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Which Major West Coast City Is Being Overwhelmed By Rats, Drugs, Crime, Piles Of Garbage And Hordes Of Homeless People?
May 21, 2019 May 21, 2019 by Michael Snyder
Can you name the major west coast city that has become a rotting, decaying hellhole and is being completely overwhelmed by rats, drugs, crime, piles of garbage and hordes of homeless people? Of course San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, "all of them" and "any of them" would all be correct answers, but in this article we are going to talk about Los Angeles. Once upon a time, millions of young Americans flocked to "sunny L.A." in order to experience "the California Dream", but these days Los Angeles seems to be on the cutting edge of many of our most critical societal problems. L.A. has been known for Hollywood, the porn industry and world class traffic congestion, but now it is also becoming famous for "rat-infested piles of rotting garbage"…
Rat-infested piles of rotting garbage left uncollected by the city of Los Angeles, even after promises to clean it up, are fueling concerns about a new epidemic after last year's record number of flea-borne typhus cases.
Even the city's most notorious trash pile, located between downtown LA's busy Fashion and Produce districts, continues to be a magnet for rats after it was cleaned up months ago. The rodents can carry typhus-infected fleas, which can spread the disease to humans through bacteria rubbed into the eyes or cuts and scrapes on the skin, resulting in severe flu-like symptoms.
Today, approximately 18.7 million people live in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and many fear that the rat population may exceed the human population at this point.
When garbage and filth are everywhere, rats can breed exceedingly quickly. In fact, under ideal conditions two rats can become 482 million rats in just three years.
So you would think that L.A. would want to get this rat problem under control, but an NBC Los Angeles investigation discovered that "there is no plan or program to control the growing rat population"…
But in Los Angeles, the I-Team learned there is no plan or program to control the growing rat population that feasts at trash piles like the one on Ceres Avenue.
"It's something that we'll look into," said Pepe Garica, of Los Angeles' bureau of sanitation.
Lovely, eh?
In a previous article, I noted that the rats have now even conquered Los Angeles City Hall…
Officials at Los Angeles' City Hall are considering ripping all of the building's carpets up, as rats and fleas are said to be running riot in its halls.
A motion was filed by Council President Herb Wesson on Wednesday to enact the much needed makeover amid a typhus outbreak in the downtown area.
Wesson said a city employee had contracted the deadly bacterial disease at work, and now he's urging officials to investigate the 'scope' of the long-running pest problem at the council building.
Meanwhile, the homeless population continues to multiply as well.
The number of homeless people living in L.A. has risen by at least 75 percent since 2012, and authorities cleaned up nearly 15,000 homeless encampments last year alone…
Nearly 15,000 homeless encampment cleanups were conducted last year in Los Angeles, a process that begins with officers clearing people from the area before sanitation workers remove trash and other items.
The cleanups cost taxpayers millions of dollars, but some residents who live near the encampments said they are usually repopulated soon after sanitation crews are done. It's a seemingly endless cycle that leads neighbors to ask whether there are better ways to spend that tax money.
In other words, Los Angeles is cleaning up an average of 41 homeless encampments every single day.
Overall, Los Angeles spent a whopping 619 million dollars on the homeless problem last year, but it just continues to get even worse.
Of course wherever there is homelessness there is crime, and those that live in downtown L.A. are getting fed up…
"Everyone living, working in, or visiting downtown has noticed the rapidly deteriorating conditions," downtown resident Catherine Tomiczek told the committee. She said a friend was beaten and robbed on the street and a neighbor was stabbed in her building.
Councilman Paul Krekorian, who heads the committee, said he would request the information sought by the group. Major crimes downtown increased 6.7 percent this year compared with the same period in 2018, according to LAPD crime data through April 13.
Much of the violent crime is fueled by the drug trade, and according to DEA agent Bob Thomas Los Angeles is definitely a national hub for drug activity…
In a middle class neighborhood in Los Angeles a house is surrounded by crime tape. A young man had lost his life to drugs inside.
It's happened a record 72,000 times last year in the United States and Los Angeles is a big part of the problem.
"Drug cartels send their stuff to LA, where it's distributed across the nation," DEA agent Bob Thomas said.
Further up the California coastline, northern California is being absolutely overwhelmed by a meth epidemic that is completely out of control. Just consider these shocking numbers…
Since 2011, emergency room visits related to meth in San Francisco have jumped 600% to 1,965 visits in 2016, the last year for which ER data is available. Admissions to the hospital are up 400% to 193, according to city public health data. And at San Francisco General Hospital, of 7,000 annual psychiatric emergency visits last year, 47% were people who were not necessarily mentally ill — they were high on meth.
"As California goes, so goes the nation" is a phrase that people like to use, but we better hope that it isn't true, because California is going down the toilet.
And as our planet continues to become increasingly unstable, scientists assure us that it is only a matter of time before "the Big One" hits the state. Earlier today, northern California was shaken by a magnitude 3.8 earthquake, and one of these days a truly catastrophic quake is coming.
In recent years, approximately five million people have packed up and moved to another state, and you can't really blame them for leaving.
At this point I can't really think of any reason why anyone would want to live in California.
Can you?
Categories CommentaryTags Addiction, Crime, Drug Addicts, Drug Use, Drugs, Homeless, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Mentally Ill, Portland, Public Health, Rats, San Francisco, SeattleLeave a comment
Wealthy Elitists Freak Out As Hordes Of Homeless People Take Over Their Neighborhoods All Over The West Coast
The elite are very "tolerant" of the homeless until they start showing up in their own neighborhoods. Even though the mainstream media keeps telling us that the U.S. economy is "booming", the number of Americans living on the streets continues to grow very rapidly, and this is particularly true in our major west coast cities. More than half a million Americans will sleep on the streets of our cities tonight, and they need help, care and shelter. Sadly, as economic conditions deteriorate that number is likely to double or even triple. Of course many among the elite are all in favor of doing something for the homeless, as long as they don't have to be anywhere around them.
For example, let's talk about what is going on in Los Angeles. No city on the west coast has a bigger problem with homelessness than L.A. does, and many in the homeless population enjoy camping out on the beautiful beaches in the L.A. area at night.
But of course many of the elite that paid millions of dollars for beachfront property are not too thrilled about this. Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten was a key symbol of anti-establishment rebellion in the 1970s, but now he is freaking out because homeless people are making life very difficult for him and his wife in Venice Beach, and what he recently told Newsweek's Paula Froelich is making headlines all over the nation…
He told her the homeless situation in his swanky LA neighborhood is so bad that thieves are tearing the bars from the windows of his multimillion-dollar home, lobbing bricks, setting up unsightly tent cities and littering the beach with syringes.
"A couple of weeks ago I had a problem," the former punk prince opined. "They came over the gate and put their tent inside, right in front of the front door. It's like . . . the audacity. And if you complain, what are you? Oh, one of the establishment elite? No, I'm a bloke that's worked hard for his money and I expect to be able to use my own front door."
It is more than just a little bit ironic that a man that used drugs, sex and rock and roll to shoot to global fame now sounds like a tired old crank that just wants to get the hippies off of his front lawn.
And he also says that the beach in front of his home is almost unusable because of all the needles and human poop in the sand…
Rotten added of the punks: "They're aggressive, and because there's an awful lot of them together they're gang-y. And the heroin spikes . . . You can't take anyone to the beach because there's jabs just waiting for young kids to put their feet in — and poo all over the sand."
Well, Johnny might as well become accustomed to his new neighbors, because the situation is only going to get worse as our national homelessness crisis intensifies.
In Los Angeles, the number of homeless people that have died has risen 76 percent over the past five years, and this has happened during supposedly "good economic times".
So how bad will things get when the economy really starts going downhill?
Up the coast in San Fransisco, some wealthy residents are fighting tooth and nail to keep a proposed homeless shelter out of their wealthy neighborhood. The following comes from CBS News…
Some San Francisco residents are turning to crowdfunding to raise money to fight a proposed homeless shelter in their wealthy neighborhood. As of Monday morning, the effort had raised over $80,000 of its $100,000 goal.
Calling itself "Safe Embarcadero for All," the organizer is appealing to residents of South Beach, Rincon Hill, Bayside Village, East Cut and Mission Bay, saying the money will be directed to a legal fund to pay for efforts to fight the homeless shelter. San Francisco Mayor London Breed has sponsored legislation to fast-track the building of the Navigation Center, which would house 200 homeless people a stone's throw from Google's San Francisco offices and Gap's headquarters.
How wonderfully "tolerant" of them, eh?
Of course it is hard to blame them. The streets of San Francisco are littered with thousands upon thousands of used syringes, and the number of official complaints about human feces in the streets is going up with each passing year.
But instead of changing course, it looks like San Francisco officials will probably extend their free syringe program…
San Francisco officials are debating if they should continue a needle exchange program that has left city streets littered with hazardous waste.
We have made an uncomfortable observation on social media: Thousands of needles are scattered on city streets, most likely came the Department of Public Health's needle exchange program.
San Francisco Board of Supervisors expects to approve a seven-year extension of the exchange program, could cost taxpayers a whopping $26 million.
