Unfortunately, DOS and USCIS cannot guarantee or definitively predict that the dates for filing could be used beyond the month for which they are published. This is because the movement is based on public usage which cannot be predicted. USCIS and DOS cannot know at the end of September 2020 how quickly eligible applicants will file, nor can they know with complete accuracy how many applicants will actually be eligible to apply in the categories that are current.
If USCIS receives significantly more demand than anticipated as a result of "opening the floodgates" to filings, there is always the possibility of a correction in the form of retrogressing the final action dates and dates for filing. Some factors which may potentially distort the agencies' perception of outstanding demand may include a failure to consider the potential impact of I-140 petition downgrade filings, principals having much larger families file than usual (since each dependent takes up a visa number), and a lack of visibility to pending I-140 data. For AILA members with high volume employment-based practices, and who may still be operating at a skeletal in-office staff due to the pandemic, there is a concern that it may not be feasible to file all applications before the end of October 2020. While historically the Visa Bulletin was issued around the 10th of the month, it has of recently been issued around the 18th or 19th of each month, with the October 2020 Visa Bulletin being the latest release on record—the 24th. USCIS does not announce which chart it will be using for accepting adjustment of status applications until after DOS issues the Visa Bulletin. For this reason, members are advised that if a retrogression is announced, it will likely allow only a few days of reaction time before taking effect.
Information to consider
No one has a crystal ball, but the following may be helpful in understanding what factors go into how the final action dates and dates for filing are determined and whether USCIS will honor the dates for filing in a particular month:
USCIS's determination of whether to accept adjustment of status applications based upon the dates for filing as opposed to the final action dates, is based on a mathematical formula – if there are more visas available than demand, then USCIS will utilize the Dates for Filing chart.
DOS sets the October Dates for Filing based on where it believes the Final Action Dates will be no later than September of that fiscal year.
Many of the categories that are presently current have been current for some time now, so there may not be significant demand at this time in those categories. Moreover, it is hard to predict the demand in current categories.
The number of Indians/Chinese across all categories and including their derivative(s)who are eligible according under the October 2020 Visa Bulletin is far less than the total number of visas currently available, so there would still be visas available beyond their usage.
Anyone filing on or after October 13, 2020 must include the I-944, Declaration of Self-Sufficiency, where required, which will impede the ability to quickly file.
Historically, USCIS has used the Dates for Filing Charts to accept adjustment of status applications through December/January of the new fiscal year, even when there were significantly fewer available visas to exhaust.
Availability in EB-3 may be impacted by the number of "downgrade" requests USCIS receives.
DOS makes determinations of the upcoming month's final action dates and dates for filing are still made around the 9th of the month, despite the fact that the Visa Bulletin is issued much later in the month. The late issuance is attributable to a new approval process, as opposed to a change in the timing of the date calculations. Given some of the factors outlined above, it is more likely that the bulk of the EB adjustment of status filings will be received closer to the end of October 2020. This would make it more likely that the dates will continue to advance in November 2020 consistent with DOS's projections. However, since USCIS does not make its determination as to whether to honor the dates for filing until the end of the month, if massive volume is received in October, that might influence USCIS's decision whether to utilize the Dates for Filing chart.
Based on these factors, it is probable that USCIS will continue using the Dates for Filing chart beyond October 2020. However, there are no guarantees of what the Visa Bulletin will bring, nor which set of dates USCIS will honor for filing in November 2020. Charlie has reminded AILA on numerous occasions that applicants should always file as soon as the window of opportunity is available because no one—not even he—can guarantee when that window will close. Thus, although there is a strong possibility that the unprecedented supply of visas will keep the filing window open into November 2020 and beyond, it is prudent to file all applications as soon as it is possible to do so.
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As the streets are paved with gold, sure ev'ryone was gay;
Singing songs of Piccadilly, Strand and Leicester Square,
Till Paddy got excited, then he shouted to them there:
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It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know!
Good-bye Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!"
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Queer film fest at IIT-Bombay campus
Mumbai, Jan 30 (IBNS) Saathi, an LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) student group at Indian Institute Technology-Bombay (IIT-Bombay) is holding a screening of award winning gay & lesbian films from Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival at their campus as part of the on-going Queer Azaadi Mumbai (QAM) - LGBT pride week celebrations in the city.
The two day-screening to be held on Jan 30 and 31 aims to create awareness and sensitization on LGBTQ issues.
``Saathi is pleased to host Q´nema at IIT Bombay as a part of the pride week for QAM. This is our first event open to the general public and we hope to continue serving the community by hosting more events and awareness drives," said Nivvedan, a student of IIT-B and the main force behind Saathi.
The two-day screening will include award winning short films, documentaries and feature films from last year's Kashish 2012 festival as well as feature a panel discussion on censorship.
Yang Yang, filmmaker and festival curator from China, will be a special guest at the event.
There will also be a Q&A with young filmmakers Pradipta Ray and Nakshatra, who won awards at Kashish 2012.
"We are sensitive to the audience and specially showing films that appeal to the youth," said Sridhar Rangayan, festival director of Kashish and an IIT Alumni himself.
"In the 1980s when I was studying at IIT, there was a complete shroud of silence around this topic. I'm glad that my Alma Mater is now helping to raise awareness and sensitize people. It is time to sensitize the youth to be accepting of diversity," he said.
Harish Iyer, a member of the Queer Azaadi Mumbai collective, said: "Cinema has been a reflection of the society. In a nation that consumes cinema enormously, it is imperative that we use it as a medium of advocacy. I have seen more people mustering the courage to come out after watching queer themed films with their family."
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Tracking a Mysterious Group of Asteroid Outcasts
Posted on 4 August 2015 by Jay Tate
* A new NASA study has traced some members of the near-Earth asteroid population back to their likely source.
* The source may be the Euphrosyne family of dark, asteroids on highly inclined (or tilted) orbits in the outer asteroid belt.
