" if we get really fussy the safest way is to hold a mirror beneath the nose to ensure life signs!!!!!!!!!!!!"
It has been said about me, that if the lady in question is still warm, thats good enough for me !!
Im not that bad, Pravda !! Chesna !! ;o)
"nudge, nudge, wink, wink, Your wife a goer is she ? Know what I mean, know what I mean, a nudge is as good as wink to a blind donkey !!"
" Maybe it's just me, but I don't think the roots of Russian and British humour are all that different."
I agree Scott, I mean we both find Americans funny ;o))
A man and a little boy walking through the woods at dusk.
"I dont like it here said the little boy, its dark and scary !"
"Will you stop your moaning and whining !!" says the man, "Im the one who has to walk back on my own !!"
"If your wifes hair do gets mussed up by a ceiling fan, you could be a redneck !!"
"If your wife neglects to remove the Marlboro from between her lips before telling the State Trooper to "Kiss my Ass!!" You could ne a redneck.
"If you walk to school with your ten year old kid, because you are in the same clas !! You could be a Red Neck" ;o))
im,
I am actually a skeptic and I do not eat what our American media tries to feed us. Just today I was amazed when I saw Tenet giving his “resignation” speech; it should be our beloved president the one who should be resigning; but then again, we would be left at the mercy of vice president Satan Cheney. On the other side, I was glad to hear the Michael Moore’s movie (Fahrenheit 9/11) will be on screens by the end of his month. Anyway, since I am actually very attracted to Ukrainian women I began reading about the history of the Ukraine, and I found some info about Chernobyl. It is a little bit outdated (1996) but is offers a good insight into what happened. Enjoy it.
Chornobyl Ten Years Later - The Facts
The disaster at Chornobyl on 26 April 1986 contaminated an area of about 100,000 square miles. This area encompassed about 20% of the territory of Belarus; about 8% of Ukraine; and about 0.5-1.0% of the Russian Federation. Altogether the area is approximately the size of the state of Kentucky or of Scotland and Northern Ireland combined. The most serious radioactive elements to be disseminated by the accident were Iodine-131, Cesium-137, and Strontium-90.
Ten years after the event, Chornobyl remains shrouded in controversy as to its immediate and long-term effects. The initial explosion and graphite fire killed 31 operators, firemen and first-aid workers and saw several thousand hospitalized. Over the summer of 1986 and in the period 1986-90 it also caused high casualties among cleanup workers. According to recent statistics from the Ukrainian government, over 5,700 "liquidators" have died, the majority young men in their 20s. A figure of 125,000 deaths issued by the Ukrainian ministry of health appears to include all subsequent deaths, natural or otherwise, of those living in the contaminated zone of Ukraine.
According to specialists from the WHO, the only discernible health impact of the high levels of radiation in the affected territories has been the dramatic rise in thyroid gland cancer among children. The comment appears unwarranted in light of regional research. In Belarus, for example, a study of 1994 noted that congenital defects in the areas with a cesium content of the soil of 1-5 curies per square kilometer have doubled since 1986, while in areas with over 15 curies, the rise has been more than 8 times.
Among liquidators and especially among evacuees, studies have demonstrated a discernible and alarming rise in morbidity since Chernobyl when compared to the general level among the population. This applies particularly to circulatory and digestive diseases, and to respiratory problems. Less certain is the concept referred to as "Chernobyl AIDS," the rise of which may reflect more attention to medical problems, better access to health care, or psychological fears and tension among the population living in contaminated zones. Rises in children's diabetes and anemia are evident, and again appear much higher in irradiated zones. The connection between these problems and the rise in radiation content of the soil have yet to be determined.
To date, the rates of leukemia and lymphoma--though they have rise since the accident--remain within the European average, though in the upper 75th percentile. One difficulty here is the unreliability or sheer lack of reporting in the 1970s. The induction period for leukemia is 4-15 years thus it appears premature to state, as have some authorities, that Chernobyl will not result in higher rates of leukemia.
As for thyroid cancer, its development has been sudden and rapid. Today about 1,000 children in Belarus and Ukraine have contracted the disease and it has yet to reach its peak. One WHO specialist has estimated that the illness may affect one child in ten living in the irradiated zones in the summer of 1986, hence ultimate totals could reach as high as 10,000. Though the mortality rate from this form of cancer among children is only about 10%, this still indicates a further 1,000 deaths in the future. Moreover, this form of cancer is highly aggressive and mestastasizes rapidly if not operated upon. The correlation between thyroid gland cancer and radioactive fallout appears clear and is not negated by any medical authority today.
