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July 2003
I wandered through the streets of Aqaba, the historic Jordanian town on the Western tip of the Red Sea. Parked at a hotel an hour's bus ride away, the defunct buggy waited to be resurrected from my seven month absence.
Travel ebs and flows with highs and lows, and this was one of the shit spots.
Crap piled upon more bureaucratic crap. Expired permits, visas, documents, documents.
I found a fast food restaurant and ordered a chicken combo meal. While I sat down, two young Jordanians walked in. They laughed and greeted the pimply kid behind the counter. The first was dressed like someone who shopped at the GAP, with khaki pants and a grey golf shirt. He ordered for both of them and sat in the booth across from me.
"First time to Jordan?" he asked.
"Second time, I just got back from Egypt."
"What of Jordan have you seen?"
I finished chewing my food and swallowed. "I drove around Wadi Rum, went to Petra, and later visited Amman."
A restaurant employee interrupted our conversation. He went over to collect the tray of food. Meanwhile, his friend, who had a greasy mop of black hair and was dressed in grubby jeans, leaned toward me, putting his hand next to his mouth. "The prince," he said. "He's the prince."
I nodded. Maybe he would buy my car, or fix my import permit problem. Then again, I didn't even have my car.
The prince sat back down with his meal. "Where are you headed next?"
"Back to Petra to collect my car, then onto Syria."
I finished my food and left shortly later, forgetting about the encounter until a couple days later.
At the Jordan-Syria border, a thin-haired official perused my expired documents. He took out his calculator and his ferret eyes scanned back and forth. He then wrote down the cost of fines.
"That's crazy!" I said. "Three hundred and twelve dollars for expired permits?"
"Expired by five months," he said.
"But look, I was in Egypt during those five months. I wasn't even driving around Jordan."
"But you left your car here."
"Is there a cheaper way?" I asked, trying to hint at a bribe.
"You can go back to Amman and try to sort out your documents there."
That made sense. Drive around illegally, rack up more fines, and likely go from office to office where nobody had the slighest clue how to help me. Who in Jordan's history had overstayed their temporary import permit and went through bureaucratic channeles to avoid paying the fine - probably nobody. I clenched my documents with frustration. "Do you know who I ate dinner with two nights ago?" I said.
"Never mind." I counted the cash out, handed it to him and went back to the car. At least I'd gotten through.
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CIA able to keep its secrets on budgets, bad apples
From contract fraud and false billing to nepotism and possession of child pornography, wide-ranging accusations of misconduct have surfaced at agencies all across the federal government — even, it turns out, inside the nation's revered spy agency.
But unlike almost all of its federal counterparts, the Central Intelligence Agency's office of inspector general provides no information to the public about the results of its work investigating accusations of misbehaving employees and contractors.
Yet nearly 200 pages of heavily redacted, previously undisclosed CIA documents obtained by The Washington Times through the Freedom of Information Act provide a window into just some of the watchdog's recent activities.
During an 18-month span from July 2010 to December 2011, for instance, the office closed at least a half-dozen cases involving "nonaccredited degrees." Among dozens of other cases, the office also closed three probes stemming from accusations of nepotism and two others involving child pornography, records show.
For the most part, the records released to The Times are so heavily redacted that it's impossible to tell, on a case-bycase basis, whether the internal probes focused on contractors, officers or agents, nor do they provide much detail on the outcomes: whether anyone was prosecuted, fired, suspended or exonerated.
A CIA spokesman said the agency takes swift action in response to misconduct findings.
"Information about possible crimes that comes to light as a result of any investigation is reported to the appropriate law enforcement organization, like the Department of Justice," CIA spokesman Preston Golson said.
"Any information regarding possible crimes against children is referred immediately," he said. "This is a responsibility the CIA takes very seriously."
Among other cases, a technical intelligence officer, a global response staff officer, a project manager, a logistics officer and an adjudicator all came under internal CIA investigations into nonaccredited degrees, records show.
A former office of general counsel attorney was investigated for time and attendance fraud, as was a national clandestine-service officer. A senior manager came under scrutiny for false expense claims. Yet another investigation delved into "possible unauthorized intelligence collection by Directorate of Intelligence Officers," according to records.
Both of the child pornography investigations were closed during the second half of 2010, one stemming from materials found on an agency laptop and other on an agency network.
The documents make no reference to the sex scandal involving David H. Petraeus, and State departments and USAID], the CIA OIG received no supplemental or operational funding during the contingency operations in Iraq, Afghanistan or the War on Terror, and did not forward deploy to the war zones," Mr. Buckley wrote.
He also outlined his office's work on 21 audit reports and six inspection reports covering "various covert action, proprietary, field station and other intelligence activities of the CIA."
Given the agency's penchant for secrecy, however, the docu- could be more transparency without compromising national intelligence.
"Unfortunately, the CIA IG prohibits public access to any specific plans or reports highlighting waste, fraud, abuse or ethics violations," Mr. Amey said.
"It is really hard to imagine that every audit or investigation involves classified programs, methods or sources, and therefore a more balanced position regarding public access should be on the table."
Unlike almost all of its federal counterparts, the Central Intelligence Agency's office of inspector general provides no information to the public about the results of its work investigating
accusations of misbehaving employees and contractors.
who resigned this month as CIA director, but reveal a watchdog agency somewhat hamstrung early this year by budgetary constraints.
"Over the past decade, the resources provided to the OIG have not kept pace with the dramatic growth in CIA operations and spending," CIA Inspector General David B. Buckley wrote in a January report, which detailed his agency's activities over the previous six months.
"In fact, unlike the [inspectors general at the Defense ments weren't released to the public even in redacted form as a matter of policy.
"The CIA inspector general's reports are classified and therefore they are not publicly available," Mr. Golson said Nov. 13. He added, however, that the reports are sent to the CIA's director, who forwards them to intelligence oversight committees in Congress.