* The study used data from NASA's NEOWISE space telescope, which has a second life following its reactivation in 2013.
High above the plane of our solar system, near the asteroid-rich abyss between Mars and Jupiter, scientists have found a unique family of space rocks. These interplanetary oddballs are the Euphrosyne (pronounced you-FROH-seh-nee) asteroids, and by any measure they have been distant, dark and mysterious — until now.
Distributed at the outer edge of the asteroid belt, the Euphrosynes have an unusual orbital path that juts well above the ecliptic, the equator of the solar system. The asteroid after which they are named, Euphrosyne — for an ancient Greek goddess of mirth — is about 156 miles (260 kilometers) across and is one of the 10 largest asteroids in the main belt. Current-day Euphrosyne is thought to be a remnant of a massive collision about 700 million years ago that formed the family of smaller asteroids bearing its name. Scientists think this event was one of the last great collisions in the solar system.
A new study conducted by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used the agency's orbiting Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope to look at these unusual asteroids to learn more about Near Earth Objects, or NEOs, and their potential threat to Earth.
NEOs are bodies whose orbits around the sun approach the orbit of Earth; this population is short-lived on astronomical timescales and is fed by other reservoirs of bodies in our solar system. As they orbit the sun, NEOs can occasionally have close approaches to Earth. For this reason alone — the safety of our home planet — the study of such objects is important.
As a result of their study, the JPL researchers believe the Euphrosynes may be the source of some of the dark NEOs found to be on long, highly inclined orbits. They found that, through gravitational interactions with Saturn, Euphrosyne asteroids can evolve into NEOs over timescales of millions of years.
NEOs can originate in either the asteroid belt or the more distant outer reaches of the solar system. Those from the asteroid belt are thought to evolve toward Earth's orbit through collisions and the gravitational influence of the planets. Originating well above the ecliptic and near the far edge of the asteroid belt, the forces that shape their trajectories toward Earth are far more moderate.
"The Euphrosynes have a gentle resonance with the orbit of Saturn that slowly moves these objects, eventually turning some of them into NEOs," said Joseph Masiero, JPL's lead scientist on the Euphrosynes study. "This particular gravitational resonance tends to push some of the larger fragments of the Euphrosyne family into near-Earth space."
By studying the Euphrosyne family asteroids with NEOWISE, JPL scientists have been able to measure their sizes and the amount of solar energy they reflect. Since NEOWISE operates in the infrared portion of the spectrum, it detects heat. Therefore, it can see dark objects far better than telescopes operating at visible wavelengths, which sense reflected sunlight. Its heat-sensing capability also allows it to measure sizes more accurately.
The 1,400 Euphrosyne asteroids studied by Masiero and his colleagues turned out to be large and dark, with highly inclined and elliptical orbits. These traits make them good candidates for the source of some of the dark NEOs the NEOWISE telescope detects and discovers, particularly those that also have highly inclined orbits.
NEOWISE was originally launched as an astrophysics mission in 2009 as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. It operated until 2011 and was then shut down. But the spacecraft, now dubbed NEOWISE, would get a second life. "NEOWISE is a great tool for searching for near-Earth asteroids, particularly high-inclination, dark objects," Masiero said.
There are over 700,000 asteroidal bodies currently known in the main belt that range in size from large boulders to about 60 percent of the diameter of Earth's moon, with many yet to be discovered. This makes finding the specific point of origin of most NEOs extremely difficult.
With the Euphrosynes it's different. "Most near-Earth objects come from a number of sources in the inner region of the main belt, and they are quickly mixed around," Masiero said. "But with objects coming from this family, in such a unique region, we are able to draw a likely path for some of the unusual, dark NEOs we find back to the collision in which they were born."
A better understanding of the origins and behaviors of these mysterious objects will give researchers a clearer picture of asteroids in general, and in particular the NEOs that skirt our home planet's neighborhood. Such studies are important, and potentially critical, to the future of humanity, which is a primary reason JPL and its partners continue to relentlessly track these wanderers within our solar system. To date, U.S. assets have discovered more than 98 percent of the known NEOs.
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Duke's Coach K says playing during the pandemic doesn't 'feel right to anybody'
by: CBS News
Legendary Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski criticized his sport's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday night, just weeks into the new season that's already seen dozens of coronavirus-related game cancelations or delays.
Following No. 10 ranked Duke's loss to No. 6 Illinois, Krzyzewski was asked in a post-game news conference about playing basketball as cases around the U.S. continue to grow and is expected to get worse approaching the holidays.
"I don't think it feels right to anybody," he said. "I mean everyone is concerned."
Coach K, as he is known, then ripped leadership in NCAA basketball, which is governed by conference commissioners.
"We made an assessment," he said. "I'm not sure who leads college basketball. It's done by committee… Anything that's led by committee is not agile in handling a situation."
"It wasn't like well-planned," he added. "We were going to start November 25. That was made without knowing where the vaccine was, how many cases. Basically, it was more a mentality of get as many games in as possible. And I would just like for the safety, the mental health and the physical health of players and staff to reassess where we're at."
He stopped short of calling for the season to be shut down, but urged the league to "reassess" the situation as virus-related deaths continue to mount and vaccines are expected to be deployed this month. Krzyzewski implied the NCAA is focused on revenue generated from March Madness and less about how it arrives to that point.
"I know the NCAA is worried about the end game," he said. "They're not as worried about the game we're playing right now."
Krzyzewski admitted that while his comments could be interpreted as frustration after a loss, he expressed concern over players who won't get to see their families over the holidays.
"A lot of kids aren't going to be able to go home for Christmas," he said. "It's probably a time where they should, for mental health. But we're just plowing through this."
Universities nationwide have been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. While some schools are moving mountains to get in football and basketball seasons, non-revenue generating sports have been cut.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (WNCN) - No. 20 Virginia Tech never conceded its early lead in a 74-67 win over No. 19 Duke.
