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10 Million Gallons of Water: The World’s Largest Aquarium

“Georgia Aquarium provides an entertaining, engaging, and educational experience, inspiring stewardship in conservation, research, and the appreciation for the animal world.” – Georgia Aquarium Mission Can you imagine going to the largest aquarium in the world — a place where there are millions of different species? What about a gargantuan aquarium filled with 10 million

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Urban Fare Philadelphia: Amis

Food, News / Harlem Times Staff

Sometimes late morning meals on weekends are hearty and greasy with the purpose of glossing over the previous evening’s over-indulgences. Other times, mid-mornings call for something more sophisticated. Brunch, the luxury of a leisurely Sunday morning, is designed to wake us slowly and ease us into the day, and among the exposed concrete beams, hardwoods,

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Cape May Point, Hidden Oasis at the Tip of New Jersey’s South Shore

Lifestyle / Harlem Times Staff

As soon as summer arrives, day-trippers and vacationers descend on the New Jersey shore. Seasonal shops and restaurants open all along the coast, happy to provide goods and services to the crowds strolling the boardwalk or the promenade, as the populations of these winter-sleepy towns explode. Seagulls screech through the sky and roam the beach

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A Whole Foods Fresh for Detroit

Food, News / Harlem Times Staff

In recent years, there has been an overdue, significantly essential shift in emphasis in the way consumers view food: from convenient, abundant, and processed to wholesome, natural, and nutritious. Fresh-focused markets have emerged as power players, with local farmers markets taking on dual roles as grocer and weekend event destination, while multi-state markets such as

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Smithsonian JAM

Arts, Harlem/Metro, Washington, D.C. / Harlem Times Staff

The empty auditorium slowly filled with an eclectic mix of people that extended across the usual racial, generational, and social confines that bind society into neat divisions. As the National Museum of American History’s amphitheater became packed with jazz aficionados, members of the State Department, and multiple living legends, the imperceptible buzz of white noise

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Serengeti – Specialty Tea with Massive Cultural Flavor

Food / Harlem Times Staff

In England they say “Tea makes everything better.” Have a broken leg? “Have a cup of tea, love.” Your brand new monthly metro card just fell onto the third rail? “No worries. Do you want honey or lemon?” Tea is the great soother. A bountiful healer. The tremendous refresher. The quintessential icebreaker. Hey, how about

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Cotto vs. Martinez — Boxing on HBO

Sports / Harlem Times Staff

Boxing on HBO has broadcast some of the biggest fights thus far in 2014, such as Pacquaio vs. Bradley II. But the biggest fight will occur on Saturday June 7th when Miguel Cotto of Caguas, Puerto Rico (39-4, 31 KOs) challenges the WBC and Ring Magazine Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KOs) of Quilmes,

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The Historical Legacy of Harlem: The Heart of New York Tourism

Front Page / Harlem Times Staff

New York City has always been the pinnacle of tourist attractions. The neon flashing lights of Times Square, its midnight ambiance and uncanny social aura, have always attracted tourists from all over the world. Here is a mere introduction to the many attractions that New York City hosts: the Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art,

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Break On Through to the Other Side — Climate Change and Navigating the Northwest Passage

Science & Technology / Harlem Times Staff

The Northwest Passage refers to a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It runs along the northern coast of North America and through a series of waterways in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The Passage has long been a holy grail to sea-faring adventurers, and has been sought as a possible trade route by

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American Association of Black Engineers NYU-Poly Student Chapter — A New Generation of Energy Leaders

Education, Science & Technology / Harlem Times Staff

On March 12th the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering held an induction ceremony for the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) Student Chapter. Standout students were honored and various leaders in the field of energy spoke at the ceremony. Among the noted speakers were William Suggs, Wilton Cedeno, and keynote speaker Frank Stewart. Suggs

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