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Don’t have a heart attack, soon Army Robots will save your ass!

07 November 2016  (01:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 17 Aban 1395/06 Safar 1438/08 Ji Hai 4714

The U.S. Army’s Medical Department Board publicly demonstrated four experimental CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) robots, aka Automatic Chest Compression Devices:

MINORITY REPORT: YOUR NEXT JOB INTERVIEW WILL BE WITH A ROBOT NAMED NEOFACE?
OPERATION PACMAN: U.S. ARMY TAKES NAZI ERA ROBOT TANKS TO NEW LEVELS!
ROBOTS TO KILL 80-MILLION JOBS! “… IT WASN’T FUNNY ANYMORE.”
IDAHO ROBOTS REVEAL RADIATION LEVELS TOO HIGH FOR HUMANS

 

“an extended slowdown environment” : U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, October 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for October 2016.

British empire Canada based “energy delivery company” Enbridge eliminating at least 160 jobs in the United States!

Arizona: Tax-sucking Honeywell Aerospace conducting a third round of layoffs.  Administrators refused to say how many people will lose their jobs, but blamed it on “an extended slowdown environment”.

California: What housing industry recovery? Maker of bath and spa parts Balboa Water Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Valencia ops, 245 jobs gone right after Xmas! In Union City, NPL Construction issued a shutdown WARN, 106 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving!  British empire Canada based tax-sucking metal fabricator for the military AVCORP issued a layoff WARN for 61 people in Gardena.  Tax-sucker Boeing issued more layoff WARNs, 49 people losing their jobs right before Xmas.  British empire United Kingdom based automotive-aerospace engineering company GKN issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Ana ops, 95 jobs gone in time for Xmas.    After years of taking over competitors, biotech company Thermo Fisher issued shutdown and layoff WARNs, at least 84 Golden State jobs gone between Xmas 2016 and September 2017.  In Ontario, box maker Bert-Co issued a mass layoff WARN, 106 jobs lost, effective on Xmas day! In Tehacapi, Benz Sanitation-Propane finally revealed that it eliminated 133 jobs back in August! Texas based contract manufacturer Benchmark Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Anaheim ops, 89 jobs gone by the end of March 2017.  Also in Anaheim, First Transit issued a Shutdown WARN, 319 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving! World Courier Ground issued a shutdown WARN for their Burlingame ops, 66 jobs gone after Thanksgiving. Ryder eliminating 11 jobs right before Thanksgiving as it shuts down a location in Fontana.  Tax-sucker General Dynamics-NASSCO warning that 7-hundred employees could become unemployed in January 2017, due to reduced spending by the U.S. Navy!  Santa Barbara based tax-sucking military contractor Channel Technologies Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale.  Administrators claim they’ve lost $10-million USD on their military contracts!

Colorado: Despite reports of booming ganja sales, and increased tax revenues as a result, maker of mary-jane packaging High Supply USA already chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to “theft and corporate espionage”.

Florida: In Pinelless Park, lens maker Transitions Optical eliminating 43 jobs right after Xmas. In Medley, BE Aerospace eliminating 53 office jobs right before Xmas.

Georgia: Tax-sucker Boeing shutting down its 35 years old Macon factory, 120 jobs lost by Xmas!

Illinois: Office furniture maker Bretford issued a layoff WARN for their Franklin Park factory, 128 jobs lost by right before Thanksgiving due to crashing sales! White County Coal issued a shutdown WARN for their Carmi coal mine, 227 jobs lost by the end of November!

Indiana: The White County Economic Development Organization discovered that Wisconsin based electric motor maker Regal Beloit has been eliminating jobs at their Monticello factory, and quietly moving production to Mexico! Regal Beloit administrators refused to comment to local news media about the discovery.  Wisconsin based construction machine maker Rexnord revealed it is shutting down its Indianapolis bearings factory, 3-hundred U.S. jobs being moved to Mexico by April 2017!    Manufacturing Technology suddenly laid off 24 employees due to crashing demand for welding machines that cost $1-million USD: “When a machine is over $1 million in price we’re successful, but the market is growing for machines that are $500,000 or less.”-Bob Besse, vice president of marketing and sales

Iowa:  What automotive industry recovery? International Automotive Components eliminating 440 jobs by Xmas! It’s blamed on Fiat-Chrysler halting production of the Dart.  XPO Logistics laid off 37 warehouse workers, apparently the warehouse was sold.

Kansas: Textron Aviation (Beechcraft and Cessna) laid off an undisclosed number of employees due to crashing sales.