Hunter Cattoor's layup punctuated an early flurry by the Hokies that produced an 11-2 lead less than four minutes into the game. Duke trimmed its early deficit to five only for Virginia Tech to go on a 14-2 surge to take a 31-14 lead with 8:37 to go in the first half.
DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) -- After a win over Wake Forest Saturday, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski talked about the riots at the U.S. Capitol earlier in the week.
Krzyzewski, who had missed a game because of COVID-19 protocols, said that Wednesday's events at the Capitol were "a horrible day" and called the incident "an insurrection."
by Associated Press / Jan 9, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Matthew Hurt scored a career-high 26 points to help No. 21 Duke beat Wake Forest 79-68 on Saturday in Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski's return from a one-game absence due to COVID-19 protocols.
Freshman DJ Steward added 21 points for the Blue Devils. Duke shot 51% and controlled the boards to extend its homecourt dominance in the long-running in-state series.
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Portrayed in this beautiful image is the spiral galaxy NGC 1448, with a prominent disc of young and very bright stars surrounding its small, shining core. Located about 60 million light-years away from the Sun, this galaxy has recently been a prolific factory of supernovae, the dramatic explosions that mark the death of stars : after a first one observed in this galaxy in 1983, two more have been discovered during the past decade.
Visible as a red dot inside the disc, in the upper right part of the image, is the supernova observed in 2003 (SN 2003hn), whereas another one, detected in 2001 (SN 2001el), can be noticed as a tiny blue dot in the central part of the image, just below the galaxy's core. If captured at the peak of the explosion, a supernova might be as bright as the whole galaxy that hosts it.
This image was obtained using the FORS instrument mounted on one of the 8.2-metre telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope on top of Cerro Paranal, Chile. It combines exposures taken through three filters (B, V, R) on several occasions, between July 2002 and the end of November 2003. The field of view is 7 arcminutes.
Image Credit: ESO
Explanation from: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1448-potw/
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27 Dec A New Year, A Time for Renewal of Your Goals – January 2019 Newsletter
The year 2019 at one time seemed so distant but now it is a reality. I habitually set aside quiet time for myself in November each year. I turn my mobile onto silent, ignore incoming e-mails and other calls and devote a couple of hours to reflect on the last year and then consider a strategy, goals and objectives for the ensuing year, both for personal and business at the same time.
I urge each of you, the students, to do the same. It is such an important step to take. Reflect on your progress to date and measure it against the point that you should have reached compared to the Study Time Guide. If you find that you have fallen behind, strategise to arrive at a solution that enables you to catch up and then to remain on track to complete the course withing the time allowed.
Take time to determine the your goals (you should not have more that two) and then set a series of objectives which will ensure that if followed properly, would ensure you of optimum success.
Write all of this down and keep your strategy, goals and objectives to achieve success on the course and keep them on an easily accessible file. This is very important so that each month you can review your progress and make timeous adjustments to ensure that you maintain direction and finally that you will succeed and achieve success.
I persevere with a number of students who have fallen way behind or even a little behind. You may ask the reason why I do this. The answer is very simple. I desire nothing more that to see each student succeed to the best of their individual abilities.
I am well aware that each one of you and I have to strike a balance between our full time occupations, our hobbies, our families and our studies. Yes I keep studying and will never stop!
I cannot prescribe how you should do this because each you are each individuals. At best I can only offer advice in a more general way as I have done here.
I wish each and every student and our many other readers, every success for 2019. Yes there will be challenges along the way, but if you keep to your plans, you will be able to make corrections along the way irrespective of what the reason may be, and still succeed.
On 12 December 2018, the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) conferred membership on Philip Hammond with the status "Philip Hammond", Educator Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers".
The IALD is based in Chicago, Illinois, the United States of America. They have Regional Chapters located in Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Greater China, Japan, India, Mexico, South East Asia, the UK and of course throughout the USA.
It is exciting to know that our courses are now available to all IALD members anywhere in the world.
I am honoured and privileged to be a member of this prestigious organisation.
I will communicate more important news to the students on our internal communications.
Scott Williamson, iGuzzini, Johannesburg on your graduation on 11 December 2018
We are pleased to welcome the following new students to BHA School of Lighting:
Mbongiseni Welcome Mkandla, Regent Lighting, Industria Johannesburg – BHASL003C19: Advanced Diploma in Illumination
Dean Boyce, Matriculant, Grassy Park, Cape Town – BHASL003C19: Advanced Diploma in Illumination
Erin Jones, Matriculant, Grassy Park, Cape Town – BHASL003C19: Advanced Diploma in Illumination
Your fellow students and I wish you a very happy birthday!
Pablo Albarello, Cape Town – 10 January
Kevin Moodley, Mossel Bay – 21 January
Rowan Joseph, Mossel Bay -29 January
Aadil Vahed, Park Rynie – 31 January
Lighting Matters
To read Phil's monthly column featured in EE Publishers' Vector Magazine click the link here – http://www.ee.co.za/article/lighting-matters-on-the-subject-of-luminaires.html
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ALL COURSES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
All courses are now offered to students from anywhere in the world. Courses can be paid in USD, GBP or EUR currencies and may be paid via Forex to our Investec Bank Account.
For more details contact Philip via phil@bhalighting.co.za or Mobile: +27-81-523 5374
Many of you know that I have belonged to a Business Breakfast Club since 2012 and continue to enjoy the fellowship and networking that results. The members are a special group of enthusiastic yet fun-loving, community minded people.
Two of the members are a wonderfully kind lady, Sharon Constable and a very amusing yet equally serious gentleman named Malcolm Lips. Over and above their profession as financial advisers to high net worth individuals, they passionately promote and help a school in one of the less privileged suburbs in Cape Town known as Grassy Park. The school is Fairmount Secondary School, Grassy Park, Cape Town. It was due to the hard work of Malcolm and Sharon over time that a school brass band was established.