Scott H. Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight Group, a nonpartisan watchdog, said there
Former CIA Inspector General Frederick Hitz, an adjunct law professor at the University of Virginia, said he understands the need to keep the work of the internal watchdog secret as well as arguments pushing for more transparency.
But he said the notion that the inspector general's office doesn't have the resources it needs does raise concerns.
"There are plenty of ways in which the CIA IG, if he or she feels strangled for dough, can make that known," Mr. Hitz said.
Mr. Buckley raised concerns about funding in a Jan. 13 letter to Mr. Petraeus that was included in a report on the inspector general's activities.
In the same message to Mr. Petraeus, Mr. Buckley also sought greater statutory authority for the watchdog office.
"As previously reported, I had determined that our ability to best conduct investigations of allegations of wrongdoing by CIA employees and contractors, pertaining to CIA activities, is hampered by the lack of statutory authority to support the conduct of such investigations, enjoyed by the other inspectors general," he wrote.
When he appeared before the Senate in 2010 for a confirmation hearing, Mr. Buckley was asked by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, whether the CIA inspector general's office had all of the powers it needed to operate in a "vigorous and effective" way.
"Madam Chair, I, as I understand the authorities of the office today and the mission that lies ahead … I believe so," he responded at the time.
Mr. Golson said the inspector general's office had, indeed, sought "statutory enhancements" and that the requests have since been sent to congressional oversight committees.
Not the only dirt at CIA: Disgraced former CIA Director and Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus with mistress Paula Broadwell

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Each year the Treasure Island Music Festival attracts folks from all over California for a weekend of cool acts, food, and shopping. But, we'll be frank — what we really stuck around for was the next-level street style (okay, the garlic fries, too).
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Gaddafi's Influential Son Saif Al Islam Is Freed After Extra Than A Decade In Detention – ProTimely
The captors of Saif al-Islam, son and one-time inheritor obvious of Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, say they've launched him after greater than 5 years in detention.
An announcement by the captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, stated Saif al-Islam was launched on Friday, however gave no particulars on his whereabouts.
Battalion officers at Zintan, a city south of the capital Tripoli, confirmed his launch.
Once more, they declined to present additional particulars.
Gaddafi's son was captured by the battalion's fighters late in 2011, the yr when a well-liked rebellion toppled Gaddafi after greater than 40 years in energy.
He was later killed.
The rebellion later grew to become a civil conflict by which Saif al-Islam led Gaddafi's loyalist forces in opposition to the rebels.
Saif al-Islam, whose identify means sword of Islam, was arrested by an armed group and held of their northern hilltop stronghold of Zintan southwest of Tripoli.
Since then he has been in a authorized tug-of-war between the Worldwide Prison Court docket and the Libyan authorities.
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Recipe: King Alfonso Xiii's Salmorejo
I write from the homes of my favorite and flavorite King and Queen. It is in these two exquisite Royal destinations that I get my first ever taste of two most delicious flavors. That King Alfonso XIII was Queen Maria Cristina's son, that both set up almost a century old hotels named after themselves is fabulous enough. That both these palaces retain that gracious, royal touch and food to match is what makes the magic happen. They serve only the best of the best.
Its the best of the best. I'm excited to do a hands-on cooking session at the award winning globally acclaimed Mimo cooking school.
Today, I serve you the finest, most rare, little gems of green peas. They're tiny, seriously tiny and explode with sweetness in my mouth. Rightfully called "green caviar" these peas are also called "tear peas" "guisante lágrima". Highly prized that, once it is shelled, its value reaches around 200 euros a kilogram. Covered with a thin and fibrous delicate skin, which creates the sensation of an "explosion" in the mouth when I bite into the pea, it's skin bursts and the sap and sugars are released. It grows in Spain only for a couple of months a year and I'm blessed to be here just at that right time.It's delicious even raw, but gains flavor when it is slightly steamed or grilled.
I learn how to cook it in the Mimo cooking school is located in the gourmet capital city of Spain San Sebastian. Attached to over a century old iconic palace Maria Cristina beloved of the Royalty Hollywood superstars et al. Here, Chef Jesus Cabellaro and chef Daniel Luque cook up amazing versions of the same "tear peas"
This super glamorous palace hotel combines luxury and high-tech and this outstanding cooking school too. At the handsome, gleaming, well-equipped cooking school, Chef Patricio Fuentes helps me wear my chefs coat and voila it's time for a hands on cooking session. Sportingly, joining us is the dapper dynamo Ned Capeleris who helms Maria Cristina. From the freshest of tear peas we conjure up many an amazing dish. I devour invaluable information about ingredients and cooking techniques from both.
The award winning Mimo, set up by Jon Warren is truly unique, It's a food travel company whose culinary tours pintxo tours wine tastings are legendary. And now it has added on a private jet tour to explore the deliciousness of Spain and to take cooking classes too. Talk of taking gourmet to new heights!!
What do flamenco, the cold vegetable soups, gazpacho and salmorejo have in common? I am in the birthplace region of all three, Please take a look at the accompanying photograph. I invited the graceful flamenco dancer to be part of the photograph because we are in the beautiful, historic city of Seville. The birthplace of the flamenco.
We re in the historic landmark of Seville built by the Uber stylish king Alfonso XIII this stunning palace was built as a hotel owned by the City of Seville has a beautiful museum meticulously put together by the dynamic Carlo Suffredini. I love the Moorish Renaissance Baroque styles of architecture. The list of regulars is endless… OmarShariff, TomCruise, Sophia Loren.Im as excited to learn the recipe of Salmorejo, to do the Mimo tapas tasting tour with the knowledgable Aldaras as I am to take my first lesson in flamenco (in a flamenco dress from Lina, Spain's finest flamenco dress designer ). I had no idea that it originated in the 7th to the 9th centuries here in Spain or that UNESCO declared flamenco one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Or that the beautiful
Gothic Seville Cathedral is the site of Christopher Columbus's tomb.
