Burger King, Sidney's newest business, is now open for business at 416 N. Central at the Shops at Fox Run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Sidney was chosen for their newest restaurant because of its high traffic location on Highway 200. There are also plans for expansion into Williston. The Sidney store currently has 55 employees but they are hiring.
Bowling: Just like a massive mechanical pin-setting machine, there are a lot of moving parts when you operate a small business. "It's been really good - I mean, sometimes it can be stressful," says Trent Hunskor, "but it actually is really a lot of fun to do." Hunskor is the owner and operator of Lam's Lanes on Main Street in Newburg. Last year, with the help of his parents, the 17-year-old fixed up the city's beloved 4-lane bowling alley, got up to speed on the nuts and bolts, and flipped on the neon "open" sign. Newburg is NNE of Minot, off the main road about midway between Mohall and Bottineau.
Friday, December 7, 2018
North American Rig Location
From D'GIS Consulting. This post will be linked at "Data Links" under "Data Base" and "Maps and Metrics." This one's a good one. A huge thanks to D'GIS Consulting.
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Wage Inflation? Nope. Not Enough Workers? Nope. Economy Booming? Nope. Fed Plans To Raise Rates To Slow The Economy? Yup -- December 7, 2018
... and then folks wonder what the market is tanking. This has nothing to do with tariffs. This is all about the Fed.
From CNBC: job growth falls short of expectations in November.
I quit tracking "jobs" data some months ago. As a reminder, linked at the sidebar at the right:
I had a dozen pair of very expensive cowboy boots, each with a different exotic leather, including shark, elk, elephant, ostrich, that I had purchased over the years, mostly from a western boot and clothing store at the south end of Williston, on the west side of the street. I'm sure folks remember that store. The first purchases were made in the 1970s; most in the early 80s. Most of the boots had never been worn; all were in pristine condition, and all in original boxes.
About one year ago, I gave them all away -- free, no receipt, no tax write-off, nothing -- I simply walked into a western boot store on Main Street, Grapevine, TX, asked the owner if she would like a dozen pair of incredibly nice boots. She had a huge business in re-selling top-of-the-line boots. All I wanted was to make sure the boots got a nice home. I took photographs of all of them and that was it. Never looked back. I don't know her name; she doesn't know mine.
I never thought about the possibility the boots might have been confiscated had I taken them to California.
And yes, one was python.
From CNBC: job growth falls short of expectations in November.
- 155,000 payrolls created vs 198,000 estimate -- see below -- using the new numbers, 155,000 is right at "economic stagnation"
- nonfarm payrolls increased by 155,000 in November, the Labor Department says
- economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting payroll growth of 198,000
- the average hourly earnings gain of 0.2 percent fell short of estimates for a 0.3 percent increase
- October's jobs count was revised lower from an initially reported 250,000 to 237,000.
I quit tracking "jobs" data some months ago. As a reminder, linked at the sidebar at the right:
The Magic Numbers (changed with the Trump administration -- see earlier pages -- at the link -- for previous "magic numbers")
First time claims, unemployment benefits: 275,000 (> 250,000: economic stagnation)
New jobs: 150,000 (< 150,000 new jobs: economic stagnation)Economists estimate the labor market needs to create about 125,000 jobs a month to keep the unemployment rate steady, though estimates vary -- Reuters.
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And With This, I Think I Will Call It A Morning -- See You Later Today
I had a dozen pair of very expensive cowboy boots, each with a different exotic leather, including shark, elk, elephant, ostrich, that I had purchased over the years, mostly from a western boot and clothing store at the south end of Williston, on the west side of the street. I'm sure folks remember that store. The first purchases were made in the 1970s; most in the early 80s. Most of the boots had never been worn; all were in pristine condition, and all in original boxes.
About one year ago, I gave them all away -- free, no receipt, no tax write-off, nothing -- I simply walked into a western boot store on Main Street, Grapevine, TX, asked the owner if she would like a dozen pair of incredibly nice boots. She had a huge business in re-selling top-of-the-line boots. All I wanted was to make sure the boots got a nice home. I took photographs of all of them and that was it. Never looked back. I don't know her name; she doesn't know mine.
I never thought about the possibility the boots might have been confiscated had I taken them to California.
And yes, one was python.
Re-Posting: Millennials -- December 7, 2018
Locator: 10001DEMOG.
Updates
] July 12, 2025: link here.
Generation Alpha (Gen Alpha for short) are the demographic group coming after Generation Z.
According to researchers and popular media sources, Gen Alpha starts as early as 2010 and ends in 2024 or 2025.
Several sources specify 2013 as the start date and an ending year of 2028.
This generation was named after the first letter in the Greek alphabet. Most members of Generation Alpha are children of Millennials.
July 12, 2025: link here.
Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), also known as zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha.
Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years, with the generation loosely being defined as people born around 1997 to 2012.
Most members of Generation Z are the children of Generation X.
July 12, 2025: link here.
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z.
Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with the generation typically being defined as people born from 1981 to 1996.