It was based on knowledge that I acquired from my association with Malcolm and Sharon at our Business Club, that I offered to give two young matriculants the opportunity to enrol for the Advanced Diploma in Illumination Engineering at absolutely no cost whatsoever. They would be personally selected by the principal of the school, Mr Terrence Klassen, after informing the group matriculants at the school about the opportunity. After their internal selection process had been completed, the headmaster and I arranged to meet together with the young gentlemen. It was a real pleasure to meet them and to experience their excitement, enthusiasm and sincere appreciation.
Please join me in welcoming two delightful young gentlemen to the BHASL003C19: Advanced Diploma in Illumination Engineering course. I know that they will do very well. I hope that they will seize the opportunity to make their mark after their graduation at the end of 2020.
Now, I challenge you. How can you make a difference in your community?
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY WHICH IS PART OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ON BANKING
During 2018, in my monthly column titled "Lighting Matters" in the Vector Magazine, I have focused on this latest revolution. I have continued the topic in the January 2019 column.
Here is an excerpt from the above January column: "
Prof Schwab also writes that there is also the potential peril in the Fourth Industrial Revolution due to increased social tensions as a result of socio-economic changes that could create a segregated job market. Wow, that is something that deserves serious consideration. It divides the job market into "low-skill/low-pay and High-skill/High-pay". Typically, first-adopters of technology are the ones with the financial means to secure it, and that technology can catapult their continued success increasing the economic gaps. Some jobs will become obsolete.
I wonder how many of you have heard of Yuval Noah Harari, an Israeli historian and a tenured professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of the international bestsellers; "Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind", "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" and "21 Lessons for the 21st Century". All worth a read. He wrote an article about the continuing rapid progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and goes on to state that by 2050, a new class of people will emerge called the "useless people". People who will be uniformed, will not have kept up with technologies, who became unemployed and in fact unemployable. That is certainly a scary thought, especially in the South African context where our unemployment rate is already 27.8% of the economically active group of the 57,683,814 on 4 December 2018. That means that some 5.98 million people are unemployed compare to 16 million who are employed."
BANKING ON THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION
On April 21 1981, Standard Bank introduced 25 ATMs around Johannesburg, one of the first rollouts of ATMs by a major bank.
At first the IBM 3624 ATMs operated only from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday, and it took 20 seconds for a cash withdrawal, while you would have to wait 60 seconds for a balance inquiry.
Thirty-seven years later there are considerably more ATMs around the country, but you can also do your banking at any time on any day on just about any device — while online or on an app on your phone or even while on social media, all within seconds.
Those ATMs could be considered an early form of fintech; a bank spokesperson told the Rand Daily Mail at the time that they would ultimately perform 90% of teller duties.
The introduction of ATMs were a disruptor, shifting customers from the bank to outside where they engaged with technology to get their money that before would have been accessed from inside the branch.
The main thrust is that banks are looking into AI as a way to cut costs
Recently, a similar shift has taken hold as South African banks have embarked on digitalisation. According to a Citi GPS report on the Bank of the Future released this year, globally banks are the biggest investors outside the tech space in artificial intelligence (AI). The banking securities sector poured $1.9bn into AI in 2016 and this is expected to jump to $7.5bn (R107.5bn) in 2019.
Co-Pierre Georg, an associate professor at the African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management at the University of Cape Town, said that he expected to see two major developments in the coming years.
The first is the emergence of online banks like BankZero and TymeDigital as branches increasingly become a relic of a time before smartphones. The second is disintermediation as more will be possible without the help of intermediaries, starting from payment services, forex transactions and even parts of the loan book.
Georg said AI had already changed banking and would continue to do so.
"There are some applications, such as robo-advisers, where AI improves the customer experience. But the main thrust is that banks are looking into AI as a way to cut costs.
"The effect will be that a large number of jobs in the financial services industry will be lost."
The current system was inefficient and the cost of compliance enormous. Automation and big data were expected to solve some of these inefficiencies, but the consequence was that fewer people would be needed for the same services.
During Standard Bank's results presentation, CEO Sim Tshabalala said the cost of a transaction on digital channels was much less for clients than in a branch or at an ATM, but that was putting pressure on revenue.
"The volumes are increasing but the pricing is much less on electronic channels … [yet] the cost of product and service delivery is still the same because we haven't fundamentally changed the infrastructure."
There will be a big drive towards customer self-service on the latest social media platforms Arrie Rautenbach, CEO of Absa's Retail & Business Banking.
But Mark Brits, a senior GM at the Banking Association SA, said while there would be job losses there would also be new jobs created.
Brits said it was difficult to make a prediction on job losses, as a large portion of the country still favoured cash and many South Africans did not have smartphones and were therefore excluded from the new system.
Raj Makanjee, CEO of FNB Retail, said "The bank's aim was to complement and enhance rather than replace human capital. We invest in our people to take advantage of technology and automation for a better service."
Over the years, IT-based roles at FNB have increased significantly, with IT and IT-related roles accounting for close to 15% of the workforce.
Makanjee said automation offered significant improvement in areas where repetitive tasks could be performed optimally by machines that learn and self-improve.
He said that, for instance, in areas such as judgmental credit (when an assessor approves or declines a credit application), the introduction of automated credit decision models resulted in the less complex decisions being automated and that freed the judgmental credit assessors to focus on the more complex matters.
Brits said in the next five to 10 years he expected SA to still have a mixed offering of digital and brick-and-mortar branches, but there would be a reduction in branch networks and more ATMs.
But branch network reduction has not yet taken hold as a number of banks increase the number of locations.
Capitec last year bought a 40% stake in Creamfinance for à21m (R348m) that will form part of the group's online lending capabilities and offer advanced credit scoring through machine-learning capabilities. The group is also rolling out 15 branches without cashiers.
