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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.
MEXICO CITY Mexico's governmental rights commission says 84 journalists have been killed in Mexico since 2000, and 20 more have disappeared since 2005.The National Human Rights commission says there have been 39 attacks on journalists' offices or equipment since 2005.Only 12 cases have resulted in convictions, meaning 91 percent have gone unpunished.The commission said Friday that charges have been brought in 15 other cases, but the cases were apparently either dismissed or are still in trial.The commission said the largest number of attacks have occurred in Mexico City, Veracruz, Chiapas, Mexico State and Chihuahua.The agency called on the government to investigate the crimes, because impunity encouraged further attacks.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas suggested at a forum last month that President Obama was helped in his historic 2008 bid by getting the approval of the "elites and the media" for saying "the prescribed things."Thomas made the comments during a CSPAN interview a month ago.Asked if he thought he'd see a black president in his lifetime, Thomas -- who is black, and a conservative -- said he did.But he said the first black president would have to meet certain tests."The thing that I always knew is that it would have to be a black president who was approved by the elites and the media because anybody they didn't agree with, they would take apart," he said. "And that will happen with virtually -- you pick your person, any black person who says something that is not the prescribed things that they expect from a black person will be picked apart. ... So, I always assumed it would be somebody the media had to agree with."Thomas also revealed that he's never had an in-depth conversation with Obama, and has only interacted with him "in passing."