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Where to Get Specialty International Grocery Items in NYC and North Jersey Right Now Little Italy

Where to Get Specialty International Grocery Items in NYC and North Jersey Right Now

With the closure of several restaurants serving international cuisines as a result of the pandemic, more consumers have resorted to cooking the foods they know and love at home. Many standard corner grocery stores may not sell ghee or kimchi, but plenty of specialty stores are still open for business…
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April 20, 2020
Simone Giertz makes a parent robot that pats her on the back (after she deposits money into it) Moravec‘s Paradox

Simone Giertz makes a parent robot that pats her on the back (after she deposits money into it)

My favorite comedic maker, Simone Giertz, brings another silly robot into the world as she builds a robotic parent that will pat her on the back and say: "Good job, son" -- after she feeds it a quarter. As always, there are some genuinely funny moments here, like when she…
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April 20, 2020
AJC Releases Arabic Video on the Holocaust Ahead of Yom HaShoah Auschwitz-Birkenau

AJC Releases Arabic Video on the Holocaust Ahead of Yom HaShoah

Groundbreaking Arabic video project reaches tens of millions across Arab world, hits 150,000 followers on Facebook, 50,000 on Twitter NEW YORK, April 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee (AJC) today, ahead of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day, which takes place tomorrow), released an Arabic-language video about the Holocaust. The…
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April 20, 2020
Binge-reading and -watching Dalai Lama

Binge-reading and -watching

Binge-watchers filling up empty days may ask: Why read a book when there's the movie? Apart from putting the cart before the horse, it's a lazy question TopicsLockdown | Coronavirus | Netflix India Days before the lockdown and disruption of book supplies I was fortunate to have a couple of excellent deliveries: The third…
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April 20, 2020