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United States v. Mitchell, 832 F. Supp. 1073 (N.D. Miss. 1993)
August 23, 1993
Oscar James MITCHELL, Defendant.
United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi.
*1074 William C. Martin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oxford, MS, for plaintiff.
William F. Travis, Southaven, MS, for defendant.
DAVIDSON, District Judge.
This case is before the court on defendant's motion to suppress evidence of contraband which was recovered from the defendant pursuant to a warrantless Terry v. Ohio stop and feel weapons search. On July 1, 1993, the undersigned district court judge conducted a hearing on defendant's motion at the United States Federal Court-house in Oxford, Mississippi. At the hearing, the court received the benefit of live testimony from the defendant and the participating law enforcement officers. Moreover, several items of physical evidence were received into evidence, and the court's own examination of these items has assisted the undersigned in the consideration of this motion. Furthermore, the court is assisted by the fact that defendant's motion to suppress is governed by the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993).
For the reasons explained in this memorandum opinion, the undersigned finds merit to defendant's motion to suppress evidence, and the same will be granted by separate order issued this day. The discussion of facts which follows is important in understanding the court's conclusion that Mr. Mitchell's Fourth Amendment rights were violated.
In September of 1992, the Greenville, Mississippi, Police Department received complaints of illegal gambling and drug trafficking occurring at the J & M Grocery on Theobald Street. Consequently, the Greenville Police Department decided to make an investigatory check-out of the premises. The police had no warrant to execute on anyone, and the purpose of the stop was merely investigatory and to show a law enforcement presence in the community. On Wednesday, September 30, 1992, at approximately 8:00 p.m., four officers travelling in two separate vehicles pulled into the parking lot of the store. Two uniformed officers, Fulton and Monistere, were the first to arrive in a marked police car. Within seconds, Officers Kenny Trader and Jack Morgan, dressed in street clothes, pulled into the parking lot in an unmarked car and parked away from the marked police car. As the officers pulled into the parking lot, they observed a group of men huddled in front of the store. Some of the men in the group were standing while others were on their knees. However, upon seeing the police, the group disbanded. Oscar Mitchell, who had been in the group, walked away from the store at a hurried pace in the direction of the street. Mr. Mitchell was wearing a black leather jacket which was zipped to the neck, and his hands were in the front pockets of *1075 his pants. Officer Morgan, dressed in street clothes, hollered out, "police, stop," but Mitchell ignored the command and continued to walk away. Upon being ordered to stop a second time, Mitchell complied with the command. Then, Officer Morgan ordered Mitchell to remove his hands from his pockets, but Mitchell initially did not respond. After ordering Mitchell a second time to remove his hands from his pockets, Mitchell complied with the instruction. Immediately, Mitchell was ordered to drop to his knees. The defendant obeyed the order and dropped to his knees placing his hands, with fingers interlocked, behind his head. At this point, both officers began a pat down search for a weapon. Officer Trader felt a bulge in defendant's left jacket pocket, and he called out to Officer Morgan, "I got something." At the hearing conducted before the undersigned, Officer Trader testified that he knew right away that what he felt was not a weapon. Officer Trader asked Morgan to feel Mitchell's left jacket pocket, and Morgan patted down the outer clothing of the pocket. Officer Morgan then asked Mitchell what was in his pocket. Mitchell allegedly gave a deep sigh but refused to answer. Next, Officer Morgan asked Mitchell to remove the object from his pocket, but Mitchell refused to comply. Morgan asked Mitchell a second time what the object was inside his jacket pocket, and still Mitchell refused to answer or respond to his question. In fact, Officer Morgan testified that, "several times" he asked Mitchell what was in his pocket, but Mitchell never answered. By this time, the uniformed officers had approached the area. Officer Morgan instructed Officer Eric Fulton to remove the object from Mitchell's pocket. Fulton reached into Mitchell's pocket and retrieved a brown paper sack. The paper sack contained a white athletic sock. Inside the sock, the police found six small plastic bags each containing a yellow/white rock like substance, which was determined later to be crack cocaine. Officer Morgan then placed Mitchell under arrest for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Then, Mitchell was transported to the Greenville Police Station and processed at the Special Operations Office. At the station, the police removed a motel key, a bus ticket receipt, and approximately $692.00 in currency. The defendant refused a consent search of his motel room. Consequently, Officers Trader and Morgan submitted an affidavit for a search warrant and presented it to a Washington County Court Judge. The search warrant was executed by the judge later in the same evening. With the assistance of a drug sniffing dog, narcotics officers conducted a search of Mitchell's motel room. Underneath a night stand, the police recovered a plastic bag which held four smaller plastic bags containing crack cocaine.*1076 Additionally, the police found a Llama .357 Magnum wrapped in a towel and six rounds of ammunition which were found loose.
With a few exceptions, searches and seizures which are carried out beyond judicial sanction (without a probable cause warrant issued by a judge or magistrate) are per se unreasonable and proscribed by the Fourth Amendment. Thompson v. Louisiana, 469 U.S. 17, 19-20, 105 S. Ct. 409, 410, 83 L. Ed. 2d 246 (1984); United States v. Place, 462 U.S. 696, 701, 103 S. Ct. 2637, 2641, 77 L. Ed. 2d 110 (1983); Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357, 88 S. Ct. 507, 514, 19 L. Ed. 2d 576 (1967); Mincey v. Arizona, 437 U.S. 385, 390, 98 S. Ct. 2408, 2412, 57 L. Ed. 2d 290 (1978). One well known exception to the requirement of a prior determination of probable cause exists within the limited parameters of "reasonable articulable suspicion" as explained in Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968). Known as the "stop-and-frisk" exception to the requirement of a warrant, the Fourth Amendment tolerates a warrantless stop (seizure) in order for an officer to make a reasonable inquiry to confirm or dispel his suspicions that criminal activity may be afoot.
We merely hold today that where a police officer observes unusual conduct which leads him reasonably to conclude in light of his experience that criminal activity may be afoot and that the persons with whom he is dealing may be armed and dangerous, where in the course of investigating this behavior he identifies himself as a policeman and makes reasonable inquiries, and where nothing in the initial stages of the encounter serves to dispel his reasonable fear for his own or others' safety, he is entitled for the protection of himself and others in the area to conduct a carefully limited search of the outer clothing of such persons in an attempt to discover weapons which might be used to assault him. Such a search is a reasonable search under the Fourth Amendment, and any weapons seized may properly be introduced in evidence against the person from whom they are taken.
