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|Head Graphene Radical Pro Scores
Get ready for something radically different from Head! The new Graphene Radical Pro replaces the soft, plush feel that the Radical line has typically possessed with something crisper, livelier and more modern. The addition of Graphene technology aims to improve the maneuverability and rock solid feel of the the YOUTEK IG Radical Pro, and all our playtesters agreed that this Radical Pro is easier to swing yet is still ultra stable from all areas of the court. The perfect blend of power and control is almost there. Access to spin is easy, and although it's a little stiffer and crisper, there's still plenty of feel and responsiveness off the stringbed at contact. Chris might have put it best: This could be the gem of the new Head racquet line for 2014! Aggressive baseliners and all-court players who can handle some heft need to take note of the new Graphene Radical Pro.
Our playtesters found the Graphene Radical Pro felt quite different than the version it replaces -- in a good way. There was an almost perfect balance of maneuverability and stability. "I immediately noticed a huge difference between this version of the Radical Pro and the one it replaces -- and the change was good," said Chris. "While the YOUTEK IG Radical Pro felt too powerful and tough to control, this one felt great. This version feels faster and more responsive, yet it feels just as solid at impact. I was able to control the ball much better, and that gave me a huge boost in confidence off the ground. I really liked the response of the racquet on topspin shots. I found I could get the racquet through contact very quickly, which enabled me to accelerate up the back of the ball to inject added pace and spin at will. Because the racquet was so easy to accelerate I could hold passing shots to the last instant and disguise the direction I was going to hit. When hitting my slice backhand I could hold the ball and choose direction based on the angle of my wrist. With pretty much the same swing I could pick from down the line, cross court or a short drop shot, and I could make that choice at the last possible instance to keep my opponent guessing. That made it a very fun racquet to hit with."
Troy was also surprised by the new feel, while enjoying the spin and control. He said, "Initially, I was taken aback by the feel of this racquet. It wasn't the fact that I didn't like the feel, but it was completely foreign in comparison to any Radical I have played with. Whether it is the addition of Graphene or the change in the beam thickness and shape, this racquet felt much firmer and crisper. This racquet felt light and whippy, while at the same time solid and stable. I enjoyed the stable response and I was getting good control and spin. I found the feel of this racquet to be pretty similar to the Graphene Speed Pro, but with this racquet I was getting a bit more access to spin and close to equal control. I liked that this racquet was more forgiving on groundstrokes than my Wilson Six.One 95, but this one didn't quite pack the plow through of my racquet."
The racquet is not quite what Michelle would normally choose to play with, but she quickly grew to love it on her groundstrokes. She said, "I was hesitant starting this playtest. I wasn't sure if this racquet would pair well with my game, and I don't usually enjoy the more control-oriented racquets. I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped onto the court with the Radical Pro. I went without knowing the specs, but I could tell within 5 minutes that the specs of this racquet were in my wheelhouse. Hitting groundstrokes felt great -- I was able to access more than enough power to put balls away and found ample spin, as well as some control my game often lacks! The racquet was super maneuverable and stable. I found it so easy to go for a reaching slice when stretched out wide, and I consistently came up with a solid shot that helped get me back into the point. I definitely will be moving this racquet into my top 5!"
The weight distribution and balance initially gave Andy some trouble, but by the end of the test he was just as enamored with this racquet as the rest of the team. He offered, "It took me a bit of time to get used to the heft and what initially felt like almost even balance of the Radical Pro. When I first used it against big hitting opponents I had trouble getting the racquet around my body and would get a bit 'slappy' at times. However, after a while I really started to enjoy this racquet from the baseline. It's very forgiving and stable, and it offers some good power and spin without much of a loss in control. It was a bit stiff and jarring at times when I made contact outside the sweetspot, but by the end of the playtest I was completely dialed in on my forehand and backhand."
The Graphene Radical Pro continued to impress our playtesters around the net, offering plenty of maneuverability and enough heft to stick volleys effectively. This was one of Andy's favorite racquets of late to volley with. He explained, "I liked this racquet from the baseline, but I think I liked it even more at net. The weight in the hoop made it super solid and stable. Even with all the new technology, it still has the classic responsive feel that we've come to expect from the Radical. Lots of control, plenty of feel and rock solid - that's a nice playing stick at net!"
Chris found this latest version to be a vast improvement over the previous one at net. He said, "The Graphene Radical Pro was very easy to maneuver. Again, the power was SO much easier to control compared with its predecessor. I felt way more confident going for aggressive volleys, and I loved punching through the ball with this racquet. I would have liked a tad more stability on volleys from deep in the court or off my shoe laces, but that is an easy fix with some lead (or tungsten) tape. Touch and feel were good, and I always felt well connected to where my shots were going."
"The stability and maneuverability were amazing at the net," exclaimed Michelle. "It was simple to hit deep, penetrating volleys, and touch was there when I needed it. I felt really confident coming to the net with this racquet because even when I was lunging for a volley I was able to get it back and stay alive in the point."
Troy appreciated the maneuverability and solid feel, but he preferred the previous Radical's softer feel on his finesse shots. He said, "The maneuverability of this racquet helped me to feel confident when holding down the net in doubles. I could easily react and get this racquet into place when the opponent hit a heavy groundstroke in my direction. I was getting good pop and depth on my volleys, and I had the control to place my volleys anywhere on the court with good precision. The one area where I preferred the more flexible feel of the previous generation was on feel-oriented drop volleys. I didn't quite get the feel that I favored with the IG Radical Pro."
The love affair continued while serving, and the Graphene Radical Pro continued to offer easy access to racquet head speed, power and spin, with plenty of control. Troy was able to swing fast and get tons of action on his growing variety of serves. He explained, "I was serving with lots of pace and spin with this racquet. I found that the lighter weight of this racquet (compared with my hefty Six.One 95) was allowing me to attack with my flat serve down the middle, with some good heat on the ball. There was enough maneuverability to snap the kick serve and get the ball to jump off the court. There was enough mass to get good pace on my serves and enough maneuverability to get a boost on the spin serves! All in all, this is one of my favorite racquets on serve."
Michelle also had access to her whole arsenal of serves. She said, "This was a great racquet to complement my bigger first serves and kicking second serves. I could execute whatever serve I wanted to with this racquet. There was ample access to slice for my 'T slicer' on the ad side. It was great because I could start the point off offensively whether I was hitting hard, flat serves or big kicking second serves."
Chris couldn't miss a serve even if he tried with this racquet. He said, "The same ease of accelerating this racquet through contact that I found off the ground rang true on serves as well. I was getting good pace and spin from this racquet because I could snap it through contact. My first serve had good consistency, so much so that on my initial hit with it I had to hit some second serves as first serves just so I could get a feel for the racquet when adding more spin! I can hit a bigger serve with the older model, but my consistency was much better with the Graphene Radical Pro."