Overall, the city handed out 5.8 million free syringes in 2018, and a large number of those were simply thrown on to the streets when addicts were done using them.
Up in Seattle, neighborhood after neighborhood has been taken over by homeless encampments, and many residents are saying enough is enough…
In the past two weeks, Seattle Is Dying has garnered 38,000 shares on Facebook and nearly 2 million views on YouTube. The report has clearly resonated with anxious, fearful, and increasingly angry Seattle residents. Exhausted by a decade of rising disorder and property crime—now two-and-a-half times higher than Los Angeles's and four times higher than New York City's—Seattle voters may have reached the point of "compassion fatigue." According to the Seattle Times, 53 percent of Seattle voters now support a "zero-tolerance policy" on homeless encampments; 62 percent believe that the problem is getting worse because the city "wastes money by being inefficient" and "is not accountable for how the money is spent," and that "too many resources are spent on the wrong approaches to the problem." The city council insists that new tax revenues are necessary, including a head tax on large employers, but only 7 percent of Seattle voters think that the city is "not spending enough to really solve the problem." For a famously progressive city, this is a remarkable shift in public opinion.
With all of the money that they have, you would think that the major cities on the west coast would be showing the rest of the nation how to deal with homelessness, but instead things continue to get worse with each passing year.
And of course what we have seen so far is just the beginning. During the next recession, the homelessness crisis will be far, far worse than it is today.
America should not have more than half a million people living in the streets, but we do, and those in power do not seem to have any solutions.
Categories Commentary, Economic DespairTags California, Drug Addicts, Drug Use, Drugs, Homeless, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Mentally Ill, Public Health, San Francisco, SeattleLeave a comment
Nobody Does It Better: The Amount Of Human Feces On San Francisco Streets Is Going Up Every Single Year
Sometimes the best metaphors come from real life. Today, San Francisco has eclipsed Los Angeles and has become the most important city in America's most heavily populated state. It is the central hub of our tech industry, in many ways it is one of the epicenters of our national moral decay, and the most powerful Democrat in the entire country calls it her home. So somehow it seems appropriate that the city is literally covered in human feces, and the problem is getting worse with each passing year.
In 2011, there were 5,547 reported incidents of human feces found on the streets of San Francisco, and by 2018 that figure had risen to 28,084. The following numbers originally come from the San Francisco Department of Public Works…
2014: 10,644
And the important thing to remember is that these numbers only represent "reported incidents". As Business Insider has noted, the true amount of human feces on the streets "is likely even higher"…
Notably, this is a chart of only documented reports — the actual amount of feces on San Francisco's streets is likely even higher than these statistics suggest.
"I will say there is more feces on the sidewalks than I've ever seen growing up here," San Francisco Mayor London Breed told NBC in a 2018 interview. "That is a huge problem, and we are not just talking about from dogs — we're talking about from humans."
If all of this crap is a metaphor, would could it be a metaphor for?
One of the things that initially came to my mind is that it could be a political metaphor. San Francisco gave us Nancy Pelosi, and as Speaker of the House she is currently the most powerful Democrat in the entire nation. And without a doubt, she certainly represents an ideology that is taking America straight down the crapper.
But of course the Democrats certainly don't have a monopoly on corruption. Here in Idaho, there are prominent Republicans that are giant moral sleazebags, and even the "good conservatives" won't say anything about the corruption because they are concerned about the political ramifications.
San Francisco's human feces problem could also be a metaphor for our tech industry. In particular, social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter have been hit by scandal after scandal in recent years, and the extreme censorship that they have been hitting us with has been absolutely nauseating. So it would definitely not be too much of a stretch to equate the current state of the tech industry with a giant pile of crap.
Last but not least, could it be possible that all of this poop is a metaphor for the moral decay that is emanating out of San Francisco? Certainly Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C. are playing starring roles in our national moral decay as well, but there is something about San Francisco that seems to attract the worst of the worst.
As I noted the other day, San Francisco handed out 5.8 million free syringes in 2018 alone. And in a recent article by John Stossel we are told that addicts can shoot up in full public view and the police won't even do anything about it…
San Francisco is a pretty good place to "hang out with a sign." People are rarely arrested for vagrancy, aggressive panhandling or going to the bathroom in front of people's homes. In 2015, there were 60,491 complaints to police, but only 125 people were arrested.
Public drug use is generally ignored. One woman told us, "It's nasty seeing people shoot up — right in front of you. Police don't do anything about it! They'll get somebody for drinking a beer but walk right past people using needles."
Each day in San Francisco, an average of 85 cars are broken into.
Could you imagine trying to raise young children in an environment like that?
At this point, addicts are even shooting up in the bathrooms of San Francsico's public libraries…
In San Francisco, dozens, sometimes hundreds, of homeless people like Martinez come to the libraries daily. Around the Bay Area, that number runs into the thousands.
This can be a problem, when someone who's mentally ill rants in the aisles or addicts shoot up in the bathroom. But many libraries around the nation have learned to keep those issues to a minimum — thanks largely to a pioneering program in San Francisco that stationed a social worker on-site to help the desperate, instead of just keeping a lid on them with police interventions.
It has been said that "as California goes, so goes the nation". So you may be able to take solace in the fact that these things are not happening in your area yet, but as our nation continues to go downhill it is just a matter of time before virtually everywhere is just like San Francisco.
The only way that we are going to take our country back is if we stand up and do something. Unfortunately, there is so much apathy among good people out there these days, and meanwhile there is a tremendous amount of passion among those that would like to take America even further down the crapper.
You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem. And unfortunately there is no time to waste because our society is deteriorating a little bit more with each passing day.
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San Francisco, Los Angeles And Seattle: 3 Formerly Beautiful West Coast Cities Have Literally Been Transformed Into Hellholes
April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 by Michael Snyder
Once upon a time, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle were three of the most beautiful cities on the entire planet. I know that this is hard to imagine today, but there was a time when millions of people eagerly moved out to the west coast for a better quality of life. Sadly, the reverse is true today. Millions of people are moving away from our major cities on the west coast because of the hellholes that they have become. A former Seattle police officer that was recently interviewed by a reporter from KOMO News was very honest about the fact that he would never want to raise a family in Seattle because of the hellhole that it has become. Every night he saw the worst of Seattle firsthand, and he finally felt forced to quit because city officials would not allow him to effectively do his job. An explosion of homelessness in our major west coast cities has fueled a wave of crime, drugs and human degradation unlike anything we have seen before, and in many cases our law enforcement officials have their hands tied and are literally being prevented from cleaning up the streets.
Right now, more than half a million people are homeless in the United States. As the economy gets worse, that number will continue to rise.
Many homeless Americans are law-abiding citizens that have just had a tough break. Everyone gets knocked down in life at some point, and we need to do all that we can to help those law-abiding citizens get back on their feet.
But because of their ultra-liberal policies, some of the major cities on the west coast have become magnets for drug addicts, serial criminals, sex offenders, illegal immigrants and people that have simply heard about all of the "free benefits" that are being offered. As a result, the streets of those cities have become a showcase for the social decay that is sweeping across our nation.
Let's start with San Francisco. According to one report, it is home to more than 28,000 homeless people, and that would make San Francisco the city with the third largest homeless population in the United States.
Others feel like that number is way too low, and the truth is that it is exceedingly difficult to count the homeless.
After all, how are you supposed to accurately count people that don't want to be counted?
What we do know is that San Francisco is a huge magnet for drug addicts. The city handed out 5.8 million free syringes in 2018, and that number would seem to suggest a homeless population far in excess of 28,000.
And as all those drug addicts aimlessly wander through the streets, many of them use those streets as their own personal toilets. Over the past 8 years, more than 118,000 reports of human feces in the streets have been filed with city authorities…
Since 2011, there have been at least 118,352 reported instances of human fecal matter on city streets.
New mayor, London Breed, won election by promising to clean things up. However, conditions are the same or worse. Last year, the number of reports spiked to an all-time high at 28,084. In first quarter 2019, the pace continued with 6,676 instances of human waste in the public way.
In addition to endless piles of poop, the drug addicts are also endlessly committing property crimes in order to pay for their drug habits.
Each year, there are more than 6,000 property crimes per 100,000 residents in San Francisco. That is about four times the rate of property crime that New York City has reported.
Mayor Breed would like to get a lot of these homeless people off of the streets, but finding a place to put them has been problematic. Residents of one wealthy liberal neighborhood are currently fighting like mad to keep a proposed homeless shelter away from their gated mansions…
A wealthy liberal neighborhood in San Francisco whose residents cast the most votes for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election is fighting against a proposal to build a new homeless shelter near their gated mansions.
Mayor London Breed has sponsored legislation to fast track a homeless shelter that would house 200 people. However, wealthy liberals living in the affected area have set up a GoFundMe to stop the project which has already hit $80,000 of its $100,000 target.
Things are certainly not any better in Los Angeles.
According to the same report mentioned above, L.A. has nearly twice as many homeless people as San Francisco…
Los Angeles has the second largest population of people exploring homelessness, according to a new report.