Capitec said it was not replacing employees, but had consultants to assist clients with more complex transactions. The group said its view on automation and AI was that it was not meant to replace people, but rather enhance human capabilities.
Absa, which recently launched ChatBanking on WhatsApp and Samsung Pay, said its technology unit had invested about R350m in the past three and a half years in automation technologies, specifically robotics and AI, which include voice and face recognition as well as fraud detection.
Arrie Rautenbach, CEO of Absa's Retail & Business Banking, said, a big portion of Absa's workforce would be supplemented by AI and other supplementary automation technologies in the future.
"There will be a big drive towards customer self-service on the latest social media platforms and bolstering existing channels, enabled through integration with voice assistants such as Alexa or Siri and augmented and fully virtualised banking services," said Rautenbach.
BHA SCHOOL OF LIGHTING – 27 DECEMBER 2018
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Nowadays, thanks to modern wireless communications technology, it is quite easy to connect Android to a PC via Wi-Fi. Moreover, there are several different options for how to do it. The user can not only access the files, but he also has an opportunity to fully remotely control the gadget.
Of course, to make this possible, we need to install special applications on both PC and smartphone (or tablet). But this should not be a problem. You can easily find any program on Google Play. So, let's analyze how to connect the gadget with Android OS to a PC through the air.
After the launch, the application will assign the IP-address to your phone. You will need to type this IP in your browser or file explorer on the computer. After that, you will have an access to the smartphone's files on your computer. There are other programs, such as "AirDroid".
Note that the FTP-server allows you to work exclusively with files contained in the internal memory and the flash card. If you need the access to messages, phone book and other applications on your phone, you can use "MyPhoneExplorer".
This is a handy utility that allows complete access. In this case, you are free to delete contacts, send messages and so on.
Now you only have to enter the PIN-code and the name of the connected smartphone.
Moreover, the name can be any of your choice. It is entered for your convenience – in the future you will know which device you are working with.
Now you know how to get access to the Android phone from a PC via Wi-Fi.
Sometimes it is not over. The Wi-Fi connection is most commonly used to access the Internet on the smartphone. But what if you do not have a wireless router, but the laptop is connected to the Internet via cable? In this case, you can share a Wi-Fi from your laptop. At the same time, all connected devices will have access to the global network. Thus, let us explain how to do it in details.
To use Windows built-in tools.
Install the utility made by other developer.
The first option does not require you to find and install additional software. It implies PC configuring by using the command line. In fact, all you need is to execute two commands. Let's analyze this process in details.
To begin, launch the required service. This is done as follows: press the Start +R key combination. In the window that appears, write CMD and press «Enter».
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="My_virtual_WiFi" key="12345678" keyUsage=persistent – This will install the appropriate driver and create a virtual Wi-Fi adapter. In addition, it will create a virtual wireless network. Here, the SSID is the name of the distribution; the KEY is the password that will be required to connect.
Now you need to run the created distribution. To do this, type the following command – netsh wlan start hostednetwork.
To stop the distribution, enter netsh wlan stop hostednetwork.
So, now you are distributing Wi-Fi, but users still cannot connect to you and do not have access to the Internet. To fix this, you need to configure the sharing. To do this, right-click the network icon in the system tray. Select "Network and Sharing Center".
Open the "Change advanced sharing settings". It is necessary to enable the detection and sharing at all points, and to disable password protection. Save the settings and return to the control center.
Here you can see all the available connections of the computer. Our virtual distribution will be called "Wireless Connection 2". We need to select the connection which the computer connects to the Internet with. Right-click it and select "Properties".
Go to the tab "Access". Next, set a checkmark in the "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection" line.
Select your virtual network in the line "Home networking connection". Click "OK". The setup procedure is completed. Now all connected users will have access to the Internet.
Specify the Internet connection that provides access to the Internet.
As you can see, everything is easy. The first option is better by the fact that you don't need to install any utilities. At the same time it works more stably and safely. The second option is more easy to setup and use, but sometimes there may be some problems and failures. But, it happens very rarely. It depends on you which option to choose.


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QSC Introduces Q-SYS Control Training Series
QSC has launched a Q-SYS Control Training series. Much like the Q-SYS Training Level 1 & 2, this new series includes Q-SYS Control 101, which is an online introductory course with 20 new videos that help lay the foundation for programming, and Q-SYS Control 201 classroom training, which applies this foundation onto common third-party meeting room devices and control scenarios.
Q-SYS Control 101 is ideal for those integrators looking for their first exposure to control programming training, or for those programming experts who want to apply their existing knowledge specifically to the Q-SYS Platform. The online course covers Q-SYS plugins, custom control components, the new Block Controller visual coding tool, and a basic introduction to modern Lua scripting. Available now, Q-SYS Control 101 takes approximately 4-5 hours to complete and offers 2.5 AVIXA CTS renewal units (RUs) at its conclusion.
Q-SYS Control 201 is a one-day classroom-training that incorporates dedicated Q-SYS workstations and common third-party devices allowing students to apply the learning from Control 101 to real-world applications and scenarios. QSC has trained its global application engineering team and select distributors to administer the curriculum in an effort to help more integrators and programmers experience the robust power of software-based control. Q-SYS Control 201 classes begin this month, offering 4.0 AVIXA CTS RUs after successful completion.
"The Q-SYS Platform offers a unique approach to AV control, achieving more flexibility and scalability than any control platform, all without dedicated control hardware," said Patrick Heyn, director of marketing, QSC Systems. "This new training curriculum represents a major milestone for Q-SYS by pairing a simplified control paradigm with an equally simplified way of learning control. Our training takes full advantage of the modern scripting languages and innovative tools available in Q-SYS Designer Software to teach fundamental programming principles in a matter of days rather than weeks and months. Moreover, we are proud to deliver this content in a way that is fun, interactive and accessible for programmers of all levels. I can't wait for the AV community to take this new journey with us!"