King Alfonso XIII 's recipe for "salmorejo" :
Ingredients for 6 persons:
1 kilo ripe tomatoes
200 grms rustic white bread
100 ml extra virgin olive oil.
1 clove garlic.
Salt to taste.
Grated hard boiled egg.
Finley diced a corn fed Iberian cured ham.
Extra virgin olive oil.
Method: Wash well the tomatoes, it is important that the tomatoes are at room temperature before you blitz them.
Blitz the tomatoes in a kitchen blender.
In a bowl break up the bread to walnut sized pieces.
Cover with the blitzed tomato, and let rest for 10-15 minutes.
Add the clove of garlic and blitz again.
Lastly we add the olive oil, it is important that the olive oil is good quality as this will help to achieve a proper emulsion.And the end result will be a creamy and thick.
Season. Chill.
Spoon the salmorejo into previously chilled bowls and garnish with grated hard boiled egg, diced acorn fed Iberian cured ham, and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
Foodie travellers, your attention please! This is it. This beautiful seaside San Sebastian is Spain's gourmet capital. It has more Michelin stars per capita than anywhere else in the world and moreover you just cannot have a bad meal here.I write from this sunny cool and stunningly beautiful, Belle Époque architecture studded city. For sure San Sebastian is just the perfect destination for taking a cooking lesson and that too in the best of the best… Mimo cooking school. Attached to over a century old iconic palace Maria Cristna hotel, beloved of the Royalty (named after Queen Maria Cristina) Hollywood superstars this super glamorous palace hotel combines luxury and high-tech and this outstanding cooking school too. At the handsome, gleaming, well-equipped cooking school, Chef Patricio Fuentes helps me wear my chef's coat and voila it's time for a hands on cooking session. Sportingly, joining us is the dapper dynamo Ned Capelaris who helms Maria Cristina. From the freshest of ingredients, we conjure up many an amazing dish. I devour invaluable information about ingredients and cooking techniques from both. After all I'm not only attending the most iconic cooking school but also cooking with the icons.
Did you know that Spain produced the most heady and fabulous black truffles? Or that it's delicious baby eels cost as much as the price of gold? And nobility and aristocracy for over five centuries continues to produce the most exquisite olive oil? Im learning and eating and tasting, attending discussions at a rapid speed. Making the most of my time at the most prestigious 16th edition of Madrid Fusion. This global food congress magnetises the finest from around the world; over a 100 chefs from 15 countries , technical demos, training workshops. Its all here…from discussions on haute cuisine and copyright, wine tastings to new generation of rebellious cooks. Orchestrating it all is Esmeralda Capel and family, Ofcourse many a Michelin starred maestro, here, like Mario Sandoval ( holding the black truffles) Im Tasting the finest and rarest olive oils made by Aristocracy (Marques de Grinon, Xandra falcons Alonso Marchesi de Valdueza) going on guided Tapas tours and most importantly devouring knowledge. Bliss!
I'm star-struck in Spain! From the sparkling with flavour and texture pintxos and other dishes to the superstar chefs I meet and dine with. From the legendary Juan Marie Arzak, the father of Modern Spanish cuisine to our very own Chef Vineet Bhatia who has just received a Michelin star. Even the luxurious iconic century old San Sebastian Hotel, named after Queen Maria Cristina is the superstar hotel of superstars. Not only was it a beloved of Liz Taylor, Bette Davis and others but even today Ned Capeleris ensures that it magnetizes the best. Chef Miguel Piniero distils delicious Spain on our plates. And somewhere through my gourmet meal here, I get to know that Shah Rukh Khan stayed and loved it here too. Starry, starry Spain!
Stop press. I report from gastronomy's seventh heaven…what else can a city be called when it has the second largest number of Michelin stars in the world? And not only is this stunningly beautiful seaside city of San Sebastian the nurturing ground for these awesomely brilliant chefs but (aptly enough) hosts the world famous food conference Gastronomika.
High-octane discussions and talks by leading chefs, real time tastings while the cooking is taking place, cooking classes, pintxo tours and more. The chefs from the third and fourth best restaurants in the world (Joan Roca and Mauro Colagreco) share their secrets. At the glittering launch event, Juan Marie Arzak the father of modern Basque cuisine graced the occasion, Michel Bras was felicitated by the dynamic director Roser Torres (who sportingly wore an Indian salwar kameez).Also sharing their knowledge and experiences were many an awesome international chef. And to top it all, our very own Indian chefs were the guests of honour.
Together, they served up a delicious overview which was mind-blowingly comprehensive and at the same time personalized. India's thousand-year-old tradition and the latest avant-garde innovations glittered with equal intensity.
First time ever. An Awesome star cast of award winning Indian chefs from around the world got together. Ive attended many an international conference, but never has there been such a constellation of superstar Indian chefs.
Each one a maestro in his own right gave the world a taste of incredible India. Literally too. Happily ive not only dined at each ones superb restaurants in London Bangkok Delhi Chennai Mumbai and Sanfrancisco but also given them our very own Times Food Awards and applauded them as chairperson of the Indian subcontinent of Asias50best and Worlds50best Restaurant academies. Each one dazzled through their presentations and cooking demonstrations held in the huge auditorium of the sprawling and well-equipped Kursaal .
Crowned Asias best chef three years in a row and the worlds7th best, Gaggan Anand enthralled the audience as he shared his secrets and cooked up his Indian progressive magic. Presenting the philosophy and diversity of our cuisine was Manjit Singh Gill.
,the treasure house of knowledge Ayurveda and cooking. From San Francisco, Michelin starred Quilon's Srijith Gopinathan kept us fascinated with his presentation of "India de luxe" As did our other Michelin starred chef Sriram Aylur of London's Quilon on "Extreme spices of the South". Yet another Michelin starred chef Vineet Bhatia of Indego 's fascinating presentation on "harmony and complexity" was followed by the deliciously riveting one of the only Indian restaurant (from India) on Asias 50 best list, Manish Mehrotra of Indian Accent's talk and demo on "Indian emotional avant-garde".