Louisiana: Oil industry company Frank’s International issued a layoff WARN, but gave no numbers.  Furniture maker Paoli shutting down their Orleans factory, 467 jobs gone by October 2017, no reason given!

Maine: More layoffs at tax-sucking Bath Iron Works, this time 160 filled and vacant positions are being eliminated.  Administrators swear it’s not connected to the loss of a military contract.

Michigan: In Detroit auto parts supplier Faurecia North America shutting down two factories, 348 jobs lost due to Fiat-Chrysler halting production of the Dart!  Iconic car maker Ford announced it will halt production of its F150 pickup due to a sudden crash in sales, 13-thousand people in Kentucky and Mexico now ‘temporarily’ jobless!

Minnesota: Minnesota Power shutting down two coal fired power plants four years earlier than planed, at least 30 jobs lost by 2018.  Administrators blame it on studies that claim that power plants using fuel sources other than coal are cheaper to operate (partly due to less people needed to run them).

Montana: Bio-chem company Rivertop Renewables announced “We let a few people go and we have been working under reduced salary for some employees for some time….  Due to market conditions….”

New Hampshire: Exeter based sports equipment maker Performance Sports Group chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale, due to “adverse market and economic conditions”.  Maker of shoe patterns, Swanson Die Company, finally died after more than 60 years of providing pattern dies for the shoe industry.

New Jersey: Bankrupt busted and dying Korea based international shipper Hanjin revealed it suddenly laid off 127 people at its Paramus ops, back in September!  China owned appliance maker Qingdao Haier-Haier America shutting down their GE (General Electric) Appliance factory in Wayne, 91 jobs lost right after Xmas. Haier America will also shutdown GE Appliance factories around the U.S. as it consolidates manufacturing to Kentucky, as part if its take-over of GE Appliances.  PSEG shutting down its Jersey City and Hamilton coal fired power plants, 2-hundred jobs lost by June 2017!

New York: Bus company Professional Charter eliminating at least 34 jobs right after Xmas, for “economic” reasons. Aerospace company Triumph Structures issued a shutdown WARN for its Westbury factory, 90 jobs lost by August 2017.

North Carolina: Industrial lawn mower maker Jacobsen shutting down their Charlotte factory, 2-hundred jobs gone by Xmas!  Jacobsen is being consolidated by its owner Textron.

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery? General Motors (GM) halting production of cast iron motor parts at its Defiance factory, 285 people already laid off!  Korea based Hyundai Ideal Electric laying off an additional 50  workers at their Mansfield factory.  Local news sources say at one time Hyundai employed 5-hundred people, but are now down to just 40 employees!

Oregon: Oil-mining industry metal fabricator ESCO suddenly issued a shutdown WARN for its Portland factory, 168 people already jobless!  The factory will shutdown by July 2017.

Pennsylvania:  Allegheny Technologies officially shutdown two idled factories, local news media estimate that 475 employees are affected!  Manitowoc Crane Group eliminated yet more jobs, this time 85 people became jobless without warning “… due to the continued downturn in the economy…”

Texas: Despite surviving bankruptcy Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company (TCEH) announced it will eliminate 658 jobs with its Luminant and TXU Energy operations!  Alabama based Continental Motors shutting down their San Antonio aircraft parts factory, 50 jobs lost in time for Thanksgiving.

Virginia: Richmond based tobacco company Altria announced it will shutdown factories in Illinois and Pennsylvania, 580 jobs gone by 2018! What automotive industry recovery? Japan based Yokohama Tire eliminating 50 jobs at its Salem factory, in the name of efficiency.

Washington: Boeing eliminating 56 more jobs in Puget Sound, right before Xmas.  Jorgensen Forge suddenly shutdown its Tukwila factory, 111 jobs gone!

Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery? Harley-Davidson warning of yet more layoffs.  No numbers given but the layoffs will take place around Xmas time.  It’s blamed on non-stop crashing sales.

ObamaCare Destruction, October 2016: “CONCERNING & CERTAINLY SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.”

Sears Kmart Destruction, October 2016: KMART MAKES SANTA’S NAUGHTY LIST, NO TOYS FOR XMAS!

U.S. Food Crisis, October 2016: “AN UNFORESEEN SLOWDOWN” DROWNING IN BEER & CHROMIUM-6?

U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, September 2016 :“SUSTAINED MARKET CHALLENGES”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

NATO reveals secret Chemical training for Jordanians!

