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Lijekovi iz mora – Medicines from the sea — Myrela

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Lijekovi iz mora – Medicines from the sea — Myrela

Edward “Butch” O’Hare

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Lt. Edward “Butch” O’Hare, Feb. 1942

On Feb. 20, 1942, the flattop Lexington was steaming toward the Japanese base at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, when it was approached by two enemy flying boats. Their crews managed to signal its coordinates before American fighters flamed the planes, and the Japanese immediately launched an attack against Lexington.

That chance encounter had dire implications for the U.S., which couldn’t afford the loss of a single ship and certainly not a carrier.

American radar picked up two waves of Japanese aircraft. Mitsubishi G4M1 “Betty” bombers—good planes with experienced pilots.

Six American fighters led by legendary pilot Jimmy Thach intercepted one formation, breaking it up and downing most of the Bettys.

The second wave, however, approached from another direction almost unopposed.

Almost.

Two American fighters were close enough to intercept the second flight of eight bombers. The Navy pilots flew Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats, which like…

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« Nossos espíritos xapiri estão muito preocupados em ver a terra virar fantasma » | Barbara Crane Navarro

«Nossa floresta ainda é linda … enraizada no centro do céu antigo.
Além da floresta, o território dos brancos que nos cerca é constituído apenas de terras feridas de onde vêm os fumos epidêmicos … Suas bordas trazem as feridas do desmatamento e dos incêndios de colonos e pecuaristas. Seu centro é marcado pelas lagoas de lama dos garimpeiros de ouro. Cada um deles o destrói avidamente, como se quisesse devorá-lo.
Toda essa devastação nos preocupa. … Não há mais copa das árvores lá e logo o solo não será nada além de areia.
Os xamãs veem claramente que a floresta está sofrendo e doente.» Source: « Nossos espíritos xapiri estão muito preocupados em ver a terra virar fantasma » | Barbara Crane Navarro

Harmful effects of Lead and Asbestos

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Harmful effects of Lead – Lead is a very poisonous metal. Even a low concentration of 0.2ppm of lead in the human body can create metabolic disturbances.

There are some of the harmful effects of lead are given below –

  • Lead interferes with the development and maturation of red blood cells (RBC) in the human body. Due to the prolonged effect of lead on the human body, its red blood cells get stippled. The malformation of red blood cells leads to a disease called anemia.
  • Lead gets bound with the cellular enzymes and disrupts the functioning of cells and organs of the muscular system, nervous system, and circulatory system. This causes diseases such as mental disorders and muscular paralysis.
  • Lead damages several organs such as intestine, liver, and kidney
  • Lead induces abnormalities in fertility and pregnancy.
  • Lead causes coagulation of proteins.

Harmful effects of Asbestos – Asbestos is a mineral…

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Postal banking, alcohol delivery could save the U.S. Postal Service, experts say

McConnell said postal banking could help raise critical revenue and serve the public, noting consumer advocates would find it particularly appealing to have a post office that’s able to provide consumers with digital wallets, low-fee ATM machines and an ability to cash checks without paying the often-exorbitant fees that check-cashing establishments charge.

Also in favor of postal banking: a growing number of economists, including Melanie Long, an assistant professor of economics at The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.

“Postal banking has been used in other parts of the world to democratize services,” she said, noting that postal services in 139 countries around the world offer some form of financial services.

Source: Postal banking, alcohol delivery could save the U.S. Postal Service, experts say

Covid: ‘Don’t squander gains,’ says Prof Stephen Powis – BBC News – (Me: Boris still wants to gamble and is too willing to lose lives to get back to “normal…”)

Prof Powis said: “We’ve made enormous progress that we need to build on and not squander the gains we’ve made.” He added: “We need to hold our nerve and drive for the line, so everyone can get back safely and soon to our normal lives.” In England from Monday, the stay-at-home rule is ending and groups of up to six, or two households, will be allowed to meet outside – including in private gardens. The next stage – due no earlier than 12 April – will allow non-essential retail, restaurants and pubs to reopen in England.

Source: Covid: ‘Don’t squander gains,’ says Prof Stephen Powis – BBC News

Ted Crosby – An Ace in a Day

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n a dramatic painting by Roy Grinnell, Lieutenant (j.g.) Willis Hardy, a member of Crosby’s VF-17 Squadron from the carrier USS Hornet, flames a Japanese kamikaze plane that was on its way to attack the American naval task force off Okinawa, April 6, 1945. The Hellcat’s distinctive “white checkerboard” markings show it belongs to the USS Hornet (CV12).

As Ted Crosby watched, Yamato’s giant, 18-inch guns hit the water, their enormous weight probably helping the battleship capsize. Suddenly, Yamato’s No. 1 magazine exploded, sending up a huge coil of smoke and flame that could be seen for over 100 miles. It was a strange foretaste of the atomic mushroom clouds that would envelope Hiroshima and Nagasaki a few months later.

Watching from above, Crosby had no feeling of elation. “I was thinking of the Japanese crew,” he said in a 2011 interview. “Three thousand lives lost.”  As a former…

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