Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesPresident Obama met with Congressional leaders on Friday to work toward heading off a series of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that would take effect Jan. 1, while reducing the deficit. WASHINGTON — President Obama and Congressional leaders on Friday reopened budget negotiations that ended badly in 2011 with surprising bipartisan bonhomie, and even some...
Well: Meatless Main Dishes for a Holiday Table
Label: HealthMost vegetarian diners are happy to fill their plates with delicious sides and salads, but if you want to make them feel special, consider one of these main course vegetarian dishes from Martha Rose Shulman. All of them are inspired by Greek cooking, which has a rich tradition of vegetarian meals.I know that Greek food is not exactly what comes to mind when you hear the word “Thanksgiving,” yet why...
Well: Meatless Main Dishes for a Holiday Table
Label: LifestyleMost vegetarian diners are happy to fill their plates with delicious sides and salads, but if you want to make them feel special, consider one of these main course vegetarian dishes from Martha Rose Shulman. All of them are inspired by Greek cooking, which has a rich tradition of vegetarian meals.I know that Greek food is not exactly what comes to mind when you hear the word “Thanksgiving,” yet why...
Shortcuts: The Meaning in a Drawer Full of Old Family Snapshots
Label: TechnologyEric Thayer/ReutersA resident found photos as she sifted the debris of a house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach, N.J. I WASN’T going to write about Hurricane Sandy. I was going to write about the changing nature of photographs and our relationship to them in this digital age. Doug Mills/The New York TimesPicture-taking is now mainly digital, making prints of photos uncommon....
Israel Sticks to Tough Approach in Conflict With Hamas
Label: WorldTEL AVIV — With rockets landing on the outskirts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Friday and the Egyptian prime minister making a solidarity visit to Gaza, the accelerating conflict between Israel and Hamas — reminiscent in many ways of so many previous battles — has the makings of a new kind of Israeli-Palestinian face-off. The combination of longer-range and far deadlier rockets in the hands...
Nov
16
Automated Bidding Systems Test Old Ways of Selling Ads
Label: BusinessPublishers and broadcasters have long tried to offer advertisers the right audience for their products. Want to sell pick-ups to people who like sports? Buy ads at halftime during a football game. Selling luggage or airline tickets? Buy ads in the travel section of a newspaper or Web site. In digital advertising, that formula is being increasingly tested by fast-paced, algorithmic bidding...
For Alzheimer’s, Detection Advances Outpace Treatment Options
Label: HealthJoshua Lott for The New York TimesAwilda Jimenez got a scan for Alzheimer’s after she started forgetting things. It was positive. When Awilda Jimenez started forgetting things last year, her husband, Edwin, felt a shiver of dread. Her mother had developed Alzheimer’s in her 50s. Could his wife, 61, have it, too? He learned there was a new brain scan to diagnose the disease and nervously agreed...
For Alzheimer’s, Detection Advances Outpace Treatment Options
Label: LifestyleJoshua Lott for The New York TimesAwilda Jimenez got a scan for Alzheimer’s after she started forgetting things. It was positive. When Awilda Jimenez started forgetting things last year, her husband, Edwin, felt a shiver of dread. Her mother had developed Alzheimer’s in her 50s. Could his wife, 61, have it, too? He learned there was a new brain scan to diagnose the disease and nervously agreed...
Gadgetwise Blog: The Lytro Camera Adds a New Perspective
Label: TechnologyThe Lytro camera made a splash with its ability to refocus photos after they were taken. Now the company is adding a new trick — allowing the camera to shift your viewing angle slightly on your finished photo.The new feature, called “Perspective Shift,” is a software upgrade that will be released to the public Dec. 4. It will be included with new cameras, and will be a free upgrade for older cameras.Lytro...
Israel Prepares Possible Ground Offensive in Gaza
Label: WorldRina Castelnuovo for The New York TimesIsraeli soldiers near the border with Gaza on Friday. More Photos »JERUSALEM — After a morning of heavy rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, the Israeli military seemed to be edging closer to a ground invasion of Gaza on Friday, saying forces were “on standby” and “ready to enter should it be decided that a ground operation is necessary.” In a statement,...
Nov
15
Greece Looks at Offering Creditors a Buyback to Lower Its Debt
Label: BusinessLONDON — As Greece’s creditors bicker over the terms of its bailout, the government is examining a more radical approach that could reduce the country’s escalating debt pile in one fell swoop. Milos Bicanski/Getty ImagesAn anti-austerity protest on Wednesday in Athens. The government this month narrowly secured parliamentary approval for yet another round of spending cuts and tax increases....
Hospital Death in Ireland Renews Fight Over Abortion
Label: HealthDUBLIN — The death of a woman who was reportedly denied a potentially lifesaving abortion even while she was having a miscarriage has revived debate over Ireland’s almost total ban on abortions. The woman, Savita Halappanavar, 31, a dentist who lived near Galway, was 17 weeks pregnant when she sought treatment at University Hospital Galway on Oct. 21, complaining of severe back pain. ...
Hospital Death in Ireland Renews Fight Over Abortion
Label: LifestyleDUBLIN — The death of a woman who was reportedly denied a potentially lifesaving abortion even while she was having a miscarriage has revived debate over Ireland’s almost total ban on abortions. The woman, Savita Halappanavar, 31, a dentist who lived near Galway, was 17 weeks pregnant when she sought treatment at University Hospital Galway on Oct. 21, complaining of severe back pain. ...
Critic’s Notebook: Nintendo’s Wii U, With New Touch-Screen Controller
Label: TechnologyThe Wii U is Nintendo’s capitulation to the screen, the tyrant of the digital age. As the follow-up to the original Wii — the nearly 100-million-selling, get-off-your-couch console that upended the video game industry six years ago — the Wii U does not deliver the sensation that its predecessor unleashed, the sense that something new had been wrought upon this earth. It was not always routine for...
Attacks Resume After Israeli Assault Kills Hamas Leader
Label: WorldKIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — Israel and Hamas widened their increasingly deadly conflict over Gaza on Thursday, as a militant rocket killed three civilians in an apartment block in this small southern town. The deaths are likely to lead Israel to intensify its military offensive on Gaza, now in its second day of airstrikes. In Gaza, the Palestinian death toll rose to 11 as Israel struck what...
Nov
14
Major Retailers Start Selling Financial Products, Challenging Banks
Label: BusinessOn a recent shopping trip to Costco, Lilly Neubauer picked up paper towels, lentils, carrots — and a home mortgage. While Ms. Neubauer, 27, said she was surprised to find the warehouse club selling financial products, she and her husband saved about $200 a month by refinancing there this year. She also bought home insurance from Costco, she said, again because it was cheaper there. ...
Lance Armstrong Cuts Officials Ties With His Livestrong Charity
Label: HealthIn the wake of being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping, Lance Armstrong last week cut all official ties with Livestrong, the charity he founded 15 years ago while he was treated for testicular cancer. On Nov. 4, he resigned from the organization’s board of directors; he had previously stepped down as the chairman of the board Oct. 17. He has distanced himself from...
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