05 November 2016  (07:42 UTC-07 Tango 01) 15 Aban 1395/04 Safar 1438/06 Ji Hai 4714

Just one day after three U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan (supposedly because they refused to stop their vehicle when Jordanian guards ordered them to halt) U.S. led NATO released video revealing that Jordanians are being trained at a secret NATO CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological,Nuclear) base in Czech Republic:

USMC TRAINS FOR WAR IN JORDAN

Utah: Phinal Phantom Phlight, no more USAF F-4 Phantoms!

03 November 2016  (12:10 UTC-07 Tango 01) 13 Aban 1395/02 Safar 1438/04 Ji Hai 4714

“I felt like we had an opportunity and an obligation to get this aircraft on the road one more time because so many people have this connection with it. It’s just been absolutely amazing for me to do this.”-Lieutenant Colonel Ron King

One of two QF-4 Phantoms on Phinal Phlight at Hill AFB

At the end of October, just in time for Halloween, a couple of Phunky Phantoms of the U.S. Air Force drone type made their phinal phlights at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

In the 1990s iconic F-4 Phantom-2s were converted, at Davis-Monthan in Arizona, into QF-4 target drones for the U.S. military.  In 2015 they were transferred to Holloman in New Mexico for phinal phlight preps.  The last unmanned drone phlight took place in August 2016: “Ironically, the majority of QF-4 missions are flown in the manned configuration to support manned presentation, unmanned flight chase missions, and pilot proficiency training.”– Scott Johnson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

The remaining 13 USAF QF-4s will be converted to ground targets for use at White Sands in New Mexico.  Utah’s Hill AFB AFLCMC (Air Force Life Cycle Management Center) System Program Office will continue to be involved with the creation of new target drones for the USAF, like the QF-16.

Official USAF video explainer:

 

Taxpayers fund Army basic training reality TV show!

01 November 2016  (12:07 UTC-07 Tango 01) 11 Aban 1395/30 Muharram 1438/02 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

Germany, a member of U.S. led NATO, has spent the equivalent of  $1.9-million USD in taxpayer funding to turn Bundeswehr basic training into a reality TV show!  And get this, the trainees do their own camera work!

The show is called Die Rekruten, and you can even watch it on YouTube.   It’s part of NATO Germany’s plan to increase troop strength by 14,300, by the Gregorian year 2023.  It should be noted that the German government wants to do-away with its troop limit of 185-thousand.  Mmmm, are they expecting a big war?

 “FIVE TO TEN YEARS FROM NOW.” 3D PRINTERS GO TO WAR!

USMC TRAINS FOR WAR IN JORDAN

INVASION OF SYRIA “WITHIN WEEKS”: ASHTON CARTER

U.S. PREPS UKRAINE FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA?

Operation Jupiter: Shark DNA for future Soldiers?

01 November 2016  (11:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 11 Aban 1395/30 Muharram 1438/02 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

They sure are thinking outside the box over at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department.

I’ve written many times before how the U.S. Defense Department’s JUPITR ATD program is connected to the ebola outbreaks in western Africa.  Back in August the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Chemical and Biological Technologies Department published an article called Importance of Hypervariable Region 2 for Stability and Affinity of a Shark Single-Domain Antibody Specific for Ebola Virus Nucleoprotein.

U.S. Navy researchers discovered that the antibodies of a shark’s immune system might be used to help create a vaccine for humans, against ebola.  However, the shark antibodies have relatively low ‘melting’ points and researchers are attempting to find a way to increase the melting point, and conduct “humanization” of shark antibodies: “… we utilized CDR grafting combined with site directed mutagenesis to increase the melting temperature (stability) of a shark derived anti-NP sdAb. Two derivatives of the shark sdAb [single-domain antibody] were constructed: One where CDRs 1 and 3 along with HV2 (the designation given to the CDR2 region of shark sdAb) were grafted onto the framework of SP15, and another in which only CDRs 1 and 3 were grafted. Interestingly, we found that the HV2 region, which is located somewhat remote from antigen-binding CDR1 and CDR3 regions, had significant impact on both affinity and stability. This work elucidates the importance of the HV2 region on both folding stability and antigen binding.”

Now realize that this work to find a vaccine against ebola is being conducted by the DoD’s official Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction: Defense Threat Reduction Agency, or DTRA.

OPERATION JUPITER: BIO-CHEMICAL ATTACK IN WASHINGTON STATE?

