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Flavors: Cinnamon, Cloves, Red Fruits, Red Wine
Hello friends I miss you. I've been missing being on steepster. So I grabbed a bag of this from my mom . I've seen this a few places and seems to be really pricey for bagged tea. I know it's has the purple corn but I wonder if that's just something to try and sell the tea. Smells pretty good dry. Then I see the red and know there's hibiscus in there…kind of a disappointment to me. Flavor is just okay. Slightly bitter. It's just alright.
A very robust black tea – lots of gusto to this one. This is one that can give your day an energizing boost. The black tea base is comprised of three different teas, although the website for Inca Tea did not indicate which teas are used. I suspect that there is an Assam in there because of the rich, malty tones and the hint of bitter. It has a very round taste to it. It's a really pleasing, satisfying tea.
The purple corn doesn't add a really strong flavor to the cup, but I can taste notes of 'grain' that I attribute to the corn and I like the way these flavors play with the notes of malt.
A really enjoyable cup. It's a tea I'd recommend if for no other reason than the fact that it's different (purple corn!) and I'd love to find out what others think of it.
Here's my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/09/23/tawantin-black-tea-from-inca-tea/
The mango smells stronger than it tastes, especially in the dry leaf. The dry leaf smells strongly of mango. Once brewed, the mango notes seem to taper, and the flavor the mango is less assertive than the dry leaf aroma. But it is a clear and focused flavor and I like that.
I got a tangy citrus note toward the tail with this and I'm not sure where that came from unless that's part of the "natural flavors." The purple corn notes are not as strong as they were with other teas that I've tried from Inca, but they are discernible. The hibiscus here is not a prominent flavor and I'm happy about that.
It makes an awesome iced tea.
Here's my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/09/12/mountain-of-mango-tisane-from-inca-tea/
The aroma is very abundantly PEACH, as is the flavor. I love the peach notes here, it doesn't taste like a fake peach note. I wasn't thrilled to find hibiscus in the blend – not my favorite! – but I do appreciate the slight hint of tartness it offers the cup because it's a nice contrast to the sweet peach notes. That said, I feel like the presence of both the hibiscus and the rosehips interfere just a little too much with the flavor of the white tea, as it seems somewhat obscured in this blend.
It's a tasty blend though. I enjoyed tasting the purple corn notes, the peach is delightful, but I would like to taste more white tea.
Here's my full-length review: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/08/30/pick-me-up-peach-white-tea-blend-from-inca-tea/
As I mentioned in my full-length article about this tea: http://sororiteasisters.com/2014/08/22/peruvian-spiced-berry-tisane-from-inca-tea/ I wasn't too sure what to think of a tea made with purple corn. It sounded weird. But I was willing to give it a try.
A spicy-sweet scent before brewing. After the tea is brewed, it smells of spiced fruit. The cinnamon and clove are not too overwhelming here though. It smells a bit like a spiced berry compote.
It's a tasty tisane. And yes, I can taste the corn! It adds a somewhat nutty, grainy flavor to the cup that is more like a background note than something that is strong and forward. The berries and spice is the prominent flavor.
Overall, it tastes a bit like a spiced berry cobbler – and yum! If I had to change anything about it, I'd rather there not be hibiscus in it as I'm not a hibiscus fan. But even with the hibiscus, it's a fairly tasty tisane. I enjoyed it and would drink it again.


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But of course, as an editor, it's my job to make that look good. Fortunately for me, there's a whole lot of editors dealing with the problem, and has been for years---the market for DVDs about bands is pretty immense, and the style has seeped into a lot of television programming, especially in reality shows.
As a result, there's a pretty well-established cinematic language for amateur camcorder footage, one that draws on the verite tradition and music videos in about equal measure: an alternation of very fast-cuts to music (making each shot very short conceals a multitude of sins), and grace notes that happen in the moment when a shot stops or starts wobbling.
This has become a style that I really enjoy working in, and enjoy watching---done right, its authenticity can create a lovely sense of everyday epiphanies. But it is a style that's come about in large part in reaction to bad camerawork.
I still haven't seen The Bourne Identity, but it seems to have incited a whole lot of hate for its constantly cutting camera and its shaky camerawork. The battle over "music-video style editing" has gone on for a long time, and I think part of the ire is just the ongoing losing battle of the partisans of classical shot length.
But I think the recent shakycamcorder style---done first and best, in this generation, by The Blair Witch Project, and distinguished from earlier handheld camerawork by its emphasis on the shooter's subjectivity---triggers a very particular response based on different generations' experience, not with movies, but with cameras.
For a generation that grew up seeing filmed images done by professionals, the whole thing seems ugly and clumsy (and, as David Bordwell rightly notes, much simpler than it might seem), like a style that's merely there to cover bad camerawork, bad shot selection, and lazy storyboarding. But for people who grew up playing with home video cameras, it looks like how we see life---when we're looking through a camcorder. The camera isn't imitating our eye looking, it's imitating our eye videotaping, but that's an experience many---even most---America kids grow up with, and a context they're very comfortable with.
Of course, this is assuming people want movies to look "real"---it's always possible that we'll someday see a return to the celebratory artificiality of '50's Technicolor epics. But in the meantime, shakycam seems here to stay. I can't think of another example where a style went from amateurs to professionals (instead of the other way around)---it seems symptomatic of the general seizing of the means of media production that's happened in our current media-heavy moment. Can you think of anything similar?


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We all have physical symptoms – painful or
uncomfortable feelings in the body – at different times in our
lives. Usually they get better on their own, without any treatment.
If they don't, we might ask a doctor about them. Usually a
physical cause can be found - but sometimes it can't, even when blood tests and x-rays or scans have been
Symptoms like this are common. They can
be called "medically unexplained symptoms", because they are not
due to a physical illness in the body. However, they
can be explained, but to do this, we need to think about
causes that are not just physical.
This leaflet is for anyone with physical
symptoms without an obvious physical cause. It also explains what
you can do to help yourself and what treatments are available.
