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...January is national tea month. To celebrate, peruse Tea Culture of Japan: Chanoyu Past and Present at the Yale University Art Gallery. Brought to Japan from China in the 9th century, it took a few hundred years for tea to catch on, but by the 1500s it was all the rage in Japan to have tea masters prepare powdered tea in elaborately choreographed ceremonies. About 100 objects, including kettles, bamboo tea scoops and ceramic tea bowls are on display through April 26. 1111 Chapel Street, at York Street, New Haven...
...Clearly, that a lower ratio pointed to higher profits speaks to a little more than finger length. Earlier studies indicated that prenatal exposure to testosterone, which spikes between the 9th and 18th weeks of gestation, increases a person's sensitivity to the effects of the hormone much later in life. The greater the exposure as a fetus, in other words, the higher the levels of confidence, vigilance or risk appetite triggered by testosterone in an adult. That observation has already made digit ratio a useful indicator of ability in fields other than finance; 2D:4D has been found to predict...
...stops in New York City: the northeast corner of West 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue, by the Sbarro's, or on Sixth Avenue between Grand and Watts streets. The ride takes 4 hr. 15 min. and drops you in D.C. at 901 G Street N.W., between 9th and 10th streets. Check the website for schedules...
...Sooo Comfortable” without the gospel-inspired piano chords and righteousness of “Time Is Now.”MURS also makes the case for love songs and chivalry. At the beginning of “Love and Appreciate II,” he and producer 9th Wonder bemoan rappers stereotyping women as shrews and hos as well as the lack of rap love songs. To keep a lady, MURS advocates, “Buy some flowers, open up some doors / She needs tampons, homie, go to the store.”But MURS spends too much...
...Supreme Court in a speech at Harvard Law School yesterday. After being convicted of second-degree murder for assisting terminally ill patients to commit suicide, Kevorkian, a former pathologist, served in prison for eight years before being released on parole in 2007. Kevorkian said he uses the 9th Amendment, which addresses civil rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution, as the basis for his belief in a patient’s right to die. Last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made a dismissive remark about the 9th Amendment when taking questions from the audience during a lecture...