The secrets of the North: "Dum" cooking were wonderfully revealed by Dum Pukht's Gulam Quereshi.
Exotic flavors of the South were brilliantly presented by Praveen Anand of Daksin as was "Tandoor explosion" by Bukhara's J.P. Singh Bombay Canteen s gifted Thomas Zacharias presentation on "Wild India" was eye-opening. "European language, Indian feelings" was the fascinating subject of Masala Library s bright young chef Saurabh Udinia's talk.Team incredible India received thunderous applause. Well deserved. Kudos.
Through it all, we were delighted at how each and every chef cooked and served up atleast one dazzling vegetarian dish. From Manish Mehrotra's chat patta chaat with a twist to Royal Vega's Varun Mohan's "Timoori aloo" . The highlight is that not only Varun himself vegetarian but Royal Vega our only purely vegetarian pan Indian fine dine restaurant. He shares with us the recipe he demonstrated in the Gastronomika.
Serve: 4
½ kg Baby Potato
2 cup Greek yoghurt plain
Salt To taste
½ tea spoon Fresh lemon juice
1tea spoon Green chilies paste
1 tea spoon Ginger paste
½ tea spoon Timoor freshly pounded (Himalayan Pepper)
½ tea spoon Red Chili flakes
1 tea spoon Cardamom powder
¼ tea spoon Nutmeg powder
¼ tea spoon Mace powder
1 cup Cream
2 Table spoon Ghee
2 pieces TejPatta
¼ tea spoon Cumin seeds
½ cup Onions, finely chopped
¼ tea spoon Saffron, dissolve in a tea spoon of warm water
Wash, pat dry, prick cut potatoes into halves
Boil with salt until tender.
Drain and cool.
In a bowl add yogurt, lemon juice, ginger paste, green chili paste pounded timoor, red chili flakes, cardamom, nutmeg, mace powder, salt and cream, mix well.
Marinate potatoes in this mixture. for 35 – 40 minutes.
On medium heat, in a heavy bottom pan, put ghee tejpatta, cumin, stir 30 seconds, saute onion.
Add marinated potatoes. Bring to boil, stir. Cover. reduce heat. cook for 10 to 12 minutes. Sprinkle saffron. Serve.
P.S. Aptly enough, I was taken to lunch to KM.0 (hold your breath) a pure vegetarian restaurant by Gemma Moliner and dream team. It served up delicious and amazing creations. And ofcourse I feasted on Michelin starred restaurants…what a line up…Arzak (Juan Marie Arzak and his daughter Elena Arzak thrill) Mugaritz, Akellare, Mirador de Ullia…Was dazzled by them. As by the Gastronomika and our very own team Incredible India.
Historic Celebration
I was privileged to get a taste of modern era's culinary history-in-the-making. It was a historic feast in every sense of the term. Never before have such great chefs come together and shared their views on the future of gastronomy… Ferran Adrià (Spain), René Redzepi (Denmark), Joan Roca (Spain), Massimo Bottura (Italy) and Daniel Humm and Will Guidara (partners; New York). Each of their restaurants has been at No. 1 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants over the last decade. The who's who of gastronomy flew in to Barcelona only to celebrate the World's Most influential giant of gastronomy, `World's 50 Best Restaurant Academy's' 15th birthday. Since inception, the `World's 50 Best' has been shaping the global culinary landscape. It has once again created history. May your 15 turn to a 115. Happy 15th Birthday!
The Edible Heart Of Art
I'm thrilled to art in sunny Barcelona. Every conceivable form of art, breathing art, seeing art, hearing art and of course tasting art. Over the years, Barcelona has been my most favourite city which has nurtured global superstars of art, architecture and cuisine. I've been a constant and ardent fan of trailblazers Antonio Gaudi, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and of course my culinary hero Ferran Adria. I have luxuriated in their immortal art forms and dining at Ferran Adria's El Bulli was an experience I'll treasure forever. And this time, thanks to my ever helpful friend in China, Vito Romeo, I even stay in the aptly named and the stunning Hotel Arts, designed by the globally renowned architect Frank Gehry.
Please take a look at the accompanying photograph, the intriguing flying Fish sculpture that you see, is named after a Spanish dance (Sardana) performed in front of the cathedral and for sure the Hotel Arts, while not a cathedral has a similar dominating presence. And standing below is the brilliant Calatan chef Antonio Saez , who at a very young age worked as chef de cuisine in a three Michelin starred restaurant. He masterminds the wealth of dining options here and shares with me amazing insights about Spanish cuisine. The dapper and dynamic Raul Salcido helms this 25 year old iconic landmark and ensures that it delivers superb food and equally superior service.
All under one roof; A mind blowing wealth of dining options, I dine at two Michelin-starred Chef Paco Pérez's Enoteca. And am blown away by his sheer genius and creativity which fuses textures and flavours into a delicious parade of dishes.
Lunching on Michelin starred Chef Sergi Arola's fresh ingredients straight from the Boqueria market is a treat.
Seafood from all the coastlines of the world dazzle at Marina, which is situated in the gardens with views of the Mediterranean.
Its always been my most favourite summer soup. The very simple to make, Gazpacho. Not sure whether it's recipe finds place in the first ever culinary book which was written in Barcelona in the 12th century.
And though Barcelona has assimilated cosmopolitan cultures, over a 1000 years, it continues to hold it''s own roots, culture, language and cuisine in high regard.
I am fascinated by this complex yet amazingly simple cuisine and the high state of gastronomy in Catalonia. And thanks to Chef Antonio Saez I taste and learn more about it.
Interestingly, Gazpacho may be served as a starter, main dish, or tapas. Its old and original recipe includes garlic paste, bread, olive oil, vinegar and salt. Chef Antonio points out "You can many different kinds of gazpachos. Cherry gazpacho, beetroot gazpacho or peach gazpacho", he explains, "What you need to do is, change 1/3 of the weight of the tomato for cherries, peach or beetroot.You will have a totally different gazpacho."