"This racquet packs a punch on serve!" exclaimed Andy. "Once I got the racquet moving I could put some heavy power and spin on whatever serve I chose to hit. I didn't feel like I could be as precise as I normally am, but I've certainly had less control with other recently tested racquets."
There was a nice blend of power and control from the Graphene Radical Pro, allowing our playtesters to return serve aggressively and confidently. It worked really well for Michelle. She offered, "I really enjoyed this racquet when returning. The stability, maneuverability and control were, yet again, perfect for my game. I felt like I could take big cuts and place my returns where I wanted them to start points out aggressively. It was fast enough to get around on my backhand return, which is where I normally notice sluggishness from frames when returning serve."
"I really enjoyed returning with this racquet," raved Chris. "I was able to get it moving quickly, which allowed me to inject pace and spin, as well as hold the direction of my shot. I found myself being very aggressive on returns in singles and in doubles. I loved taking a big cut at anything left hanging because the blend of power and control was very, very good. I used the racquet strung with various poly strings and found the bite and spin with that kind of setup to be perfect for aggressive cuts at the ball."
Andy has a long history with the Radical line of racquets, particularly because of how much he enjoyed them while returning serve. This version reminded him why he's always loved them. He said, "I've always loved returning with the Radical, and this iteration of the Radical Pro is no exception. It's a bit tough to maneuver at times with the even balance, but the racquet still provides good control, stability and forgiveness when hitting aggressive returns. Also, it's great for chipping returns back deep in the court."
Troy was able to be very aggressive with his service returns as well, but he would've liked a bit more heft to get easier access to depth. He said, "I was enjoying the maneuverability on my serve returns. This was a big benefit when playing doubles, helping me to attack the returns and keep them away from the net man. The control allowed me to hit some returns into the corners of the court, putting my opponent on the defensive early on in the point. I found a good amount of pop off the stringbed that helped me hit some powerful returns, although I wasn't getting the easy access to depth that my hefty Six.One 95 offers me."
Chris - "A very easy-to-accelerate racquet, which made it easy to add spin, add pace or change the direction of play. I could also hold passing shots longer to disguise direction. I thought this was a huge improvement over the previous version because it offers way more control."
Troy - "Racquet-head speed came with ease. A nice crisp feel with good control, and spin was evident from all areas of the court."
Andy - "I eventually got completely dialed in from the baseline and always loved it at net. It's got good pop and spin potential, nice control and a responsive feel. It doesn't get pushed around at all by big hitters."
Michelle - "I was pleasantly surprised with this racquet -- I loved it! I can honestly say that I've never enjoyed the 'feel' of a Head racquet until now. This racquet just felt right in my hands on groundstrokes. I could hit volleys consistently well because of the stability of this racquet, and it was easy to access what I wanted when serving. Slices were consistently solid off both wings (even on my squash-slice forehand)!"
Chris - "None really. I would likely add a little weight, but it would be minimal."
Troy - "The Graphene Radical Pro may take some getting used to for those Radical lovers who are looking for that low powered, plush-feel."
Andy - "It took me a little while to get used to how heavy it feels, and it's also a bit jarring outside the sweetspot. That doesn't happen too much, though, because the feel is so solid."
Michelle - "In all honesty, I'm a bit surprised to say that there was nothing I didn't like about this racquet! Besides the Speed Pro (which I don't love at the net), I've never really felt connected to any Head racquets, but I really enjoyed this one!"
Chris - "Way more control than the previous version without being far off the power level. While I can't serve quite as big with this one, a lot more of my serves found their target. It offers more power and stability than the Midplus version, yet isn't much harder to swing. This could very well be the gem of the Head lineup, as it is going to be tough to beat -- it really is that good."
Troy - "I found some similar aspects of the Graphene Speed Pro; this Radical possess a bit more access to spin without sacrificing much control. This racquet reminded me a lot of the old Babolat Pure Control racquets that had the stiffness RA in the upper 60s. Good control and pop, somewhat like the Dunlop F3.0 Tour."
Andy - "It's similar to the YOUTEK IG Radical Pro in weight and balance. However, it's noticeably stiffer and easier to swing. This isn't the same traditionally soft Radical from yesteryear, but the crisp, lively feel packs a big punch."
Michelle - "I guess the obvious comparison here would be to the previous model, the YOUTEK IG Radical Pro. However, every time I've picked that racquet up I haven't enjoyed it and didn't end up using it for very long. A racquet I am more familiar with that I would compare the Graphene Radical Pro to would be the Babolat Pure Storm GT. They both have a stable, solid feel all around the court."
(Scores are determined by averaging individual play test scores)
|Chris' Scores
|Troy's Scores
|Andy's Scores
|Michelle's Scores
Chris: 5.0 all-court player currently using the Wilson Six.One 95S. Chris uses a full-western forehand grip, has a fast swing style and hits a one-handed backhand.
Troy: 5.0 lefty all-court player with a full Western Forehand and a two-handed backhand. Troy currently plays with a Wilson BLX Six.One 95.
Andy: Open level all court player with a semi-western forehand grip and a two handed backhand. Andy currently using a Wilson Blade 98 18x20.
Michelle: Open level baseline player with a semi-western forehand and a two handed backhand. She currently plays with the Babolat Pure Drive Roddick.
Review date: October 2013. If you found this review interesting or have further questions or comments please contact us.
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Phoenix Myers, Seneca, 9
Gary Olson, North East, 11
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Paris Enterline, Seneca, 10
Donovan Myers, Seneca, 9
Brad Pier, Fort LeBoeuf, 11
Blake Ristau, Warren, 9
Tyler Stetson, North East, 11
Aaron Taylor, Union City, 10
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Brie Sutherland, Corry, 10
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Anna Falvo, Warren, 11
Sabrina Kosnik, Union City, 10
Casey McIntosh, North East, 9
Marissa Mountford, Seneca, 9
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House of Commons Hansard #94 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was work.
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Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, late last night three Winnipeg police officers were shot while executing a drug warrant. I would like to express my heartfelt sympathies to the officers and their families. It is unacceptable that officers are put in these kinds of situations, acting on behalf of Canadians.
Our government stands solidly in support of assisting our police officers because they are our front line protection against crimes that are destroying our communities.
Liberal and NDP MPs have gutted our legislation to restrict house arrest for dangerous criminals, just like these drug dealers. They are also holding up our bill on increased mandatory minimum sentences on gun crime.
When will they stop concerning themselves about the rights of criminals and support our efforts to restore balance in the justice system by supporting victims and police officers who protect us?