We hope the leaflet will also be helpful if
you are a relative, friend or carer of someone with such
We have all sorts of aches, pains and odd
sensations in our bodies. Most of the time we know that these
are part of our everyday life, that they will go away on their own,
and we ignore them. If these changes are more painful or
uncomfortable, or unusual, we know they may be signs of an illness
– and we call them symptoms.
The commonest ones include:
These aren't the only medically unexplained
symptoms. Other problems include collapsing, fits,
breathlessness, weakness, paralysis, numbness and tingling.
When something in our body doesn't feel right,
there usually is a bodily or 'physical' cause - stomach
problems may be due to an infection, or palpitations may be due to
a heart problem.
What if there is no physical explanation for
your physical symptoms? We can often understand and explain
such symptoms when we look at how our thoughts, feelings and
stresses can affect our bodies.
But – to say that a bodily symptom is not just
physical is not the same as saying they are all in the
mind. Medically unexplained symptoms aren't "all in the mind",
but neither are they all in the body. To understand them we
have to think about how the mind and the body work
We often think of our minds and bodies as two
separate things. In fact, they work together and affect each
Research shows that there is two way
communication between our brains and bodies. This happens
Every day, thoughts, feelings and stresses
play a part in making changes in our bodies - for example:
We also know that the way we think and feel
can make us physically ill. For example:
A disease in the body can affect the way we
think and feel.
There are different ways of thinking about how
the mind and the body are linked that can help us to understand
medically unexplained symptoms.
You can think of the brain and nerves as like
the computer that sits on a desk. But the electrical messages that
run through the nervous system are like computer programmes or
Let's look at what can happen when someone
loses the use of an arm or a leg. It can be problem with the
hardware. The brain or nerves can be damaged by a stroke or an
injury, so the messages can't get to or from the arms and
legs. However, you can get the same symptoms without any
damage to the brain and the nerves. There seems to be a
software problem. The brain and the nerves are intact but,
because the software is not running properly, they are not
controlling the limbs properly.
These "software" problems can happen when you
are under a lot of stress. Stress seems to interfere with
messaging (or "software") of the brain and nerves. A simple
example is when someone collapses or faints when they are
under stress, like a computer "crashing".
Chronic pain can be like this. There doesn't
seem to be physical damage that would cause pain, but something has
gone wrong with the "software" so that the brain is still getting
pain messages.
Another similar way of thinking about the
cause of symptoms is like a car or piano being out of tune.
All of the parts are there, but they aren't working properly.
Over thousands of years, we have evolved a way
of responding to stress that gets our body ready for physical
action. This was useful when life was more dangerous.
If a cave man (or woman) was attacked by a tiger, it was important
that they were able to fight the tiger or run away. This is
sometimes called the "fight or flight response".
How does this work? Our
mind recognises the danger. The brain then sends signals to
the body via the nerves and chemicals in the blood stream,
particularly adrenaline. These signals get the body ready for
action. We breathe more quickly to get more oxygen into our
blood stream. Our heart pumps faster and harder to get blood
to our muscles. Our muscles become tense so that they are
ready for action.
We still have lots of
stresses. Nowadays, though, we don't need to
physically react to most of these stresses. For example, we
may feel under stress if we take an exam, give a talk to colleagues
at work, or if we need to be somewhere in hurry and our bus is
late. Our body's stress response gets going and our body gets
ready for physical action - but there is nowhere for the energy to
This kind of stress response can give you:
These physical symptoms of stress can feel
very uncomfortable, especially if we don't know why they are
happening. They can make us feel ill. This worry can
cause even more stress and bodily symptoms, making us feel even
worse … and so on. This is more likely to happen if stress
goes on for a long time, as when we have money or job worries, or
relationship problems.
We usually feel pain when there is damage to
the body. However, we can feel long-term or chronic pain, even
when there doesn't seem to be a problem with the nerves. For
example, pain can be caused by an injury, but chronic pain
continues after the injury has healed. It can be very frustrating
to feel pain when there is no injury or bodily illness to account
for it. We may be also be worried that people won't believe
how much pain we are in.
We think that chronic pain happens when intact
nerves and areas of the brain that signal pain just seem to work
wrong. (see the section above about "hardware and
Pain can make us feel miserable and depressed,
especially when it goes on for a long time. In turn, feeling
depressed lowers our pain threshold and makes the pain feel
worse. A vicious circle of pain and depression can occur where
each makes the other worse.
It is natural to worry about our health when
we have symptoms that we don't understand. And some of us just
worry more about our health than others. This can make us more
likely to have medically unexplained symptoms. This can happen
for a number of reasons:
Anxiety or depression obviously affect our
mood, but they can also cause physical symptoms. We may recognise
the physical symptoms, but find it harder to see that we are
anxious or depressed. So we tend to think that these symptoms are
due to a physical cause – when there is none.
Most people who go to their GP with anxiety or
depression begin by talking about bodily symptoms.
We have seen how the body's stress reaction
can cause a lot of bodily symptoms. When we are ill with
anxiety, the body's stress reaction is switched on when it is not
needed. Some of the bodily symptoms that come with anxiety are
described in the section above "How does feeling stressed cause
physical symptoms?"
When we are ill with depression, not only does
it make us feel low or sad, but it also affects the body and causes
symptoms such as:
It is common for people to have a physical
illness, but also to have physical symptoms that are not fully
explained by that illness. This can happen for a number of
A physical illness can causes emotional stress
– which then creates physical symptoms of its own (see "How does
feeling stressed cause physical symptoms?" above).
For example, someone with an illness such as
asthma or emphysema can find it hard to breath at times. This
can be frightening, which triggers the stress reaction described
above. This makes them breathe faster and their chest feels
tight. A vicious circle is set up whereby breathlessness and
stress each make each other worse. The breathlessness is then
out of proportion to the illness that triggered it in the first
Similarly, someone who is anxious about their
heart may experience palpitations or chest tightness that are due
to stress and not heart disease.
A painful physical illness can make us feel
depressed. This lowers our pain threshold and makes the
experience of pain worse. A vicious circle can be set up, as
described in the section on "Chronic Pain" above.