Most millennials are the children of Baby Boomers. In turn, millennials are often the parents of Generation Alpha.
January 9, 2025: Xennials, 1977 - 1983. Wiki entry.
- coined 2014
- micro-generation: on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts
- analog childhood and digital young adulthood
- analog: "the big hand is on the 9 and the little hand ..."
- digital: flashing digits
- added to ODE, 2020; added to OED, 2021
- 1977 - 1983 (1980)
- 14 years old: 1994 --
- Jeff Bezos founded Cadabra, later named Amazon
- 20 years old: 2000
- dot-com bubble burst
- Compaq iPaq: first wi-fi-enabled device
- GPS authorized by Congress for public use
- personal milestones
- our first daughter: 1979
- our second daughter: 1983
May 9, 2023: Gen A (alpha: born after 2010); first mention. Sophia.
April 16, 2022: how Gallup "defines" the generations, or, link here (wiki, slightly different):
- generation Z (born 1997 - 2004): 18 - 25 years old. Arianna (2003), maybe Olivia (2007).
- millennials (Y) (born 1981 - 1996): 26 - 41 years old. Laura (1983)
- generation X (born 1965 - 1980): 42 - 57 years old. Kiri (1979), Josh.
- baby boomers (born 1946 - 1964): 58 - 76 years old. Bruce, May.
- traditionalists (born before 1946): over 76 years old.
March 2, 2019: two "wings" of Millennials -- generation Y (1981 - 1991) and generation Z (1991 - 2001). Broad definition of "millennials": those reaching adulthood in the early 21st century. That's a very, very wide range. That would almost include some 30-ish year-old parents with teenage millennials -- in other words, millennials raising millennials.
December 8, 2018: see also --
- 2030 - turning point in US demographics; aging population (defined as >65 years of age)
- infoplease
- 0 to 19: 80 million: (generation Z, iGen)
- 20 to 34: 60 million (the millennials)
- 35 to 54: 80 million (generation X)
- 55 to 74: 40 million (baby boomers)
- over 74: 20 million
Post-Millennial is a name given by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Pew Research in statistics published in 2016 showing the relative sizes and dates of [Generation Z, the iGen].
The same sources showed that as of April 2016, the Millennial generation surpassed the population of Baby Boomers in the USA (77 million vs. 76 million in 2015 data), however, the Post-Millennials were ahead of the Millennials in another Health and Human Services survey (69 million vs. 66 million).
Original
Re-posting from an earlier post. Our oldest granddaughter was talking to me about the various generations on our drive back from water polo practice last night. I had forgotten how long the "millennial" generation lasts, for those born between 1984 and 2000. So, those who are as young as 18 to as "old" as 34 years of age in 2018. Wow, that's the group that are now becoming the middle-level managers of US businesses, and soon to take over as CEOs, project managers, etc. Some are being elected to Congress.
Someone mentioned yesterday that it would be wise to take Occasional-Cortex seriously. She may be a ditz, but she will change the conversation, and sometimes that is all it takes. Age 29, born 1989. A real millennial.
Beto: age 46, but first elected to US House in 2012, six years ago, age 40. Born 1972, generation X.
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Demographics
Wiki now has a page on "millennials."
Follows "Generation X"; precedes "Generation Z." Therefore, also known as "Generation Y."
Note: the correct spelling -- two "n's."
For various reasons, I'm going to update the following post by making one change. I'm changing the years of birth for millennials (previous, 1983 - 1998) to 1984 - 2000 (comes pretty close to range that wiki gives).
Millennials. Lots of talk these past few weeks about "millennials." Time to re-look at the "definitions. From an earlier post:
I had forgotten the "definition" of "Generation Z" but vaguely recalled blogging about it:
Definitions:
- iGen, generation Z, centennials: 2000 -
- oldest iGen: 2000 - 2005 (my thoughts -- teens in 2018)
- middle iGen: 2006 - 2011 (my thoughts -- middle schoolers in 2018)
- younger iGen: 2012 - (my thoughts -- pre-K in 2018)
- millennials, generation Y, 1984 - 2000
- younger millennials (part of generation Y, children of baby boomers): 1992 - 2000
- older millennials (part of generation Y, children of baby boomers): 1984 - 1991 (in 2017: 26 - 34)
Birth years important to me:
- generation X: 1965 - 1983 (no precise dates, late baby boomers)
- baby boomers: 1946 - 1964
Definitions (from this site)
- iGen, generation Z, centennials: 1996 --
- millennials or generation Y: 1977 - 1995 (18-year span)
- generation X: 1965 - 1976 (11-year span)
- baby boomers: 1946 - 1964 (18-year span)
- traditionalists or silent generation: born 1945 and before
- 2014: youngest iGen
- 2006: middle iGen
- 2003: oldest iGen
- the youngest iGen, 2019 - Apple's iPhone X
- the middle iGen, 2012 - Apple's iPhone 4s
- the oldest iGen, 2009 - Apple's iPhone 3g
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