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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses – The Washington Post (4 years – thanks for nothing Mr. President – Arecibo Radio Telescope gone)

Arecibo Observatory Gets $5.8 Million Grant To Upgrade Telescope | 90.7 WMFE Friedman ran up a small hill near his home and confirmed his suspicions: A cloud of dust hung in the air where the structure once stood, demolishing hopes held by some scientists that the telescope could somehow be repaired.

“It’s a huge loss,” said Carmen Pantoja, an astronomer and professor at the University of Puerto Rico who used the telescope for her doctorate. “It was a chapter of my life.”

Scientists worldwide had been petitioning U.S. officials and others to reverse the NSF’s decision to close the observatory. The NSF said at the time that it intended to eventually reopen the visitor center and restore operations at the observatory’s remaining assets, including its two LIDAR facilities used for upper atmospheric and ionospheric research, including analyzing cloud cover and precipitation data.

Source: Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses – The Washington Post

Avian Flu Diary: Nature: COVID’s Olfactory Route To The Brain

While many people continue to dismiss COVID-19 as a mild-to-moderate flu-like respiratory illness, the evidence continues to show that the virus can often have a far broader impact on human health, up to and including persistent or even permanent neurological damage.

Source: Avian Flu Diary: Nature: COVID’s Olfactory Route To The Brain

They want to find GOLD – Their avidity was what made most of our elders die long ago! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami shabono – communal house, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela photo – Barbara Crane Navarro As the Yanomami spokesman Davi Kopenawa says in his book « The Falling Sky »:  « In the past,  we were not forced to talk about the forest with anger because we did not know all these white people land and tree eaters. Our thoughts […]

They want to find GOLD – Their avidity was what made most of our elders die long ago! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought : Coronavirus Updates : NPR

Researchers came to this conclusion after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed blood donations collected by the American Red Cross from residents in nine states. They found evidence of coronavirus antibodies in 106 out of 7,389 blood donations. The CDC analyzed the blood collected between Dec. 13 and Jan. 17. Source: Study: COVID-19 Reached U.S. Earlier Than Health Officials Previously Thought : Coronavirus Updates : NPR

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Jair Bolsonaro’s push to increase farming and mining to combat poverty – ABC News

Farmer, miners and land grabbers have used a weakening of Brazil’s environmental protections to lay waste to swathes of the Amazon, and it could leave the Government open to being sued under its own climate change laws. Source: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon skyrockets to 12-year high under Jair Bolsonaro’s push to increase farming and mining to combat poverty – ABC News

Pivoting in Philly: Greenhouses, Igloos and Outdoor Dining | Nightclub & Bar Digital by Erin Flynn Jay

Germantown Garden Grill igloos

heated individual greenhouses took over a Center City street outside Harper’s Garden in Philly. And over in Northern Liberties, plastic igloos that seat two or more are available poolside at the former Vesper Dayclub – a summer-only destination that’s pivoted to become Germantown Garden Grill, a year-round steakhouse by Glu Hospitality. In Bucks County, Parx Casino has reopened Liberty Bell Beer Garden, an outdoor spot in the suburbs that switches from an indoor space to an outdoor space, as a glass roof retracts and walls pull back.

Source: Pivoting in Philly: Greenhouses, Igloos and Outdoor Dining | Nightclub & Bar Digital

Pandemic complicates caregiving for families | News | phillytrib.com Erin Flynn Jay TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT

“Many families will not be together (physically) but that does not mean that they can’t still be together. We are urging everyone that has an aging adult to practice benevolent probing, which is a method of using a combination of care, careful observation and considering conversation in four key areas: activities of daily living, memory, mobility and social engagement,” said Arijaje.

Arijaje said that whether you visit in person or video chat with older loved ones, there are some things to look out for: Are they are keeping up with their appearance? Are they wearing the same clothes? Are they shaving or groomed? How is their weight?

Source: Pandemic complicates caregiving for families | News | phillytrib.com