Worries about
our health
If we know that we have a physical illness we
may be more alert for bodily symptoms that could indicate that our
health is getting worse. We might find that sensations that
we would otherwise ignore, such as aches or pains, become symptoms
that we worry about.
We can give a name or a "diagnosis" for
symptoms when:
Diagnoses for certain patterns of medically
unexplained symptoms include:
Examples of diagnoses that may be made because
of possible causes of these symptoms include:
Other diagnoses can be given for medically
unexplained symptoms, but it is common to use a general term to
describe the symptoms, such as "medically unexplained
symptoms". Another common term is "functional" - the symptoms
are due to a problem in the way the body is functioning, even
though the structure of the body is normal.
You may wonder if you should have
investigations for your symptoms, such as a blood test or a
scan. Your doctor can discuss with you what investigations you
need for the symptoms you have, and when enough tests have been
done, to look for anything important.
It is often unhelpful to have investigations
that are unlikely to show anything:
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Are there any stressful things going on in your life that might
be affecting how you feel? Can you talk to someone about
these? Can you get any help or advice to manage the
situation? By reducing stress you might find that your
symptoms feel better too.
Make your life
If you feel generally healthier, you may find
that your symptoms bother you less. Try to eat healthily and
cut down on smoking and alcohol. Try to get enough sleep and
have a regular sleep routine that you stick to.
Take regular
Exercise can help to strengthen muscles and
generally make us more fit. However, don't overdo it, or this
might just make you feel more tired and unwell - build up
Find time to
Relaxation often can help you to manage your
symptoms. This might be making time for you to do something
that you enjoy or that distracts you from your problems. You
might also find learning some relaxation techniques
helpful. There are many self-help books and websites
Stop looking
for reassurance and information about your symptoms
If you find that you spend a lot of time
worrying about your symptoms, try to remember that repeatedly
looking for reassurance or information can be
unhelpful. Reassurance often doesn't last long and the worry
quickly comes back. Similarly, spending too much time looking
for information about your symptoms – such as on TV, in books or on
the internet – can make you more convinced that there must be a
physical illness to account for your symptoms.
If you find that an explanation of the cause
of your symptoms and self-help aren't effective, your doctor might
suggest other treatments.
Your doctor might refer you to a psychiatrist
or psychologist who has experience of helping people with medically
unexplained symptoms. Often they will ask you about your
symptoms, as well as your life in general, to help understand how
the two can be linked. This can also help to decide what
treatments might suit you best.
Antidepressants are used to treat a range
of problems, not just depression, and can help treat medically
unexplained symptoms in a number of ways.
Before you start an antidepressant, you should
discuss the possible side-effects with your doctor. People
with medically unexplained symptoms may notice more side-effects
than others, partly because they may be looking out for bodily
symptoms. Knowing what to expect can help you to cope with any
side-effects. If you do get these, and you can put up with
them, they tend to improve after the first couple of weeks.
It is worth trying antidepressant treatment
for 2 to 3 months before deciding that it has not worked.
There are different types of talking therapies
that can help. The choice of therapy depends upon the sort of
problem and what therapies are available. These therapies
commonly help you to:
Some of the most commonly used talking
therapies to treat medically unexplained symptoms are described
behavioural therapy (CBT)
CBT can help you to
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can make symptoms worse. For example, someone may worry that,
because people in the family have been ill, they are bound to get
ill too. Or they may think that they need to have all
possible tests done in case something is missed. CBT helps
people to recognise and tackle these unhelpful thoughts and to
develop ways to change the way they think and behave, which can
improve their symptoms.
This can be particularly helpful when early
life experiences affect the way we think, feel and act. For
example, people who have experienced major difficulties as children
seem be more likely to have medically unexplained symptoms as an
adult. The therapy helps people to understand how and why
their symptoms occur, and to develop ways of coping.
therapy and solution-focussed therapy
These therapies help you identify and tackle
specific problems in your life that seem to be making the symptoms
Most people who see a doctor with bodily
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about how their symptoms are caused and what they can do to help
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especially in the following circumstances:
Even if you have had symptoms for a long time,
there is much that can be done to help you live a better life and
to avoid unnecessary treatments or investigations.
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Skip to comments.Nothing Is Certain Except More Debt and Taxes
Posted on 01/02/2013 5:40:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Whatever ultimately emerges from the fiscal-cliff negotiations over the past 48 hours, the country will survive. But the damage can't be undone. Taxes are going up for all working Americans. And so is the size of government.
Businesses have been waiting to see whether a second Obama administration will encourage the economy. During the fiscal-cliff negotiations, however, the president made clear that his goal isn't to get business going again but instead to expand government and redistribute income. He offered no real spending cuts and instead used the year-end deadline to divide America into classesto the point of campaigning on New Year's Eve against higher earners. Though the president talks about fairness, his policies penalize profit and investment. This hurts aspiring Americans more than it hurts those who have already made it.
The deal that emerged from the Senate early Tuesday morning is being sold as a tax cut for the middle class, but the expiration of the two-percentage-point payroll tax holiday means that working Americans' take-home pay will drop. The bill reduces the value of tax deductions for upper incomes and, with the new open-ended 3.8% Medicare tax that was enacted under ObamaCare, income-tax rates on families and small business owners earning over $450,000 have been pushed above 44%.
The Senate bill makes the tax code more complex, provides for no spending cuts and creates four deadlinesfor the debt-limit increase within weeks, the March 1 automatic spending cuts known as the sequester, a second sequester on March 27 (to make up for overspending since the first sequester) and the March 30 expiration of government spending authority. These deadlines will keep Washington negotiations on the front page for months but with little likelihood that government will cut programs, sell assets or downsize the 1,300 federal agencies and commissions.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Republicans are so foolish. They give Obama credit for "taxing the rich" and "middle class tax cuts" while they allowed payroll taxes on working families to go up $1 trillion.
They have no sense. Meanwhile Obama still attacks them. How do they think they can win the mid terms like this?
This is awful - it fortifies the lefty position of offering goodies to folks that have no skin in the game. The only chance for a conservative comeback in my view was to make EVERYONE pay so they have a stake in government absurdities. We're likely to never win again now. Stupid. Who knows what they did on capital gains ?