Terry, 392 U.S. at 30-31, 88 S. Ct. at 1884-85.
It bears emphasis that the scope of a Terry stop-and-frisk (feel) is strictly limited to that which is necessary to discover weapons which might be used to harm the officer or others. Adams v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143, 146, 92 S. Ct. 1921, 1923, 32 L. Ed. 2d 612 (1972). If the search extends beyond that which is necessary to determine if the subject is armed, then the search is no longer valid under Terry, and the fruits obtained will be suppressed. Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2136, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993); Sibron v. New York, 392 U.S. 40, 65-66, 88 S. Ct. 1889, 1904, 20 L. Ed. 2d 917 (1968).
Another warrantless exception to the Fourth Amendment is found in the "plain view" doctrine. Simply stated, if the police are lawfully in a position (i.e., Terry stop) from which they view an object, and its incriminating character is immediately apparent, then the officers have a lawful right of access and may seize the object without a warrant. Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 136-37, 110 S. Ct. 2301, 2308, 110 L. Ed. 2d 112 (1990); Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1050, 103 S. Ct. 3469, 3481, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1201 (1983). By the same token, if the police lack probable cause to believe that an object in plain view is contraband without further search and inquiry, then the object's incriminating character is not immediately apparent and the plain view doctrine will not support the object's seizure. Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2136, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993); Horton, 496 U.S. at 136, 110 S. Ct. at 2307; Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321, 107 S. Ct. 1149, 94 L. Ed. 2d 347 (1987).
In Minnesota v. Dickerson, the Court considered whether the Fourth Amendment would support the warrantless seizure of contraband (crack cocaine) detected during a protective pat down search of the sort authorized *1077 by Terry. However, instead of the "plain view" exception to the requirement of a probable cause warrant, Dickerson asked whether an officer's "plain feel" (via sense of touch) would support a warrantless seizure. The Court's answer in a 9-0 decision was, "yes," as long as the search remains clearly within the parameters established by Terry and its progeny.
If a police officer lawfully pats down a suspect's outer clothing and feels an object whose contour or mass makes its identity immediately apparent, there has been no invasion of the suspect's privacy beyond that already authorized by the officer's search for weapons; if the object is contraband, its warrantless seizure would be justified by the same practical considerations that inhere in the plain view context.
Dickerson, ___ U.S. at ___, 113 S. Ct. at 2137.
The Minnesota Supreme Court had rejected the "plain feel" analogy to plain view on two grounds. First, the Minnesota court was of the opinion that the sense of touch was inherently less immediate and less reliable than the sense of sight. Second, the court reasoned that the sense of touch is a more intrusive journey into one's personal privacy, which is the sum and substance of the Fourth Amendment. State v. Dickerson, 481 N.W.2d 840, 845 (Minn.1992). Noting that Terry itself recognized that the sense of touch is sufficiently reliable to detect the presence of weapons, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the Minnesota court's concern that the sense of touch is deemed less reliable than the sense of sight. Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2136, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993). "Even if it were true that the sense of touch is generally less reliable than the sense of sight, that only suggests that officers will less often be able to justify seizures of unseen contraband." Id. The Court's safety valve for any presumed sacrifice of reliability, assuming the sense of touch is less reliable, is the requirement that the officer have probable cause before seizing an object. "[T]he Fourth Amendment's requirement that the officer have probable cause to believe that the item is contraband before seizing it ensures against excessively speculative seizures." Id.
In Dickerson, the Court cautioned that a key inquiry into the constitutionality of such impromptu searches is whether the officer remains within the boundaries set by Terry when the officer gains probable cause to believe that the substance is contraband. Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2138, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993). Under the facts of Dickerson, the Court concluded that the limits of a Terry safety search for a weapon were exceeded. Therefore, the seizure of the contraband was unconstitutional.
Here, the officer's continued exploration of respondent's pocket after having concluded that it contained no weapon was unrelated to `[t]he sole justification of the search [under Terry:] ... the protection of the police officer and others nearby.' 392 U.S., at 29 [88 S. Ct. at 1884.] It therefore amounted to the sort of evidentiary search that Terry expressly refused to authorize, see id., at 26 [88 S. Ct. at 1882], and that we have condemned in subsequent cases. See Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S., at 1049, n. 14 [103 S. Ct. at 3481, n. 14]; Sibron, 392 U.S., at 65-66 [88 S. Ct. at 1904].
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[ ...] Although the officer was lawfully in a position to feel the lump in respondent's pocket, because Terry entitled him to place his hands upon respondent's jacket, the court below determined that the incriminating character of the object was not immediately apparent to him. Rather, the officer determined that the item was contraband only after conducting a further search, one not authorized by Terry or by any other exception to the warrant requirement. Because this further search of respondent's pocket was constitutionally invalid, the seizure of cocaine that followed is likewise unconstitutional. Horton, 496 U.S., at 140 [110 S. Ct. at 2309].
*1078 Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2139, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993).
For the case sub judice, the court perceives that defendant's motion to suppress requires a two step process. First, were the officers justified in stopping the defendant to investigate whether he might be engaged in criminal activity; and, assuming that there was adequate justification for the Terry stop, was the seizure of contraband within the limits of Terry, or were those limits exceeded.
On the evening in question, the Greenville police proceeded to the J & M Grocery upon citizen complaints of drug dealing and illegal gambling. The J & M Grocery had a reputation as an active spot for the illegal drug trade in Greenville. Upon arriving at the store, the police observed a group of grown men huddled in front of the store. According to Officer Trader, he recognized a couple of drug dealers in the group. Some of the men were kneeling while others were standing. Upon noting the arrival of the police officers, the group quickly dispersed. Defendant walked toward the street at a hurried pace and ignored the first order to stop. Additionally, the defendant ignored the first order to remove his hands from his pockets. Furthermore, he was suspiciously dressed by wearing a leather jacket zipped to the neck. Where a police officer observes unusual conduct which leads him reasonably to conclude in light of his experience that criminal activity may be afoot, the officer may briefly stop the suspicious person and make reasonable inquiries aimed at confirming or dispelling his suspicions. Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 30, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 1884, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968). Under the totality of the circumstances facing the officers, the officers were justified in detaining Mitchell in front of the J & M Grocery. Likewise, the officers were justified in believing that Mitchell might be armed and dangerous. Initially, Mitchell was uncooperative with the commands to stop and to remove his hands from his pants pockets, and he had been huddling with known drug dealers who typically carry weapons as a matter of custom. In the case sub judice, these observations presented sufficient concern to place Mitchell at a position of disadvantage and conduct a pat down frisk for a weapon. As noted above, it is well settled that the police may pat down a detainee's outer clothing for weapons if, under the totality of the circumstances, the officer harbors a reasonable suspicion, based on articulable facts, that the detainee is involved in criminal activity and that the detainee may be armed. In such cases, a pat-down is reasonable and necessary to protect the officer and others from harm. Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2135, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993); Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 30-31, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 1885, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968); United States v. Rideau, 969 F.2d 1572, 1574 (5th Cir. 1992); United States v. Johnson, 932 F.2d 1068, 1069 (5th Cir.1991). The court now considers, having determined that a Terry investigatory stop and a pat down search for a weapon were warranted under the circumstances, whether the seizure of contraband was within or outside the constitutional parameters authorized by Terry.