1.5 kg of plum tomatoes/400g of cucumber
150g of green capsicum/50g of onion
500ml of mineral water/½ garlic clove
250g of Extra virgin olive oil/25g of cider/ vinegar/ Salt
Blend all the ingredients, but not the vinegar and salt. Using an upright blender, blend for 5 minutes at maximum power, pass through a fine sieve and keep in the fridge. Adjust seasoning with the salt and vinegar.
Serve very cold in soup plates, finish with garlic croutons, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Crowned the "worlds best restaurant" five times over, Spanish wizard Ferran Adria's "El Bulli" was a phenomenon. I was fortunate enough to have dined here, before Adria shut it. This is where Ferran Adria coaxed science to copulate with imagination and deliver brilliant surprises in texture, temperature and taste. His innovation of "molecular gastronomy" (though he hats the word) continues to inspire the world.
Multi-sensorial Techno-emotion cuisine seduces at worlds best (twice over) Located an hours drive out of Barcelona, the three Roca brothers fuse science, poetry, melody, into an orchestra of flavours & textures & memories & stories. This is my second dinner here and once again I come away thrilled.
My last meal at the Michelin starred Disfrutar (means Enjoy) more than lives up to it's name. The brilliant chefs Mateu Casañas, Oriol Castro and Eduard Xatruch conjure a delicious extravaganza of innovative surprises.
Healthy Gourmet
I am feasting non-stop. And I'm on a "controlled diet" in a state of the art wellness clinic in the stunningly beautiful Spanish Mediteranean coast. Not only is the food delicious and views delectable but I'm also devouring facts about food at a rapid pace.
Ancient wisdom is tangoing with the most advanced western techniques. Here in the globally acknowledged SHA wellness clinic, nutrition and natural methods are the core. Healthy-Ageing and non-invasive Aesthetic Medicine completes this well-being of the mind and the body of the SHA method.
How amazing is this? SHA 's healthy and therapeutic menu was awarded the Millesime ́s highest recognition for the Best Gastronomic Trend Grand. Healthy can be gourmet and this propelled me to take cooking lessons in their Mediterranean and Japanese Macrobiotic traditions.
The SHA food pyramid upholds the recommendations from the World Health Organisation
Driving this award winning wellness clinic is the Battaler family, Not only did the father Alfredo Battaler set up this clinic because he found a natural and unique solution to his life threatening health problems but his three sons take an equally passionate interest in it. I'm thrilled to meet the dapper Alfredo Bataller Pineda and watch chefs Andres Moran and Carlos Garcia in action. I also attend a chefs studio class and get the recipe of the unique gluten free, sugar free, dairy free carrot cake which also has ginger and turmeric and lemon. Should you want the recipe please tweet Instagram @rashmiudaysingh email me email@example.com
Best of the best
East is meeting West. Ancient wisdom is tangoing with the most advanced western techniques. Here in the globally acknowledged wellness clinic (aptly called SHA, which means luminosity or king of kings in Arabic) nutrition and natural methods form the core of the fabulous SHA Method. Healthy-Ageing and non-invasive Aesthetic Medicine completes this well-being of the mind and the body.
Here, I am feasting on the amazing food, the knowledge and the brilliant sunshine and views. SHA wellness clinic sits like royalty on a beautiful Spanish mountainside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, part of the Sierra Helada Natural Park, by the picturesque ancient town of Villa de Altea. This mild micro-climate of the area guarantees fantastic temperatures all year around, the area recognized by the World Health Organization as having one of the World"s best climates, this in itself being an important factor for the maintenance of optimum health.
Turn your stumbling blocks into stumbling stones seems to be the life mantra of the dapper and dynamic Alfredo Bataller Parietti. He suffered from serious life threatening health problems for over thirty years. He was lucky enough to meet a doctor who was a leading expert in nutrition and natural therapies, who is now a member of SHA medical team. Mr Bataller experienced the body's auto-healing power through a natural diet and natural therapies, And so was born his desire to share this knowledge and well-being and health. And SHA wellness was set up in the very location of their family home.This is how SHA Wellness Clinic was born. The SHA Method combines the effective elements of healthy nutrition and the curative powers of natural therapies with SHA Academy, a dynamic and practical programme of educational activities.
How amazing is this? SHA 's healthy and therapeutic menu was awarded the Millesime ́s highest recognition for the Best Gastronomic Trend Grand of 2009 and a Sun in the Repsol Guide 2011. Healthy can be gourmet and this propelled me to take cooking lessons and learn more about it. SHA"s main restaurant, SHAMADI, offers the most select modern cuisine, fusing Mediterranean and Japanese Macrobiotic traditions, and always prepared with natural organic ingredients.
The SHA food pyramid upholds the recommendations from the World Health Organisation and to a great extent it is in line with what the Harvard University of Medicine proposed as being the most suitable diet for humans.
Interestingly, the philosophy of macrobiotics goes back 1000s of years; and here they combine it with the Mediterranean Diet too. Most of the foods used at SHA have also been eaten by the world's most healthy and long standing cultures including China, Japan, India, Middle East and the Mediterranean. SHA offers wholesome, honest food, grains, beans, vegetables, sea vegetables, nuts, and seeds,plus various seasonings, herbs, sugar-free desserts and fish. Most of the foods are living, local, organic, and seasonal which means they are full of energy, nutrition, and antioxidants. They help to keep us young and vital. And chef Andres Moran, the patisseur extraordinaire's desserts, be it the gianduja, the tiramisu, chocolate mousse dazzle with their taste and nutrition.
Here im learning at a rapid pace, attending talks, yoga, tai-chi, chi-kung, relaxation, breathing and laughter therapy and take a lesson in cooking at the Chefs studio. Chef Raquel Rocha shows me a step by step method to bake a gluten free, sugar free, dairy free carrot cake. It also has ginger and curcumin (turmeric) and lemon zest. Its yum.
