PRACTICAL
HPM Tech Services
Computer support, repair, and many other technical services.
Call with questions or for an appointment, 607-319-4776
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
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Gadget Repair Pro
Repair broken cell phones, tablets, and computers.
Call with questions or stop in the store,
607-288-3337
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Saturday
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Stimulus checks
For help tracking your stimulus check
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Cayuga Landscape offers delivery and curbside pick-up
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Tompkins Home Delivery
Now offering same day delivery.
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What We Haul Away: JDog Junk Removal & Hauling
For members who are spending this time at home cleaning out nooks and crannies and need to have something hauled away or donated, this veteran-owned and operated business has been recommended by one of our members.
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How to get help from Social Security during the coronavirus pandemic
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Downtown Ithaca: Take-out & delivery dining
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Downtown Ithaca:
Online shopping & gift cards
https://www.downtownithaca.com/alternativewaystoshop/
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DIY: No-sew pleated face mask with handkerchief and hair tie
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Don't forget to sanitize your devices
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Are you receiving deliveries?
Here is everything you need to know about disinfecting packages.
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PSA safe grocery shopping updated
Staying safe while shopping
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SELF-CARE
Harvard Health Publishing
6 self-care steps for a pandemic -- always important, now essential
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Meditation
Thousands of free guided meditations
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That discomfort you are feeling is grief
from The Harvard Business Review
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Was that a cold I had in November or December coronavirus?
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Mental health and coping during COVID-19: CDC
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Make time for self-care during a self-quarantine: Geisinger
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The pandemic is giving people vivid, unusual dreams. Here’s why.
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ARTICLES
Amid pandemic, charities and nonprofits face huge challenges
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Cuomo to sign executive order sending absentee ballot applications to all registered NY voters
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Cuomo Announces Phased Plan to Reopen New York
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RESEARCH REQUEST
Laura Barre, a researcher in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, is conducting an online study during the pandemic to test if adults can VideoDine independently at home. The study involves answering online surveys and independently VideoDining at least once in 2 weeks. The sessions will not be recorded. After completion of the study, participants will be eligible for a drawing for one of three $50 Amazon gift cards. If you are interested, please contact please send an email (
Laura.Barre@cornell.edu
) or call 607-255-0968 (and leave a message) to schedule a phone call or Zoom meeting.
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ON-LINE CLASSES
The Science of Well-Being: a free Yale four-week course
In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits.
Downtown Ithaca: Opportunities to learn & engage online during Covid-19
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LAUGHTER
Barbershop Skit: Dean Martin, Dom Delouise, George Burns & Nipsey Russell
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READING
7 digital libraries you can visit from your couch
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Audio & Ebooks from TC Public Library
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by Overdrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle Ereader! It's FREE and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for current OverDrive app users.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
This is a partial list that came out of the Book Discussion Zoom meeting. More to come!
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The Death of Expertise:
The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters: by Tom Nichols.
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Perfect People
by Peter James:
A compelling and thought-provoking thriller.
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The Body:
A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson:
“We pass our existence within this wobble of flesh and yet take it almost entirely for granted.”
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WATCHING
The Magic Flute
Here is a delightful and fun musical interlude of 3 minutes of birdsong to part of Mozart’s Magic Flute.
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Cornell hawk hatchlings inside!
A pair of Red-tailed Hawks, named Big Red and Arthur, are nesting above Cornell’s athletic fields! The Lab of Ornithology has cameras at their nesting site to observe the intimate behavior of these birds as they raise their young on campus.
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Film festival brings Stratford's Shakespeare productions to the web for free
Starting April 23rd, this series will feature 12 of the Festival's greatest procuctions and will be released on their YouTube channel every Thursday at 7:00 pm EST, starting with King Lear.
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30 Amazing Virtual Tours:
Museums, Zoos, and Theme Parks
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Broadway shows on line
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MOVIES, SERIES & DOCUMENTARIES
Cinemapolis
Virtual cinema offerings beginning April 10th
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HBO
You can watch a ton of HBO shows for free right now
YouTube Documentary
Living with Wolves
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HuffPost: 15 Movie Musicals That Will Brighten Your Dimming Spirit.
Lockdown living is tough. Luckily, a little song and dance can cure the blues.
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UK's Evening Standard: the 50 best films to watch on Netflix