After careful study and deliberation, the court concludes that the police, under the facts of this case, exceeded the limits of a Terry search. At the hearing held before the undersigned on July 1, 1993, Officers Trader and Morgan testified, on direct examination, that the crack cocaine in defendant's left jacket pocket was "immediately apparent" upon feeling the outer pocket of the jacket. Officer Trader was an eight year veteran of the police force, and he testified that he had worked approximately 300 drug cases in his career. Officer Morgan had ten years of law enforcement experience, four years with the Air Force security police and six years with civilian law enforcement. According to Officer Morgan, he had worked approximately 300-500 drug cases throughout his career. The court recognizes that both officers were seasoned veterans equipped with sharp instincts. Both officers possessed skills which can be obtained only through training and cumulative experience in drug enforcement cases. With all due *1079 respect and deference to the training and skills of these officers, the court does not, and can not, accept their testimony that the crack cocaine in Mitchell's pocket was "immediately apparent" to them upon patting the outer clothing. Without question, the officers likely possessed a strong hunch (speculation), prompted by their training and experience, that the pocket contained cocaine. However, for an immediate probable cause determination, this does not suffice. The undersigned's careful inspection of the physical evidence in the case sub judice yields this conclusion.
The crack cocaine which was removed from the defendant was contained in six small plastic bags. The plastic bags were wrapped in a white athletic sock. The sock was in a brown paper bag which the defendant carried in the left pocket of a black leather jacket. Upon examining Mitchell's jacket, the court observed that the jacket is made from a dense, heavy grade of leather, and the inside pockets were lined with a soft textured material. In order to feel the crack cocaine, one must possess acute sensory perceptions allowing a determination of the substance's identity by feeling through a layer of leather, lining, paper, cloth material, and plastic. In short, the court is not convinced that under the facts of this case, an "immediately apparent" determination of contraband is within the realm of human capability with a single pass of one's hand over the outer clothing.
Furthermore, when Officer Trader began the initial pat down of Oscar Mitchell, Mr. Mitchell was in a kneeling position (knees on the ground) with his hands locked behind his head. After the initial pat down, Officer Trader knew that Mitchell was not carrying a weapon. At that point, the officers were out of the Terry zone of danger. In other words, the objectives of a Terry search for a weapon had been fulfilled. However, the search was continued when Officer Morgan felt of the area outside of the pocket and when Officer Fulton reached into the pocket to retrieve the paper sack. After concluding that Mitchell was unarmed, the continuation of the search by the officers transformed the encounter from a weapons search into an evidentiary probe. As emphasized in Minnesota v. Dickerson, ___ U.S. ___, ___, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 2138, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993), such evidentiary searches are of the type that Terry expressly refused to authorize. See Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1049 n. 14, 103 S. Ct. 3469, 3481 n. 14, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1201 (1983); Sibron v. New York, 392 U.S. 40, 65-66, 88 S. Ct. 1889, 1904, 20 L. Ed. 2d 917 (1968); Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 26, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 1882, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968).
For the reasons explained in this memorandum opinion, the defendant's motion to suppress evidence is well taken, and the same will be granted by separate order to be issued this day. It also follows that under authority of Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471, 83 S. Ct. 407, 9 L. Ed. 2d 441 (1963), the additional evidence of contraband which was retrieved from defendant's motel room will likewise be suppressed by operation of the rule of law articulated in Wong Sun, known as the "tainted fruit of the poisoned tree" doctrine.NOTES
 392 U.S. 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968).
 Officers Trader and Morgan testified that the J & M Grocery was well known as a high crime area and a popular location for drug dealing. The grocery was owned by James Merrill. According to Officer Trader, one Merrill brother (either John or James) had been convicted on a cocaine charge and the other brother had a previous drug related arrest.
 Although the incident occurred at approximately nightfall, Officers Trader and Morgan testified that it was still warm outside and that they were comfortably dressed in short sleeve T-shirts.
 Mitchell testified that he did not hear the first command to stop.
 In separate statements submitted by Officers Morgan and Trader on the day of the incident, September 30, 1992, both officers reported that upon the second order to stop, Mitchell "walked back" to Officer Morgan. However, the trial testimony of Officers Trader and Morgan was that Officer Morgan "ran around" Mitchell and stood in front of him.
 Officer Morgan was behind Mitchell patting down the back and waist area. Officer Trader was in front of Mitchell.
Simultaneously with the pat down, Officer Morgan asked the defendant several questions, such as: his name; where he was from; how did he arrive in Greenville; where was he staying in Greenville; and how did he get to the J & M Grocery. Mitchell was cooperative with these questions. Mitchell responded that his name was "Oscar Mitchell,"; he had arrived from California that day on a bus; he was staying with relatives in Greenville, but he could not remember the name of the street.
Mitchell did arrive that day on a bus from California. However, he was not staying with family members in Greenville. Mitchell had no family in Greenville, and he had rented a room at a local motel under the alias "Robert Smith".
 Furthermore, in an affidavit to support a probable cause determination for a search warrant on Mitchell's motel room, Officers Trader and Morgan affirmed that Officer Morgan asked Mitchell "several times" what he had in his jacket, and each time Mitchell refused to answer. Government's Exhibit 7.
 The amount consisted of approximately 36 grams.
 The police recovered a total amount of approximately 64 grams of cocaine from Mitchell, which included the amount confiscated at the J & M Grocery and the amount found in his motel room.
 In Dickerson, the scope of a Terry search was exceeded in so much as the officer had to manipulate, squeeze and slide the object before determining that it was contraband. Dickerson, ___ U.S. at ___, 113 S. Ct. at 2138.
 The officers testified that this configuration (some kneeling, some standing) in a huddled group was consistent with illicit gambling activity.

