Anniversary Flight [Article]

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Water Pollution Fight is Costly

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The Rachel Carson Letters and the Making of Silent Spring

Environment, conservation, green, and kindred movements look back to Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring as a milestone. The impact of the book, including on government, industry, and civil society, was immediate and substantial, and has been extensively described; however, the provenance of the book has been less thoroughly examined. Using Carson’s personal correspondence, this paper reveals that the primary source for Carson’s book was the extensive evidence and contacts compiled by two biodynamic farmers, Marjorie Spock and Mary T. Richards, of Long Island, New York. Their evidence was compiled for a suite of legal actions (1957-1960) against the U.S. Government and that contested the aerial spraying of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). During Rudolf Steiner’s lifetime, Spock and Richards both studied at Steiner’s Goetheanum, the headquarters of Anthroposophy, located in Dornach, Switzerland. Spock and Richards were prominent U.S. anthroposophists, and established a biodynamic farm under the tutelage of the leading biodynamics exponent of the time, Dr. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. When their property was under threat from a government program of DDT spraying, they brought their case, eventually lost it, in the process spent US$100,000, and compiled the evidence that they then shared with Carson, who used it, and their extensive contacts and the trial transcripts, as the primary input for Silent Spring. Carson attributed to Spock, Richards, and Pfeiffer, no credit whatsoever in her book. As a consequence, the organics movement has not received the recognition, that is its due, as the primary impulse for Silent Spring, and it is, itself, unaware of this provenance

Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

Background: The impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on postoperative recovery needs to be understood to inform clinical decision making during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study reports 30-day mortality and pulmonary complication rates in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods: This international, multicentre, cohort study at 235 hospitals in 24 countries included all patients undergoing surgery who had SARS-CoV-2 infection confirmed within 7 days before or 30 days after surgery. The primary outcome measure was 30-day postoperative mortality and was assessed in all enrolled patients. The main secondary outcome measure was pulmonary complications, defined as pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, or unexpected postoperative ventilation. Findings: This analysis includes 1128 patients who had surgery between Jan 1 and March 31, 2020, of whom 835 (74·0%) had emergency surgery and 280 (24·8%) had elective surgery. SARS-CoV-2 infection was confirmed preoperatively in 294 (26·1%) patients. 30-day mortality was 23·8% (268 of 1128). Pulmonary complications occurred in 577 (51·2%) of 1128 patients; 30-day mortality in these patients was 38·0% (219 of 577), accounting for 81·7% (219 of 268) of all deaths. In adjusted analyses, 30-day mortality was associated with male sex (odds ratio 1·75 [95% CI 1·28–2·40], p\textless0·0001), age 70 years or older versus younger than 70 years (2·30 [1·65–3·22], p\textless0·0001), American Society of Anesthesiologists grades 3–5 versus grades 1–2 (2·35 [1·57–3·53], p\textless0·0001), malignant versus benign or obstetric diagnosis (1·55 [1·01–2·39], p=0·046), emergency versus elective surgery (1·67 [1·06–2·63], p=0·026), and major versus minor surgery (1·52 [1·01–2·31], p=0·047). Interpretation: Postoperative pulmonary complications occur in half of patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection and are associated with high mortality. Thresholds for surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic should be higher than during normal practice, particularly in men aged 70 years and older. Consideration should be given for postponing non-urgent procedures and promoting non-operative treatment to delay or avoid the need for surgery. Funding: National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, Bowel and Cancer Research, Bowel Disease Research Foundation, Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons, British Association of Surgical Oncology, British Gynaecological Cancer Society, European Society of Coloproctology, NIHR Academy, Sarcoma UK, Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland, and Yorkshire Cancer Research

Maine Ideal Route to Canada\u27s Expo

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S.S Maine Expo Bound On Tuesday

S.S State of Maine and its crew depart for Montreal\u27s Expo 67.https://digitalmaine.com/expo67_news/1010/thumbnail.jp

Maine Ideal Route to Canada\u27s Expo

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S.S Maine Expo Bound On Tuesday

S.S State of Maine and its crew depart for Montreal\u27s Expo 67.https://digitalmaine.com/expo67_news/1010/thumbnail.jp

