Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in April 2017.
California: Solar panel installer HelioPower now chapter 11 bankrupt busted saying revenues are not enough to make the company’s debt payments. CEVA Logistics issued a layoff WARN for its Mira Loma ops, 99 jobs gone by the end of June. ‘Third party’ logistics […] Continue Reading…
“I just couldn’t believe it…..there was just nothing anybody could do. There was one man [William Smith] that had run out of the house, along with a neighbor who had been trying to help him, and they were just completely, you know, hysterical.”-Mark Conley, witness
In June of 2016, Erin Smith became not only Idaho […] Continue Reading…
On 27 JUN 2017, the Oklahoma National Guard’s 63rd Civil Support Team responded to a hazardous chemical spill in Weatherford, they completed their mission successfully. It was all in a day’s training:
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U.S. Air Force by Airman First Class Thomas Charlton.
In June 2016, members of the USAF’s 437th Maintenance Squadron sheet metal and corrosion shop at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, got a new project; restore an old C-141B model.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Thomas Charlton.The giant model […] Continue Reading…
In Thiene Vicenza, Italia, an international model kit expo was held at the beginning of May. Some of the entrants in the military vehicle category were amazingly realistic:
U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo, 06MAY2017. U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo, 06MAY2017.U.S. Army photo […] Continue Reading…
A grocery store employee was tapped to create model aircraft displays (made from styrofoam blocks) to attract U.S. military personnel in Iwakuni, Nippon:
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Private First Class Mason Roy. USMC photo by Private First Class Mason Roy.USMC […] Continue Reading…
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, May 2017:
Alaska: Anchorage School District eliminating 225 jobs due to […] Continue Reading…
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in April 2017:
Discount broker and T-Mobile partner Loyal3 suddenly announced it will shutdown in May!
Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart laid off hundreds more corporate employees, including 3-hundred Information System Division employees! It’s part of […] Continue Reading…
Virginia National Guard’s 329th Regional Support Group used M915 and M1088 tractors to haul trailers during their Annual Training (AT) in May of this year, proving they’re Ready to Roll:
Virginia Militia M1088 hauling boats for the U.S. Navy.138 vehicles were involved in the ‘real […] Continue Reading…