The LA area contains 55,200 homeless people, according to data released by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.
The homeless population in L.A. has surged 75 percent in six years, and this has happened during a time when the economy has been relatively stable.
So how bad are things going to become when the economy starts getting really bad?
When I was running for Congress, one of the people that came to help the campaign had spent a lot of time in some of the worst parts of Los Angeles. He told me about the public drug use, the constant crime and the human degradation that is seemingly everywhere. This greatly saddened me, because Los Angeles was once a magnificent city. In fact, at one point in my life I wanted to live there.
But not anymore. Today, millions of people are leaving California and never looking back because of the utter hellhole the entire state has become.
Further up the coast, the city of Seattle is experiencing similar issues. Not too long ago, a veteran Seattle reporter named Eric Johnson produced an hour-long documentary entitled "Seattle Is Dying", and if you have not seen it yet I would strongly recommend taking the time to watch it.
Since it was first released, it has been viewed almost 2 million times on YouTube…
In the past two weeks, Seattle Is Dying has garnered 38,000 shares on Facebook and nearly 2 million views on YouTube. The report has clearly resonated with anxious, fearful, and increasingly angry Seattle residents. Exhausted by a decade of rising disorder and property crime—now two-and-a-half times higher than Los Angeles's and four times higher than New York City's—Seattle voters may have reached the point of "compassion fatigue." According to the Seattle Times, 53 percent of Seattle voters now support a "zero-tolerance policy" on homeless encampments; 62 percent believe that the problem is getting worse because the city "wastes money by being inefficient" and "is not accountable for how the money is spent," and that "too many resources are spent on the wrong approaches to the problem."
One of the moments in the documentary that really touched me was when a concerned resident described how drug addicts have been leaving needles and human waste in the graveyard near his home. The homeless have erected tents all around the graveyard, and he can clearly smell urine whenever he walks down the streets.
He would like to fix things, and he is fed up enough that he has decided to run for city council. But he is facing an uphill battle, because Seattle has been entirely taken over by socialists. The following comes from Mac Slavo…
The entire video is about an hour long, but it is pretty easy to see where Seattle continues to go wrong. A heavy tax burden, regulations that push out businesses, and a power-hungry group of totalitarian sociopaths have been slowly eroding the city. The decay of Western civilization can be seen up and down the entirety of the West coast. Some say it's by design, others disagree. But the commonality is that all of the cities are being pushed into poverty by illusions and lies of socialists. Calling Seattle anything other than a leftist's paradise would be inaccurate. The city has all of the laws the socialists want, yet it's killing itself because of it.
In life, the decisions that we make have consequences, and San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle are now experiencing the consequences of decades of incredibly foolish decisions.
But of course they are far from alone. All across the country there are thousands of communities where social decay is exceedingly evident, and it is getting worse with each passing year.
If we want to change the trajectory of our future, we have got to start doing things differently.
Because if we keep doing the same things, we are going to keep getting the same results, and our country is going to continue falling apart right in front of our eyes.
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40 Facts That Prove That America's Moral Collapse Is Spinning Wildly Out Of Control
April 5, 2019 April 5, 2019 by Michael Snyder
According to a brand new survey that was just conducted by the Pew Research Center, 77 percent of all Americans are either "very worried" or "fairly worried" about America's moral health. Of course the truth is that we should all be deeply concerned, because we can see evidence of the cancerous moral decay that is eating away at the foundations of our society all around us. In life, each one of us gets to make choices, and some of those choices can lead to very bad outcomes. We all have old friends that "got on the wrong path", and their lives ended up becoming cautionary tales. Well, the same principle applies to nations as a whole. America has been given very clear choices between good and evil, life and death, blessings and curses over and over again, and we have consistently made the wrong choices. If we stay on this road, there is only one result that will be possible.
As long as we are drawing breath, there is always an opportunity to turn things around. That is true for individuals, and it is also true for our entire nation. But if we continue running toward evil, it is only a matter of time before exceedingly painful consequences overtake us.
The following are 40 facts that prove that America's moral collapse is spinning wildly out of control…
#1 America has killed more than 60 million children since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. The federal government endorses this activity by heavily funding the country's leading abortion provider, and after that abortion provider harvests the organs of the dead children, the federal government also heavily funds the research that is conducted on those harvested organs.
#2 According to a Quinnipiac University poll from last year, 63 percent of all Americans want to keep Roe v. Wade in place.
#3 America is a global leader in sexual depravity. If you doubt this, just check out what is going on in Cleveland at the end of this month.
#4 Americans are now more likely to die from an opioid overdose than they are from a car accident.
#5 In the city of Baltimore, approximately one out of every four babies is born as an opioid addict.
#6 Overdosing on drugs has now become the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50.
#7 McDonalds feeds approximately 70 million people a day globally. Pornhub gets more than 78 million visits a day.
#8 The teen birth rate in the United States is higher "than in any other industrialized country in the world".
#9 According to the CDC, approximately 110 million Americans have a sexually-transmitted disease right now.
#10 The CDC also tells us that there are approximately 20 million new sexually transmitted disease cases in the U.S. every single year.
#11 The number of married couples with children in the U.S. just reached a 56 year low.
#12 According to the United Nations Population Fund, 40 percent of all births in the U.S. now happen outside of marriage. But if you go back to 1970, that figure was sitting at just 10 percent.
#13 At this point, approximately one out of every three children in the United States lives in a home without a father.
#14 Approximately one-fourth of the entire global prison population is in the United States.
#15 By the time an American child reaches the age of 18, that child will have seen approximately 40,000 murders on television.
#16 According to a study conducted by the Mayo Clinic, nearly 70 percent of all Americans are on at least one prescription drug. An astounding 20 percent of all Americans are on at least five prescription drugs.
#17 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, doctors in the United States write more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants each year.
#18 Over half a million people are homeless in the United States right now, but more cities than ever are passing laws making it illegal to feed them.
#19 One recent study found that the average American spends 86 hours a month on a cell phone.
#20 A different study found that one-third of all American teenagers haven't read a single book in the past year.
#21 Americans are obsessed with material things and are willing to go deep into debt to get what they want. At this point, 480 million credit cards are in circulation in this country. That number has risen by nearly 13 percent since 2015.
#22 37 million credit card accounts in the U.S. are "seriously delinquent" at this moment.
#23 According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately two-thirds of all Americans in the 15 to 24-year-old age bracket have engaged in oral sex.
#24 It has been reported that one out of every four teen girls in the U.S. has at least one sexually transmitted disease.
#25 It has been estimated that 30 percent of all Internet traffic now goes to adult websites.
#26 According to the Pentagon, 71 percent of our young adults are ineligible to serve in the U.S. military because they are either too dumb, too fat or have a criminal background.
#27 The city of San Francisco handed out a total of 5.8 million free syringes to drug addicts in 2018.
#28 During one seven day stretch last summer, a total of 16,000 official complaints were submitted to the city of San Francisco about piles of human feces littering the streets.
#29 When you include unfunded liabilities, the true size of our national debt is 222 trillion dollars. What we are doing to future generations of Americans is beyond criminal.
#30 The suicide rate in the United States is up 34 percent since the year 2000.
#31 Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for Americans from age 15 to age 24.
#32 We are literally destroying the planet that we have been given. It is being projected that the total amount of plastic in the oceans of the world will exceed the total weight of all fish by the year 2050.
#33 There are more than 850,000 registered sex offenders in the United States today.
#34 The number of American babies killed by abortion each year is roughly equal to the number of U.S. military deaths that have occurred in all of the wars that the United States has ever been involved in combined.
#35 About one-third of all American women will have had an abortion by the age of 45.
#36 Approximately 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of the destruction of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Every single day, more than 3,000 American babies are killed by abortion when you include all forms of abortion.
#37 One very shocking study found that 86 percent of all abortions are done for the sake of convenience.
#38 An average of more than 100 churches are dying in the United States every single week.
#39 Only about 27 percent of all U.S. Millennials currently attend church on a regular basis.
#40 The number of Americans with "no religion" has increased by 266 percent over the last three decades.
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California Nightmare: Over Half Of The People Living In The State Wish They Could Leave
This just shows what can happen when you let crazy people run a state for several decades. In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of moving to the west coast was "the California dream" for millions of young Americans, but now "the California dream" has turned into "the California nightmare". According to a brand new survey, 53 percent of those living in California are considering leaving the state, and there are certainly lots of reasons to hit the road and never look back. The cities are massively overcrowded, California has the worst traffic in the western world, drug use and illegal immigration both fuel an astounding amount of crime, tax rates are horrendous and many of the state politicians appear to literally be insane. And on top of all that, let us not forget the earthquakes, wildfires and landslides that are constantly making headlines all over the world. Last year was the worst year for wildfires in California history, and these days it seems like the state is hit by some new crisis every few weeks.
But none of those factors are the primary reason why so many people are eager to leave.
According to a brand new survey by Edelman Intelligence, the main reason why so many are considering leaving the state is the high cost of living…
A growing number of Californians are contemplating moving from the state — and not due to wildfires or earthquakes but the sky-high cost of living, according to a survey released Wednesday.