As the mother of a police officer, I would encourage all members in the House to stop being soft on crime and start standing up for taxpaying citizens.
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Anthony Rota Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring awareness to the issue of teen suicide. According to Statistics Canada, suicide accounts for 24% of all deaths among 15 to 24 year olds and 16% among 16 to 44 year olds in our country.
In the words of my constituent, Chantal Fleming, who lost her only son Ryan to suicide:
Until your life has been devastated by the suicide loss of your child, family member or friend, a person can never truly comprehend these statistics; they are simply too chilling for our minds to understand.
We must break the silence on teen suicide. We must also look to provide services and support networks to those who need it most, teenagers and young adults. Furthermore, we need to develop better programs for those who are bereaved by the suicide of a loved one.
In memory of Ryan Fleming, I call on all hon. members to help raise awareness of this devastating reality and to work together to help develop and improve long term support solutions.
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Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Sylvie Boucher Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to express my gratitude to the members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages for the work they are doing with their cross-Canada tour. This tour is giving us the opportunity to learn about the achievements of francophone and anglophone minority language communities, as well as the challenges they face.
The committee is an important part of our parliamentary system, and on behalf of the Minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages, I salute this initiative.
I would also like to thank all of the community representatives who appeared before the committee during its stops in eastern and western Canada. Our new government's commitment to these communities is steadfast. Their vitality is an essential part of our linguistic duality.
This is the first time the committee has travelled to meet francophone and anglophone minority language communities, and it happened under a Conservative government.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Dawn Black New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, as winter approaches, the situation for the homeless in my communities of New Westminster, Port Moody and Coquitlam worsens. In New Westminster alone, the number of my constituents who are homeless has risen an incredible 33% in recent years. Not only is it unacceptable, it is disgraceful that people are sleeping on the streets in my riding or on the banks of the Fraser River or underneath the SkyTrain overpass.
There are some wonderful organizations, including the Tri-Cities Housing Coalition, Hope for Freedom Society and the New Westminster Homeless Coalition, that work so hard for affordable housing and for the homeless, but without action from the government they can only do so much.
Because the government fails to support housing projects, many organizations will have to scale back or shut down, maybe even before Christmas, as their funds run out.
When will the government enact a national housing strategy so that no Canadian has no other choice but to sleep on the streets?
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Tina Keeper Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, December 10, is International Human Rights Day. It is a day on which the entire international community will both celebrate the human rights achievements made over this past century and acknowledge the human rights that we must address.
I wish to remind Canadians that they do not have to look so far to find issues with human rights, as there is the issue of first nations child welfare. The national Wen: De Report on first nations child welfare has provided Indian and Northern Affairs Canada with an evidence based solution to redress the inequity in child welfare funding.
Despite acknowledging that the current federal funding is inadequate, the government has not implemented the Wen: De Report recommendations.
The report also highlights the jurisdictional and departmental disputes involving the federal and provincial governments that have meant first nations children with disabilities or complex medical needs are denied or face serious delay in services available to other Canadian children.
The tragic story of a first nations child named Jordan who died because he did not receive access to medical services in a timely way was presented at the United Nations in the Jordan's principle, calling for an end to these disputes.
Carlo Benedetti
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Marcel Lussier Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, Carlo Benedetti, a resident of my riding and a master's student in chemical engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke, won first place at the international conference of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, ISPE, held in Orlando, Florida, on November 6.
Carlo Benedetti won first place in the graduate division for the quality and presentation of his project, which was about a new method for the analysis of knowledge acquisition processes to improve the efficiency of prescription drug production.
Mr. Benedetti undertook the study of this process as part of a project supervised by Professor Abatzoglou, thanks to the financial participation of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the Université de Montréal and the Université de Sherbrooke.
I would like to offer my sincere congratulations to Carlo Benedetti for his remarkable success at the international level and for having represented us so honourably.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, constituents from my riding are petitioning the government to implement tax incentives to encourage Canadians to take out gym memberships.
They believe it is time for the government to focus on prevention rather than treatment as the overarching principle of our health care system. They rightly believe that, in addition to lowering health care costs, this would mean physically fit citizens who are happier and more productive in their personal and professional lives.
Although tax incentives for gym memberships will not empower all citizens to lead healthy lifestyles, they will help eliminate unnecessary financial barriers to physical activity for many. The government should therefore implement such a tax incentive in its next budget.
Softwood Lumber
Statements By Members
December 8th, 2006 / 11:15 a.m.
Helena Guergis Simcoe—Grey, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand here in the House as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and tell members that a lot of hard work and negotiations went into the softwood lumber agreement. Not only am I proud that Bill C-24 passed, but I am also proud to be part of a government that does what it says it is going to do and works as a team.
On Wednesday I was disappointed to see all but two Liberal MPs stand in the House of Commons and vote against the softwood lumber agreement. This is shameful, given the support for the agreement by the provinces, including the province of Quebec, where the new Liberal leader is from, and the support from industry, labour and unions in Quebec.
How could the Liberals not support an agreement that is obviously in the best interests of Canada? This further demonstrates the Liberal tradition of playing political games. By not supporting the deal, the Liberals are putting their own partisan interests ahead of the needs of all Canadians.
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, the facts are very clear, and they were clear long before last Monday.
There were two letters indicating that Commissioner Zaccardelli was about to change his testimony. One was even addressed to the Deputy Minister of Public Safety. The minister's officials knew that the commissioner was going to change his testimony. In addition, Commissioner Zaccardelli says he told the minister himself directly.
Why, then, is the minister continuing to maintain that he knew nothing? How can he continue to deny the truth?
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are the ones denying the truth.
This government is continuing, as always, to tell the truth about this case. It is clear that Commissioner Zaccardelli expressed the desire to testify a second time before the public safety committee. This was obviously his choice and his responsibility. It would have been totally irresponsible for the minister or the government to prevent such testimony by the commissioner, who has taken responsibility for his actions and tendered his resignation.
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, the minister and that parliamentary secretary can keep saying "the dog ate my homework", but it is now painfully evident that the minister knew that Canadians were being misled and did nothing about it. The minister is desperately trying to change the subject by saying that "anything I could have done would have been called political interference". This is nonsense.
Canadians want to know why, when there was evidence they were being deceived, the minister did absolutely nothing to get them the correct information. Why did he aid and abet this deception?
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the minister and the government found out that the commissioner wanted to clarify his testimony at the same time and in the same way as everyone else, and of course we respected the commissioner's right to do so.
The real question is, why is it that the Liberals favour political interference in the operations of the RCMP? Why is it that the former Liberal solicitor general, the member for Malpeque, said with respect to the RCMP investigation into the Liberal income trust fiasco and scandal that he "felt strongly that the very next day the minister at the time of public security should have asked for" the commissioner's "removal".
