30 January 2016 (07:41 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 10 Bahman 1394/19 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/21 Ding-Chou (12th month) 4713
Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact, or how a planet collision created the Earth and Moon. That’s the conclusion of scientists at University of California Los Angeles. (also, Moon was produced by a head-on collision […] Continue Reading…
29 January 2016 19:20 UTC-07 Tango 01 (10 Bahman 1394/19 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/21 Ding-Chou (12th month) 4713)
A new study by biologists in New Zealand is now blaming Plankton for climate change! Well, not that Plankton, but more than 2-thousand species of ancient plankton, and another micro-animal called graptolite, that lived as long as 400-million years ago.
And actually […] Continue Reading…
29 January 2016 18:36 UTC-07 Tango 01 (10 Bahman 1394/19 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/21 Ding-Chou (12th month) 4713)
The European country Sweden is about to impose a legal minimum age for accessing social media, based on a European Union study and Facebook policy.
The Swedish government said it would implement what’s called the EU Data Protection Directive and establish a […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, January 2016.
California: Health insurance company Blue Shield of California eliminating at least 99 jobs at their Lodi call center, apparently forcing people to buy ObamaCare insurance is generating enough captive audience profits. In Long Beach, Molina Hospital Management eliminating 385 jobs by the end of February! In Torrance, […] 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 layoffs & school shutdowns, January 2016:
Arizona: Phoenix based rip off artist Apollo Education Group (owner […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Arizona: Phoenix based rip off artist Apollo Education Group (owner of University of Phoenix,Western International University, Axia College, and College for Financial Planning) eliminated 70 jobs, as part of their plan to “re-engineer” the for-profit education operation due to crashing revenues. (possible due to the federal Department of Education […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: In San Francisco, Belcampo Meat Company shutting down their Mission Street butcher shop. The operators of the butcher shop chain said the Mission Street location could not maintain enough volume sales to justify its existence. In Desert Hot Springs, after 70 years Haidet’s True Value Hardware […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Alabama: What automotive industry recovery? Brazil based brake parts maker Fras’le eliminating 50 jobs at its Prattville factory, by the end of February. Administrators blame crashing sales in Brazil and China, which are being exacerbated by international currency wars. In Fairfield, residents are lamenting the loss (before the end of […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: Walmart revealed their store shutdowns in The Golden State will result in 1-thousand 652 jobs lost by April 15th! In Santa Maria, Eldorado Berry Farms issued a “permanent” layoff WARN, 654 jobs lost by the end of April! Superior Farming issued a layoff WARN, […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Alabama: AAR Aerostructures & Interiors ending metal fabrication ops in Huntsville, 72 jobs lost. Administrators said they need to “refocus” their business.
Arizona: In Chandler, after 25 years Video Paradise shutting down next week.
California: In San Francisco, after more than ten years the upscale Bourbon Steak shutting down in March, the […] Continue Reading…