The online survey, conducted last month by Edelman Intelligence, found that 53 percent of Californians surveyed are considering fleeing, representing a jump over the 49 percent polled a year ago. The desire to exit the nation's most populous state was highest among millennials, the survey noted.
Thanks to absolutely ridiculous construction restrictions, it has become increasingly difficult to build new housing units in the state. But meanwhile, people from all over the world continue to move there because they are attracted by what they see on television.
As a result, the supply of housing has not kept up with demand, and prices have shot through the roof in recent years. The following numbers come from CNBC…
Statewide, the median home value in California was $547,400 at the end of 2018, while the U.S. median home value was $223,900. By comparison, the median home value in New York state stood at $289,000 and $681,500 in New York City; New Jersey was $324,700.
Yes, there are a lot of good paying jobs in California, but you better have a really, really good job to be able to afford mortgage payments on a home worth half a million dollars.
Of course many Californians find themselves greatly stretched financially by out of control housing costs, and so more of them than ever are moving in with roommates. In fact, one recent report found that the number of married couples in the U.S. that are living with roommates "has doubled since 1995"…
The number of married couples living with roommates has doubled since 1995, according to a recent report from real estate site Trulia. About 280,000 married people now live with a roommate — and that's particularly true in pricey cities like those on the West Coast.
The reason: Housing costs a ton. In Honolulu and Orange Country, Calif., the share of married couples with roommates is between four and five times the national rate. San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and Seattle also have sky high rates of married couples with roomies. Those same cities all have well above average rental and housing costs (Trulia notes that housing costs in all these markets have risen more than 30% since 2009), with residents of uber-pricey San Francisco requiring more than $123,000 in income to live comfortably, one study showed.
In addition to housing costs, many Californians are greatly frustrated by the oppressive levels of taxation in the state.
At this point, the state has the highest marginal tax rate in the entire country…
At 12.3 percent, California led the 50 states in 2018 with the highest top marginal tax rate, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. And that doesn't include an additional 1-percent surcharge for those Californians with incomes of $1 million or more.
But at least the weather is nice.
Yesterday, I wrote an article entitled "Rats, Public Defecation And Open Drug Use: Our Major Western Cities Are Becoming Uninhabitable Hellholes", and it sparked something of a firestorm. More than 1000 comments have already been posted on that article, and a few hearty individuals actually tried to convince the rest of us that life on the west coast is not actually all that bad.
I'm sorry, but if your city has far more intravenous drug users than it does high school students, that is not somewhere that I would want to raise a family…
According to a report from the Chronicle, San Francisco now has more intravenous drug users than high school students. San Francisco, which operates 15 high schools, currently has 16,000 students enrolled grades nine through twelve.
By comparison, the northern California city currently has 24,500 "injection drug users." That is approximately 8,500 more drug users than high school students.
As I mentioned yesterday, the city of San Francisco gave out 5.8 million free syringes to drug users last year.
When you have such widespread drug use, people are going to commit a lot of crime and they are going to do some really weird things. Just consider the following example…
Authorities are searching for a man seen on security footage licking the doorbell of a California home and relieving himself in the family's yard.
Police have identified the man as Roberto Arroyo, 33, and say that he spent three hours around the Salinas home of Sylvia and Dave Dungan.
The couple had been out of town, during the strange incident, but their children were sleep inside the family's home. They noticed something amiss when they woke up to multiple alerts from their surveillance system, which notifies the homeowners whenever there is movement near the front door.
A lot of really good people used to live in California, but they left because of stupid stuff like this.
In fact, quite a few of my best friends are people that have moved out of the state within the last 10 years.
Over the past decade we have seen a mass exodus out of California. And according to Kristin Tate, the author of a new book entitled "How Do I Tax Thee?: A Field Guide to the Great American Rip-Off", the "upper-middle class" has been moving out of the state faster than anyone else…
The largest socioeconomic segment moving from California is the upper-middle class. The state is home to some of the most burdensome taxes and regulations in the nation. Meanwhile, its social engineering — from green energy to wealth redistribution — have made many working families poorer. As California begins its long decline, the influx outward is picking up in earnest.
Overall, approximately 5 million people have packed up and permanently moved out of California within the last 10 years.
Unfortunately, the entire nation is slowly becoming just like California, and if we don't turn things around eventually there will be no place left to go.
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo Debuts in June
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) debuts on June 16 and 17, 2012, at Columbia College of Chicago's Ludington Building, 1104 S. Wabash (8th Floor), from 11am to 6pm. It is free and open to the public.
The first ever CAKE – and the first alternative comics expo in Chicago in 16 years – will bring together the comics, art and talent of nearly 200 local, national and international
exhibitors. Special guests include Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carré, Closed Caption Comics (Baltimore), Paul Hornschemeier, Lucy Knisley, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Corinne Mucha, Anders Nilsen, Laura Park, Pizza Island (NYC), John Porcellino, Nate Powell (Indiana) and Chicago's own comics collective, Trubble Club.
Comics, prints and artwork will be available for purchase, including debut books from independent publishers such as Koyama Press (Toronto), 2D Cloud (Minneapolis), and Domino Books (Stockholm/NYC) and cartoonists such as Mickey Zacchilli (Providence, RI) and Ted May (St. Louis, MO). Also available will be a CAKE Anthology, edited by Andy Burkholder.
In addition to the diverse list of exhibitors (available at www.cakechicago.com), CAKE presents a full slate of exciting programming:
ClassroomJammer Kids: Teaching Comics, featuring Josh Bayer, Nicole J. Georges, Walker Mettling and Corinne Mucha, moderated by Aaron Renier;
Crude and Rude: Comics and Vulgarity, featuring Ivan Brunetti, Lisa Hanawalt, Hellen Jo and Onsmith, moderated by Josh Reinwald and Justin Rosenberg (Sponsored by Quimby's Bookstore);
Jeffrey Brown Makes a Minicomic: Jeffrey Brown makes a minicomic in 1 hour!;
Low-Brow-High-Mesh: Silkscreened Comics, featuring Sanya Glisic, Keith Herzik, Jen Tong and Tom Toye, moderated by Carrie Vinarsky;
Free Smells: A Comics Mixtape, from Ryan Sands;
Double Vision: Comics and Animation, with a Q&A featuring Jo Dery, Jim Trainor, Amy Lockhart and Marc Bell, presented by the Eyeworks Animation Festival (Lilli Carré and Alexander Stewart);
Start a Micropress, featuring Sarah Becan, Austin English, Jesjit Gill, Annie Koyama, Greg Means and Caroline Paquita, moderated by Zak Sally;
Comics In Chicago, The Past 10 Years (Sponsored by the Chicago Independent Radio Project - CHIRP), featuring Ezra Claytan Daniels, Lyra Hill, Paul Hornschemeier, Robin Hustle and Jeremy Tinder, moderated by Edie Fake;
Just the Facts: LadyDrawers at Work, featuring Nicole Boyette, Sara Drake and MariNaomi, moderated by Anne Elizabeth Moore;
Queer Communities, Queer Anthologies, featuring Justin Hall, Robert Kirby and Annie Murphy, moderated by Noah Berlatsky (Sponsored by Little Heart, a Comic Anthology for Marriage Equality);
Kevin Huizenga, Anders Nilsen and John Porcellino in Conversation, moderated by Caitlin McGurk;
Violent Line: Mark-Making and Meaning, featuring Anya Davidson, Charles Forsman, Patrick Kyle, Grant Reynolds, Conor Stetchschulte, Lale Westvind and Mickey Zacchilli, moderated by Noel Freibert
Real Life: A Roundatable on Women and Graphic Autobiography, featuring Rina Ayuyang, Lucy Knisley, Keiler Roberts, Marian Runk, Leslie Stein, Julia Wertz
Wacky Wall Walkers: Comics and Fine Art, featuring Paul Nudd and Karl Wirsum, moderated by Joe Tallarico (Sponsored by the Art Institute of Chicago)
Beyond expo hours, the weekend promises Chicagoans and visitors many comics-related events throughout the city:
Anders Nilsen Exhibit Opening, Adam and Eve Sneaking Back Into the Garden to Steal More Apples, at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst, Friday, June 15, 6:30pm. Free and open to the public.
Kevin Huizenga & Dan Zettwoch at Quimby's Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue, Friday, June 15, 7pm. Free and open to the public.
Brain Trubble a performative comics reading from Chicago's Trubble Club with special guests, at the Happy Dog Gallery, 1542 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Friday, June 15, 9pm to midnight. $5 suggested donation.
Eat Before We Eat You, a comics art show curated by Paul Nudd and Onsmith, Exhibit Opening, Morpho Pop Up Gallery, 208 S. Wabash, Chicago, Saturday, June 16, 6-8pm. Free and open to the public.
CAKE is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics, inspired by Chicago's rich legacy as home to many of underground and alternative comics' most talented artists– past, present and future. Featuring comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.