Why is that he wanted the government to fire the RCMP Commissioner for investigating the Liberals?
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, here is what former RCMP legal counsel Alain-Robert Nadeau said:
Personally, I can see only two alternatives that would restore the confidence of Canadians: a royal commission of inquiry into the operations of the RCMP or, more simply, the minister's resignation. Such is the price of our freedom.
I would like to know what the minister thinks of Mr. Nadeau's advice?
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:15 a.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, it is very clear that the Liberals continue to try to distract public attention away from the fact that the entire Arar fiasco occurred under their watch. Mr. Arar was sent to Syria, was tortured in a Syrian jail, a former Liberal minister of foreign affairs denied that he was being tortured, and all of this happened under their watch.
Canadians are still waiting for a little patina of humility from the Liberal Party. When are the Liberals going to stand up and apologize for the mistreatment of Canadians abroad under their watch?
RCMP Commissioner
Oral Questions
11:20 a.m.
Mark Holland Ajax—Pickering, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would ask that the parliamentary secretary take this question seriously: why? Why did the government wait until outrage gripped the nation before it acted?
Despite contradiction after contradiction, a letter foretelling it all, ministerial meetings with the commissioner and urgings from his own cabinet, the Prime Minister did nothing. Worse than nothing, the Prime Minister gave the commissioner his unqualified, unreserved support through it all.
Why? Why did the Prime Minister do nothing when he knew everything?


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Two Jamestown Men Charged Following Early Morning Incidents
Two Jamestown men were charged with obstructing governmental administration and other charges following two separate incidents early Sunday morning.
The first incident, Jamestown police said in a news release, occurred at 12:07 a.m. when police were alerted to a suspicious male who entered 7-Eleven on North Main Street.
According to a police report, Daniel J. Thomas, 43, of Prendergast Avenue, allegedly was dressed in a long trench coat and his face was covered. Officers attempted to identify Thomas, who refused to show police his hands.
Thomas then fled the convenience store and ran to Family Video, also on North Main Street. The Jamestown man struggled with police and again attempted to flee when patted down for weapons, police said.
Thomas resisted arrest and further fought with officers. He was eventually charged with second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.
Thomas was transported to Jamestown City Jail.
At 2:24 a.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to Willard Street for a report of an assault in progress. Police found Jonathan M. Martinelli, 20, and a female victim on Tower Street.
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Translation of "One comrade from Mérida sounds off: Oh I've got the desire" (Viento sin Fronteras, in EL LIBERTARIO)
Here is another translation from Venezuela, once again of a one-compa-sounds-off article, this time from
Viento sin Fronteras (
Wind without Borders) in a rural area of Mérida, a state in western Venezuela. The article was reprinted by the Venezuelan anarchist newspaper EL LIBERT@RIO. Inline links and editorial notes in footnotes are added by me. As always, the same caveats apply: I'm a nervous translator trying to keep up with a lot of regional references that I don't always know, and moving through a lot of material coming out more quickly than I can translate it; this is a working draft; if you notice any mistakes or mangling please feel free to point them out in the comments, and I'll attach a note or a correction to the text here. Again, there are lots of different Anarchists in Venezuela, and this is one compa's view; there are many with different views about the attitude that Anarchists should take towards the protest. (See, for example, this previous translation of a commentary by Victor Camacho. Viento sin Fronteras is, let's say, significantly more
A comrade from Mérida sounds off: Oh, I've got the desire
Viento sin Fronteras
This is a little chronicle many are certainly familiar with. Yesterday I got up at 6 a.m. so I could get ready to go to work. I arrived at work around 7:30 am and I spent the whole day over there. At 7pm I went back to my house. When I got home I had to go down to the nearest bodega (I live in a rural area) to buy stuff for making dinner or lunch in the coming days. Well O.K., so a purchase that consists of some three potatoes, two cans of sardines, three tomatoes, an onion, laundry soap,[1] a box of cigarettes and a few cookies, comes out to 170 bolivars [≈ US $27]. Up to this point everything seems normal but it isn't. My daily salary is 200 bolivars [≈ US $32].
Clearly, they are 200 bolivars and this leaves me only just 30 bolivars [≈ US $5] to save for paying the rest of my expenses, like the rent for example. Or the fare for public transport, if I weren't walking to work I'd have to take 10 bolivars off these 30 that are supposed to be left over for me.
Besides this, I remembered that the last time that I went without natural gas nearly a month passed before that commodity came back to my house. And I my house, of course, a little house of 38 square meters [≈ 409 sq. ft.] where the water shuts off every day for an hour or two, with a rent that's equivalent to nearly half the minimum wage I work for. It brings to mind that house from the housing project[2] that that the showboat[3] of the Communal Council[4] built (great affiliate of PSUV[5] certainly and an ideological reference for many here) and which was empty until two weeks ago, which he managed to sell, for no less than the discreet sum of 700,000 bolivars [≈ US $ 111,250].
Something comes into my mind, and my nerves get hotter. I spent 10 years of my life in college. I have an undergraduate degree, a master's, and I left my doctoral thesis half done when I lost interest. And O.K., it's not that I believe that I deserve a Ministry salary, but for some reason, and this reason for some other reason always ends up being my fault; it has been impossible for me to find a job that, without being exactly the thing for which I supposedly studied at least would permit me (and that's what college is supposedly about) to give back to society or to whoever, a little bit of that intellectual or technical material that I supposedly acquired in those years. At times, they then give me some moments of clarity and I say: clearly, it's that to get hooked up you have to know whose balls to yank.[6] Or I think and I swear[7] about how to set up that writing project with the ever sacrosanct words: Eternal Commander, Fellow Comrade, the Little Bird, Our Process, the Economic War, the Eternal Giant, the Legacy.[8] All this without a doubt adds to the degree of a feeling of frustration that's growing.
And with that, what comes into my head are the contracts for the Guasare coal, the Deltana Plate, the three billion dollars that Chevron loaned us, the concessions to Chinese timber companies in the high Caroní, the death of the Sabinos, the criminalization of the Wayuu, the Red Fascist wall shooting dissident unionists, the armed forces of the government holding old women with their pans at gunpoint, ordering them to be quiet, the dead of Uribana, the 400 dying every year in prison, the intellectual authors of the massacre of El Amparo placed in the government designing the anti-terrorism laws. And so on. And so I think that late or early, me, and many people who aren't identified one bit with the spokespeople of the opposition parties, including folks who come from the Chavista movement, are getting out into the streets to protest. And I'll be over there, if country life lets me, handing out pamphlets to anyone who has eyes to read them. Without falling into naivete, I know that there will be plenty of imbecile fanatics for Pérez Jiménez[9] or Leopoldo Lopez[10] there with their slogans and believe me that I'll fight them right there. Right there I'll show that they're the same as the others.