It's going to be interesting to see what is going to happen when people get their paychecks this Friday. Imgine how surprised they are going to be when they find out that they are the rich.
After reading the entire article, crony capitalism is the only thing that works in Washington.
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder. - Bastiat
Socialism is Legal Plunder- Bastiat
--That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. - Americans
I think they have basically maintained or provided for the earned income tax credits as well, so "the poor" will continue to receive "refunds" for money they never earned in the first place.
Let's face it, it pays to do nothing in this country.
it's now eminently clear the US govt does not want entrepreneurs or companies operating within the US.
stay in the US a be a slave to the govt, handing over 60-75% of your life (earned income) to be redistributed to the polically favored. no thanks.
I wonder if countries will start offering deals to attract corporations and entrepreneurs
Senate-Passed Deal Means Higher Taxes on 77% of Households
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 02:10 PM
By: Richard Rubin
The budget deal passed by the U.S. Senate today would raise taxes on 77.1 percent of U.S. households, mostly because of the expiration of a payroll tax cut, according to preliminary estimates from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington.
More than 80 percent of households with incomes between $50,000 and $200,000 would pay higher taxes. Among the households facing higher taxes, the average increase would be $1,635, the policy center said. A 2 percent payroll tax cut, enacted during the economic slowdown, is being allowed to expire as of yesterday.
Congratulations obama voters. A special congratulations to the obama voters who still have a job. Your vote counts and you did not listen to the warnings. Congratulations!
Rubio Slams Deal: I Just Couldnt Vote for It
By Robert Costa
January 1, 2013 2:23 A.M.
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida says the Senates fiscal-cliff compromise, which passed the upper chamber early Tuesday, was a political mistake.
Did the rate on Capital gains go up?
"Did the rate on Capital gains go up?"
"The bill would raise rates on long-term capital gains and dividends for top-bracket taxpayers to 20% for 2013 from 15% in 2012. Meanwhile, the 15% rate would continue to apply to taxpayers in the 25%, 28%, 33% and 35% income tax brackets. People in the 10% and 15% brackets would continue to have a zero rate on capital gains and dividends."
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5 Best Drinking Games
Why are we listing the 5 best drinking games? We need them. Conversations are awkward and boring. Drinking games fill the dark void lingering in our workaday lives. Plus, we want to play with our food. Beer is a form of food, right? Take that mom. Without further tomfoolery—the 5 best drinking games:
- Quarters: This game is great because if you are drinking, chances are you already have the materials needed for this game. If you don't have a quarter, cup, and a table you probably need new friends. The rules are simple, and there are tons of sweet variations. For a lively crowd: speed quarters. For a depressed alcoholic: solo quarters with grain alcohol. It's fun for the whole family.
- Kings Cup: How can this be one of the 5 best drinking games of no one can ever agree on the rules? Actually, the fact that the rules are so varied is exactly what makes this one of the all-time best drinking games. Kings can be tweaked to fit any situation. It's a game of the mind that can be enjoyed by the whole spectrum of intelligence—from high school dropout delinquents to internet scientists—all can enjoy Kings! It's a game of variety. Drawing a 9 (bust-a-rhyme) lets you showcase your freestyle rap skills while drawing Jack (never have I ever) may be the only way to find out if that cute brunette is into three-ways. We need Kings—the game with no winners or losers, only drunk people.
- Asshole: Asshole is another one of America's best drinking games. If you're into bossing your friends around and getting drunk, then this may be the game for you. Do you need to be an asshole to play asshole? No, but it helps.
- Flip-Cup: This is by far the best drinking game for a large group of people. All you need is long table and a lot of solo cups. This game requires the minimum amount of cognitive thought and motor skills required to still be considered a sport. It's so simple your grandmother could play it, and chances are she might, it has been known to happen.
- Beer Pong: This is the mother of all drinking games. Nothing screams college more than beer pong, and nothing screams drinking more than college. Some people swear that true beer pong is played with paddles. Nuts to that. This is 2 on 2, cup triangle, throw the ball in the cup action. No other drinking game lets someone assert his or her dominance in a public forum as thoroughly as beer pong. It's like 21st century jousting—sink your shot and claim your wenches. Beer pong, Beirut, whatever you want to call it, throwing balls in cups will always be among the 5 best drinking games of all time.
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Meet Tuxedo Kittie and Zombiegram
It's springtime on a Friday afternoon, why the hell not? Here are two ridiculous apps that, while not free, are at least worth a 99 cent giggle if you're into either cats or 2zombies. I know many of you are.
In that spirit, I give you Tuxedo Kittie. Add a tuxedo to any image of a cat. For when your cat simply refuses to put on his tux for an Instagram.
For those who prefer gore over fur, there's Zombiegram. Halloween is only six months away, guys.
These are both considered "FX apps," which I believe means effects, ie, adding effects to content.
The apps were published this week by the startup Snapr to showcase what can be done on its app-making platform. The company allows developers to easily publish apps or add photosharing functionality to existing apps with its API, codebase and portal.
Snapr is one of those "selling pickaxes in a gold rush" companies -- it's API to serve the hordes of photo-sharing app developers out there, allowing for easy geotagging and sending photos to multiple services. The company, founded in 2009, has bootstrapped itself. Remember the 90s, when it cost thousands of dollars and a team of engineers to make a basic website? Now we can get something professional-looking on Squarespace or Wordpress or Tumblr or Wix in 10 minutes. A parallel could be drawn with apps. While they're complicated and costly to build now, the idea is that eventually anyone with a little web-savvy will be able to build one. Startups like Yapp are already doing this with simple templates for weddings and conferences. Snapr is that for a slightly more advanced set, offering a variety of themes and access to its API.
Tuxedo Kittie and Zombiegram show off a new functionality that allows developers to create custom effects and stickers in photoshop and then run them on iOS and Android apps as well as and mobile browsers.
They briefly considered combining the two apps into a Tuxedo Zombie Cat, but dashed the idea over fears the internet would explode.