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Along the designated course shared by the Rover, Spiderbot, and Hexapod, the most notable obstacle was a sprinkler head with the height of four inches. The orginal Arxterra RoSco is design to travel primarily through flat surfaces and is not equipped to move over obstacles at such height. In order to clear this four-inch sprinkler, the rover team will be examining a design solution that will allow the new rover to achieve the height requirement.
The rover team has agreed that extending the height of the rover is the most simple and efficient design solution in order to fulfill the height requirement. By taking the original chassis (or body) of the rover and extending both sides we will be able to give the rover a height clearance of 4 inches.
In order to extend the sides, several methods will be weighed against each other. One approach will be to have the manufacturing division remodel the chassis of the rover to fit our needs. However, due to time constraints and inefficiency from remodeling the chassis we will opt for a difference solution.
The most efficient solution the rover team decided upon is to mount two wooden height extensions, one to each side of the rover. This will eliminate the need for plastic remodeling and simplify our design solution. Similar holes drilled into the bottom of the wooden extensions will allow us to mount the motors, wheels, and track at the bottom of the extensions. This will thus give the rover a significant height increase.


Note: AFD is currently reviewing its activities due to the uncertain political situation.
- Providing support for urban growth
- Anticipating and monitoring risks of epidemics
- Expanding access to electricity
- Better management of natural ressources
Providing support for urban growth
Anticipating and monitoring risks of epidemics
Expanding access to electricity
Better management of natural ressources
After half a century of isolation, Myanmar has embarked on a process of opening up. Democratisation is still underway (holding the country's second free elections at the end of 2020) in a country where living conditions remain precarious. With a per capita GDP of $1,408 in 2019, the country is still classified as an LDC and nearly 25% of the population lives below the poverty line.
However, Myanmar benefits from a strong development potential, based on abundant natural resources (minerals, fossil fuels and forests), a tourism potential to be developed and a strong regional integration since it has been part of ASEAN since 1997 and maintains close relations with its Chinese and Indian neighbours.
On the political front, many reforms have been implemented and have led to rapid economic growth (over 7% per year) and measurable improvements in social welfare. However, the Rohingya crisis in 2017 slowed down investment and the Covid-19 crisis brought the ongoing development dynamics in the country to a sudden halt with serious expected consequences on poverty levels and the state's capacity to act.
AFD started operations in Myanmar in 2012 in the areas of urban development, better management of natural resources, energy and health risks. AFD's action mainly consists of loans to the Myanmar government but also includes grants to national and regional pilot projects.


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The oldest age cohort of millennials are reaching their 40’s and finding they are less wealthy than the baby boomers were at the same age. Some may feel they are racing the clock to catch up with their seniors.
Despite being more educated than previous generations, fewer millennials own homes and they have a lower net worth than both Generation X and the baby boomers. For example, only 61% of millennials own a home by age 40 compared to 66% of baby boomers by that age. Additionally, Full-time workers with Bachelor’s degrees tend to see income peak in their 40s and 50s, and by their late 50s and 60s, income consistently declines.
This is alarming because the baby boomers boasted a middle-age net worth of $113,000, while the total net worth of the millennials drags behind at $91,000 by age 40 — a near 21% decrease. Furthermore, the median debt for baby boomers, at age 40, was only $60,270, while the median debt for 40-year-old millennials has skyrocketed to $128,020.
|Cost of a year of college||$24,600||$13,800||$10,300|
|Median cost of a home||$328,000||$304,000||$256,000|
|Median net worth at 40||$91,000||$94,200||$112,500|
|Median debt at 40||$60,300||$118,200||$128,000|
|Source: Federal Reserve|
Do millennials have enough time to catch up?
So this begs the question, “Do millennials have enough time to build wealth before it’s too late?”
The millennial woes are partly due to many people in this generation graduating from college and entering the workforce amid the 2008 economic recession, which was one of the worst economic events since the Great depression.
Fast-forwarding to 2020, the coronavirus epidemic struck and caused yet more obstacles for employment, not to mention plunging many young Americans into debt as they struggled to stay afloat. According to Pew, between 30-35% of Americans aged 18-49 struggle to pay their bills, and 21-25% had problems paying their rent or mortgage.
These crises also coincided with long-standing economic issues such as the deindustrialization of the U.S economy and globalization of manufacturing that have contributed to wage stagnation since the 1970s.
As the U.S. economy is rebounding from the coronavirus economic contraction, it provides a light at the end of the tunnel for many behind the curve looking to catch up.
Nowadays, most of the millennials are heading towards exploring new strategies of coping and making profits during economic crises. There are many new emerging techniques to take advantage of the recession period, and even turn it into a personal economic growth period.
There are significant differences between millennials and baby boomers in terms of debt — both in terms of credit card and student debt. This has a large impact on the disparity in their overall financial well-being.
According to Experian, the millennials’ total average debt experienced an 11.5% change from 2019 to 2020 compared to baby boomers, whose change in debt was only 0.3%.
Millennials also borrow significantly more than their parents did for higher education. Those who started college in 1999 paid an average of $15,604 per year for undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board. For baby boomers and Generation X, adjusted for inflation, their cost of tuition was about $10,300 per year. For millennials, education debt now represents a much larger share of overall debt than it did for Boomers, and they also have fewer mortgage obligations than boomers did by age 40.
This shifting nature of debt composition represents a change in the workplace demand for employees to have a bachelor’s degree. For example, millennial degree holders earn 113% more than those with a high school diploma, while boomers only made 57% more than their contemporaries with high school degrees.
The millennial wealth woes are also partly attributed to the difference in the cost of homes. Despite the federal reserve lowering interest rates and making mortgage rates very attractive, 18% of millennial renters reported they planned to rent forever. When asked why, 63% of those who do not plan to buy a home cited not being able to afford a down payment as the main reason.
Part of the rise in home prices is attributed to the inability to build new homes due to material shortages caused by the coronavirus. It is possible that as the effect of the pandemic on supply chains recedes to pre-covid levels, prices and availability may stabilize. Nevertheless, there is a pattern of homeownership rates dropping for most age groups in the last 40 years.
The total net worth of millennials is only 80% of the wealth the baby boomers had by age 40. Some of the differences can be seen as part of a larger shift in US demographics and wealth inequalities.
As the graph below shows, the share of total wealth for people under 40 years of age in 2021 dropped by 50% when compared to 1990 (17% vs. 8.6%). So, millennials are justified in feeling that they are falling behind previous generations. However, younger cohorts of Generation X are also feeling the squeeze.