Oh, I've got the desire[11] to go out hurling stones when the police car crosses my path. Because they are some thugs and some cheerleaders.[12] Oh, I've got the desire to take all the trash that they aren't capable of managing and set it all on fire in the doorway of the Mérida state government. Oh, I've got the desire to smash the windows of the supermarket and leave all those products tossed on the floor that I have to wait in line for on my weekend days. Oh, I've got the desire to catch an ATM[13] alone and try once and for all to see how the fuck you can withdraw all the money with a sledgehammer.
I've got the desire to give thanks in person to the folks who set SEBIN's trucks on fire[14] because they're a murdering intelligence agency that tortures and persecutes political dissidents. I've got the desire to go up to that student leader, who's really an ally of PJ,[15] and tell her to shut her mouth, that she's a wanker,[16] that it's her fault (and that of those mamelotracios[17] that she obeys) that the protest — which could have been a good way to lock up the pigs[18] and a place where we'd all recognize that all these demands are the vindication urgent for EVERYONE — was converted instead into a slogan, pretty much belonging to their own partisan interests.
The year is just beginning and it doesn't promise to be a year for calm ones. Well, let the storm come.
— Ganas no me faltan (21 Feb. 2014). Very imperfectly translated by Charles W. Johnson


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Topic: link_to looking like a button
a seemingly simple task I can't crack for a second dayhere is view_1

<% @w1_exes.each do |w1_ex| %><tr class=
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<% @w1_exes.each do |w1_ex| %><tr class=
Oh dear!
I see I owe an apology to the RoR community for placing a message which doesn't make any sense. I am really very sorry. I'll never do it any more I will mend my ways and be as good a guy as guy can be...
And (brushing the ashes from my buzz-cut) let me present what really was intended in my appeal for your help`
there are 2 pairs controller-views (2+2)
1) controller-view for a model of expressions, their explanations, their usage examples etc. (w1_exes);
2) controller-view for a simple search in the abovesaid trinity (lookup)
More specifically:
1) 'w1_exes_controller.rb' has this`
def show
@w1_ex = W1Ex.find(params[:id])
and here is an exerp from 'app/views/w1_exes/show.html.erb'
<%= @w1_ex.example1 %>
<%= @w1_ex.example2 %>
def create
@lookup = Lookup.create!(params[:lookup])
redirect_to @lookup
def show
@w1_exes = W1Ex.all
'_lookup_results.html.erb' contains the following:
<% @w1_exes.each do |w1_ex| %>
<tr class="<%= cycle("line-odd", "line-even") %>">
<%= w1_ex.word1 %>
<%= w1_ex.that_means %>
<%= link_to w1_ex.word1, w1_ex %>
<%= w1_ex.synonyms %>
<%= w1_ex.note %>
<% end %>
All is fine and works quite nicely - you click the link in the results-view and get two examples in the show-view, yet the fact, somehow, does not make me happy.
First, content in the <%= w1_ex.word1 %>	 is repeated in the next but one  containing<%= link_to w1_ex.word1, w1_ex %> and this is a crime against DRY regulations.
Secondly, I don't know how to replace the link with a button of more descriptive nature, say, 'See Examples' or something.
Help me please.
Well, buddy
Your whining cry for help made me to play your friend in need.
It's not that I know RoR any better than you. We are on the par there. I just opened "http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Hel er/link_to" and hacked at the examples there until it turned out as you wanted.
All you need is a change in just one line of '_lookup_results.html.erb'. It's the third column in the table and when it runs so:
"<%= link_to 'Examples', :controller=>'w1_exes', :action=>'show', :id=>w1_ex.id %>	"
your dream is realized (though they say it is "non-RESTful..older more verbose, non-resource-oriented (way)" yet it works).
Be thankful to the mighty RoR, whiner you, and frisk away until you stuck in the next impasse.
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Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., said at a press conference that the release of the company's new-generation Windows 7 operating system would hardly increase sales of personal computers significantly. This is a rather surprising comment since it also means that Microsoft's own sales will not increase substantially as a result of Windows 7 release.
"There will be a surge of PCs but it will probably not be huge," said Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, report Reuters news-agency.
Other high-ranking executives, for example chief executive officers of Advanced Micro Devices and Intel Corp., publicly expressed hopes that sales of personal computers will increase due to the launch of Windows 7. Traditionally, sales of PCs do grow when Microsoft releases its new OSs, however, as a consequence of global economic slowdown, this year the situation may be different.
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Skip to comments.1,000 US High School Students to Do Volunteer Cleanup, Tree-Planting in Fukushima
Posted on 06/11/2012 12:14:11 PM PDT by ransomnote
Full TItle: 1,000 US High School Students to Do Volunteer Cleanup, Tree-Planting in #Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, Ibaraki and Observe Japan's Recovery
Following the footsteps of the students from Middle Tennessee State University, 1,000 high school students from across the United States will be volunteering in the disaster affected Tohoku, in Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Ibaraki Prefectures. Activities will include clean-up and planting trees, according to the Japanese government foundation who invited them.
From Japan Times (6/10/2012):
1,000 U.S. high school students to start volunteer work in tsunami zones Kyodo
Around 1,000 high school students and youths from the United States will visit the Tohoku region in three groups from Sunday to carry out volunteer work in four disaster-hit prefectures at the invitation of the Japan Foundation.
Each group will stay in the country for a fortnight and engage in various exchanges with locals in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures, according to the foundation, which specializes in cultural exchanges.
Participants in the program will come from 40 schools across the United States, including areas affected by natural disasters in the past, including Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The last group will arrive in late July.
Some of the students are from the former schools of two young American teachers killed by the March 2011 tsunami Taylor Anderson from Virginia and Montgomery Dickson from Alaska who were teaching English at schools in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, and Rikuzentakata in Iwate. Those students will visit both cities, which were devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
All those taking part will also visit Kobe to witness the city's recovery from the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.
The above Japan Times article doesn't say much about the students' activities beyond "cultural exchanges", but the Foundation's press release does.
(Excerpt) Read more at ex-skf.blogspot.com ...
"Does nobody understand that ALL of the area they are planning to visit would qualify as a Radiological Controlled Area in the US and that persons under the age of 18 are not permitted by US regulation to be in a Radiological Controlled Area."
Think of the carbon-footprint of all that international trans-pacific air travel./s
This is a bull-shit peacenik feel-good project put on by occutards who I am sure are vegan tree-huggers.
