Andrew Scrivani for The New York TimesThis recipe started out as something else. I had in my pantry a bag of mixed sprouted lentils – black, green, and brown. I cooked them with the intention of making dal, but I so liked the integrity of the cooked lentils – green and black lentils remain intact even after they soften – that I didn’t want to mash them. Meanwhile I had roasted some squash with balsamic...
Some Companies Seek to Wean Employees From Their Smartphones
Label: TechnologyResolutions to change behavior are common at this time of year, but they usually involve exercising more or smoking less. Now, some companies are adopting policies aimed at weaning employees from their electronic devices. Matthew Ryan Williams for The New York TimesMichelle Barry and Mark Jacobsen of Centric Brand Anthropology strive for the elusive work-life balance. ...
Central Africa’s Wildlife Rangers Face Deadly Risks
Label: WorldZAKOUMA NATIONAL PARK, Chad — Just before dawn, the rangers were hunched over in prayer, facing east. They pressed their foreheads into the dry earth and softly whispered Koranic verses, their lips barely moving. A cool wind bit at their faces. All of a sudden, Djimet Seid, the cook, said he heard “one war whoop — or maybe it was a scream.” And then: “K-k-k-k-k-k-k,” the angry bark...
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Chinese Firm Is Cleared to Buy American DNA Sequencing Company
Label: BusinessRamin Rahimian for The New York TimesDNA sequencing machines at Complete Genomics in California. The firm dismissed concerns about its acquisition. The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm, BGI-Shenzhen, said in a statement this weekend that its acquisition of Complete...
Chinese Firm Is Cleared to Buy American DNA Sequencing Company
Label: HealthRamin Rahimian for The New York TimesDNA sequencing machines at Complete Genomics in California. The firm dismissed concerns about its acquisition. The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm, BGI-Shenzhen, said in a statement this weekend that its acquisition of Complete...
Chinese Firm Is Cleared to Buy American DNA Sequencing Company
Label: LifestyleRamin Rahimian for The New York TimesDNA sequencing machines at Complete Genomics in California. The firm dismissed concerns about its acquisition. The federal government has given national security clearance to the controversial purchase of an American DNA sequencing company by a Chinese firm. The Chinese firm, BGI-Shenzhen, said in a statement this weekend that its acquisition of Complete...
India Ink: Portrait Emerges of Victim in New Delhi Gang Rape
Label: WorldShe was studious, mild-mannered and about to be married.Her parents had sold off land and scrimped on food to pay for her and her brothers’ education. She came to India’s capital to pursue dreams of being a doctor, from a tiny farming village that regularly suffered drought and floods.Details about the life of the 23-year-old New Delhi gang rape victim, who died on Saturday, began to trickle out over...
Dec
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French Council Strikes Down 75% Tax Rate on Rich
Label: BusinessPARIS — France’s Constitutional Council on Saturday struck down the Socialist government’s plan to impose a 75 percent marginal income tax rate on the wealthy, a measure that figured prominently among the campaign promises of President François Hollande and that had become a divisive emblem of his approach to cutting the budget deficit. Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault quickly pledged that...
Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92
Label: HealthTony Jones/Cincinnati Enquirer, via Associated PressElwood V. Jensen in 2004. Elwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds of thousands of lives, died on Dec. 16 in Cincinnati. He was 92. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son, Thomas Jensen, said. ...
Elwood V. Jensen, Pioneer in Breast Cancer Treatment, Dies at 92
Label: LifestyleTony Jones/Cincinnati Enquirer, via Associated PressElwood V. Jensen in 2004. Elwood V. Jensen, a medical researcher whose studies of steroid hormones led to new treatments for breast cancer that have been credited with saving or extending hundreds of thousands of lives, died on Dec. 16 in Cincinnati. He was 92. The cause was complications of pneumonia, his son, Thomas Jensen, said. ...
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