In 2021, people between 40 and 55 years old owned 20% less of the total share of wealth than they did in 1990. Boomers, on the other hand, are leaving their 1990 counterparts in the dust. This is even clearer when you look at total assets by generation from 1990 to 2021.
Since 1990, the median income of 25- to 44-year-olds has barely changed when you take into account inflation. This is despite housing and education costs outpacing income and inflation rates.
Millennials represent the most diverse generation in the U.S. Because of this, the racial disparities in wealth are more acutely felt by millennials.
Minority populations have less inter-generational wealth and often earn lower wages than white Americans.
The median white household has eight times as much wealth as the median black family and more than five times that of a Hispanic Household.
It’s notable that the impact of the pandemic disproportionately affects minorities: 43% of black Americans, 37% of Hispanic Americans, and 23% of Asian Americans reported they had trouble paying bills compared to just 18% of white Americans since the outbreak in February of 2020.
Minorities also have higher participation in sectors experiencing instability and rapid change due to automation and e-commerce, like retail and transportation. As a result, the unemployment rate for black Americans has improved slower and is still higher when compared to white Americans.
What can millennials do?
The life expectancy of Americans is increasing, which obviously means children are receiving their inheritances later on in life. In many cases the inheritances will also be smaller than before. This explains some of the differences in net worth among 40-year-olds of different generations. What can millennials do to build their net worth?
- The first step in planning for financial success is defining goals and prioritizing needs. This starts by taking a good look at where you currently are and where you want to be by retirement. If you can reduce spending and debt, that’s a great place to begin, but do not forget about minimizing taxes and generating additional income.
- One of the more fortunate changes the coronavirus pandemic has caused is making remote work more accessible. Picking up a side gig has never been easier, and lots of platforms and apps allow you to work from home on an hourly or part-time capacity.
- Investing is also another way to build more wealth. Stock trading applications, like Robinhood, allow you to invest in stocks without the commission fees that can be prohibitive to the less-experienced traders. Setting up investments and passive income streams can be very beneficial as they require less time and attention than adding hours to your workweek.
- Similarly, if you are one of the many in student debt and have high monthly payments, it may be worth refinancing student debt to reduce monthly payments. This can also give some much-needed flexibility in monthly cash flow.
It’s not too late to start building wealth, and future you will thank you for it! Start with the basics: build a budget, improve on the budget where you can, and diversify investments and income streams.


The couple involved in the fatal collision Sunday afternoon has been identified by Alaska State Troopers.
Charles Gillick, 78, of Soldotna, was driving southbound on the Seward Highway with passenger Mary Gillick, 76, of Soldotna. Charles was driving a beige 2004 Ford F-150 when he drifted off the road and struck an embankment near mile 39. The vehicle sustained extensive damage to the front end.
Troopers from Girdwood, Cooper Landing, and the Girdwood Bureau of Highway Patrol responded to the scene along with Moose Pass Fire and Emergency Medical Services resources and LifeMed helicopters.
Mary Gillick was pronounced dead while en route to a local area hospital. Charles Gillick was transported to a local area hospital for life-threatening injuries.
Contact Jessica Ridgway


The car would be moving and all of a sudden, it won't move when i apply the accelerator but the engine would be running. The water would be boiling and it moves to the reservoir and doesn't return. it becomes very hot and when the engine is turned of for about 5 to 10 minutes, it would move again but will cause same problem with 30 seconds to a minute. What could possibly be the problem?
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Last Sunday morning the two rigs rolled down the driveway, stopping in Big Timber for a few groceries and to say goodbye to Nat. In Columbus we fed ourselves and continued on down the road to Horseshoe Bend BLM Campground on Big Horn Lake in the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area near Lovell, Wyoming. We had hoped by timing our arrival for Sunday evening we might score electric hookups–and we were lucky!! And it’s a good thing–with highs in the triple digits and a heavy layer of smoke we wouldn’t have been able to stay there without the benefit of air conditioning!
Monday morning we started early trying to beat the heat but by days end the heat caught up with us! Our Montana ATVing friends always lead a trip to the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in late May or early June–there’s definitely a reason for that! We saw lots of horses–
Notice the stripe just above his tail and the stripes on his legs–distinct characteristics of the mustangs on the wild horse range.
Notice the hazy background–that wasn’t camera skill, it’s smoke, probably from Colorado. The flies and other annoying insects were tormenting the horses as well as us. It was almost impossible to eat our lunch for fear we would ingest a fly with our sandwiches!! UGH! At the higher elevations it was much cooler but we still had bugs.
Throughout the Pryor Mountains you can find ice caves–this one is the Large Ice Cave located on the wild horse range. It was cold enough inside to see our breath–amazing!
That’s ice on the cave floor which is frozen all year long.
Our drive home led us along a huge, deep canyon with vividly colored walls and rocks. Photos would have been much better without the smoke! By the time we returned to the rigs on Monday afternoon it was 100 degrees–miserable! We had left the air conditioning set on low so it was at least tolerable in our rigs–this campground is run by a concessionaire which does not discount their fees–we couldn’t use our Senior Pass. So, we ran the air conditioners.
Tuesday morning we were again on the road early–stay tuned for more spectacular photos of scenery and wildlife!

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Traveling to West Bamfield on Vancouver Island is no easy feat. The trip took two days, but well worth the journey. After flying into Vancouver on Friday evening, I met up with my robot-making design collaborator, Rebecca Tegtmeyer, and we took the Skytrain downtown […]
Stations that are augmented with technological elements that enhance experiences for its agents in continuity with the physical elements of a station can be successful.
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Letter to the Editor, Tahoe Daily Tribune 8/24/12
The Tahoe Transportation District Board of Directors heeded the advice of Councilman Bruce Grego and other board members and decided to check in with the City of South Lake Tahoe regarding the city government's preferences concerning the proposed Loop Road alignment. Opponents of the existing road alignment were heartened at this action. The TTD Board decided to again discuss the matter at its September meeting.
First Ever Parade Celebrates Veterans and Soliders 7/6/12
Councilman Bruce Grego said he hopes that the young event grows to become a South Lake Tahoe staple.
“It's exciting. I hope it creates a traditional for our community. We're looking for more special events, and people are trying to think what works. So this is an experiment, but hopefully it will become a tradition,” said Grego.
Council Reverses Stance on Pot Shop Move 7/4/12
A medical marijuana dispensary in South Lake Tahoe will not be able to move — and could close — after a change in stance by two City Council members this week.