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For all the right wing talk of "strict constructionism" and the "original intent of the Founders," it's important to bear in mind that the Founders themselves actually did envision the Constitution evolving to apply to new circumstances. Alexander Hamilton (who died 206 years ago today) put it this way:
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
Elena Kagan echoed that sentiment in her hearing:
For more words of wisdom from Kagan's testimony, see PFAW's Top Ten Highlights of the Kagan Hearings.


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A scholarly history of breast cancer, from ancient Egypt all the way to the present time.
While I was in treatment, I kept wondering what women had to go through BEFORE there were lumpectomies, or chemo, or estrogen blockers, so I found this book really fascinating....I'm a big history wonk....:-)
THIS looks like something i'd really like too - fellow history wonk here ;)


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What is Clare's Law?
The Home Office has introduced a scheme allowing police to disclose to individuals details of their partners' abusive pasts will be extended to police forces across England and Wales.
It follows a successful 14-month pilot in four other police force areas, which provided more than 100 people with potentially life-saving information.
Clare's Law, also known as the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS) provides people with the information they need to escape an abusive situation before it ends in tragedy.
The national scheme will ensure that more people can make informed decisions about their relationship and escape if necessary.
This is one of a raft of measures this government has introduced to keep women and girls safe. The systems in place are working better but sadly there are still too many cases where vulnerable people are let down. Today is an important step towards ensuring we do better by women like Clare Wood in the future.
How do I make a request for information?
To make an application you must contact Northumbria Police by:
Completing our Clare's Law Domestic Violence Disclosure form > > >
This facility is not monitored 24/7 and should NOT be used to report emergencies and incidents or to pass on urgent information to police. In an emergency, always telephone 999.


text: (The following statement was released by the rating agency) LONDON, December 07 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has placed Hammerson PLC's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of 'BBB+' on Rating Watch Negative (RWN), along with the senior unsecured rating of 'A-'. This action, which indicates that the rating could stay at its present level or potentially downgraded, follows the recent announcement that the company will acquire UK-based real estate and investment company Intu Properties PLC. Under the terms of the all-share transaction, Intu shareholders will receive 0.475 of new Hammerson shares for each existing Intu share held. Hammerson's shareholders will ultimately own 55% of the merged entity, with Intu's shareholders owning the remaining 45%. A complete list of ratings is provided at the end of this release. While Fitch believes the potential strategic benefits associated with the combination of these companies are significant, the rating action reflects Fitch's concerns the acquisition may cause the combined company's financial leverage metrics to deteriorate to a level more commensurate with a lower rating. In addition, the combined capital structure is expected to include a significantly higher proportion of secured debt, which may limit contingent liquidity and may impact recovery prospects for unsecured debt negatively. KEY RATING DRIVERS Material increase in portfolio strength: Fitch believes the acquisition will improve the business profile of the company. Hammerson's prime portfolio of UK, French and Irish shopping centres, which is valued at around GBP10 billion, has high occupancy ratios of around 98% and stable rental income. The merger will more than double the property portfolio to more than GBP20 billion, making it the largest UK property company, with a number of large, prime retail assets, including Trafford Centre in Manchester, which has an annual footfall of more than 31 million, and Lakeside, with footfall of more than 25 million. Hammerson's post-transaction portfolio will include more than half of the UK's top 20 retail assets by footfall and square footage. While both portfolio's occupancy rates exceed 95%, Hammerson's performance has been stronger - Hammerson's like-for-like net rental growth has averaged 2.5% over the past five years, compared to Intu's average of -2.4%, although Intu's growth has been positive over the past two years. Improved diversification: As Hammerson's portfolio is mainly large shopping centres, there is a degree of asset concentration, with the top 10 assets contributing 55% of total rent for 2016. Similarly, Intu's portfolio, which also includes many large retail assets, has relatively high asset concentration, with the top 10 assets accounting for around 80% of value and rent. Under the combined portfolio, the top 10 assets account for well under 50% by value and rent. Intu's top 10 tenants account for around 26% of rental income, compared to around 18% for Hammerson. Although there are a number of common tenants between the two companies, tenant concentration should also reduce after the merger. Potential financial weakening: Hammerson's leverage is currently somewhat higher than peers in terms of loan-to-value (LTV), which was 44% at YE 2016, and Fitch-defined net debt-to-EBITDA, which was around 10.5x. Fitch is concerned that financial metrics may deteriorate following the merger, owing to the higher leverage of Intu. Fitch estimates that LTV will potentially exceed 45% (1H17 pro forma), while net debt-to-EBITDA may remain above 10x (1H17 pro forma). These are more commensurate with a 'BBB' rating. The company intends to dispose of approximately GBP2 billion of assets in the future to partially reduce debt, as well as eliminate non-strategic assets to better line up the portfolio. Nevertheless, the effect on leverage is currently unclear, as the timing and target assets have not yet been clarified. More secured debt: Hammerson's debt of approximately GBP3.8 billion is around 10% secured. Intu's current debt, which is reported at around GBP4.8 billion at 1H17, is almost fully secured. In the event that the merger of Hammerson and Intu results in secured debt-to-total debt that is above the requirement of approximately 20% or less, or the unencumbered asset value to senior unsecured debt ratio falls below 2.0x without any mitigation, Fitch may remove the current one-notch uplift applied to Hammerson's senior unsecured debt ratings, and align the senior unsecured debt rating with the IDR. 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Moore Park in Sydney is known affectionately as the 'green lungs of the city'. But this description tells only part of the story – a truly amazing story that has unfolded over the last 150 years.
Why is it 'amazing'?
Moore Park may be a place visited by millions every year, but its history is – in reality – not as well understood.
The Park has a complex, ever-changing, tension-driven and entertaining past, and there is no way you can do justice to this long history in one post. This is just a glimpse into that past.
Humble beginnings…
Moore Park, as you know it today, was developed on land that was part of the second Sydney Common. Decreed by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1811, the second Sydney Common was not set aside for people, but technically for cattle. Or, as it was more elegantly put: "…the common pasturage of the cattle belonging to the inhabitants of Sydney".