Middle Tennessee State University. They ain't called institutions of lower learning for nothing.
This is a bull-shit peacenik feel-good project put on by occutards who I am sure are vegan tree-huggers.
Let 'em go and get 'radiated'.
There are few people more pro-nuclear power than me but this is a very very bad idea. Perhaps in another 5 years.
I wonder if a thousand Japanese high school kids will volunteer to clean up our West Coast when the debris tsunami hits our shores?
With 1,000 kids, they can run 3 split-shifts - two at night since the area glows like high noon - and get it done fast. Of course, they'll all be sterilized/cancer-prone from such high rads exposure. What idiot(s) thought this stunt up? Aren't parents even questioning this lunacy?
Nuthin' worse than something that makes people feel good...
I see a lot of lawsuits being filed against these high schools once parents realize that their kid has been glowing since coming home from Japan. This is a whole wagon load of bull****.
This is the stupidist stunt I've heard about in years.
Just imaging the study some medical group can do on them.
Yep, lawsuits, my first thought. What are they thinking? "Gee, we'll plant trees and do green things and life will be good."
Future "X-men" that will save the planet one day.
I know someone who is being recruited to go over there to work on the damaged nuke plant. Japan is throwing a boatload of money at him and his wife and kids are invited to come with him. He's not the only one they're trying to hire claiming it's perfectly safe. If it's so safe, then why are they having to go outside Japan with mountains of $$$$ to intice workers to go there? I'm guessing those Japanese workers don't want to be anywhere around that bulging wall in #4.
Hey, that's less future liberals and tree huggers.
Cool, we needed more radioactive trees and cancer patients.
"OH no... they'll all die!"
Ha, Fukushima is a big ski resort area and business was almost as good as usual last year.
Works for me. Can we send more than the first 1,000? Fill-up the cruise ships and send continuously, until we get 'em all 'fixed'.
Bet if they asked these same people to try to clean up New Orleans after Katrina, they wouldn't have had many takers.
The science community's radioactive waste land is the pro nuke shills 'winter wonderland'.
Sneering at hysteria doesn't work well when hysteria isn't present. THose individuals who are knowledgeable about Chernobyl and the ongoing medical crisis there, and the BEIR reports (state of the art US research) believe that is unhealthy to go to Fukushima and those who support nuclear power without ever acknowledging or accepting responsibility for any of the damage it has done sneer at it.
Bet if they asked these same people to try to clean up New Orleans after Katrina, they wouldnt have had many takers.
Your comment really caught me, dfwgator.
There is a huge disparity, isn't there? Members of my church in California volunteered to help cleanup in New Orleans and all of them came back astounded that so little progress had been made.
Maybe it's money - a nearly free hotel room/food and free airfare? I don't know what the hotel fee will be but it must be supplemented by PR right? And all that 'free' produce and meat from Fukushima out of gratitude to those who are there to help them? I don't know but I suspsect heavy subsidizing.
So, the question becomes, if those students were offered free transportation, nice housing, free food - would they go to post Katrina regions today? Well, there's still foreign travel and its appeal.
It's not 'sneering' it's healthy humor.
Come on, someone claiming those tens of thousands of skiers were "pro nuke shills " is funny. Admit it.
Likewise claiming all the area is a "radioactive waste land "
And that's just in the first sentence of your reply!
Can't unconvince people who believe this stuff, but it is good for a laugh.
Because of legal individual exposure limits, including monthly, quarterly, and annual limits, they need lots of workers to cycle in and out of service. There is such an immense amount of work to do, that if you only have a limited number of workers, the amount of time the cleanup is going to take is only that much longer. Also, more workers will mean a lower average exposure to each worker. The work has to get done, so importing workers is perfectly legitimate here.
Actually a great opportunity for nuclear workers.
Was going to post a link demonstrating that, but that site has been down the past few hours.
Actually the pro nuke shills convinced skiers it was safe and a great idea, the skiers themselves are not the shills. In fact, pro nuke shills avoid the area and certainly don't live in the contaminated zones.
Radioactive waste land it quite accurate - those pesky people living in contaminated regions of Chernobyl find that human health deteriorates until supplied with non-contaminated food! Imagine that! No one has figured out how to clean the soil around Chernobyl either; it's just not feasible. And well, some of those isotopes last thousands of years.
Oh I think your sense of humor is sick but I wouldn't bother trying to change your mind about that. It does strike me as indecent after watching videos from the Chernobyl region and reading the international health studies - but human suffering doesn't matter to pro nuke shills. In fact, pro nukers pretend that Chernobyl doesn't exist and all concerns regarding health are merely urban myths...oh and they stay clear of the area whenever politics doesn't make them show up.
When workers go into a radiation area, they carry at least 2 types of personal dosimetry. One kind can be read by the individual while being exposed, one has to be read by a machine after the exposure. In addition, the areas around the site are routinely surveyed and radiation levels are posted in the area and briefed before personnel enter the area for work. This aids in determining an individual's exposure by counting up the amount of time spent in a given radiation area. By reviewing and comparing all three methods, a pretty accurate exposure level can be determined.
Radiation monitors can not be used unless they are in current calibration--calibrations are done periodically depending on the type of detector, and standard procedure is to check a detector's calibration before using it. Some detectors even come equipped with their own radioactive source, so calibration can be checked every time the instrument is used. BTW, rad monitors don't estimate anything...they show actual rad levels, as long as they are correctly calibrated.
TEPCO and the Japanese government couldn't lie about rad levels if they wanted to--too much independent verification there for them to get away with it. There may be some discrepancies, but I give them the benefit of the doubt.
The people working at Fukushima are all very well trained in all aspects of radiological controls. They are smart, competent, and capable. They, above all, know the risks they are taking. Same goes for anyone who comes in from outside Japan to help in the recovery and cleanup. I would have absolutely no problem going there to work, if I was not otherwise busy (my bad knee wouldn't help, either).
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Each and every individual will have to make that decision for themselves, but they have to at least realize that the Japanese government and Tepco have admitted lying. So there is a track record of lies. And they also need to realize that any contamination they receive will be eventually brought back to their home countries.
And there is also a history of problems with communications within Tepco and Japan. Just recently the government run inquiry into the Fukushima crisis determined that Tepco did not ask to abandon Plant #1 and eventually possibly Plant #2.
Apparently the Japanese words and phrase used can be perceived as either:
- temporarily partially abandoning Fukushima #1 due to high radiaition levels and then returning later.
- possibly meaning abandon Fukushima #1 and possibly #2 permanently but in a slow staged process.
That is what you have to deal with over there.
"Who hides from Chernobyl?"
Specifically, you hide from Chernobyl, rottndog.