In the past few years, the mobile market has undergone tremendous evolution. The number of smartphones has been continuously increasing in double-digit figures each passing day. Without any second thought, we can say that India has been no exception in this evolution of the smartphone.As a matter of fact, the smartphones have become the core component of modern consumer's life. We all know that mobile devices have opened up a huge potential target market for all types of businesses. Smartphones have given a wide opportunity to both small and big businesses for marketing and advertising. With the help of smartphones, you can easily boost the revenues which mobile industry is already witnessing.
Mobile Applications: In-app display advertising units, branded mobile applications, integrated ads, sponsored mobile applications, etc.
Mobile Web: Rich media mobile ads, mobile web banner ads, text tagline ads, etc.
Mobile Video and TV Advertising: Linear and nonlinear ad breaks, interactive TV ads, mobile videos, etc.
Multimedia Messaging Service: Audio and video advertisement, full ads, long text and short text ads, banner ads, etc.
Mobile advertising in Digital Marketing industry is not just growing, it is profitably flourishing. With this growth, the future of mobile market certainly promises to be bigger and better with each passing day for the mobile application industry.
Native Advertising: The concept of native advertising is that it matches the form and function of the device on which it appears. In simple words, it uses device-specific information for targeted ad campaigns. Native advertising is very beneficial for in-app environments such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook.
Mobile Video Advertising: Mobile video advertising is the most popular and fastest growing advertising format in the mobile advertising industry. The well-known marketers and advertisers are preferring mobile video advertising to promote their products and services. You can develop creative video advertisements for smartphones which are supported by multiple video formats. Further, you can share those video ads on several social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. It gradually enhances your consumer reach.
Mobile Gaming: In this era of the smartphone, there is n number of imaginable things that you can perform with the help of your smartphone. By going with research, it reveals that users spend a sizeable amount of time in mobile gaming. Mobile gaming has gained the attention of the marketers and advertisers and this gives a thumbs-up to multiple businesses all across the world. Gaming ad experience is very effective and efficient in-app advertising platform.
Interactive Advertising: Interactive advertising has the power to engage n number of users. You just need to focus on where to publish these ads by keeping your business's targeted audience in mind.
Mobile Chats And Coupons: Nowadays, mobile chats have become the most preferred way to communicate with any brand. This enables smartphone users to connect with the brand, ask queries, request services, make purchases, etc. Mobile coupon is the best way to create interaction with the user. Allow them to redeem the coupons for online shopping, in-app purchases, etc.
Application Promotion: Application promotion has become easier with mobile advertising. Paid application discovery and installing new marketing campaigns are becoming very popular each passing day. It helps you in targeting the right audience that gradually enhances the growth of your business.
Utilization Of Wearables: Wearables have become the new favorite thing on the planet. It comprises of IoT, fitness bands, smart watches, etc. Consumers have emotional touch with these wearables and gadgets. You can use these gadgets to promote your business utilizing mobile advertising.
Most of the Digital marketing companies/agencies have acquired these ongoing marketing and advertising trends. These popular trends in mobile advertising and app marketing are playing a vital role in the growth of Digital Marketing industry by benefitting many Digital marketers in India as well.
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The Observed Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Southeast Atlantic...
Dzambo, A., T. L'Ecuyer, O. Sy, and S. Tanelli (2019), The Observed Structure and Precipitation Characteristics of Southeast Atlantic Stratocumulus from Airborne Radar during ORACLES 2016-17, J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 58, 2197-2215, doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0032.1.
During the ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS (ORACLES) 2016 and 2017 field experiments, the 3rd Generation Advanced Precipitation and cloud Radar (APR-3) flew aboard the NASA P-3 aircraft taking over 10 million profiles of stratocumulus clouds in the southeast Atlantic Ocean. This study documents cloud structure, precipitation frequency and intensity, and atmospheric stability for each flight during both field experiments. A larger cloud fraction was estimated for 2016, likely due to a larger estimated inversion strength (EIS) in the experiment area (between 6-10 K) compared to 2017 where EIS was on average 4-6 K lower. We used an optimal estimation retrieval to derive precipitation rates for all measurable clouds during both experiments. Over 30% of clouds observed during the 2016 experiment exhibited precipitation reaching the surface, but retrieved drizzle rates were below 0.01 mm h−1 in all but 40% of these profiles. This is in sharp contrast to the 2017 campaign where over 53% of precipitating profiles had rainfall rates larger than 0.01 mm hr−1. The differences in cloud and rain fractions between the two years are most likely due to differences in the sampling environments; however, enough variations in cloud, virga and rain fraction exist for similar environmental conditions such that further analysis of cloud and aerosol interactions – specifically their effect on precipitation processes – needs further exploration. The extensive APR-3 sampling of drizzling stratocumulus under similar thermodynamic conditions provides a rich dataset for examining the influence of biomass burning aerosols on cloud fraction, morphology and precipitation characteristics in this climatically important region.
Atmospheric Dynamics and Precipitation Program (ADP)
Page Editor: Bernie Luna


Morningstar's 'Bucket Portfolio' is typical of so-called Lazy Portfolios — static investing strategies that never change the percentages allocated to a set of index funds. Fortunately, with one easy fix, we can add an amazing 3½ percentage points to the annualized return of Morningstar's portfolio. The answer demonstrates a basic use of the 'momentum factor' — a rule that economists have proven in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
This column is Part 2. Part 1 appeared on Nov. 6, 2018.
The graph above shows a 45-year simulation of the performance of Morningstar's "Aggressive Bucket Retirement Portfolio." As explained in my previous column, this investing strategy for 401(k) plans, IRAs, and brokerage accounts holds nine mutual funds in specific percentages at all times.