'America First, Lodge's Slogan' newspaper clipping, August 26, 1920

Published in the August 26, 1920, issue of the Boston Herald, this article titled "America First, Lodge's Slogan" shares Senator John J. Walsh's thoughts on Irish sovereignty, as well as the thoughts of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on the United States' involvement in international matters and how it can compromise American sovereignty. While Senator Walsh is sympathetic to the Irish cause, he does not want to take on liabilities as a result. Senator Lodge speaks further to this idea, stating that although America is the home to various immigrant communities, they should act and vote as Americans first. This newspaper clipping is part of the Warren G. Harding Papers (MSS 345). This collection includes correspondence, business records, and other materials documenting Harding’s business career as owner and editor-in-chief of The Daily Marion Star, as well as the various stages of his political career. A significant portion of the collection, and what’s available on Ohio Memory, highlights his 1920 presidential campaign, spanning just before publicly announcing his candidacy to handily defeating Ohio Governor James M. Cox in the election. Correspondents include both Ohio and national businessmen, political figures, and ordinary citizens writing with questions, support, congratulatory notes, and campaign advice. Some of the most interesting insights into the tumultuous political climate in the U.S., the extreme factionalism within the Republican Party in Ohio, and Harding’s campaign strategies are described in letters between Harding and his campaign manager, Harry M. Daugherty. Some of the topics addressed include women’s suffrage, Prohibition, the League of Nations, African American representation and issues, and lingering peace negotiations following World War I.[Aug. 26, 1020 Boston Herald] AMERICA FIRST, LODGE'S SLOGAN Cites Senate Record on Irish Appeal in Reply to John J. Walsh SYMPATHY MUST YIELD TO JUSTICE United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge deals not only with the Irish question, but warns against becoming involved in too many foreign problems, in a reply he has made from his home in Nahant to a letter received from State Senator John Jackson Walsh, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor. His reply follows: "My Dear Mr. Walsh: I have received today your letter of Aug. 21, Action in Senate "On June 4, 1919, Senator Borah brought before the Senate the following resolution which he had reported from the committee on foreign relations, of which I am chairman: "'Resolved, that the Senate of the United States earnestly requests the American peace commission at Versailles to endeavor to secure for Edward De Valera, Arthur Griffiths and Count George Noble Plunkett a hearing before said peace conference in order that they may present the cause of Ireland.' "My colleague, Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, offered the following amendment to the resolution as reported from the committee: "'Resolved further, that the Senate of the United States expresses its sympathy with the aspirations of the Irish people for a government of its own choice. "In the debate which followed I gave my reasons for my support of both the resolution of the committee and the amendment offered by my colleague. The resolution, with Senator Walsh's amendment, passed by a vote of 60 to 1. That resolution expressed my attitude in regard to Ireland and I have nothing to add to it or to what I then said in regard to it. "You suggest that I should urge the adoption of a resolution similar to the one offered by Mr. Webster in 1823 in regard to Greece, and in behalf of which he spoke in January, 1924. This resolution is as follows: "'Resolved, that provision ought to be made by law for defraying the expense incident to the appointment of an agent or commissioner to Greece whenever the President shall deem it expedient to make such an appointment.' [part of word cut off clipping] ernment, but the United States did not recognize Greece even informally until 1833, Turkey having recognized her independence in 1832, and it was not until 1837 that the United States gave Greece formal recognition by negotiating a treaty with her government. "I expect and intend in the course of the campaign to discuss the foreign relations of the United States, but only so far as the United States is directly involved in those relations, whether existent or proposed, and upon which action must be taken by the government of the United States. "In speaking in the Senate on Tuesday, the 12th of August, 1919, I said: "'We have not been ungenerous. We have been devoted to the cause of freedom, humanity and civilization everywhere. Now we are asked, in the making of peace, to sacrifice our sovereignty in important respects, to involve ourselves almost without limit in the affairs of other nations, and to yield up policies and rights which we have maintained throughout our history. We are asked to incur liabilities to an unlimited extent and furnish assets at the same time which no man can measure. Motto: America First "'I think it is not only our right but our duty to determine how far we shall go. Not only must we look carefully to see where we are being led into endless disputes and entanglements, but we must not forget that we have in this country millions of people of foreign birth and parentage. Our one great object is to make all these people Americans so that we may call on them to place America first and serve America as they have done in the war just closed. "'We cannot Americanize them if we are continually thrusting them back into the quarrels and difficulties of the countries from which they came to us. We shall fill this land with political di

The Boston Herald to its readers, 1895

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