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Gambooge is grown for its fruit in southeast Asia, coastal Karnataka/Kerala, India and west and central Africa. It thrives in most moist forests. Gambooge is one of several closely related Garcinia species from the plant family Guttiferae.[1] With thin skin and deep vertical lobes, the fruit of G. cambogia and related species range from about the size of an orange to that of a grapefruit; G. cambogia looks more like a small yellowish, greenish or sometimes reddish pumpkin.[2] The color can vary considerably. When the rinds are dried and cured in preparation for storage and extraction, they are dark brown or black in color. Along the west coast of South India, G. cambogia is popularly termed "Malabar tamarind," and shares culinary uses with the tamarind (Tamarindus indica). The latter is a small and the former a quite large evergreen tree. G. cambogia is also called "Goraka" or, in some areas, simply "Kattcha puli" (souring fruit). G. cambogia is used primarily in cooking, including in the preparation of curries. The fruit rind and extracts of Garcinia species are called for in many traditional recipes. In the Indian Ayurvedic medicine, "sour" flavors are said to activate digestion.[3] G. cambogia is employed commercially in fish curing, especially in Ceylon (Colombo curing), and various species of Garcinia are used similarly in food preparation in Assam (India), Thailand, Malaysia, Burma and other Southeast Asian countries. The trees can be found in forested areas and also are protected in plantations otherwise given over to pepper, spice and coffee production. In the areas in which it is consumed, G. cambogia is considered to be effective in making meals more "filling." The "Colombo curing" of fish is a commercial enterprise of fish preservation typical of South India which makes use of the antibacterial qualities of the fruit. ("Colombo curing" is especially associated with the island nation of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. - Fish "Ambul Thiyal") Assam fruit is an essential souring ingredient in the Southern Thai variant of kaeng som, a sour curry. The extract and rind of Garcinia cambogia is a curry condiment in India.
May 2, 2013: Shown here is the McLean, Va., home owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, which was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) officials on a report of human trafficking.APFederal officials are investigating reports of human trafficking at the upscale Virginia home of a Saudi military attach, after immigration agents removed two domestic workers from the house earlier this week.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on Tuesday night removed the two alleged victims, Filipino women who claim the Saudi attach confiscated their passports and made them work long hours without pay.MyFoxDC.com reports that one of the women had tried to escape through a gap in the front gate as it was closing.Officials responded to the McLean, Va., home following a tip that two workers were being held in circumstances that amounted to human trafficking.According to real estate records, the Virginia home is owned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces Office. MyFoxDC.com reports that the Saudi Embassy claims the compound is separate from their operation.Immigrations and Customs Enforcement says their investigation is ongoing.ICE is investigating whether there may be other potential victims connected to the home, said John Torres, ICE's special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in the Washington field office. He wouldn't discuss the specific allegations but said that generally in cases of domestic workers, ICE
The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost $4 billion for the Pentagon and another $1 billion or so for Homeland Security Department and NASA.Capitol Hill aides familiar with the White House changes say the administration has identified almost $5 billion in cuts that can be restored under its reading of the arcane budget rules governing the across-the-board cuts, known as sequestration. The calculations would restore $5 billion of the scheduled $85 billion in automatic sequestration cuts.An administration official confirmed the calculations Friday but declined to comment further because the process is ongoing. The official and congressional aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the changes publicly.The move comes amid increasing public pressure to find ways to lessen the impact of sequestration. Federal agencies are warning that the mandatory cuts could mean cutbacks in services. Last week, Congress passed and President Obama signed legislation giving the Federal Aviation Administration the ability to avoid furloughs that were causing flight delays by tapping money in other accounts.The cuts officially began in March after Congress and Obama could not reach an agreement on a broader budget deal. The automatic cuts had been imposed under a hard-fought 2011 debt and budget pact.The cuts have so far failed to live