Though CAKE is an independent, not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization, the expo would not be possible without the help of generous donations and support from comics lovers, IndieGoGo funders, local businesses, Chicago's independent comics, art, and music communities, Quimby's Bookstore, Columbia College Chicago, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Labels: books, Chicago, Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, comics, convention

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"All successful snipers use natural camouflage, it is the way forward. What made Simo Hayha's achievements even more remarkable was that he used only iron sights, no telescopic sights."
Simo Hayha was a simple man with a simple background, but when the vast Soviet armies invaded his home country, Finland, Simo picked up a rifle and shot them in their hundreds.
Born in the countryside near the small town of Rautjarvi in 1905, he would grow up to be named by his enemies as the White Death, a natural hunter and rifle shot who went on to snipe well over 500 kills in the Winter War with Russia from 1939 until 1940.
When Simo Hayha came into this world, Finland was part of the Russian Empire known as the Grand Duchy of Finland. As he was growing up in the wilds hunting game, tracking and shooting, the Russian Empire collapsed and it was during the First World War in 1917 that Finland gained its independence – on territory that the Russians would want to claim back at the earliest opportunity.
They did not wait long.
During the power struggles of the thirties and forties many countries had an eye on territorial claims, expansion of their country's borders and boundaries. Sides were slowly emerging as pacts were made, with agreements on who was having what after the victory and the subsequent land carve up.
The Russians had made a pact with the Germans, they would assist them during the invasion of Poland then pull back and sit on their own defences letting Germany move on across Europe's lands doing the fighting. The two had a non- aggression pact not to fight each other and part of the agreement was that Finland would once again belong to Russia. It is worth noting however that Finland also had a non-aggression pact… with Russia!
In 1922 Simo joined the National Guard and soon became known for his shooting prowess as he shot his way up many leader boards and was awarded the title of "Master Marksman". Three years on saw him being conscripted into the Finnish Army, in which he served his time, earning the rank of Corporal before his discharge and return to the woods and forests around his family farm.
Fast forward to the first of September 1939…
The Second World War had started; Poland lasted a matter of days (thirty six to be exact) as the armies of Germany and then Russia from the seventeenth had rolled over the Polish defences and crushed them. Summons were sent and demands made on the Finnish, who, after a month of negotiations and not favouring communism, rejected them.
After aggressive politics had failed, Russia invaded in November 1939, however the easy rollover victory they had just encountered in Poland did not come quickly this time as the Russians had not counted on the best asset the Fins had; their Scandinavian winter.
Russia, as it had done in the past and most recently against the Polish, relied on its superiority of numbers. Indeed it greatly outnumbered Finland in manpower and weaponry, still relying on very little tactics other than a full frontal assault with complete disregard for casualty numbers, as the dead and dying were trampled by the men behind until the target was overwhelmed and taken.
The Finnish Army was no match for this, instead having to rely on less manpower and material but making the most use of the land. Much of Finland was blanketed in deep, freezing, snow and advance routes would be naturally channelled by lakes, swamps and marshes, making progress difficult for the attackers and easily predictable for the defenders.
Routes were blocked by vast bunkers and defences. These would stop the Russian advanced guard in it tracks and then small hunting or 'Jager' parties of men would ski around the blocked up troops sat freezing in the snow and destroy them. The Finnish made it hell for Russian troops who soldiered there that winter of '39. With their lines of advance and supplies backed up for miles and miles they became sitting ducks.
Daylight hours were few during the winter months and the Russians had to endure freezing, long cold dark nights fraught with danger from ambush and attack, with dwindling and destroyed supplies.
Simo Hayha had joined the 34th Jager (Hunter) Regiment, based in the forests protecting the Karelian Isthmus on the Kollaa front. This front stretched along the Kollaa River near Lake Ladoga and was to block the Russian invaders from carrying out a right-flanking manoeuvre on the Mannerheim line of defences. It seemed he would spend his time switching between sniping and infantry soldiering, as he tallied an impressive 200 plus kills, using his infantry weapons too!
Once his shooting ability was noticed he was issued a M/28-30 sniper rifle, a Finnish copy of the Mosin –Nagant, and began to receive specific tasks. Known for his enduring patience and field craft skills, clad from head to toe in whites (including his rifle), he would use natural features along with the snow to conceal his firing position.
Along his section of the front line numerous casualties were mounting from an enemy sniper. The usual targets; Officers and NCOs, signallers and such that you would expect at the top of a sniper's list. Simo was sent to flush him out.
Tending to make his final approach in the darkness of the night, he would build up his final fire position and sit, rigid, waiting for his target. On this occasion he waited all day, his only sustenance was cubes of sugar and, as the long shadows began to fall casting nights spell he noticed movement. The enemy sniper had foolishly called off the watch before darkness and stupidly emerged from his hide. Simo put a round straight through his head!
As news of his exploits grew in both armies, the enemy tried to flush him from his hiding places using artillery. On many occasions the hillsides and forestry blocks were shelled time and again in order to disrupt sniper activity. Simo Hayha was wounded on one such occasion, but managed to escape, though peppered with shrapnel.
Rarely using a number two, Simo hunted the wilds like he did when he was growing up; alone and out in the elements with his rifle, comfortable in the cold and snowy conditions he was at his best. As his tally grew so did the size of the opposition. The battleground was changing, many more artillery pieces were brought up to blast the way clear for the Russian hordes to advance and the once large, formidable forestry blocks began to resemble the Western Front of the Great War.
This made the terrain easier to clear, manoeuvre and see into and it was inevitable that the Finnish would be defeated in the end by the sheer weight of mass the Russians threw into battle. With the defences now much cleared the Fin's desperately resorted to standard infantry warfare over partisan and it was during one such attack that Simo's days of fighting came to an end.
Simo was leading a section attack, countering against Russian advances when, during close quarter combat he was shot in the face. The bullet went through his mouth taking out his left jaw and cheek bone, instantly knocking him out. His comrades took him to safety. He was alive but for him the war was at an end.
By mid-March it was all over, an armistice was signed and Finland lost territory and assets to Russia.
The Winter War lasted less than one hundred days but, in that short period of time, men such as Simo Hayha outfought their enemies, defended their homeland from the communists and gained high tallies.
Simo Hayha's confirmed final score is believed to be 505, which is over five kills a day average, Though over the years there has been some argument, the figure of 542 gaining acceptance.
Making a full recovery after the war, but remaining badly disfigured Simo Hayha returned to the hills and forests and hunted moose. Unmarried, he died aged 96 in 2002.
"I only did my duty, and what I was told to do, as well as I could."


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Hop in a time machine to check out life in the past
Here's a list of art, history and science museums to help you plan your next outing: Take note: An asterisk (*) indicates that the museum is accessible to people with disabilities.
BIG FLATS
•Big Flats Historical Museum, 258 Hibbard Road. Artifacts dating from the Ice Age; Indian and tobacco exhibits, more. Open Tuesday mornings only. Free. (607) 562-7460.
•Chemung County Sports Hall of Fame, Arnot Mall, 3300 Chambers Road South. Ongoing display of area sports memorabilia. (607) 739-8702 or www.arnotmall.com.
•National Soaring Museum*, Harris Hill. Has the largest exhibit in the world of contemporary and classic sailplanes. Admission $4.50 to $7.50, members and children age 4 and younger free. (607) 734-3128 or www.soaringmuseum.org.
•Tanglewood Nature Center & Museum, 443 Coleman Ave. Offers hiking trails, environmental programs, museum, gift shop. Admission is free, donations are appreciated. (607) 732-6060 or www.tanglewoodnaturecenter.com.
•Wings of Eagles Discovery Center*, 339 Daniel Zenker Drive, Horseheads. Planes and memorabilia on display, art gallery. Admission fee $4.50 to $7; family rates available; members and children age 6 and younger free. (607) 358-4247 or www.wingsofeagles.com.
•Discovery Center of the Southern Tier*, 60 Morgan Road (near Ross Park Zoo). Admission fee. Group rates available. (607) 773-8661 or www.thediscoverycenter.org.
•Roberson Museum and Science Center*, 30 Front St. Eleven galleries in a mansion with original furniture from the 1800s. The Kopernik Observatory, at 698 Underwood Road in Vestal, is one of the largest and best-equipped observatories in the Northeast. Admission $6 to $8, members and children age 4 and youngrr free. (607) 772-0660 or www.roberson.org.
•171 Cedar Arts Center, 171 Cedar St. Houghton Gallery, arts classes and workshops, concerts, more. (607) 936-4647 or www.171cedararts.org.
•Benjamin Patterson Inn Museum Complex*, 59 W. Pulteney St. Historic inn built in 1796 by Charles Williamson, who planned the city of Bath. Complex includes a circa 1850s log cabin, the 1878 Browntown Schoolhouse and a replica agricultural building, circa 1868. Tours available. Admission $2 to $4. (607) 937-5281. or www.pattersoninnmuseum.org
•Corning Museum of Glass*, One Museum Way. Self-guided tours include The Glass Collection Galleries, Sculpture Gallery, Glass Innovation Center, Hot Glass Show and more. Open daily. Admission fee; children age 19 and younger free. (800) 732-6845 or www.cmog.org.