You link to a publication that, according to its banner heading represents 'people and organizations of the global nuclear profession.' Those people have done a fantastic job of lying about their responsibility and the true medical aftermath of their industry.
Now, those reading this who are not nuclear shills may be interested in a report created by doctors who continue to deal with the medical disaster ongoing in the Chernobyl region right now (http://www.strahlentelex.de/Yablokov%20Chernobyl%20book.pdf) or perhaps view the videos available detailing the grinding illness and damage to DNA, or perhaps read books like "The Voices of Chernobyl" to get an honest look at the situation. There are accounts of regions in the Ukraine where 'most children are ill' and yes - early on there were international reports of astonishing increases in childhood thyroid cancers and leukemias. Or, perhaps peruse the BEIR VII report created by scientists in the US. It's all there. You only need to deny it if you are a) hoping to continue a lucrative career in nuclear power and b)indifferent to human suffering caused by your industry.
Meanwhile, nuke shills say it all turned out JUST FINE.
If you are living in Japan, you are eating Japanese food. Therefore, you are ingesting higher then normal amounts of radioactive particles. You will be slowly shedding some of those internally contaminated particles over the years. There has also been complaints of workers getting internal contamination while working at the plant and they could not determine the source. We know that normal Japanese citizens are getting internal contamination because it has been metered in their defecation's.
Um, no. NO contamination will leave the site. Workers, wearing anti-contamination clothing (anti-Cs as they are known) are 'frisked' with radiation detectors after they remove the anti-Cs, and BEFORE they leave the area...all radiation areas are controlled, and there is a control point watch that checks everyone in and out. Any contamination will be detected, and anyone 'contaminated' has to be decontaminated before they are allowed to leave.
These are not 'workers' and they will be 'cleaning up' areas that Japan has declared 'safe' even those personal dosimeters purchased and used by citizens indicate it is not safe. Contaminated produce has been declared 'safe' as has contaminated meat from the area. It is illegal for Japanese doctors to examine 'civilians' from the area without permission from the government. Internal contamination is not being monitored in civilians nor are these civilians being decontaminated. The nuke industry is simply pretending that they are living in a contaminated zone but are not being harmed or ingesting or breathing it. The US will probably scan these kids on return but since our nuke industry is in collusion with their nuke industry and both are supported by national gov., we won't hear about it. Oh they may be declared 'safe' upon return so later, if some should become ill from their exposure or that cohort have above average levels of DNA damage (children) they can 'deny' it but there is no real attempt to detect or decontaminate.
'Higher than normal' meaning what? You can ingest higher than normal levels of anything of a bad nature, and still do so safely.
Have you ever had Ben & Jerry's ice cream?
WHO was harnessed early by the UN. They were forbidden from releasing information without the express approval of the UN Nuclear agencies. WHO is trying to regain its autonomy and 'right' to speak freely but it has a ways to go.
Try to understand that countries with nuclear power defend their nuclear power. Hans Blix, head UN nuke expert, is on video tape explaining that he only accepted and reported 1/10 of the radiation reported by Gorbachev's nuke experts. Gorby is on record responding in shock to that decision. Yes, the UN and WHO are more than willing to lie and distort. That's why the link I provided points to a document by physicians who are pushing back against the GLOBAL denial of Chernobyl. That is the banner under the website you linked - 'representing GLOBAL nuclear organizations and professionals'.
The people working at Fukushima are all very well trained in all aspects of radiological controls
Well actually Tepco has been criticized for recruiting untrained personell and failing to give them dosimeters and when asked, being unable to provide the names of the workers.
Early photos of Fukushima showed 'workers' wearing respirators improperly (over the TVEC suit instead of straps under it) in a manner dangerous considering where they were going. How about the guy caught smoking on the TEPCO dock next to the reactors? He had removed his respirator and was smoking a cigarette. No, too many are untrained and some are simply unaccounted for.
You think with the left wing enviro-wacko domination of the UN that they wouldn't do anything and everything to get rid of nukes if they could? Have you heard the UN say anything about Chernobyl lately? They CAN'T, because the science and the studies undeniably show that the predictions of the effects of Chernobyl were highly exaggerated.
Nuclear workers do not ingest or breathe in contamination...if there is airborne particulate contamination (something that is regularly monitored), anybody in the area will be wearing some form of respiratory protection. And, the anti-Cs I was referring to protect against contamination on the outside of the body.
I guess you missed the reports that came out a few months after the disaster. Nuke workers VISITING the area (no gear) said to be safe for citizens were scanned for radiation and had surprisingly high amounts of contaminants in their lungs. It was believed that they inhaled it while visiting the area (friends, family) during their own personal time off.
It's hard to criticize what was going on at Fukushima after all hell broke loose. It was absolute chaos...no one really had a complete grasp of what was actually going on and what the extent of the damage to the reactor plants was. There absolutely was problems initially. And, in emergency situations exposure limits can be waived. Not absolving them of mistakes, but taking the perspective of the magnitude of the entire event, it's understandable that some rules weren't followed.
I'm talking about NOW. Everything I have discussed about procedures and radiological controls is in place and being practiced NOW.
Yeah, UN, Black Helicopters, and all that stuff. All a big conspiracy.
Oh no, no black helicopters. WHen the government gets to decide what makes it into the 'official record', not much subterfuge is necessary. The US under reported the radiation released by NV above ground testing and years later, tried to stop the researcher who exposed them for having done so. Those 'downwinders' who post on FR can attest to the fact that they personally know people who were harmed by NV above ground testing. It's easy - just prevent any veterinarian from testifying about downed flocks of sheep, herds of cattle while allowing only gov. approved veterinarians to testify in Downwinder trials and 'voila'! Problem solved. The problem is that no insurer was willing or financially able to insure Nuke power because of the damage even one event would cause. SO, the US insures nuke power. And the US has no intention of paying out one dime on that 'insurance' policy. It doesn't take black helicopters - it takes a corrupt, incompetent industry underwritten by the nation's government whether it's in Japan, Russia, or the US or...
sounds like a very goofy idea and I would never let my kid go......
Nuke workers VISITING the area (no gear) said to be safe for citizens were scanned for radiation and had surprisingly high amounts of contaminants in their lungs.
Well, duh. They were outside of a controlled area, wearing no protection. They didn't get the exposure from working at Fukushima. I'm talking about nuke workers working at a nuke plant.
Well duh...citizens LIVE there on the assurances that it is safe. Nuke workers were contaminated by brief visits. But wait..citizens just don't matter to nuke shills.