In the 1840s, Victoria Barracks in Paddington was constructed (originally using convict labour), bringing a strong military presence to the area. In 1852 a grant of land to the south of the Barracks was given to the British Army for use as a soldier's cricket ground and garden. Not content with that, the military also added a Rifle Range adjacent to the cricket ground, and were often seen using the expanses of the Common for marching, drilling and Military Parades.
Around this time a cemetery (we assume there was no direct link to the rifle range!) was established nearby (at what we refer to as Mt Steel). The cemetery (located on land that is now part of Moore Park Golf) was used until 1861 when a report into the protection of the water supply for Sydney cited it as a possible contamination risk (water was being drawn from Lachlan Swamps in an area that is now Centennial Park).
Collecting tolls…
By the mid-1850s the construction of new public roads from the Sydney town centre to the south (through what is today Moore Park) saw two toll houses established to raise funds for the maintenance of the roads. The oldest of these toll houses still survives today, while the second of the toll houses was demolished in 1909.
It is said the second toll house, sited on nowadays Tay Reserve, was strategically placed to collect tolls from those travelling to and from Randwick Racecourse (it's surmised that toll collection would have been more fruitful from those heading to, rather than coming from, the track!).
Establishing a place for the people…
In 1866 the Sydney Common Improvement Bill passed the NSW Parliament, and 378 acres (153 hectares) of land from the western part of the Second Sydney Common was transferred to the management of the Sydney City Council. The Council promptly set aside the land for public recreation – although it was already unofficially used for sporting purposes and active recreation.
Moore Park becomes official…
On 29 April 1867 a Council report recommended that the land be designated with the name 'Moore Park' – in honour of Charles Moore, Mayor of Sydney (and also Director of the Botanic Garden) during this period.
The park was 'officially' opened with a ceremony on 9 September 1868.
Over the following 20 years a number of key developments were added to the Park, including the Moore Park Zoological Gardens and the Sydney Showground (which became the home of the Royal Easter Show for 115 years).
Formalised sport was becoming a growing feature of Moore Park as early as 1874 (which interestingly included the first known polo game in Australia). In 1876 the old military cricket ground was upgraded and officially dedicated as the NSW Cricket Association Ground (renamed the Sydney Cricket Ground – or SCG – in 1894).
It was noted that the first cricket match on the rebuilt ground was played between the Government Printing Office and the Audit Office (not sure what the score was, but the scorebook would have looked beautiful and the runs recorded meticulously, no doubt!).
Military out, sport and animals in…
Military and civilian tensions were growing ever more aggressive over the competition for space in Moore Park. As community demand for sporting access grew, the military's grip on public space weakened.
Demand for sporting access to public space in Sydney is certainly not a recent phenomena – speaking in relation to the military rifle range, in 1875 a Military spokesman complained: "…we are driven from Moore Park by football players in winter and cricketers in summer."
The first Royal Easter Show was held shortly after at the Moore Park Showground in 1882, and that year also saw the establishment of a golf course in the Park that heralded the birth of the Australian Golf Club (Australia's oldest golf club).
Moore Park Zoo then opened in 1884 becoming Sydney's first official public zoo. The Zoo operated until 1916, when the animals and birds were moved to their current home at Taronga Zoo in Mosman.
By the end of the nineteenth century Moore Park was Sydney's most popular sporting and entertainment precinct. It featured a cricket ground, sporting stadium, golf course, racecourse, agricultural society showground, a running track and sporting fields (that catered for cricket in summer and three codes of football – Australian Rules Football, soccer and rugby – in winter).
The growing importance of Moore Park as a recreational space for the community was underpinned by one simple fact:
By 1886, 65% of the population of metropolitan Sydney was living within a five mile radius of the park.
Improvements continue…
Over the last years of the nineteenth century there were ongoing changes to Moore Park, including:
- the body of water near the SCG known as 'Nanny Goat Swamp' was renamed 'Kippax Lake' in 1888 (the lake itself has a fascinating history – read here and here);
- the Military Rifle Range was closed down with part of this land being turned into a second sports ground (that ground is the nowadays Sydney Football Stadium);
- a bandstand was erected in Moore Park;
- Driver Avenue was created to link together all the sporting and Showground developments; and
- several drinking fountains were built, including the Kippax Drinking Fountain (which still exists today) and the Dunmore Lang Memorial Fountain on top of a sand hill called Mt Lang.
We mention Mt Lang as a segue into showing this photo from the 1930s…
This aerial photo is fascinating for many reasons:
- the trams that looped around Moore Park;
- the SCG with its ornate stands;
- the rows of spectators cars parked on the grass; and
- that fort-like feature known as Mt Lang (by the way, the reason you don't still see Mt Lang today is described here in this 1951 newspaper article!).
The new century then heralded further development of sporting facilities, most notably:
- the construction of Sydney Athletics Field in 1906 (today known as E.S. Marks Athletics Field)
- the establishment of a new 9-hole golf course in 1913 (this has grown to become Moore Park Golf).
Industry, Anzacs and education…
A curious industrial feature on the southern side of Moore Park was the Moore Park Coal Bore which operated from the 1890s. It was, by all accounts, far from successful in extracting any coal, and by 1901 it was replaced by the "Perfectus" Refuse Destructor and Disinfector (decommissioned in the late 1930s).
In 1917 Randwick Road was widened and renamed Anzac Parade. A ceremony was held and an obelisk constructed to honour the fallen at a solemn event on 15 March 1917.
Following the closure of Moore Park Zoo in 1916, the former Zoo site was re-converted into Sydney Girl's High School (opened 1921) and Sydney Boy's High School (opened 1928). The Zoological past is not forgotten however, as you can still see the old bear pit today!
The Showground becomes an 'island'…
The period 1910 to 1950 saw a significant investment in buildings and structures in Moore Park, with the Royal Hall of Industries (1913), Hordern Pavilion (1924) and a bowling club (1944) added.
Several new Showground Pavilions were also built to support the Royal Easter Show, and by 1935 the high brown brick wall that surrounds the former Showground site was completed. It was noted at the time that the brick wall resembled a "mediaeval walled village" and its urban character was in direct contrast to the grassy expanses of the rest of Moore Park.