•The Rockwell Museum of Western Art*, 111 Cedar St. Permanent exhibits include American Western art, Indian artifacts, Navajo weavings, antique firearms, vintage Western toys and more. Admission $5.50 to $6.50; children age 19 and younger free. (607) 937-5386 or www.rockwellmuseum.org.
•Arnot Art Museum*, 235 Lake St. The museum displays its permanent collection of 17th to 19th century European paintings, 19th and 20th century American art. Hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. (607) 734-3697 or www.arnotartmuseum.org.
•Chemung Valley History Museum/Chemung County Historical Society Inc.*, 415 E. Water St. History displays and changing special exhibitions; genealogy research and local history library. Admission $1 to $3, children under 5 free. (607) 734-4167 or www.chemungvalleymuseum.org.
•Community Arts of Elmira, 413 Lake St., Exhibits from new and established artists, educational programs, more. For hours and programs: (607) 846-2418 or www.communityartsofelmira.com.
ELMIRA HEIGHTS
•The Elmira HeightsHistorical Society Museum, corner of East 14th Street and Scottwood Avenue. The society is in an 1897 Firehouse/Town Hall. The three-story building offers displays and exhibits. The museum in open Tuesday mornings, and arrangements can be made for tours at other times.
(607) 734-7046 or write: The Elmira Heights Historical Society, P.O. Box 2084, Elmira Heights, NY 14903.
•Erin Historical Society and Museum, state Route 223. Exhibits rural American and railroad items and historical information. Museum also has a collection of St. Patrick's Day memorabilia; school records; church records; genealogy records; information, articles and records of the history of Erin; information about farm tools, logging and various milling operations within the town.
HAMMONDSPORT
•Glenn H. Curtiss Museum*, 8419 State Route 54, half-mile south of Hammondsport. Spotlights transportation and aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn H. Curtiss, a Hammondsport native. Features exhibits of early Hammondsport history and related features. (607) 569-2160 or www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org.
•Horseheads Historical Society, 312 W. Broad St. Genealogy department, local history. April to December, noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and by appointment.
(607) 739-3938 or www.horseheadshistorical.com.
•Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art*, Cornell University. Features a large Asian art collection, modern and medieval art, prints, photographs; simultaneous special exhibitions year-round. Free. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday through Sunday. (607) 255-6464 or www.museum.cornell.edu.
•Museum of the Earth, 1259 Trumansburg Road. A world-class collection of more than 3 million fossil specimens. Focusing on the Northeastern United States, the museum tells the story of the history of life on Earth through audio-visual presentations, art and exhibits Admission $3 to $8, members free. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Tuesday and Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. (607) 273-6623 or www.museumoftheearth.org.
•The Sciencenter*, 601 First St. Hands-on science museum; more than 80 exhibits and activities. Numerous programs for kids. Admission fee $3 to $8; members and children under age 3 free. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. (607) 272-0600 or www.sciencenter.org.
•The History Center in Tompkins County, 401 E. State St., Ithaca. Open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. (607) 273-8284 or www.thehistorycenter.net.
MONTOUR FALLS
•Lee School House Museum, state Route 14. Schooling of yesteryear. Open by appointment only. (607) 535-9741.
•Schuyler County Historical Society*, 108 N. Catharine St. Collection covering history of Schuyler County. Call for hours of operation. (607) 535-9741 or www.schuylerhistory.org.
OWEGO
•Tioga County Historical Society and Museum, 110 Front St. Artifact collection, educational programs, more. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. (607) 687-2460 or www.tiogahistory.org.
PAINTED POST
•Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot, 309 Steuben St. Local and national history. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June to August. September to May by appointment. Admission, $2 to $4. (607) 962-0249 or pattersoninnmuseum.org.
•L. Caroline Underwood Museum, 200 Main St. Local historical objects and home to Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society research facilities. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Saturdays by appointment. (315) 536-7318.
•Oliver House Museum, 200 Main St. Six period rooms with Victorian furnishings, Native American exhibit, more. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, Saturdays by appointment. (315) 536-7318 or www.yatespast.com.
WATKINS GLEN
•International Motor Racing Research Center, 610 S. Decatur St., maintains a collection of materials representing the documentary heritage of amateur and professional motor racing. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. (607) 535-9044 or www.racingarchives.org
REGIONAL MUSEUMS
•Cayuga Museum of History and Art, 203 Genesee St. Artificats from Cayuga County History. Auburn prison exhibit, more. Open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Suggestion donation $3 per adult. (315) 253-8051 or www.cayuganet.org/cayugamuseum.
•Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, 205 W. Genesee St. Regional artists and more. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. (315) 255-1553. Admission free for members and children under 12. Fee for some programs, members free or www.schweinfurthartcenter.org.
•The Farmers' Museum. Hours vary by season. Admission fee. (888) 547-1450 or www.farmersmuseum.org.
•Fenimore Art Museum. Hours vary by season. Admission fee. (607) 547-1400, (888) 547-1450.
•National Baseball Hall of Fame: (888) 425-5633 or www.baseballhall.org.
•F. Donald Kenney Museum, Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University. (716) 375-2000.
ROCHESTER AREA
•Genesee Country Village and Museum*, Flint Hill Road, Mumford. Living history museum on 125 acres, with a reconstructed village of 68 buildings built from 1797 to 1870; wildlife art gallery, nature center and trails. Special events during summer. Admission fee. (585) 538-6822 or www.gcv.org.
•George Eastman House, 900 East Ave., Rochester. Displays on the art and history of photography and film; special events with visiting artists, filmmakers and actors; regular film screenings and more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission, $5 to $12, children under 4 free. (585) 271-3361 or www.eastmanhouse.org.
•Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Ave. Regular admission $10 to $12. Members and children under age 3 free. Museum, Science Center, Strasenburgh Planetarium and Cummings Nature Center. (585) 271-4320 or www.rmsc.org.
•Sonnenberg Gardens, 151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua. A 50-acre turn-of-the-century estate with scenic gardens, mansion with period rooms open to the public. Open seasonally. Admission fee. (585) 394-4922 or sonnenberg.org.
•Strong Museum,
1 Manhattan Square, Rochester. Family/educational museum; permanent and special exhibits. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission $10 to $12, children under 2 free. (585) 263-2700 or strongmuseum.org.
SENECA FALLS
•Seneca Falls Historical Society, 55 Cayuga St. (state Routes 5 and 20). 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. (315) 568-8412 or www.sfhistoricalsociety.org.
•Women's Rights National Historical Park, visitor center, 136 Fall St. Open year-round. (315) 568-0024.
•Everson Museum of Art, 401 Harrison St. (315) 474-6064 or www.everson.org.
•Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST), 500 S. Franklin St. Exhibits, interactive displays, IMAX Omnitheatre, more. Admission fee. (315) 425-9068, www.most.org.
NORTHERN TIER
•Tioga Point Museum, 724 S. Main St. (above Spalding Memorial Library). American Indian artifacts, Revolutionary War and Civil War collections and more. Noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. (570) 888-7225 or tiogapointmuseum.com.
•Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, 5660 State Route 6, midway between Galeton and Coudersport. Interprets Pennsylvania's logging industry from the Civil Warto the present. (814) 435-2652 or www.lumbermuseum.org.
•Mansfield University Gallery, North Hall, Academy St. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. (570) 662-4508.
•Bradford County Heritage Museum, state Route 14, half-mile north of Route 6, at Alparon Park. Traditions of country living, farm life and Grange history. Displays of a typical home parlor and kitchen, blacksmith shop, general store. Call for hours of operation. (570) 297-3410 or www.troyfarmmuseum.org.
•Gmeiner Art and Cultural Center, 134 Main St. Exhibits work by local and visiting fine artists and craft artisans; concerts, lecture series, classes and workshops. (570) 724-1917 or www.gmeinerarts.com.
•Robinson House Museum/Tioga County Historical Society*, 120 Main St. A Victorian parlor, 1923 Model T truck, local military items and more. Open noon to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. Free; donations accepted. (570) 724-6116.
WYSOX
•French Azilum, A French Refugee Colony, 1793-1803, state Route 2014, 7½ miles southeast of Wysox. Tools, weaving, blacksmithing exhibits, 1836 household museum. Open seasonally. Admission fee; free for members. (570) 265-3376 or www.franchazilum.com.


you could be right. but i dont really know your whole situation and so i cannot say for sure. but i think that it is great that you have tried to learn about this illness. so many chose not to even try and understand it. i hope that you can continue to be there for him, its very hard to go through this alone.


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Q: Definition of topological manifolds with dimension zero/locally euclidean of dimension zero A topological $n$-manifold $M$ is locally Euclidean of dimension $n$ (each point of $M$ has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^n)$.
But what does locally Euclidean of dimension 0 mean?

A: $\Bbb R^0$ is just a point, isn't it? Hence locally Euclidean of dimension zero means that locally homeomorphic to $\Bbb R^0=\{pt\}$. A $0-$topological manifold is then a countable set endowed with the discrete topology.

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Franklin names new boys basketball coach
Jamie Wilson, who won 214 games in 12 seasons at Harpeth, has been named boys basketball coach at Franklin.