"Thousands of Nuclear plant workers suffer internal radiation exposure after visiting Fukushima"
"People are deemed to have had internal exposure if whole-body counters detect over 1,500 cpm of radiation from them. If more than 100,000 cpm of radiation is detected from body surfaces, decontamination is said to be necessary. "
"Nobuaki Terasaka, head of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, told the House of Representatives Budget Committee on May 16 that there were a total of 4,956 cases of workers suffering from internal exposure to radiation at nuclear power plants in the country excluding the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, and 4,766 of them involved workers originally from Fukushima who had visited the prefecture after the nuclear crisis. "
"In 1,193 cases, workers had internal exposure to radiation of more than 10,000 cpm. "
Two things about nuke testing:
First, if you'll remember, we were in the Cold War in a rapid nuclear weapons buildup race. The government was (understandably so) very reluctant to reveal info that could be used by the Soviets, and so they kept as much info classified as they could.
Second, in the early days, they did not have a complete grasp of the effects of nuclear detonations. They did not have a complete grasp of the effects of radiation and contamination from nuclear fallout. That was the reason for the testing. That's the reason testing went underground when they started to understand what the effects of open air testing were.
US Nuclear industry corrupt and incompetent...my my. Six decades of reactor plant operations...over a hundred reactor plants...one accident which did not result in exposure of the general public to fission products and which had fewer fatalities than the back seat of Ted Kennedy's car....corrupt and incompetent. Yup.
My my...what a pathetic paint job
but..that's all the nuke industry has is more white wash...
That is false. They knew precisely what was happening. TEPCO, the Japanese Government and even the US NRC. We know that now just from the FOIA requests.
BTW - An independent investigation determined that Tepco did indeed ask to abandon Fukushima #1 plant permanently.
Hard to say what is higher then normal after the government lifts is maximum safe yearly intake levels. The nuke industry regulators in Japan have had to lift many maximum safe levels. And that is understandable considering three whole reactors melted down and at least two explosions occurred. I can give links, but there are literally dozens of them documenting very high levels in Japanese food that are multiples greater then the new higher safe limits.
you have no proof that anyone is going to be just fine. The results of radiologic exposure take time to show themselves and at that point - shills like you demand proof that illness resulted from exposure. There's always a slimy way out.
TEPCO and Japanese government declared regions SAFE for people -that's why otherwise well informed nuke workers were there. They suppressed SPEEDI data because it exposed their incompetent management of nuclear power so civilians, including children were exposed for days. They were told to shelter indoors and mayors were specifically instructed to withhold potassium iodide pills (don't want 'panic' now do we - so let them be exposed without protection we promise them when the plants are built!). Only one mayor refused to follow orders and distributed potassium iodide.
They are suppressing health relevant information and services RIGHT NOW and they will continue to do so. They are preventing children from bringing school lunches from home and shipping Fukushima produce and contaminated tea all over Japan and denying medical knowledge of its affects RIGHT NOW. They are denying because countries like the US and Russia have shown them that it's possible to deny, bat down, and outrun responsibility for decades. They are denying the existance of 'black dust' and asking children to clean playgrounds and pools known to be contaminated with radioactive waste RIGHT NOW.
The internet is making it hard on your kind. IMagine if we only had US newspapers to consult.
A citizen simply got in his car and drove around measuring contamination outside the exclusion zone and recorded his data, including the fact that young policemen were stationed at contaminated areas:
Note the disbelief of his supervisor when the citizen explains the radiation findings RIGHT NOW. Yes - complete disbelief. Excellent! For TEPCO and Japanese government that is - they roll over the population demanding their trust and mocking all concern and it is working. People like you ridicule anything but the party line and when some in this population show obvious signs of radiation damage - deny it! Because it has worked in the past. Just don't expect respect from the populace, m'kay? Individually and as a group, your industry has credibility in the negative numbers....somewhere in the basement where....the Japanese are guessing the molten cores of Fukushima power plants lie.
Potassium iodide pills only work to prevent damage to the thyroid...nothing else. Thyroid cancer, which can occur after exposure, is very treatable and almost never fatal.
There is quite a bit of data about radiation exposure and it's effects on the human body. Most people don't understand radiation and its' biological affects, and therefore fear it. Understandable, especially for people like yourself. Again I go back to Chernobyl—the most epidemiologically studied event in medical history. Oh...that's right...there's a world wide conspiracy to keep Chernobyl hush hush.
Did you take your Potassium iodide??? Maybe you should get a Geiger counter and check to see if your tin foil hat is contaminated.
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I baked it at 550 and I think it took about 12 minutes. I would watch it very closely. The crust starts to crisp up really quick.
thank you.I had a chance meeting last evening with a former employee of one of the Normal Garcias. Although it has been many years since they have been in town and since he worked there he did try to recollect some techniques and info.Cornmeal is an ingredient in their dough. The sauce was made off grounds and brought in from somewhere so he wasn't sure about the sauce.The gutbuster style pan pizza was rolled with a sheeter and then pressed into the pan. The panned dough then sat in the pan for many hours until used. Which gave it a long rise time. It would rise at or above room temp in the kitchen which would get hot do to the ovens. These pizzas went on a conveyor to cook.I'm gonna try the long rise in my gas oven.He said the deep dish they used aluminum tent stakes that were bent somehow and that helped cook the deepdish all the way through. I'll get more detail next week on that.He also said the meats were precooked before going on the pie.Again it had been many years since he worked there. And this was just one of the locations.I'll post some pics this evening of my results.
He said the deep dish they used aluminum tent stakes that were bent somehow and that helped cook the deepdish all the way through. I'll get more detail next week on that.
Looking at the last one you made yours looks much more like garcias. Mine rose in the oven for 8 hours which must have given me such an airy texture. The taste was good but yours looks much closer to garcias.
dogboy,In the past, some pizza operators used a heat sink to ensure complete baking of the middle of the deep-dish pizzas. An example of such a heat sink can be seen at http://www.twinsupply.com/pizzasupplies/proddetail.asp?prod=HS121212. As you can see, they ain't exactly cheap.Peter
Yeah, mine was a lot more dense. It had some air but nothing like that. Next time make my sauce, I think it's pretty close to Garcia's. It works well on thin crust too.
I checked out your sauce and I use basically the same thing but no Mccormick Italian seasoning. I think I pureed the tomatoes to much. I remember garcias had chunks. Thin crust is on the menu and a skin in the fridge now. I'm trying to get a Grady's crust. Grady's is a thicker cracker crust. Mmm mm gradys.Also got a Chicago style using the same cracker crust dough which cooks nicely at 40% hydration. Gonna turn that one into a stuffed crust pizza.
Yes I agree. I was surprised it took almost 20 minutes to cook. My deepdish takes 35 to 38 minutes.Got me a Blackstone coming in 10 days gonna be pizza drunk!!