In 1926 the main arena of the Showground site also began to be used as a dirt track speedway (operating until 1996). If Wikipedia is to be believed, there is a claim that the speedway was "…the fastest speedway in the world in 1937". That may require a secondary source to verify, but sounds a great boast!
Recognition, Trust and Commemoration…
In 1967 the Sydney City Council undertook a competition for a new statue to feature in Kippax Lake. The sculpture eventually chosen, and still on display today, is a recognition of Australian Sportswomen and has become Moore Park's very own 'lady of the lake'.
In 1990 the management of Moore Park changed hands, signalling a decade of substantial change and investment. The Park's ownership and operation was transferred to the Centennial Park Trust (which promptly changed its name to the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust).
In the wake of this change, the Royal Agricultural Society (which operated the Royal Easter Show) relocated its operations and the Show itself to Homebush in 1996, ending its 115 year association with Moore Park.
The former showground site was subsequently reshaped into three distinct precincts by 1998:
- the old stables were refurbished and opened as the Centennial Parklands Equestrian Centre
- the southern portion of the former showground site (including the main showring) was converted into a public access entertainment and dining precinct known as the 'Entertainment Quarter'
- the northern portion of the showground site became 'Fox Studios Australia' – the largest film studios in the southern hemisphere.
The 2000s also brought some new additions to Moore Park, including:
- a new feature (known as the Federation Gateway) was unveiled as part of the centenary of Australian Federation celebrations in 2001;
- the new bus interchange near the SCG in 2002; and
- a stunning but solemn war memorial – the Korean War Memorial – was added in Moore Park on the western side of Anzac Parade in 2009.
The 'green lungs' of the City…
Moore Park has, over the years, been labelled the "lungs of the city". It's not hard to see why.
The public space that was eventually named "Moore Park" celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2016 and has become one of Australia's most important public parks.
While it features a world of opportunity for the community to enjoy, the Park itself faces a challenging future. An estimated 70,000 new residents are moving into new urban housing developments in suburbs bordering the Park over the next 20 years, and we are preparing long-term plans to ensure Moore Park can be sustained for future generations to enjoy.
We hope you've enjoyed this potted history of Moore Park. There is so much more to learn and explore. Come and enjoy it for yourself soon!


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PORTLAND — An Old Port hotel owner has stopped pursuing plans to build a boutique waterfront hotel on a Commercial Street wharf.
In a July 10 letter to City Planner Bill Needelman, copied to several city officials, an attorney for Eric Cianchette informed Needelman that Cianchette's Great Maine Wharf LLC would not pursue the Maine Wharf project at this time.
Attorney Joseph Stevens, of Perkins Olson, thanked the city for its cooperation and asked that the application process be discontinued.
Stevens, on Tuesday, said Cianchette has not abandoned the concept but is waiting to see what the city decides to do with a group of amendments being proposed by a coalition of Waterfront Central Zone property owners.
Cianchette, who also owns the Portland Regency hotel in the Old Port, was seeking an amendment to zoning language that would allow him to build a 120-room boutique hotel with parking. The first floor would have been reserved for marine-dependent businesses. The project was estimated to cost $45 million. Cianchette also planned to reconstruct the pier, at a cost of about $10 million.
The wharf at 72 Commercial St. is behind the Dry Dock Restaurant and home to several businesses, including Morrison's Maine Course, Three Brothers Lobster and the steamship agency Chase Leavitt.
The Waterfront Central Zone includes strict guidelines for use and development. The zoning restricts non-marine use and prohibits hotels.
Cianchette, who submitted his plans in January, had hoped to get assurances from the City Council that his request had support before undertaking a lengthy Planning Board process. He presented the project to the council earlier this year, and had started working with planners.
Stevens said that Cianchette, who was not in town this week, decided to take the advice of planners who told him they'd like to take a more comprehensive look at the Waterfront Central Zone before making changes.


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Day-and-date can be a dilemma
Execs admit there is no sure-fire formula for b.o. successAMSTERDAM -- Two of this summer's biggest hits illustrate the lucrative possibilities of day-and-date film releasing -- as well as its limits.
Sony greenlighted its Tom Hanks starrer "Angels & Demons" -- based on author Dan Brown's less well-known follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" -- specifically because of its international expectations. Staging a simultaneous worldwide bow in May, the results haven't disappointed: "Angels" has soared to more than $320 million internationally, combining with a more earthbound $125 million in domestic boxoffice.
"The world has become so small, and a film like 'Angels & Demons' is able to tap into a worldwide audience," said Sony worldwide distribution president Rory Bruer, who's here this week for the annual Cinema Expo confab. "But you have to look at what's best for the picture."
Indeed, though execs at all studios now routinely scrutinize foreign boxoffice projections when developing projects and planning campaigns, one need look no further than this summer's "Terminator Salvation" to realize there will always be films that elude easy alignment around the world. Warner Bros. unspooled the iconic sci-fi sequel Stateside on May 21, but Sony -- which holds most foreign rights on "Salvation" -- held it back a couple weeks in most foreign territories to allow "Angels" a more open playing field.
"Salvation" appears headed beyond $200 million internationally, so it's hard to see where the delay hurt its worldwide haul.
On an industrywide basis, domestic and international receipts now roughly even out. But "Angels" shows how disproportionately lucrative foreign campaigns can be, while Paramount's sci-fi reboot of "Star Trek" -- a $235 million domestic grosser that's done just half as much business internationally -- shows how individual films still can defy glib generalizations,
Still, a growing global trend is clearly afoot.
"There certainly isn't going to be as much growth domestically as there is going to be internationally in the years ahead," Bruer noted. "Russia and the Eastern block countries are just exploding; Asia as well and even the Middle East. There's also some growth in Africa."
Among other generally held beliefs: Big stars and big concepts do particularly well overseas, representing prime candidates for day and date releasing; comedies, not so much.
In fact, more modestly budgeted pics in a range of genres are less likely to see simultaneous domestic and international openings. It's harder to get dates synched up around the world for smaller films, because distributors need to be careful of running into recently launched tentpoles.