Turning to the question of the Chernobyl reactor itself, it continues to pose enormous problems for newly independent Ukraine and for the nuclear industry in general. In the spring of 1984, eight years after Chernobyl, the IAEA belatedly declared the reactor unsafe. G-7 pressure has forced Ukraine to agree to the closure of the station by the year 2000, but Ukraine's price tag--some $4.4 million to shut down Chernobyl and to construct a new thermal power station in the vicinity--has been offset by only about 50% from G-7 subsidies and loans. Both the director of the Chernobyl plant, Serhii Parashyn, and former director Mikhail Umanets, have vocalized their view that the station's lifespan is only 50% complete and that Chernobyl today is safer than other Soviet-made RBMK (graphite-moderated) reactors at Ignalina (Lithuania, an RBMK-1500); and the Russian stations of Sosnovyi Bor (near St. Petersburg), Kursk, and Smolensk.
Both Ukraine and Belarus face significant energy crises and have been reliant on expensive imports of oil and gas from Russia and Turkmenistan. Both have turned back to the nuclear option. Yet the industry remains short of skilled personnel; adequate and well-paid safety regulators; and reliable reactor units. Several potentially serious mishaps have occurred in Ukraine, including two recent accidents that involved leakages of radiation at Zaporizhzhya-4 (April 1995) and Chornobyl-1 (November 1995, now acknowledged to have been a Class 3 accident on the international scale rather than Class 1 initially reported).
In addition to such a serious dilemma, the funding of a new sarcophagus over the destroyed reactor has not been determine
Very interesting stuff Dax. But its too bad you had to make a political announcement at the beginning, Because it is not a good topic here, along with religion. 'coz now I'm going to have to tell you, that if you like Michael Moore I don't see why your looking for an FSU woman. I would think that an American female would be better for you...................and I'm a sceptic of American media too!
Man,
Nothing wrong with being far to the left, I should still have a chance to find somebody who wants to put up with me. As far as religion is concerned, don’t worry, I an atheist; and that is another reason why I find Eastern European women so attractive. American women are not bad either, if I could only find an attractive, fit, intelligent, well educated, atheist (or at least not religious), non-republican, and willing to put up with me...Hell, I would marry her on the spot. But as you can imagine, the woman I have just described is a rare gem here in the States.
Have you tried Minneapolis? There seem to be a lot of girls that fit description up there. The trouble is these girls are hard to meet. And as far as religion goes, you being an atheist make the best ones to have a debate on religion with and that is because you have a beliefe, which means you think.....but we better not do that here, ....there's no telling what would happen to this forum. Besides, I prefer to talk about beer anyway. I just had a really nice Heffeweisen...........I'm almost afraid to ask but.......What is OCD?
An atheist....very sceptic if you will find such a woman in the FSU, not a single will admit that even if she is an atheist, because it's not in the real habits of people from FSU (I don't speak about the USSR times, that was artificial atheism).
I would say that the girls who wrote that, don't go to the church and also they may believe that there is something above our world, but they don't give the definition of God, as they didn't see it. maybe some mixture, but most probably are these 2 ideas.
LMAO, kid...damn, you're all over the map.
You claim you love ukranian women...is that why you post an 8 year old article with completely outdated data about the perils and health consequences of the chernobyl accident?
Like most devote leftists in the US, you're totally confused, neglectfully uninformed and desperate for attention.
I'm sure if Ensata wrote an article about the merits of christianity, you'd be tempted to convert from atheism, as well...
Toad, I don't think there is a need to be so hostile.
An older article is not neccesarily an useless one. Yes, the effects of Chernobyl have been mitigated over the past 20 years. But, the effects are still there.
To my knowledge, there are still certain food items grown in the areas that are cautioned (mushrooms for one).
Ptichka, since you live there, do you still have effects of Chernobyl you have adapted to? Granted, that is north of you, and I don't think your area was affected all that much, but certainly food stocks from other areas of Ukraine have guidelines associated with them.
As I already mentioned, they were doing something with some metarials from Chernobyl in Donetsk, which is not too far away from me, which caused rather high radiation. But the level of it was mitigated. And as I said somewhere else people already return to their homes around Chernobyl, of course there is an area in which it's not possible to live yet. But as for me, I certainly don't have any problems with food or drinks. I don't chose those which are produced in some areas and I just don't pay attention to that. And I didn't have any problems at all with that.
My cousin lives in Kiev, and this is rather close to Chernobyl, and I have some friends there, who say they don't pay attention to that either.
They said that there was a moment when there were big fruits, strange milk from the region close to Chernobyl, but there is no more such facts, at least known to me.
Be sure that children while growing had to visit all doctors at school, and were examined very carefully. I was one of those too, but have no any big problems with my health, and I feel greatly:)))