On June 5, City Councilmen Tom Davis and Hal Cole voiced support for allowing the City of Angels 2 Collective to move around the corner from 989 Third St. to 2179 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
But on Tuesday, the councilmen voted against ratifying the change in location for the dispensary. Councilman Bruce Grego continued to oppose the move at the meeting. Without the approval of a majority of the council, the dispensary could be forced to close.
Council Wants More Options for Loop Road 6/20/12
A divided South Lake Tahoe City Council will ask the proponents of a loop road project for additional options following discussion of the controversial proposal Tuesday.
City councilmen Hal Cole, Tom Davis and Bruce Grego voted in favor of sending a letter to the Tahoe Transportation District asking the agency to present additional options for the design of the project.
Council Approves City Of Angels Move 6/5/12
Councilman Bruce Grego was the only council member to vote against allowing the move. He said approving the permit transfer would break a delicate balance the city is striking between California and federal regulations.
“In my mind that crosses the line and supporting that is a violation of federal law,” Grego said.
City Must Ban Marijuana Dispensaries 9/28/11
The City Council passed an ordinance regulating medical marijuana dispensaries' operations. It is unfortunate it failed to realize drug dealers are notoriously dishonest. Why would they abide by rules? Under the guise of providing relief to legitimate medical marijuana users, they are conducting a multimillion dollar business, providing marijuana to anyone and everyone who is willing to pay the price.
Council member Bruce Grego, the lone dissenter, should be applauded for seeing through this scheme and insisting on a prohibition of dispensaries.
Council Approves Dispensary 9-13-11
Councilman Bruce Grego was the lone vote against passage of the ordinance, contending it will be difficult to enforce and promotes a negative image of the city.
Senate Bill 271 The Right Choice 7/13/11
I am heartened by the Sunday column by Bruce Grego. After the creeping evolution of alleged environmentalism in the Tahoe Basin for over 30 years, it is about time for a basic sanity check. I'm thankful my Nevada neighbors had the clarity of thought to pass Nevada Senate Bill 271 — there is no such clarity in Sacramento.
There was a glimmer of sanity after the Angora fire when people reacted to the obvious misconceptions of the former TRPA general manager and the head of Lahontan Regional Water Control Board — that environmental issues trump all other human endeavor — and embarrassed them into putting the common sense fire department guidance first.
It has been several years, though, and the passage of time has allowed the persistent enviro-creep and dilution of focus with irrelevant “stakeholders” to set in again on other local control issues. Hopefully, attention will remain on the obvious need to re-balance the needs of local people with the needs of Sacramento politicians for power. -Rick Verbanec, Meyers
Significance of SB 271 7/10/11
There has been, over the last several weeks, articles and comments concerning the passage of Nevada Senate Bill 271. The bill seeks, among other things, to reduce control of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency policy by a minority of board members, create deadlines for the completion of the long overdue regional plan and changes the burden of proof concerning court challenges of TRPA's actions. Most importantly, SB 271 calls for Nevada's withdrawal from the compact if these proposed changes are not made within certain time limits.
For those that have opposed SB 271, their post-passage “spin” includes a call that we need to work together (but where have they been all these years?). They contend that amendments to the compact have occurred from time to time (so it's no big deal). They also insist that the action by the Nevada Legislature was too extreme, that the threat of withdrawal is unfair and that it is time to have all “stakeholders” (whoever they are) meet and confer about TRPA's regulations.
The comments by the opposition miss the point of the significance of SB 271 and are designed to minimize the efforts of the proponents.
Certainly, the changes proposed by SB 271 are a good first step in trying to repair the decision-making procedure of the TRPA's governing body and perhaps bring together more groups to reach a consensus regarding the future of the Tahoe basin. The opposition fails to acknowledge the mass injustices caused by TRPA to our citizens and our community.
What is significant about SB 271 is that a grass roots movement made up of many different groups in the basin has been able, for the first time in 43 years, to push back against TRPA. TRPA needs to recognize that they are no longer insulated from the public's opinion as to the reasonableness of their regulations and the manner in which they implement such regulations.
The passage of SB 271 proves that disenfranchised groups can fight back. No more can TRPA rule with impunity while local governments and local citizens protest in the dark. The bill that was passed in Nevada Legislature, and signed by Gov. Sandoval, had wide bipartisan support and was passed with clear majority in both Houses. The city of South Lake Tahoe, Douglas County and Carson City supported the objectives of this Bill. Our Congressman, Rep. Tom McClintock, and State Sen. Gaines also expressed support of SB 271. A coalition has been established and our pattern of success can be repeated. To this end, Douglas County and the city of South Lake Tahoe are planning a joint meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest.
I will not be satisfied if the TRPA continues to stumble around to complete the regional plan. I will not be satisfied if representatives from the California legislature and the governor's office seek to delay changes or fail to actively open a dialogue in good faith with their Nevada counterparts about compact changes. Nor will I be satisfied if all discussions are held behind closed doors as they have been in past compact changes.
I am excited about what has been accomplished and I am optimistic about affecting changes at the TRPA. Clearly, more work needs to be done. At the June 21 City Council meeting, the City Council created an ad hoc committee to directly work with representatives from the legislature and governor's office on this and other issues. I also expect that the City Council will soon retain lobbyists to further these objectives.
A balance between environmental and socioeconomic issues and serious consideration of local needs must become part of TRPA's decision-making if it hopes to exist in the future.
I can only hope that the California legislature and governor's office recognize that the issues are not between the environment versus development, but that issues are between poor planning and smart planning. — Bruce Grego is a South Lake Tahoe Council member.
SLT City Council Supports TRPA Break-up 4/20/11
Nevada and California should come together and split apart, the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided Tuesday.
The council voted 4-1 to send a letter to the Nevada legislature in support of a bill that would withdraw the state from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. During the same vote, the council approved the sending of a letter to California legislators encouraging them to take up similar legislation.


This is a program to manage resources and characters for the rolegame shadowrun 5.0. It is dedicated to create and manage characters, providing game master aid and reporting.
Refer to releases to download the software.
For now it contains :
- several character generators
- shadowrun 5 character generator aka priority system after the core rule book
- karma based- aka buy points character generator
- sum to ten
- life module system
- a runtime a script and combat view let you use all stuff, making tests, manages combat turns etc. the players can now collaborate by impersonating their character instances, check out the web-app.