ONCE INFECTED, EBOLA STRIKES AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN….
OPERATION JUPITER: ANTHRAX IS THE ZOMBIE DISEASE LAZARUS!
OPERATION JUPITER: EBOLA, MICHIGAN & ILLINOIS NEXT? COMES ROARING BACK IN USAFRICOM’S LIBERIA! DON’T EAT YOUR DOG!
MORE FALSE FLAG BULL-SHIT:  EBOLA & ANTHRAX PART OF OPERATION JUPITER! U.S. HALTS VACCINES FOR U.S. TROOPS!
OPERATION JUPITER: A SMALL PART OF A LARGER MILITARY OPERATION SPREADING DISEASE AT A HOSPITAL NEAR YOU!

EBOLA UPDATE, 08 NOVEMBER 2014: FIVE U.S. MILITARY BASES DESIGNATED FOR QUARANTINE!

EBOLA UPDATE, 27 OCTOBER 2014: OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER FOR MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW, THEN ACCUSES NEWS MEDIA & STATE OFFICIALS OF FEAR MONGERING!
EBOLA UPDATE, 20 OCTOBER 2014:  U.S. DoD FORMS SPECIAL MEDICAL MARTIAL LAW TEAMS! 
EBOLA UPDATE, 19 OCTOBER 2014: EBOLA, QUEEN REVEALS IT’S A BIO-WEAPON!
EBOLA UPDATE, 18 OCTOBER 2014: WHY IS U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY INVOLVED IN EBOLA RESEARCH? U.S. TROOPS SENT TO AFRICA TO PROTECT, OR DESTROY, ONCE SECRET U.S. BIO-WEAPONS LABS?
WORLD WAR 3: IS THIS ABOUT EBOLA, OR THE OIL?

Vitamin D finally proven to stop allergies asthma?

01 November 2016  (03:13 UTC-07 Tango 01) 11 Aban 1395/30 Muharram 1438/02 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

“Our study is the first to track vitamin D levels from birth to asthma onset, and it has shown a clear link between prolonged vitamin D deficiency in early childhood and the development of asthma.  We’ve also shown for the first time that babies deficient in vitamin D have higher levels of potentially harmful bacteria in their upper airways, and are more susceptible to severe respiratory infections.”-Elysia Hollams, researcher

“We still don’t know what the optimal level of vitamin D is for good lung health and immune function, and we don’t know if supplementation would address this issue, or if healthy sun exposure is what is required, given that vitamin D is an indirect measure of recent sun exposure.”-Elysia Hollams, researcher

The study was done at Australia’s Telethon Kids Institute.

“Five to ten years from now.” 3D printers go to War!

31 October 2016  (16:15 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Aban 1395/29 Muharram 1438/01 Wu Zu (10th month) 4714

As the U.S. Army and Marine Corps shifts towards robot warriors, soon 3D printing technology could have them making their own replacement parts in the battlefield, “Five to ten years from now.” according to USMC Captain Kristina Warren.

Currently testing is underway for human warriors to 3D print their own war-fighting parts in the middle of a battle.

USA (under U.S. grammar rules USA without punctuation means United States Army) Fort Bliss video:

USMCAS (United States Marine Corps Air Station) Yuma video:

MINORITY REPORT: YOUR NEXT JOB INTERVIEW WILL BE WITH A ROBOT NAMED NEOFACE?
HUMAN BIG DATA: MEET YOUR NEW COMPUTER BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD HUMAN BOSS!
OPERATION PACMAN: U.S. ARMY TAKES NAZI ERA ROBOT TANKS TO NEW LEVELS!
RISE OF THE MACHINES: PACMAN CHANGING THE FACE OF INFANTRY WARFARE!
ROBOTS TO KILL 80-MILLION JOBS! “… IT WASN’T FUNNY ANYMORE.”

 

“Concerning & certainly somewhat problematic.” : ObamaCare Destruction October 2016

It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past ten months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, October 2016:

Arizona: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warns that ObamaCare insurance rates for men in The Grand Canyon State could skyrocket 116%, to an average of $422 per month in 2017!

California: CareFusion Resources revealed it laid off 128 people in San Diego at the end of September! Then the U.S. Department of Defense announced it awarded CareFusion a five years tax-sucking contract to design a Pharmacy Impatient Automation Solution-Automated Dispensing Cabinet. Apparently some of the tax-sucking development can be done outside the U.S.   Ireland based drugs maker Shire issued a layoff WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 320 jobs gone by January 2017!  Palo Alto based blood tester Theranos eliminating 340 jobs in Arizona, California and Pennsylvania!  Theranos is shutting down labs in an effort to make themselves more economically viable.  UC Irvine Medical Center eliminating 175 jobs due to costs of operation: “Academic centers are generally more costly because we provide services that other hospitals don’t…”-John Murray

Connecticut: Hartford based health insurer Aetna eliminating 8-hundred jobs directly connected with the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)!  Administrators said it was part of their attempts to survive ObamaCare in 2017.