Franklin names new boys basketball coach Jamie Wilson, who won 214 games in 12 seasons at Harpeth, has been named boys basketball coach at Franklin. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: http://tnne.ws/1aVG7CX
Maurice Patton, mopatton@tennessean.com Published 8:17 p.m. CT May 31, 2013
Wilson, 39, replaces Jay Johnson, who played for the Rebels' 1989 Class AAA championship team and compiled a 219-92 record in 10 seasons prior to resigning in late April.
"There were really only three jobs that would make me want to leave Harpeth because of what I'd built there, and this was one of them," said Wilson, who led the Indians to seven district championship games and won four league titles. "When it opened, I was definitely interested.
"I have the utmost respect for Jay. He was a friend of mine, and I'm sure he will still be a friend of mine after this move. I respected what he put on the floor, how hard they played and worked. Everything about it just resonated with me, and I was very intrigued. I thought it was a program I'd like to be at if the opportunity ever presented itself. It's a great step up to a great school, a great district and a great program. It's an opportunity I couldn't pass up."
Franklin athletics director Toby Ruth said the hiring was "exciting" for the school.
"We think he's going to bring the direction we want," Ruth said. "He's got great energy, and now is a good time for that. We're excited."
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Three major auto industry disruptors affecting the way dealers sell cars in Mzansi
The main emerging trends highlighted are electric vehicles, connected cars, mobility as a service and autonomous vehicles.PHOTO: sourced
THE annual National Automobile Dealers' Association (Nada) Dealer Satisfaction Index (DSI) marked its 23rd year running at its awards evening earlier in July.
The DSI forms a vital link between dealers and manufacturers and this year's event highlighted a consensus among speakers on "industry disruptors".
PLATFORM FOR ROBUST FEEDBACK
Mark Dommisse, national chairperson of Nada, said: "The DSI survey forms a vital link in the relationship between dealers and manufacturers. This year's survey showed a high completion percentage rate of over 80% in the passenger vehicle section. We also had one of the highest completion ratios in DSI history this year, which is extremely encouraging.
"The DSI survey provides the dealer body with a platform to provide robust feedback to manufacturers and importers. In most cases, the findings are used to benefit the working relationship for both parties."
Over the years, the results of the survey have been used by dealer councils and manufacturers as an effective management tool to address areas of concern and thereby improve service delivery throughout the entire value chain to the ultimate benefit of the consumer.
Dommisse addressed the very real economic factors facing the industry.
DIGITAL DISRUPTORS
"Political uncertainty has had a major effect on investment appetites, as well as consumer spending on large-ticket items," said Dommisse.
"While consumer confidence is relatively high, the rest of the underlying metrics like household debt, inflation, fuel and increased consumer taxes are putting our businesses under pressure. Apart from a very slow economy that hasn't quite manifested in the Ramaphoria everyone had hoped for, the retail motor industry is facing frightening pressures.
"We need to embrace the ever-growing presence of digital disruptors in our game. They are competitors to the traditional dealer model, used-car supply and our F&I departments, and we are being challenged. We need to evolve and continue to align with this new generation of customer," said Dommisse.
The speakers shared a number of thought-provoking insights into the retail automotive industry. Additionally, all three speakers shared similar thoughts on the disruptors the industry faces.
1. ONLINE MARKETING AND DEALING
Paul de Vantier, managing director, Lightstone Consumer, noted that when it comes to online marketing and dealing, this industry has seen a growing number of people who will transact the whole deal online, from start to finish, with the dealer simply being a delivery and service point.
This isn't something that's coming, he said, it's something that's already happening. And he is convinced that this trend will grow.
De Vantier also made note of South Africa's ageing car parc. In 2015 it was 9,6 years, but now it has aged to 9,9 years.
He attributes this to rising vehicle prices, affordability and general consumer confidence. "Consumers either can't afford to replace their vehicles or lack the confidence to commit to long-term financing deals," said De Vantier.
2. EMERGING TRENDS
Ghana Msibi, the executive head of sales and marketing at WesBank, shared his views on the significant changes that are happening in the motor industry. The main emerging trends that Msibi highlighted are electric vehicles, connected cars, mobility as a service and autonomous vehicles.
3. A NEW GENERATION OF CUSTOMERS
"We cannot ignore the largest disruptor out there — the new generation of customers," said Msibi. "As an industry, we can't continue to offer them solutions on the same basis as we've done before.
"Our traditional approach has given us a superior footing in the industry, but if we don't meet them halfway, they will ultimately find alternatives that suit them."
Msibi further commented that the existing strength of industry players provides a powerful platform to offer services to the new generation of customers.
Nada (a constituent association of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation), which represents franchised passenger and commercial vehicle dealers in South Africa, engages the services of Lightstone Consumer to conduct the survey annually.
Views of franchised dealers about their on-going relationship with their respective manufacturers or importer are expressed in the survey.
The results show the general health of the dealer/manufacturer relationship, indicate potential difficulties and highlight where there are strong and constructive working relationships.
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still remain in the poverty trap. This region contains an astonishing proportion of global biodiversity; some 90% of plant and animal species by some measures. Its contribution to
human well-being is astounding. It was the birthplace for our species; and it hosts a myriad of plant and animal species which products feed us, keep us healthy, and supply us with a variety of material goods. The tropics and subtropics are also a natural laboratory where some of humanity's most important scientific discoveries have been made. Such biodiversity has enormous implications for research priorities, capacity building, and policy to address the challenges of conserving this region.
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'Terrified' Newspaper's Staff Were Forced to Return to Office. Now There's a COVID-19 Case in the Building.
'DISTRAUGHT'
South Carolina's largest paper returned to the office on June 1, despite employee objections and fears. And now there's a confirmed case inside HQ.
Maxwell Tani
Media reporter
Updated Jun. 17, 2020 4:10PM ET / Published Jun. 17, 2020 4:07PM ET
Executives at South Carolina's largest newspaper asked staff to return to work in the office full-time despite concerns about the coronavirus. Now, there's a COVID-19 case in the paper's building.
Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that Post and Courier higher-ups have informed staff in recent days of one confirmed case in the paper's Charleston office. Upon learning the news, employees were horrified.
"Disgusted, distraught, angry," one staffer said, describing the mood.
After The Daily Beast reached out for comment, the newspaper's bosses confirmed the coronavirus case to worried staffers in a regularly scheduled meeting. Some employees would be allowed to return to a work-from-home schedule, the paper's leaders said. Post & Courier did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
The Post and Courier has been one of many South Carolina businesses to reopen in the last few weeks. But it has also eschewed the work-from-home ethos embraced by many media companies and newspapers, which has aggravated some staff who were concerned about potentially coming into contact with coronavirus in an office space.
Prior to the June 1 return to its offices, the paper's employees made their concerns known to company brass and top editors. As The Daily Beast previously reported, a Post and Courier engagement editor was fired for allowing an article criticizing the paper's decision to require employees to return to the office to appear on the newspaper's community Facebook page.
"People are terrified," one staffer said in May, adding: "They're asking us to risk our health and maybe our lives and they won't even tell us why. It just seems cruel."
In a statement to The Daily Beast in late May, executive editor Mitch Pugh said the paper had followed "all federal, state and local regulations and guidance" in its reopening plans.
"Like many essential workplaces, including other news organizations, we have had personnel working in the building throughout this period," Pugh said at the time. "We believe it is now reasonable for other employees to return to work. We will continue to monitor federal, state and local regulations and SC DHEC data moving forward to inform future decision-making and continue to take suggestions from our employees. Our company, which has not instituted COVID-related furloughs or layoffs, remains committed to serving our community as a designated essential workplace."
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Still, it appears the company has been outwardly unfazed by the news.
On the single deadliest day of the pandemic in South Carolina, the Post and Courier announced to staff that it would require a return to the office the following Monday. The paper's parent company, Evening Post Industries, which operates several South Carolina health and real-estate companies, announced last month that it would end its weekly newsletter with coronavirus updates, and that socially-distanced yoga and workout classes would resume.
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The campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of next Saturday's governorship election in Ekiti State on Thursday shut-down Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Traders were seen locking their shops to attend the rally which was crowded with thousands of people.
The PDP used the occasion to market its governorship candidate and deputy governor of the state, Prof. Olusola Kolapo Eleka, as well as its 2019 presidential aspirants who all spoke at the event.
Speaking at the occasion, the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus said,"You know those behind the killings in the country, if you vote for APC, you are voting for killers and herdsmen to take your lands."
Serving and former governors, senators, NWC members, former principal members of the National Assembly and 2019 presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP were at the rally.
Present for the campaign are all members of the National Working Committee (NWC), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo (Gombe), Chigozie Ikpeazu (Abia), Darius Ishaku (Taraba) and Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom).
Similarly, former governor of Kaduna State, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, former Senate President, Adolphus Wabara and many others are on the campaign ground.
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Q: How to extract value from xml clob with identical tags using FOR LOOP in PL/SQL In most cases I deal with simple xml CLOBs with the following structure:
<SuggestResponse>
  <suggestions>
    <value>ПАО "Cбербанк"</value>
    ....