Because of the static allocations to each of the index funds, the Bucket Portfolio cannot adapt to market conditions. There is no formula to tilt the portfolio toward those assets that are in uptrends and out of assets that are in downtrends.
As a result, over the past 45 years, the Bucket Portfolio would have produced an ending value about half as much as a buy-and-hold of the S&P 500. (Both strategies include dividends.) Someone starting with $100,000 as a young person would end up with $4.19 million in the Bucket Portfolio but twice as much — $8.37 million — in the S&P 500. Naturally, someone in retirement could withdraw a lot more to live on from the index, which had an annualized rate of return of 10.3%, than the Bucket Portfolio with its return of only 8.7%.
Ending up with half the wealth at the end of a lifetime of investing might be justified if the Bucket Portfolio kept bear-market losses to a bare minimum. However, the Bucket's worst loss, more than –31%, is beyond what many or most individual investors would tolerate. Yes, it's better than the S&P 500's –51% maximum drawdown. But losing more than 30% of your life savings still would compel a lot of people to liquidate their holdings to stop the emotional pain.
The graph above was generated by the Quant simulator. This program was developed by Mebane Faber, co-author of The Ivy Portfolio. I consider it a simulator rather than a backtester, because Quant contains no data on individual stocks. Instead, it's one of the few tools that includes the actual performances of indexes such as developed-market stocks, REITs, commodities, bonds, etc. It also subtracts transaction costs and fees. The program can be requested from Faber as a free bonus upon a $399 subscription to his Idea Farm Newsletter.
Are the Quant simulations reliable? They're a close approximation to what a strategy might do if markets continue to have rallies and crashes in the future, as they have for hundreds of years. Of course, four decades ago there were no index funds, and trading costs were not as low as they are today. But if we want to take advantage of modern index funds — and we definitely do — tools like Quant give us an objective way to compare strategies. All we can really say is that Strategy A might be better than Strategy B, which might be better than Strategy C, but that's saying quite a lot. The returns of the future will never be exactly the same as in the past. Just consider Quant to be a comparative tool, not a crystal ball.
One reason for the expected underperformance of the Bucket Portfolio is its large allocation of 8% to cash (such as a money-market fund). This stash of cash is intended to make individual investors "stay the course" during crashes rather than switching out of stocks during market panics. The idea is that a person or a couple who have two years' worth of living expenses — safe in the bank — can ignore the plunges of 30% to 50% that the S&P 500 subjects investors to once every 10 years, on average.
Does Benz know of any academic studies showing that holding 8% of one's wealth in cash really prevents individuals from selling their stocks during a widespread panic? "No, I don't," she said. Her concept of three mental compartments — keeping 8% in cash, 35% in bond-like assets, and 57% in equity-like assets — is often said to originate from strategists such as Harold Evensky, as stated in a Sept. 19, 2016, Morningstar article.
Evensky, a financial adviser and co-author of The New Wealth Management, has his own ideas. In an interview with Robert Huebscher of Advisor Perspectives, Evensky said the three-bucket approach has some "really serious fatal flaws." He pointed to the rebalancing requirements, transaction expenses, and tax drag as reasons the strategy is ineffective.
"It just does not seem practical or feasible, and no one has explained to me how it can be done," Evensky said. He himself uses a simpler, two-bucket approach in his own practice.
For years, financial authorities thought mere diversification could provide superior returns as well as adequate protection against crashes. But in the early 1990s, researchers proved with academic rigor that assets with price gains in the past 3 to 12 months are statistically likely to rise for one more month.
What if you forget about the "three buckets" and add a momentum rule to Morningstar's portfolio? At the beginning of each month, make sure you're holding the three index funds (out of nine) that have the strongest momentum, based on their total return over the past 3, 6, and 12 months.
The result is amazingly robust. The momentum version of the Bucket Portfolio would have double the dollar gain of the Lazy Portfolio version within a matter of years. Over the entire 45-year period shown in the graph above, the momentum version would have an ending value more than four times that of the vanilla Bucket Portfolio, according to the Quant simulator. And your maximum drawdown during the 2007–2009 financial crisis would have been only –15%. That's not even a bear market in your life savings!
In the next part of this column, we'll see exactly how this simple step works to improve a portfolio and how we can best use it.
Parts 3 and 4 of this column appear on Nov. 13 and 15, 2018.


Thanks again Mats Linder for this gift as well! This is another rare catalogue with a carpet I only seen once.
The "Discos" carpet was designed in 1969 as far as I know so the catalogue should be from this time as well.


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A five track introduction to Steve Knightley
Monday | 15.01.2018
The award-winning songwriter Steve Knightley places tremendous importance on the delivery of a story. The songs he has written as both a solo artist and member of the acclaimed folk duo Show of Hands often tell a captivating tale and his forthcoming run of solo dates aim to allow him to do the same, in between the songs. Expect stories and anecdotes from an eventful career at Steve's Band on the Wall-promoted performance at Hallé St Peter's on 3rd February, and ahead of it, check out our five track introduction to the man and his music, below.
Show of Hands – Country Life
Life in the British countryside can be idyllic, but it can also be terribly trying for those in its villages and at the heart of its farming and agricultural communities. Economic and societal change has challenged many who observe a traditional 'country way of life' and that's a topic approached in this cleverly-crafted Show of Hands number, lifted from their 2003 album of the same name. A candid and scathing retort to the conditions that brought about such difficulties; it does what any great political folk song should and makes us consider the wider situation as well as the affect our actions have upon it. It's a rabble-rousing track with wonderful folk fiddling and a gripping harmonica solo, but also lends itself to stripping down, with the lyrics becoming the focal point. Classic songwriting and Knightley at his best.
