Nowadays, people are obsessed with living a healthier lifestyle. This includes incorporating regular exercising as well as following a healthy balanced diet. One of the diets that are increasing in popularity, is the keto (ketogenic) diet. It’s basically a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet similar to the Atkins diet. A reduction in carbohydrates puts the body into…
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Travel and travel planning are being disrupted by the worldwide spread of the coronavirus. For the latest updates, read The New York Times’s Covid-19 coverage here. On March 12, the day after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Sery Kim, an attorney in Coppell, Texas, noticed that the number of American Airlines…
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In “One Good Meal,” we ask cooking-inclined creative people to share the story behind a favorite dish they actually make and eat at home on a regular basis — and not just when they’re trying to impress. Pierre-Alexis Delaplace can still remember the anticipation: He’d be on holiday, having decamped from Paris to his grandmother’s…
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A woman with a roll of toilet paper around her neck. A man with lettuce on his head, bare-chested in a sheet, delicately holding a large goblet of red wine. A child with small lilac angel wings posed atop a mound of — again — toilet paper, with siblings and parents looking on in the…
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We live in a city that is a Covid-19 hot spot. When the news became alarming, many of our friends fled the city, leaving empty apartments behind them. We stayed. I am active on a few neighborhood social networking sites where I’ve seen posts about nurses and doctors coming from other cities to help patients…
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Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, even if you want them withheld. Letters may be edited. So You Had a Secret Baby I’m self-employed and had a baby a few weeks ago. I am working on a project that was supposed to launch earlier…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageMigrant workers at a dormitory in Singapore last week.Credit…Ore Huiying for The New York Times Singapore, which has been praised for controlling the virus, sees a record increase in new infections. Singapore announced a record jump in coronavirus cases on Wednesday evening, with most of the 447 new confirmed…
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WASHINGTON — The federal government’s program to expedite the shipping of valuable protective equipment to coronavirus hot spots has left hospitals that are out of the spotlight struggling to secure their own protective gear as they watch the outbreak creep closer. The Trump administration has repeatedly endorsed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s system of flying…
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In the absence of travel during the pandemic, hotels are asking travelers to plan future trips and sweetening the incentive by offering discounted gift certificates. For those with the means to spend, the offers are enticing. For example, the beer-themed Painted Lady Bed & Brew in Albuquerque, N.M., is offering a $75 certificate redeemable for…
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Carrie Mathison’s very first words on “Homeland” are: “I don’t care where he is. Find him. It’s urgent.” They are shouted in a tone of unvarnished scorn at her colleague’s slowness, lack of insight and imagination. Carrie Mathison, a C.I.A. agent played by Claire Danes, does not mince words. She does not avoid conflict or…
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