Ingredients for cake 12g Arrow root,130g Corn flour. 85g Rice flavor, 4g Bicarbonate
10g Baking powder.2g Salt
2g Ginger zest, 5g Lemon zest 3g Cinnamon powder.250g Agave syrup
100g Sunflower oil.150g Rice cream
300g Zest of carrot
Mix all ingredients, the liquids first and then mix in the dry ones. Put this batter in a cake tray in the oven for 30min in the temperature 160oC.
Ingredients for cream
800g Coconut milk,200g Rice syrup
15g Cinnamon sticks,15g Orange zest
1gr Curcuma, 8g Agar agar
Mix all ingredients and warm till boiling. Cover the pot and leave for 10min to infuse. Run through the strainer and leave for cooling.
Blend till reach creamy and smooth texture and layer onto the cake. Decorate with carrot crisps (optional) and edible flowers (optional).
Enjoy! Guiltfree!


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Great Barrington Help Another Hiker Off Monument Mountain
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Chief Charles Burger reports that the Fire Department rescued a 60-year-old injured hiker from Monument Mountain on Monday afternoon.
On Aug. 29, at 2:41 p.m. firefighters, along with Southern Berkshire Ambulance, responded to Monument Mountain on a report of a hiker who had fallen on the Squaw Peak trail a short distance from the top. The man had injured his ankle and was unable to walk.
Sheffield and Egremont fire departments were immediately called in for assistance to provide their ATVs and manpower, along with the Western Mass Technical Rescue Team.
The first responding crew found the man, who was hiking the trail with a friend, stable but unable to put weight on his ankle. Because he was at a very steep location on the trail, Great Barrington firefighters rigged a rope system to safely lower him almost 150 feet down the mountain with assistance from the Western Mass Tech Rescue Team. Crews then carried the man a quarter mile to the farthest point ATVs could reach and he was safely secured on the vehicle and transferred off the mountain. The hiker declined medical attention and was transported home by his friend.
In total, about 30 rescue personnel responded to the incident, which took approximately 2 1/2 hours. All crews cleared the scene by 5:30 p.m.
This is Great Barrington's third rescue involving an injured hiker on Monument Mountain this month. The Great Barrington Fire Department also assisted the Monterey Fire Department on Friday with an injured hiker on the Appalachian Trail in Beartown State Forest.
Monterey and Stockbridge Fire Departments covered additional incidents in Great Barrington during the call, including a vehicle crash where a car caught fire in front of Monument Mountain Reservation that was unrelated to the rescue.
"I would like to thank Great Barrington's firefighters for their hard work, along with the other agencies who have routinely assisted us. It is a strenuous, time consuming job and yesterday's incident demonstrated team work at its best," Burger said. "Thankfully, the man suffered only a minor injury."
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Pittsfield Warehouse Goes Up in Flames
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The J.B. Paper Co. on Elmvale Place went up in flames on Monday night.
Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Noyes said there was fire and smoke coming out of the back of the building when firefighters arrived.
"We realized immediately that it had spread rapidly prior to our arrival," he said, adding, "The fire was ahead of us right from the get-go ... within 10 minutes it had broken through the roof in one spot."
He said there was no attempt to enter the building because it was unsafe and that sections began to collapse not longer after arriving.
"It's a building that's been vacant for years," Noyes said. "We've known this has been coming for years. ... We've been out here a bunch of times to pre-plan it."
The call for a second alarm brought in all off-duty firefighters; it went to a third alarm when mutual aid was requested.
Two ladder-truck towers — one set up by Pittsfield and the other by Dalton — were attempting to "surround and drown" the flames from above on one side and hoses are also being sprayed on the other side to contain the conflagration.
There are now at least seven fire companies on scene: Pittsfield, Dalton, Lenox, Richmond, Cheshire, Lanesborough and Hinsdale. Adams is covering the Pittsfield station.
The former paper company was vacant but still had some items inside. Noyes said there was some popping heard but nothing in there was believed to be out of the ordinary for an old mill.
He confirmed that there were initial water supply problems because of the nearby mains, leading to a reliance on tankers early on. Tankers from various Berkshire County fire departments were shuttling in water to fill a portable tank for use in fighting the fire.
Lines were laid all the way down Elmvale Place from Wahconah Street as well as from a hydrant at Pine Cone Hill, where a gate was opened to allow access to that end of Elmvale.
Workers from the city's Water Department came in to switch valves to ensure that water was flowing where it was needed.
"We now have adequate water to do what we're doing," Noyes said.
The cause of the fire won't be known for some time, if ever. State fire investigators were expected to arrive on Tuesday.
For now, firefighters are continuing their defensive posture and keeping a collapse perimeter as a safety precaution since sections of the 1916 mill have already dropped.
"Everyone on the scene is handling things professionally," Noyes said. "We're getting a lot of out-of-town help ... they're doing a great job."
There were no reported injuries but firefighters were going to be working through the night. County Ambulance was on scene.
"I expect we'll be here at least all night if not into the day tomorrow," Noyes said.
The initial two-alarm fire was reported at about 8 p.m. at the century-old building. By 9:30, the roof on the building was caving in.
There are at least six mills or warehouse buildings along Elmvale Place, a small road off Wahconah street and next to Pittsfield Cemetery. The paper company is the last building on the street.
The flames were so high, they turned the sky orange and lit up the neighborhood. Crowds gathered in the Pine Cone Hill parking lot and on Wahconah street. The glow could be seen for miles.
Wahconah Street is closed to through traffic from Elmvale to Peck's Road. There are a lot of firetrucks in the area so avoid it possible. Heavy smoke is also filling the neighborhood.
According to documents on file at the Registry of Deeds, building is held by BM Realty Co., operating as J.B. Paper Co., which lists the late Gerald Binder as principal. Binder had run the paper company, his family business, for more than 50 years. He died in 2009.