Bob Dylan – Girl from the North Country
A defining composition from the Bob Dylan songbook and one which was recently chosen to title an Old Vic theatre production utilising his compositions; it's no surprise that Girl from the North Country has known so many covers and incarnations. First recorded in '63, re-recorded with Johnny Cash in 1969 and tackled later by artists like Roy Harper and Leon Russell, it too has left its mark on many a musician including Knightley, who covered it for his 2011 album Live in Somerset. Knightley's version begins much like the original, with acoustic guitar, harmonica and voice the only audible presences, but then unfolds with a soft and warm folk arrangement, featuring strings, lap steel guitar and accordion. A beautiful arrangement of a near-indisputable folk classic.
Steve Knightley – Track of Words
The term 'lost album' may conjure up thoughts of The Beach Boys' once-abandoned SMiLE project, or even Gene Clark's criminally overlooked country-noir masterwork No Other, but Steve Knightley's Track of Words is something of a lost album too. Originally recorded in 1999, it was revisited by Knightley, producer/engineer Mark Tucker and Show of Hands bandmate Phil Beer a decade later for the subsequent Track of Words – Retraced release and captures the title song in particular with clarity and precision. A composition affirming the power of words, Knightley sings 'I lay a track of words before you, so let them be your guide', offering a comfort echoed in the song's sparse but warmly modulating instrumentation. It shows a contrast to the political poignancy of a song like Country Life, inviting an intimacy through the lyrics and recording.
Steve Knightley – The Keeper
Originally recorded for Show of Hands' 1995 album Lie of the Land, Knightley's ballad The Keeper, which tells the tale of a gamekeeper involved in the battle of the somme, was re-recorded in 2004 for a collaborative album with since-famed folk musician Seth Lakeman and singer-songwriter Jenna Witts, just 16-years-old at the time. Writing for the Living Tradition, Jane Brace said of the 2004 version 'Seth [Lakeman] has breathed brilliant new life into Steve's The Keeper… adding a "Jacky Boy" chorus merely hinted at in Steve's more downbeat original'. The song's solemnity and autobiographical delivery reference deep-rooted folk songwriting traditions and the song possesses a timeless quality; a virtue of its ever-relevant subject matter. He performs it solo in the below video.
Traditional – Ratecliffe Highway
Featuring on his latest album All At Sea, a companion to his tour of the same name, which saw Knightley performing numbers from his repertoire of 'songs of seafarers, wreckers, traders, lovers and smugglers' at Coastal venues throughout the country, the traditional number is one well known among traditional folk fans. It's familiar modulations, the likes of which were given new life by such artists as Bert Jansch and Martin Carthy in the sixties, lend it to solo performance and make it a most enthralling listen. Described by Mike Yates as 'one of the most notorious thoroughfares of early 19th century London' the Highway and song dedicated to it have captivated a host of folk singers and when Knightley performs it, it affords him the opportunity to play his mandocello, something of a baritone mandolin with a wonderful tone.
Saturday | 03.02.18
Steve Knightley (Show of Hands) at Hallé St Peter's, Manchester
Band on the Wall, Manchester


Each month throughout the year there are atleast one or two festivals for us Gonds. From amongst all the festivals, Divadi is the biggest festival. In order to worship the "Padmalpuri" female diety and "Ravudk" male dieties, they use the "Kodal" mask, peacock feathered headdresses, mortars, animal skins, and a variety of different kinds of drums (para, veṭṭe, tuḍum, ani ḍapk) and dancing sticks.
From the day of bogi until the day of kolaboḍi the Gusadi dancers (gusaḍk), and the dikḍiyalir (young men dressed as ladies), continue to worship those deities. During these days our people take the ḍandari to another village, where they are welcomed and reciprocate the treatment they themselves received [the previous year].


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S&P futures moved about 40 points off their highs of the morning, before posting a slight rebound off the lows late in the morning. They are finishing the morning session only down slightly.
Commodity stocks continue to be under pressure pre-open (down 4%-6%), as many of the commodities are weak this morning. Among them: platinum is down 7%, copper is down 5%, and gold is down 4%. The dollar is showing strength again, with the dollar index up for the seventh day in a row.
It's another busy earnings morning today. While several companies beat estimates in the past quarter, one thing trend was clear: companies were cautious to pessimistic on the upcoming quarter.
1) UPSbeat estimates despite lower U.S. domestic volume, which fell 3.4% in the quarter. Its international operations, which posted a 7% INCREASE in volume, along with strength in its supply chain division, helped the company's results. With greater concerns over the U.S. economy and consumer spending, the company is guiding towards the low-end of its previously-announced $3.50-$3.70 range for the full year. Analysts are expecting full-year results of $3.57. The CEO also remarked that a U.S. economic recovery may not happen until 2010.
3) Potash is up 4% pre-open following its earnings beat. Higher prices helped its Q3 results to beat both analysts' estimates and the company's own expectations. Despite the stock's rise in the pre-open, keep in mind the stock is down 72% from its June high, as concerns over slower global demand have significantly plagued the company. While Potash expects strong demand to continue in the long term, it does see some risk in the near term, and guides to the low end of its previous $12-$13 EPS guidance for the full year – which may come in just slightly below the analysts' estimate of $12.55.
4) While Black & Deckeralso beat estimates for the past quarter, it sees weaker consumer confidence and slowing global economies in the next quarter. Its guides significantly below analysts' estimates ($0.70-$0.90 vs. $1.13 est.).
The Wall Street Journal reports that Goldman Sachs intends to lay off 10% of its staff (about 3,250 job cuts) in the ongoing staff reductions across Wall Street financial firm.


You are in a good place, as your daughters are old enough to do a lot of the fun extras that younger kids might be age-restricted from doing.
My first recommendation would be the Wild Africa Trek. It is not inexpensive, but you get a lot for your money. Think of it as a combination of backstage tour, lunch, thrill experiences, and direct and unfettered (almost) access to the animal areas.
You all have to wear close-toed shoes with a backstrap.
I hope that this helps? Write me back if you had something else in mind!