Florida: Grocery chain Winn Dixie suddenly began shutting down 13 pharmacy operations throughout The Sunshine State. Administrators blame ObamaCare for declining business.

Georgia: Memorial Hospital and Manor eliminating 18 jobs, blaming ObamaCare lack of funding.

Idaho: Karcher Care Group issued a WARN for their Nampa nursing home ops, 172 jobs gone!  “Concerning and certainly somewhat problematic.”  That’s how state Department of Insurance Director Dean Cameron describes health insurance provider’s plans to greatly jack up ‘out of network’ charges.  According to the Idaho StatesmanBlue Cross of Idaho plans will have a $50,000 out-of-network deductible for individuals, and patients will have an out-of-pocket responsibility for up to $75,000 of all out-of-network claims — up from $4,000 and $10,000 this year.

BridgeSpan and SelectHealth members will have less-extreme deductibles, but they will be responsible for up to $200,000 of their bills if they go out of network.

The amounts are doubled for families.”

Illinois:  Cook County Health and Hospitals System eliminating 320 jobs by Xmas!  It’s blamed on a drastically reduced taxpayer funded operating budget for fiscal 2017.

Indiana: Community Health Network shutting down Community Westview Hospital after Xmas, 187 jobs lost!

Kentucky:  University of Louisville claims ‘christian’ owned KentuckyOne Health owes $46-million USD in back due payments! In 2012, U of L contracted with Colorado based ‘christian’ KentuckyOne to manage its hospital and cancer treatment center.  Instead of making the U of L health care operations profitable KentuckyOne ended up eliminating more than 5-hundred jobs.  ‘Christian’ administrators of KentuckyOne countered by demanding to know what U of L is doing with the money it already got!  Let me remind you ‘christians’: “But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible

Louisiana: Lafayette General Medical Center canceled its contract for house cleaning services, resulting in 243 contracted cleaners becoming jobless! 

Michigan: Emergent BioSolutions eliminated 91 jobs due to making their drug ops more efficient.  After 40 years Detroit East Health Services shutdown, affecting 8-hundred patients!  An unnamed employee told local news media the shutdown was “…for corruption, for personal gain…”

New Jersey: Meda Pharmaceutical eliminating 94 jobs after being taken over by the evil maker of the hyper expensive EpiPen.

North Carolina: Drugs maker Pfizer warning that as many as 4-hundred employees could become unemployed “Due to recent changes in market demand…”

Ohio: Summa Health announced they eliminated jobs, but refused to say how many.  DentalOne Partners shutting down their HQ, 53 jobs lost right after Xmas.  The dental service chain is “consolidating” its HQ ops to Texas.

Oklahoma:  Muscogee (Creek) Nation Department of Health eliminated 123 jobs without warning, many former employees being escorted off tribal property by police!  Administrators blame it on the drastically reduced taxpayer funded 2017 budget.

Oregon: Bend Memorial Clinic eliminating 20 jobs and several services: “This is part of a gradual strategic alignment, eliminating certain services which will free up resources to do the things we think will strengthen us in the future. We tried to look not necessarily at money losers, but services that are provided elsewhere in the community.”-David Holloway, ceo

Tennessee: God can’t stop ‘his’ Baptist Memorial from shutting down their Union City office, 60 jobs killed right before Xmas.

Virginia:  Ace Insurance eliminating at least 60 jobs in Salem by Xmas, it might be connected to their take-over of Switzerland based Chubb.

Washington: The ‘christian’ god powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Joseph Medical Center laying off 44 people right before Xmas.  The so called christian administrators of the hospital boasted that they’re advertising that they have 6-hundred vacant positions, so why the layoffs?  Colonial Vista Retirement Center issued a shutdown WARN for their Wenatchee ops, 219 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving!  Hearthstone Cottages issued shutdown WARNS for two of its assisted living centers, 84 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving. “Wellness provider for employers” Healthways issued a shutdown WARN for their Bellevue ops, 68 jobs gone right after Xmas.

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services warns that ObamaCare insurance rates will increase an average of 25% across 39 U.S. states, in 2017!

September 2016: “YOU CAN’T KEEP THE DOORS OPEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE PROVIDERS”

U.S. CHRISTIAN SELF-DESTRUCTION 2ND Q 2016:  “ALL THE CHURCHES ARE EXPERIENCING THIS DECLINE….”