Budget considerations aside, sci-fi is perhaps the genre most likely to see a date-and-date global bow, because such pics seem at risk of cyber piracy.
Family films may be the least likely genre to get the day-and-date treatment.
"Family films need a corridor -- you want the kids out of school and the parents available," Warners international distribution president Veronika Kwan-Rubinek said. "There are different corridors in different countries, due to school holidays and so forth."
Yet even among family-oriented pics, tentpoles such as Warners' July 15 opener "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" are going to get global bows, she noted.
Fox will release its 3-D animated feature "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" in most countries around the world within a day or so of its July 1 domestic bow. Getting 3-D screens in place has been a challenge.
"The deployment of 3-D screens is far less internationally than it is domestically." Fox international distribution co-topper Paul Hanneman noted.
Fox expects to have 1,500-2,000 3-D screens in place for "Dawn," spread among 11,000 international screens set to play the movie.
Even with more conventional films, Europe occasionally has been a regional challenge for day-and-day campaign as locals have tended to opt for beach holidays over cinema outings -- a cultural distinction still well in evidence in Italy. But these days, competition from outdoor activities is primarily a problem only in May and early June, Fox international co-topper Tomas Jegeus said.
"In Sweden, the minute you get anything approximating 65 degrees Fahrenheit, people want to go outside!" he noted.
Meantime, for all the recent momentum toward global releasing, worldwide events such as the Summer Olympics will continue to unsettle such planning at regular intervals.
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Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab said they have uncovered a massive cyber espionage operation targeting spy agencies and governments in Europe and the Middle East.
The attackers, likely backed by a nation state, managed to successfully penetrate systems of two spy agencies and hundreds of government and military organisations.
The cyber attack has been underway since the beginning of this year, according to Kaspersky.
The tools and techniques used, the Moscow-based firm said, were strikingly similar to those used in two other high-profile cyber espionage operations previously linked to the Russian government.
Dubbed 'Epic Turla', the operation stole vast quantities of data including word processing documents, spreadsheets and emails, Kaspersky said, adding that the malware searched for documents with terms such as 'NATO', 'EU energy dialogue' and 'Budapest'.
"We saw them stealing pretty much every document they could get their hands on," Costin Raiu, head of Kaspersky Lab's threat research team, told Reuters ahead of the release of a report on 'Epic Turla' on Thursday during the Black Hat hacking conference in Las Vegas.
Kaspersky said the ongoing operation is the first cyber espionage campaign uncovered to date that managed to penetrate intelligence agencies. It declined to name those agencies, but said one was located in the Middle East and the other in the European Union.
Other victims include foreign affairs ministries and embassies, interior ministries, trade offices, military contractors and pharmaceutical companies, according to Kaspersky. It said the largest number of victims were located in France, the United States, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Romania and Poland.
Kaspersky said the hackers used a set of software tools known as 'Carbon' or 'Cobra', which have been deployed in at least two high-profile attacks. The first was an attack against the US military's Central Command that was discovered in 2008. The second attack was against Ukraine and other nations, uncovered earlier this year, using malicious software dubbed 'Snake' or 'Uroburos'.
Western intelligence agencies previously said they believed the Russian government was behind those two attacks. Russia's Federal Security Bureau had declined to comment at the time.
Kaspersky refused to confirm whether it believed Russian government was responsible for the Epic Turla operation but hinted that the attackers must have been speaking Russian as the control panels in software for running the campaign were set to use Russian cyrillic characters and its code included the Russian word 'Zagruzchick', which means 'boot loader'.
The cyber espionage operation was also detected by Symantec, the largest US cyber security firm.
Symantec's researcher Vikram Thakur said the hackers infected machines by first compromising websites that victims would likely visit, including sites of some government agencies. The software was designed to scan a computer to determine if it belonged to somebody who was of interest, such as a government employee, Thakur said.
Once a PC is compromised, 'Epic Turla' can analyse the machine to see if it has data of interest to the hackers. It can also distribute more Carbon components to further study the machine if it had such information, according to Kaspersky.
Symantec said it will release its own report about the operation and other related campaigns.


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IAs issue alert fearing a terrorist attack in twin cities
IAs issued an alert on Tuesday evening that the banned outfit, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is up for waging a major attack in Rawalpindi/Islamabad and for this purpose an explosives-laden truck is already enroute to Islamabad from Karachi.
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Lady Gaga Crowned Germany's 'Prettiest' Cow
Animal of the Day: 'Lady Gaga' is the Most Beautiful Cow in All of Germany http://t.co/LpiUO6LeRl pic.twitter.com/mmNYfwzbmc
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As if any other cow even had a chance.
Lady Gaga, the cow version, has been crowned the cutest bovine in all the land at the German Holstein Show in Oldenburg, Germany. Officially the 'prettiest' cow in attendance, Gaga competed with over 200 other ladies for the coveted title.
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This isn't her first rodeo either. You can see all of Lady Gaga's major accomplishments listed here (in German). Her owner describes her as "modest," but we know she's never afraid to moove into the spotlight.
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Min Jin Lee's profoundly moving and gracefully told tour de force, Pachinko, follows one Korean family through the generations, in exile from a homeland they never knew and caught in the indifferent arc of history. A national bestseller, Pachinko is a New York Times Editor's Choice, an American Booksellers Association's Indie Next Great Reads, and a February Book of the Month for Amazon. Her debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was named one of the Top 10 Novels of the Year by The Times of London, NPR's Fresh Air, and USA Today. Her short fiction has been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. Her writings have appeared in The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, The Times of London, Vogue, Travel+Leisure, Wall Street Journal, and Food & Wine. Her essays and literary criticism have been anthologized widely, and she has served as a columnist for the Chosun Ilbo, the leading paper of South Korea. She has received the NYFA Fellowship for Fiction, the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story, and the Narrative Prize for New and Emerging Writer. She went to Yale College where she was awarded both the Henry Wright Prize for Nonfiction and the James Ashmun Veech Prize for Fiction. She attended law school at Georgetown University and worked as a lawyer for several years in New York prior to writing full time. She lives in New York City with her family.
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