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Adams Woman Killed in One-Car Crash on Route 112
ASHFIELD, Mass. — A 67-year-old Adams woman was killed in a single-car crash on Monday afternoon on Route 112 in Ashfield.
State police, who are investigating the incident, said the victim's identity would not be immediately released on Monday night.
Late Tuesday the woman was identified as Theresa Mille.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that the Toyota Corolla she was driving flipped over the guardrail on the northbound lane. The accident occurred between Sears Road and the Three Sisters Sanctuary.
The crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. and caused the northbound lane to be closed for about an hour during the on-scene investigation.
Troopers assigned to the Shelburne Falls Barracks and the state police Collision Analysis Reconstruction Section, State Police Detective Unit and Crime Scene Services Section, along with Ashfield Fire Department, responded to calls of the car crash.
The woman died as a result of her injuries. Her male passenger was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield for unknown injuries. His name also was not being released.
State Police said no further information was available at this time.
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Passenger Killed When Sedan Flips in Lenox Downtown
LENOX, Mass. — An elderly woman from the state of Florida was killed Wednesday afternoon after the car she was riding in collided three other vehicles, traveled through the Walker and Main street intersection and flipped over to land on the lawn of Adams Community Bank.
Nancy Goessel, 88, of Naples, Fla., was extricated using a Jaws of Life and was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was pronounced dead at 4:29 p.m.
Senior Officer Timothy Sheehan and Officers Jacob Stringer and William Colvin were awaiting shift change at the Lenox Police Station at 2:13 on Wednesday afternoon when they were alerted to a loud crash at the intersection of Walker Street (Route 183) and Main Street at the Paterson-Egleston Monument.
According to police, a preliminary investigation has revealed that a 2011 Jaguar 4D sedan, operated by 88-year-old William Goessel of Naples, was westbound on Walker Street and swerved into an eastbound Ford Explorer, operated by Robert Rodgers of Monterey.
Goessel then sideswiped an occupied, but parked 2012 Volkswagen Jetta and continued westbound on Walker Street in the eastbound lane while accelerating.
The Jaguar travelled over the curb and lawn at the Revolutionary War obelisk and onto the north side of the monument with such force that it was propelled into the air at some points. The Jaguar, while airborne, then collided with a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta operated by Jorja Flaherty of Pittsfield that was carrying an infant passenger properly secured in a carseat in the rear seat.
The Jaguar landed near the sidewalk at Adams Community Bank, flipped and landed on its roof on the bank's lawn. William and Nancy Goessel were the only passengers in the Jaguar. William Goessel, Flaherty, and the infant were also transported to Berkshire Medical Center. All victims were transported by three ambulances from the County Ambulance service.
The Lenox Police were assisted by the Lenox Fire Department, the Lee and Stockbridge police departments, state police from the Lee barracks, the State Police Crime Scene Services and Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and several witnesses and bystanders who were at the scene.
This case remains under investigation and, currently, there are no criminal charges.
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This game is boring and sometimes frustrating. I have never gotten over 13 seconds (1,300 points), so I am going to take the easy challenge of Abigail today, especially since I do not have much time before leaving for a road trip and do not want to try flash games with my mobile broadband if I do not have to. Got enough of that inconsistent playing Altador Cup over the summer while I was on my 75 day road trip. Anyways the prize for beating Abigail is Spiky Darigan Candle Holder.


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The Pound is trading at a one-month low against the Euro due to tracking the single currency's gains against the US Dollar. Against the Dollar the Pound has remained trading above a one-month high, edging upwards and above the important 1.60 mark.
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Deepening concerns over the negotiations on the 'fiscal cliff' caused the 'Greenback' to weaken against virtually all of its main currency rivals. The Australian Dollar and Japanese Yen were the biggest winners of the weakening currency.
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Australian Dollar
The 'Aussie' has strengthened against most of its currency rivals despite the release of a number of disappointing economic data reports. Annual economic growth slowed to 3.1% due to a slowdown in the mining sector but GDP increased by 0.5% falling from 0.6% in the previous quarter.
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New Zealand Dollar
The 'Kiwi' is holding steady ahead of today's Reserve Bank meeting that will decide any changes to the nation's interest rate and Bank governor Graeme Wheelers monetary policy speech. Wheeler is expected to keep the rate at its current 2.5% level in his first full monetary policy review, while noting the deteriorating economic data in recent months. An overly negative speech will likely see the 'Kiwi' make a decline.
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The 'Loonie' has strengthened against its US relation after the Bank of Canada kept interest rates on hold at 1%. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney, who recently said he will take the reins at the Bank of England next July, has been signalling a need to raise the main policy rate since April, making Canada the only industrialized economy to lean toward a rate increase. The currency is trading just above parity.
South African Rand
The Rand has firmed due to a technical correction to the US Dollar and the return of investor risk appetite from renewed efforts to resolve the Euro crisis. Any gains are expected to be limited however, as uncertainty still remains over the leadership of the ANC leadership election due to be held next month.
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There are a lot of misconceptions about travelling to North Korea (they prefer to be called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK). Many people have no idea you can actually visit the place, and have no idea about the existence of travel blogs like these. I hope I can shed some light with this post.
First of all: yes, it is possible for you to travel to North Korea. Currently there are no restrictions on nationalities, except for South Koreans, who are not allowed to visit their neighbouring country. Yes, Americans can visit North Korea (with some limitations, for example you can't use the train to enter or exit the country). Japanese are allowed to visit the country as well.
There is absolutely no reason for your trip to North Korea to be expensive. In fact, these trips are only slightly more expensive than any other trip you can make, while all the more memorable. You should take note of the fact that all trips are eventually booked through KITC – or the Korea International Travel Company. This is the only North Korean tourism company which regulates all tourism. However, you will have to book your tour through an external, Western company. Popular options include Uri Tours, Young Pioneer Tours and Koryo Tours.
