SPANISH POPULATION IN THE US

The last US census shows that 50,000,000 Spanish people live in the country, a 16.3% of the total population. In the City of Riverside, California, 47% of the 310,000 residents are Spanish: 50,530. Illegal cohabitants are not counted. While Caucasian families have an average of two children, Spanish ones, predominantly Mexicans, have five or more. This means that in the future the Spanish population in the US will be way above the other races, and they will take over the country politically. 

Radioactive Elements that Kill

The following three radioactive elements can be released in a nuclear accident:

Cesium-137.

Iodine-131.
Strontium-90.

Cesium-137 mimics potassium in the body and can cause cancer, blood diseases and birth defects. It has a 30-year half-life, the time it takes for half the atoms to disintegrate.

Iodine-131 an be inhaled or ingested. It concentrates in the thyroid, leading to thyroid cancer. It has a half-life of eight days. Taking iodine pills prevents the thyroid from absorbing iodine.

Strontium-90 spreads in dust. It accumulates in bones and teeth, causing bone cancer and leukemia. It has a half-life of 29 years.

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PHOTO OF THE YEAR

Look this: A 4-month old girl rescued unscratched from tons of rubbles in Ishimaki, Japan. A soldier from the Self Defense Force smiles while holding the innocent princess. She should be named Milagros, or Mikado in Japanese.

Kudos to RPD Officers Dillon and Sturdavant

The Truth Publication is congratulating RPD Officers M. Dillon and J. Sturdavant, for cleaning the streets of Riverside of a very dangerous sex offender. David Ray McReynolds was arrested in the area of William and Mountain streets. He was wanted for parole violations. Officers Dillon and Sturdavant have been doing a terrific police job for a long time, and they deserve a promotion. Chief Sergio Diaz should take note.

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CITY ORDINANCE ABOUT SMOKING

This story is closely related to the one below, and it is the result of a research made by this publication regarding regulations for smoking in the City of Riverside.

After receiving conflicting reports from the City about if there were or not any ordinances about smoking, we have got from Councilman Mike Gardner a copy of the City Administrative Manual dated July, 2006, and reviewed July 2009.

The Administrative Manual states that City Smoking Policy is limited to the requirements of the Labor Code 6404.5 prohibiting the smoking of tobacco products in all enclosed places of employment, defining workplaces but not limited to offices spaces, libraries, museums, maintenance facilities, warehouses, fire stations, and City-owned vehicles and heavy equipment.

Then, the A.M. refers to the California Law Section 9.08.140, which prohibits smoking "in any area of any park or open space managed by the Park and Recreation Department and specifically designated by sign as a prohibited smoking areas by the Park and Recreation Department." 

As we have verified, Riverside City's Smoking Policy is limited to protect workers/employees and, obviously, employees and visitors attending Park and Recreation areas.


But that's about it. The City's Smoking Policy ignores Riverside residents, personnel and visitors of private-owned buildings, leaving to their owners/managers  the implementation of non-smoking restrictions, which past and present experiences reveal incompetence, privileges, and lack of fairness.


It is the editorial position of The Truth Publication Online that the present Riverside City Policy, although recognizable, doesn't have in consideration thousands of residents/voters who are exposed to the emissions of  deadly smoke. 


It is the responsibility of our government to protect the health of all citizens, no matter classifications of discriminatory places. The law cannot be administered by private individuals because, in plain language, they don't give a damn.


(We would like to thank Councilmen Mike Gardner, Chris MacArthur, Paul Davis, William Bailey, and City Attorney Greg Priamos for their responses and cooperation with this story.)

A JOKE ABOUT SMOKING:

Two old ladies were outside their nursing home, having a smoke when it started to rain. One of the ladies pulled out a condom, cut off the end, put it over her cigarette and continued smoking.

Lady 1: "What's that?"
Lady 2: "A condom. This way my cigarette doesn't get wet."
 "Where did you get it?"
 "You can get them at any drugstore."

The next day  Lady 1 hobbles herself into the local drugstore and announces to the pharmacist that she wants a box of condoms. The guy looks at her kind of strangely (she is, after all, over 80 years of age), but politely asks what brand she prefers.

She replies: "It doesn't matter as long as it fits a Camel."

"Say what?" 

 

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Riverside Council Seems Reluctant to Enforce Smoking Ordinance in Private Buildings

After our publisher delivered a speech at the evening Riverside City Council meeting of March 8, 2011, appealing to the legislative body to write and enforce an ordinance to ban smoking in all areas and buildings of the city, some members of the dais gave the impression that government should not get involved in the private sector.

In other words, people who are victims of secondhand smoking in private buildings are at the mercy of owners and managers.


The following is a textual reproduction of the speech:

"Among many recognitions for the cause of a clean environment, Riverside received a 'Silver LivCom" award. Many trees and solar panels have been installed in the city, saving energy and keeping us green.

"Right in the seventh floor of the City Hall building, we proudly exhibit the Grier Pavilion that was intensively promoted by Mayor Loveridge. No wonder, among many names in the past, Riverside has been called The Green City.

"But there are no flowers without thorns. It has been a shock for us to learn that our city lacks a smoking ordinance. One of the main causes of cancer, smoking, has not been legally framed into the city's by-laws. Although, conflicting reports have been made about this subject.

"The fight against this sneaky killer has been left to the private sector, but without the weight of the law. Smoking killed Council member Nancy Hart's husband. Smoking killed my younger brother Alfredo past July.

"Half a million people died each year in the U.S. because smoking, 5.4 million world wide. Smoking is a pleasure that kills the smokers and those around them. The U.S. Surgeon General has classified that inhaling secondhand smoke causes lung cancer  in no non-smoking adults.

"Approximately three thousand lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult non-smokers as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke may increase the risk of breast and lung cancer, nasal sinus, cavity cancer, and naso-pharyngeal cancer in adults, and the risk of leukemia, lymphoma, and brain tumors in children.


"This is why I'm appealing to the members of this legislative body to write and pass a City Ordinance banning smoking for good in all public places, including parks, buildings, and apartment complexes.

"You will save lots of lives!"

Right after our publisher speech, Roberto Morales, M.D. used the podium to describe how it wouldn't make any difference if secondhand smoke affects people in open areas or inside buildings. He stated that every year more women are victims of smoking and secondhand smoke because the increasing number of them falling to the bad habit. "In 48 years of practice, I have seen patients dying in my arms because smoking had destroyed their respiratory system."

The Truth Publication will continue a research about this important subject where the lives of millions of people are at stake. The Truth rejects the argument that government should not intervene in the private sector, even when people are dying.

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City Council Meetings on TV and Internet

On Tuesdays, Riverside City Council meetings start at 6:30 PM. Free attendance to City Hall. They are televised by Channels 3, 21, and 99. Reruns: Wed. at 4:00 pm., Sat. at 9:00 am. Available 24/7 in the Internet.