- editors for the resources objects and wizards to create new ones
- a simple character sheet
- grunt editor and sheet
- various sheets for player and game master
A small german instruction : kurz übersicht
see the upcoming and past changes : changelog
|using the application||player||runtime and game master|
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As I used to play shadowrun for a very long time, I started with an editor in Delphi for shadowrun 2.0, many year later I started a technology study with emf for the 3.01 version, as my group has now moved to 5.0 and the chummer project don't work well on linux I have moved some of the model to 5.0. This is a kind of technology study, working with an model driven approach.
Find out more in the wiki.
and checkout the constribute section
If you are not part of the github community you could use other channels to contact:
- diaspora: email@example.com, a Community-run, Distributed Social-network
- email: firstname.lastname@example.org
- twitter: @shr5rcp
another way to support is via bitcoin:
- 12Fgh416ogMiJsYnXyeYqaEGyEQHcVFSsJ for main support like webspace and service
- 1B9nJ2eXZJz1UKaVQTeMHriD1LBQsd4CvS for arts and graphics
- 18BbgDaurToEu6sou5dmBzNUNWAhTH25Tg for localization and spell checking
- 1JcJK1nLkAZkr4jid6N44L2bYQ7rxPSVYZ tip the coder
as we could use the bitcoin to pay some people to make the tedious spell checking jobs, pay webspace or services or pay for some artwork.
As the software is an eclipse product so you need to unpack the software and start the exe, you will need java installed.
- Technical stuff
This project is based on the EMF modeling framework the EMF Client Platform and EMF Forms.
The code is published under the terms of the Eclipse Public License, version 1.0.


JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – While the outlook for mining in Latin America remains positive over the coming years, research firm BMI has outlined certain obstacles that will hinder its development, with water use and contamination among the most significant challenges.
BMI warned that companies and governments in Latin America would experience increasing pressure to respond to water scarcity and contamination issues, as freshwater shortages and droughts fuel tension between local communities and miners.
In January, Chile’s State-owned miner, Codelco, announced plans to seek partners to develop a desalination plant in Antofagasta.
In April, Argentina's government announced plans to invest $44-billion in water infrastructure, including a sewage system and treatment plant.
Meanwhile, in March, El Salvador passed a law banning all metal mining in the country to protect water sources.
“While El Salvador's mining industry is quite small and negligible in terms of gross domestic product, the ban underscores the difficulty policy-makers face in maintaining the delicate balance between the economic benefits and the social and environmental costs of mining,” said BMI.
Chile, Argentina, Colombia and countries in Central America were particularly likely to enforce stricter water regulations due to scarcity or contamination, or a combination of both.
Depending on the nature of the mining industry in each country, BMI believed governments would respond differently to the task of regulating mining and protecting water resources.
“Desalination plants may become mandated in Chile, and Peru will take an inclusive approach to help small-scale gold miners comply with regulations through reducing red tape and offering incentives such as banking services.
On the other hand, the Constitutional Court in Colombia has ruled on several cases over the past year against miners, creating uncertainty in the sector where the federal government remains supportive of mining development and leading firms to abandon projects,” said BMI.
The decisions include banning extractive activities in the Páramos region – an important source of fresh water in the country – and giving local governments more authority to prevent mining, often on concerns over water contamination and use.
Some large mining companies will take the initiative to self-regulate and increase water monitoring, as evidenced through the growing industry norm of providing yearly sustainability reports.
ON THE MEND
Despite these challenges, BMI noted that mining recovery is under way in both North and Latin America, following years of implementing financial austerity, coupled with rising prices boosting activity. BMI added that, against this backdrop, mining merger and acquisition (M&A) as well as investment activity would continue to pick up, particularly in stable operating environments and in mining sectors with relatively stronger price outlooks.
As such, Latin America's gold mining M&A activity increased significantly year-on-year in the first half of 2017, to $1.9-billion. BMI highlighted that continued supply and capital discipline from miners, who are wary of price volatility, would underpin growth strategies focused on partnerships, joint ventures and expansions of existing assets to reduce risk and cost.
However, the research firm warned that it held a slightly bearish outlook for industrial metals for the remainder of the year, as waning Chinese public investment continues to sap metal demand growth.
Meanwhile, in its regional overview of the Americas, BMI identified Argentina, Ecuador and Peru as emerging bright spots in mining, owing to improving regulatory environments.
“This brightens the prospects for foreign mining investment supporting long-term industry growth. For instance, in April, Peru proposed lower air-quality standards to encourage investment in smelting,” said the firm.
Peru also boasts some of the largest project pipelines in the region.
Sector-wise, BMI highlighted lithium as a key growth area, noting that countries like Argentina and Chile would experience solid investment and production growth, supported by a tightening global lithium market pushing prices up over the coming years.
“We expect lithium prices to continue on a solid upward trajectory, as rising global demand growth outpaces that of production,” said BMI, adding that project development in both countries' lithium sectors remained on track.


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July 14, 2008
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Image Comics and Tori Amos Ink Comic Book Tattoo
By Trevor Soponis
In an ambitious effort to continue their success marrying the worlds of comics and music, Image has teamed up with popular singer-songwriter Tori Amos to publish Comic Book Tattoo. The 480-page, full-color book will be released in three versions: hardcover, paperback and a signed, numbered limited edition, at the end of this month.
Conceived by editor and long-time Amos friend Rantz Hoseley, the book has a simple premise: comic artists adapt the concepts behind Amos's songs into graphic vignettes. The final product, in an oversized 12"x12" format, contains 50 stories by more than 80 creators.
"Rantz turned me on to comics," Amos explained in an interview with PWCW, singling out Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Doll's House as the first comic she ever read. "That's what is so perfect about all this. The person who turned me on to comics is the person who edited the first, and probably only, comic anthology inspired by my songs."
Although she was originally unclear about exactly what the project would entail, Amos became convinced of the possibilities. "What I was extremely clear about was that the comic artists weren't being asked to do visual cover versions of the songs. It wasn't their job to try and figure out what the song is about, it was their job to use the song as a jumping-off point," Amos explained.
Hoseley, knowing the depths of admiration among Amos's fans, felt a bit of pressure about the project. "I was hyper-aware of not wanting to let Tori down in terms of the end result," said Hoseley. "It was a big leap of faith on her part, doing this book, and with her committing so fully to it, I wanted to make sure that the book was something that she would be proud of, and be pleased to have as part of her catalogue of official releases and projects."
While existing Amos fans -- who tend to be incredibly devoted to the singer -- are the natural audience, Hoseley believes the book will appeal to a multitude of others. "One thing that Tori and I agreed on in the initial discussions was that we wanted the book to appeal to fans of comics, and for art and design fans in general, regardless of whether they were fans of hers," said Hoseley.
