"Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, "Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless."
"What giants?" asked Sancho Panza.
"Those you see over there," replied his master, "with their long arms. Some of them have arms well nigh two leagues in length."
"Take care, sir," cried Sancho. "Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone."
Don Quixote
...Political Economy"...It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness..." Karl Marx. Preface to Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy.1859...
"12 August 2011 Last updated at 13:02 Mustard gas caused BBC death Afrermath of chemical weapon use during the Iran-Iraq war An inquest has heard that a BBC sound recordist died from inhaling mustard gas 27 years ago, while covering a story for Newsnight. Cyril "Roy" Benford, 78, died in January this year. He'd travelled to Iran for the programme in 1984 to investigate the use of chemical weapons in the Iran Iraq war. In a statement made before he died and read out at the inquest, Mr Benford said he was present when an Iranian guard opened a shell which released the gas. The inquest at Wycombe Law Courts, Buckinghamshire heard that the effects of mustard gas can take up to 40 years to prove fatal. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Although this is a different and exotic work place - nevertheless, a work place it is” End Quote Richard Hulett Coroner Mr Benford's statement explained that he was with three other BBC colleagues and a UN toxicologist when the mustard gas was released during a recording. He then sat next to a guard carrying a jar containing the gas, stoppered with cotton wool, on a flight that lasted two or three hours. Coroner Richard Hulett recorded a verdict of industrial disease and said it was contracted while Mr Benford was at work. 'Although this is a different and exotic work place - nevertheless, a work place it is', the coroner said. He noted, 'the incident of mustard gas deaths in Buckinghamshire up to this point is nil. But asbestos we see a great deal. The time lapse of 20-40 years from when people are exposed to asbestos to when they become ill is common, and these deaths end up with industrial action.' A BBC spokeswoman confirmed legal proceedings are ongoing. She said, 'we note the findings of the inquest and once again extend our condolences to Mr Benford's widow and family.' Mr Benford's daughter Susan said she was delighted with the verdict. 'The facts just speak for themselves,' she said. 'It's what we have known for many years.' ...BBC. ROY BENFORD
18 August 2011 If you have any information concerning the late Roy Benford, sound recordist with the BBC, would you kindly contact Alan Care via the email above. Roy Benford died in 2011 as a result of his exposure "at work" caused by mustard gas during a location report for BBC Newsnight in 1984. A claim for compensation is underway by his widow Winifred. BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/14507000
"12 August 2011 Last updated at 13:02 Mustard gas caused BBC death Afrermath of chemical weapon use during the Iran-Iraq war An inquest has heard that a BBC sound recordist died from inhaling mustard gas 27 years ago, while covering a story for Newsnight. Cyril "Roy" Benford, 78, died in January this year. He'd travelled to Iran for the programme in 1984 to investigate the use of chemical weapons in the Iran Iraq war. In a statement made before he died and read out at the inquest, Mr Benford said he was present when an Iranian guard opened a shell which released the gas. The inquest at Wycombe Law Courts, Buckinghamshire heard that the effects of mustard gas can take up to 40 years to prove fatal. Continue reading the main story “ Start Quote Although this is a different and exotic work place - nevertheless, a work place it is” End Quote Richard Hulett Coroner Mr Benford's statement explained that he was with three other BBC colleagues and a UN toxicologist when the mustard gas was released during a recording. He then sat next to a guard carrying a jar containing the gas, stoppered with cotton wool, on a flight that lasted two or three hours. Coroner Richard Hulett recorded a verdict of industrial disease and said it was contracted while Mr Benford was at work. 'Although this is a different and exotic work place - nevertheless, a work place it is', the coroner said. He noted, 'the incident of mustard gas deaths in Buckinghamshire up to this point is nil. But asbestos we see a great deal. The time lapse of 20-40 years from when people are exposed to asbestos to when they become ill is common, and these deaths end up with industrial action.' A BBC spokeswoman confirmed legal proceedings are ongoing. She said, 'we note the findings of the inquest and once again extend our condolences to Mr Benford's widow and family.' Mr Benford's daughter Susan said she was delighted with the verdict. 'The facts just speak for themselves,' she said. 'It's what we have known for many years".
...Tilting at windmills...
UNDER CONSTRUCTION...BBC. ROY BENFORD
If you have any information concerning the late Roy Benford, sound recordist with the BBC, would you kindly contact Alan Care via the email above.
Roy Benford died in 2011 as a result of his exposure "at work" caused by mustard gas during a location report for BBC Newsnight in 1984. A claim for compensation is underway by his widow Winifred. BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/14507000
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