    ....
  </suggestions>
</SuggestResponse>

I can easily extract values and then compare them to any variables I have:
IF variable = xmltype(xmlclob.extract('SuggestResponse/suggestions/value/text()').getstringval() THEN
.....
END IF;

But sometimes I get XML CLOBs with the different structure:
<SuggestResponse>
  <suggestions>
    <value>ПАО "Cбербанк"</value>
    ....
    ....
  </suggestions>
  <suggestions>
    <value>ПАО Банк «ФК Открытие»</value>
    ....
    ....
  </suggestions>
</SuggestResponse>

There are 2 or more  tags and I don't know how to check each of them using FOR LOOP. How to point to FOR LOOP which <suggestions> is currently in use (first, second...).
Thank you!

A: If I were you, I would avoid the use of the deprecated extract (and extractvalue) and use XMLTABLE to query the contents of the xml document. This will be faster than looping over the same document to extract the contents individually, since it means the xml doc will only need to be read once.
You can do this like so:
DECLARE
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  <suggestions>
    <value>fred</value>
    <node2>abc</node2>
    <node3>1</node3>
  </suggestions>
  <suggestions>
    <value>bob</value>
    <node2>def</node2>
  </suggestions>
</SuggestResponse>');
BEGIN
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                                      node2 VARCHAR2(10) PATH 'node2',
                                      node3 NUMBER PATH 'node3'))
  LOOP
    IF rec.node2 = 'abc'
    THEN
      dbms_output.put_line(rec.val||': hurrah!');
    ELSE
      dbms_output.put_line(rec.val||': boo!');
    END IF;
  END LOOP;
END;
/

fred: hurrah!
bob: boo!


Retailing at $199, the SE215 is the cheapest among other recent Shure offerings. Budding audiophiles could have been put off by the $200-$500 price tags of other earphones, so the Shure SE215 is the perfect opportunity to try out Shure. How it walks the line between affordability and sound quality will be the focus of this review.
Shure's dedication to build quality is exemplary. The Shure SE215, which caters to a decidedly low-end market, has the same outstanding physical construction as the $299 SE425. A little on the bulbous side, it is available in the standard clear or a translucent black. The Shure logo and the name SE215 are inscribed on the ear pieces – nothing too showy. Since it's cheaper than most of its brethren, the soft foam and triple flange sleeves are not provided. But no matter, the other sleeves – S, M, and L pairs of hard foam and silicone each – prove to be more than adequate. The hard foam particularly delivers an exceptional seal.
Other than the sleeves, there aren't many differences between the SE215 and its more expensive counterparts, but the recurring, good points bear repeating. For one, the ergonomic design ensures that the earpieces lie flush with your ears. This means that you can lie on your side with the earphones on, and they won't drill into your brain. First-timers may need to devote a little more time to the over-the-ear configuration, but with memory wire incorporated into the cable, subsequent use will be easier.
Secondly, at 64 inches, the cable has ample length for mobility. It's also Kevlar-reinforced and able to withstand numerous tugs. Whilst a reedy cable makes you nervous everytime you put on your earphones, a sturdy one like the SE215's makes you more carefree and able to concentrate on your music. A carrying case is also included in the set for you to store everything in.
Another similar theme across all recent Shure products is the detachable cable. This is certainly a point for celebration as it allows you to replace it and it alone (or perhaps, one of the ear pieces) should anything goes wrong with it. It's also connected to the ear pieces via gold-plated MMCX connectors. This means that you can rotate the ear pieces up to 360 degrees when you adjust their positioning, without any untoward tangling. Most unfortunately, there's no inline microphone and remote, but you can always buy a more equipped cable from Amazon.
The SE215 come fortified with dynamic drivers, rather than the balanced armature found in Shure's more expensive earphones. While this was done to reduce costs, the SE215 still comes off loud and strong. The bass is noticeably more solid than the others – not overwhelming – but also sound a little muddy if the drivers haven't had their burn in period. It may be a pain to wait 100-300 hours before having that fantastic low-end in your ears, but the end result is well worth it.
Another thing you can't fault the SE215 with is the clarity. The reproduction of the mid-range is articulate and leads up to a crystallite treble (well, at this price point, it's crystallite). It doesn't distort, doesn't leave your ears ringing afterwards, and tails off quite nicely. You'll also get a satisfactory sense of depth, almost as if you're able to follow where the music goes on each plane. This kind of quality at this kind of price is enough to make you spout poetry.
An added bonus to the package is the superior noise-isolation the SE215 provides. The seal from the hard foam sleeves isolate your music from outside distractions very, very well – making you question why Shure doesn't attach "Noise-Isolating" to the name of their earphones, because they so clearly are. So much so, that it's dangerous to put them on while you're jogging. This possibly makes them more suitable for your air travels than some headphones marketed to drown out jet engines.
Aspiring audiophiles should set their sights no further than Shure SE215. With a great build, superior noise-isolation and comfortable fit, it's a good starting point for those wanting high-quality reproduction without having to sell off a kidney. Whilst first-timers may have some gripes about the fussy configuration, once it's done they're pretty much set for a long time. Affordable definitely looks good on Shure.


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Richard Reynolds Mahaffey
November 5, 1932 ~ June 25, 2019 (age 86)
Richard Reynolds Mahaffey passed away peacefully on June 25, 2019 in Modesto, California at the age of 86. Richard was born on November 5, 1932 to his parents Frank Gibson and Marian (Laughlin) Mahaffey in Oakland, California.
Richard "Dick" Mahaffey was raised on Roberts Island near Stockton, California where his father owned the Mahaffey's Collar and Elbow Tavern. Richard graduated from Fairchild Elementary School, Edison High School, San Joaquin Delta College, and also attended Humphrey's Business College.
Richard was a true patriot all his life, serving his country in the military and later as a Department of Defense contractor. After high school, Richard enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served for four years, which started a lifelong devotion to the aviation industry. Following his Air Force service, he returned to the Stockton area and married Eunice Warren Mahaffey, started a family which grew to three children: Sheryl, Patricia and Frank. Richard worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for a few years, then moved the family back to Roberts Island where he ran the Mahaffey's Tavern with his father.
Richard returned to the aviation field in the mid 1960's as an overseas American contractor for nearly 30 years for Bell Helicopter, Parsons, Agusta International, and Dynalectron Corporation. He taught and supervised airplane and helicopter maintenance at U.S. Air Force Bases in Viet Nam, Japan, Iran, Saudia Arabia, and Yemen. In 1968-69, his family joined him at the Misawa Air Force Base in Japan. He was a high ranking Department of Defense contractor with Officer privileges on American military bases. In 1990, while in Saudi Arabia, Richard met President George H.W. Bush during a presidential visit to the Middle East. A Cold War Recognition Certificate signed by Ronald Reagan hung proudly above his desk. Richard also had special assignments in other countries, and often said he has been around the world the equivalent of three times. Richard was a member of the V.F.W., and American Legion posts both in the U.S. and abroad including American Legion China Post 1 - Soldiers of Fortune Worldwide.
His family enjoyed listening to Richard's fascinating stories about his international travels, and colorful family history. He was proud to be descended from Revolutionary War soldiers and early California Gold Rush pioneers. His children have fond memories of Sunday drives throughout the California foothills exploring historical towns, cemeteries and stopping to read Historical Landmarks. He was a member and Past President of Native Sons of the Golden West Stockton Parlor # 7.
After retirement, he returned to the United States and settled in Stockton. In his later years, he enjoyed keeping busy by working in the ticket booths for the Stockton Ports and at U.O.P. sporting events. He was a big fan of many sports, and won the Stockton Record's football prediction "Beat the Experts" contest several times. Richard kept a careful eye on local politics and important issues, and became a frequent contributor to the Stockton Record's Letters to the Editor. He also enjoyed entering sweepstakes as a hobby, and won many prizes. He was a lifelong avid reader.
As Richard's health declined in the last year of his life, he moved in to his daughter Patti's home in Ripon where he enjoyed loving care and attention.
Richard is survived by his three children: Sheryl (Joe) Pimentel of Manteca, Patricia "Patti" Wilbur of Ripon, and Frank (Margaret) Gibson Mahaffey II of Salida. His seven grandchildren include Jerod Pimentel, Marissa Pimentel and Joseph Pimentel III all of Manteca; Dr. Andrew (Laura) Wilbur of Seoul, South Korea, Ian (Laura) Wilbur of Ripon; Michael Mahaffey of Salida, and Shannon (Michael) Mahaffey-Leon of Modesto. Great grandchildren include Jace, Jiana, Jaylee and Jessalyn Pimentel; Naomi, Owen and Emme Wilbur; and Sophie Leon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Suzanne, and his sister Mary Jane Mahaffey Poulk.
At Richard's request, services will be private. Donations in his memory may be sent to Native Sons of the Golden West Stockton Parlor #7, Historical Preservation Foundation, P.O. Box 692151, Stockton, CA 95269.
Burial will be at Stockton Rural Cemetery where four generations of his family are laid to rest.