While this crossover of comics and music is unusual, it's not the first time Image has creatively explored the connection. The 2006 Belle and Sebastian-inspired anthology Put the Book Back on the Shelf was followed a year later by Popgun Volume 1, described as a "graphic mixtape" (Volume 2 is forthcoming).
This willingness to experiment can be credited to the creator-owned and -operated ethos that Image was founded upon back in 1992. However, the recent success of non-superhero titles has been nothing less than shocking. Image's pr and marketing coordinator Joe Keatinge who edited the anthology Popgun Volume 1 said, "If you told me five years ago that we would be selling out music books and that our bestselling title would be an original zombie story [Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead], I'd think you were crazy."
When asked if comics are a logical extension to her work, Amos pointed out the long-running relationship between her and comics luminary Neil Gaiman, who penned the introduction to the book. "It depends if you're aware of the fact that [the character] Delirium from the Sandman series stole a bit from me, and I stole a bit from her," said Amos.
Looking at the finished product, both Hoseley and Amos are more than content. "When I read the whole thing in order for the first time, I couldn't stop myself," Amos said. "It was almost as if I became an addict for it. What surprised me is that there are so many different styles represented here, and each one is unique unto itself. There isn't one story that reminds me of another. With so many people involved, that is highly unusual."
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|I was about 12 years old (circa 1969) and my Father was letting me drive his 1954 truck. We lived in a country ranch-type house on 100 acres of land, about 30 miles Northwest of Austin, TX and my father would let me drive whenever we took the hay bales to the ‘back 40’ to feed the cows. Dad was (at the time) a professional mechanic, and was always finding really good cars and trucks to bring home…|
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Dad was sitting on the passenger side and very well amused at the sight of me wrestling that wheel… and he was chuckling just a bit. Then, he teasingly asked me if I “was having any trouble”?? Yea… Funny Dad!! So… he stopped me… and got my full attention and told me that, if I were to get the truck rolling even just the slightest bit… it would take the dead weight of the truck off of the wheels… and they would turn REALLY easily… not turn as in rolling… turn as in steering… twisting the wheels to the other direction I really want to go.
Not sure if he was attempting to make more fun of me, yet knowing he knew his vehicles, I decided to give it a try… and began to ease the clutch out – feathering the gas just a bit. Sure enough… the steering wheel all of a sudden was VERY easy to turn now… as though the truck had power steering now!! Very curious… curious at best! I didn’t really understand the magic behind this, as a little kid. But, to this day… I still use that method… even with cars that DO have power steering. See… by getting the vehicle moving even the slightest, it eliminates (transfers) that dead-weight friction of trying to twist those tires on the ground or pavement… no longer are they stationary and you are trying to twist them against the ground. By causing them to roll even just a little, you remove that horizontal twist/friction between the bottom of the tire and the ground (pavement) the tire is touching. Sure… the tire is STILL touching, but with the rolling action, the twisting portion is almost completely removed.
As I have grown in the last 40+ years of my life with the Lord, this dead weight exercise of my father’s keeps coming back to me… in so many ways. See… in so many events of my life, I am reminded how… as I am struggling with the Lord for direction… in an effort to turn my life around… to get it pointed where I “know” it needs to be pointed…. He quietly reminds me of this quick, innocent little tip my father shared with me… to at least be MOVING… and the Lord CAN turn you SO much easier… SEE??? No longer, are you ‘dead weight’… no longer stagnant, or completely stopped dead in your tracks… moving… reduced friction… with ease the wheel in our lives is able to steer and to point us in the right direction…
Now… you may be asking yourself “How?” I mean, you may be asking yourself these questions;
- What if you begin moving, but the ‘tires of your life’ are pointed in the wrong direction?
- Don’t I need to turn them first, and then go in the new direction??
And, I’ll share with you this… At first, yes… you WILL be going in the wrong direction… you are going to… the ‘tires of your life’ are pointed that way!! Make sense?? Once you get moving… just a little now… nothing blasting, or trying to really launch… but, once you at least get moving, then the Lord will help you to turn that wheel SO much easier, and quicker… The key is “Moving”!! See that?
We often wonder why our lives are not ‘going anywhere’. And, usually, it is because you are ‘pointed’ in the wrong direction… and, since you are NOT moving, it is SO much tougher for the Lord to redirect you… because twisting that ‘wheel of your life’ is causing SO much strain, and stress, and twisting on the ‘tires of your life’… Get moving… let that clutch out… put the vehicle in gear, and let your foot off the brake!! Nothing FAST, or not any quick movement… nice and easy at first… to get the dead weight off your life… therein allowing the Lord to turn you much easier. Soon, you WILL see the direction changing, and see the affects of the movement… and you WILL be pointed on the way the Lord wants you to go… being directed by His gentle hand… led by His faithful spirit!!
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Years ago, when I was finding it hard to get out of bed, much less write, I started making a daily gratitude list.
To celebrate Thanksgiving, I’d like to collaborate with you today and make a writer’s ultimate gratitude list. You game?
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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON APPRAISALS IN REAL ESTATE MARKET IN SRI LANKA: SOME SELECTED MARKET PLAYERS’ PERSPECTIVES
Appraisal perspectives are opinions, beliefs and experiences related to real estate appraisals. Literature shows that real estate appraisals vary with the real estate market players‟ perspectives. The main purpose of this study is to analyze perspectives of real estate market players who are referred to as Real Estate Valuers, Property Developers, Financial Analysts and Bankers to analyze whether their perspectives have changed along with the global financial crisis. A two way approach involving a questionnaire and a structured interview was applied in this study. The questionnaire survey was focused to collect information on perspectives of both the pre and post financial crisis. Unit of analysis was real estate market players. A sample of 48 real estate market players was randomly selected covering Real Estate Valuers, Property Developers, Financial Analysts and Bankers. However, 42 completed questionnaires were received and the analysis was done based on those completed questionnaires using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) computer software. Structured interviews were held to ascertain their opinions on steps whichever necessary to create the confidence on possible crisis situations. Findings of the study indicate that perspectives have not been changed along with the crisis experience and there are significant differences in opinions among real estate market players as far as appraisal perspectives are concerned.
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In this week’s update of the 1950 U.S. Census indexed records (and their corresponding images), MyHeritage has added records from Nevada and Puerto Rico. An additional 2,439,619 records were added for a total of 6,680,023 historical records in the collection. All of the records are available to search, view, and add to your family tree on MyHeritage for free!
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