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The long-term care industry is calling on Pennsylvania to devote more of the state’s share of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities, saying the Wolf administration isn’t moving quickly enough to vaccinate the state’s most vulnerable residents.
The long-term care industry is calling on Pennsylvania to devote more of the state’s share of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing homes, personal care homes and assisted living facilities, saying the Wolf...
Friday Feb 5, 2021 at 9:14 AM Feb 5, 2021 at 9:14 AM Two celestial rivers, of sorts, meander on either side of the famous winter sky constellation Orion. You can see both with the unaided eye on a clear, moonless night as long as the light pollution is not strong. The river to the left (east) of Orion is none other than the Milky Way band. The river to the right (west) is one of Orion’s fellow constellations, Eridanus, the River. There’s actually a third “river” of sorts, in appearance like the faint, hazy Milky Way only dimmer in most parts, gracing the sky...
Friday Jan 29, 2021 at 8:41 AM Jan 29, 2021 at 8:44 AM It’s usually not a great idea to find yourself in front of a bull. That happened to me just once, on a trail. He made a nice display of aiming his horns and was scraping his front hoof on the ground as my friends and I scrambled up an embankment! Thankfully the farmer came by and led him away. Much safer but no less amazing in a different way is to chase after the bull in the night sky. The constellation Taurus the Bull is immediately above Orion, due south around 9 p.m. in late January or early February. This...
Look straight up the next clear night, around 9 p.m. If you live in mid-northerly latitudes you will be gazing upon the beautiful, bright yellow star Capella and its interesting constellation, Auriga the Chariot Driver.We can think of it as a star pattern for the fellows who make a living running a chariot. Next, it will be taxi and bus drivers.This extremely ancient constellation, according to Greek legend, represents Erichthnoius, fourth King of Athens, the son of Vulcan and Minerva. He had