After having booked your trip you can enter the country in several ways, by train, by plane or by foot. Honestly, even though I haven't crossed the border by foot, all options should be great. The North Korean air carrier, air Koryo, is a proper airline, and you shouldn't be disturbed by its reputation. The 24 hour train ride from Beijing is also excellent (you can read more about this here).
Your visit to the country itself will be safe and spectacular. There will not be much room for wandering about on your own, and the itinerary will be a busy one. But you will be sure to have the time of your life!


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Why does adoption of RFID always seem to lag behind forecasts? Experts say there are good reasons, including:
- Benefits aren't always easily understood by potential users.
- Process changes take time, especially when people must be re-trained and machines must be re-programmed.
- Developing the infrastructure for RFID calls for major capital investment.
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From the pages of Design News
|RFID: Beyond the Drive for Five
|Charles J. Murray, Senior Technical Editor — 4/24/2006
For almost a decade, the "nickel tag" has loomed unattainably on the horizon. Chief information officers have waited patiently for it. Experts have forecast a role for it in "trillions" of everyday products. The European Central Bank has even been rumored to be hatching a plan to weave the five-cent Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags into the fabric of its currency. There is, it seems, no limit to the reach of RFID once that five-cent goal is attained.
Still, vendors are showing there's more to RFID than nickel tags.
"We've been talking about the mythical five-cent price point for years," notes Mike Liard, RFID practice director for Venture Development Corp. "Is it possible? Yes. But it may not necessarily be the type of tag you're looking for."
Indeed, makers of RFID chips and so-called "inlays" (which include chip, antenna and substrate) know this, which is why most haven't rushed to put nickel tags on the market. Instead, they've been content to cut prices at a steady rate of about 5 to 10 percent per year since 2000, while simultaneously improving the technology. As a result, users of the tags are already employing them in applications undreamed of a decade ago, despite their inability to reach the elusive nickel price point. At McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, for example, "bag tags" with dual dipole antennae are attached to luggage to ensure that RFID readers in the handling system can communicate with all bags, no matter their orientation on conveyor belts. Such dual-antenna tags haven't reached rock-bottom price points, but at roughly 20 cents apiece, they offer capabilities nickel tags couldn't match today. Similarly, retailers have begun using tags with specialized antennae to enable garments buried in stacks to successfully "talk" to RFID readers. Again, cheaper tags would be unlikely to achieve such feats.
The bottom line is that while RFID vendors have been lowering their prices and improving their technology, they've been carving out new niches for themselves. Increasingly, RFID tags are being used on pallets, cartons, garments, luggage, DVD cases, pill bottles and library books. And in the future, experts foresee more use in low-cost everyday items, from lipstick cases to cereal boxes. While they won't replace the bar code any time soon, they nevertheless offer non-line-of-sight capability, which means they can gather information of their whereabouts without being individually handled. As a result, they're capable of deterring theft and counterfeiting.
"RFID is not labor intensive," notes Sanjay Sarma, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and research director for MIT's Auto-ID Center. "It gives you information you can't get with a bar code, unless you have an army of people scanning every product."
Cost Still KeyAnd then there's that issue of the nickel tag. At costs of 10 to 20 cents apiece and up, RFID tags are still far more expensive than bar codes, which is why the drive to five continues.
"The state of momentum within the industry toward the five-cent mark is very healthy," Sarma says. "The good news is that it has gone beyond research. It's moved into development, and a lot of companies are looking to go to five cents."
Whether or not five cents is their ultimate goal, makers of chips and inlays alike have targeted lower cost. Chip designer Impinj Inc., for example, is cutting costs through a novel semiconductor approach that enables the company to capture low-cost CMOS techniques and apply them to RFID devices. Unlike conventional RFID chipmakers, which typically use extra photo masks and process steps to create on-board, non-volatile EEPROM or Flash memories on RFID chips, Impinj engineers use "self-adaptive silicon." Using the technique, they create special transistors containing gates that are able to store bits of memory. By fabricating such transistors, they can make non-volatile memories without resorting to the extra photo masks and steps required in EEPROMs or Flash.
"Self-adaptive silicon enables us to make non-volatile memory with the simplest of CMOS processes," says Dimitri Desmons, vice president of marketing for Impinj.
Impinj engineers say that self-adaptive technology can potentially cut pennies from chip costs. Moreover, such technologies reduce costs even further when combined with high-volume assembly methodologies, such as those developed by Alien Technology. Alien, which employs a technique known as Fluidic Self-Assembly (FSA), recently announced it has cut inlay costs to a scant 12.9 cents apiece through its efforts. Its assembly technique, originally developed by a company founder who was playing a child's game that required him to maneuver steel balls into tiny slots, reportedly allows the company to package as many as 2 million chips per hour into RFID tags, compared to 10,000 per hour using conventional methods. The trick, the company says, is to suspend the tiny semiconductor devices in a liquid and then "flow" them across the holes, where they drop in and self-align. The self-assembly technology, combined with growing production volume, enabled Alien to cut its tag costs by nearly 50 percent recently, down from 23 cents apiece.
Other vendors have attacked the cost issue from a different perspective. Symbol Technologies, for example, has cut the cost of its tags through multiple efforts, not the least of which is its move from silver to aluminum antennae. The company, which makes high-performance RFID systems, was able to move from the higher conductivity of silver to the lower conductivity of aluminum by developing an on-chip "charge pump" that helps boost the continuity and strength of RF signals coming to the antenna.
Symbol has employed the antenna on so-called bag tags used at McCarran International Airport. Integrating two antennae oriented 90 degrees from one another, the RFID tags are virtually assured of being able to communicate with the airport's RFID readers, no matter how bags are tossed onto conveyor belts.
"If you wanted to have a lower cost solution where one antenna would work, the bags would have to be oriented in a certain way, and they'd have to pass the reader in a certain way," says Alan McNabb, senior director of product management for Symbol's RFID tags. "But with our tag, the orientation of the bag doesn't matter."
An 'Internet of Things'Such technologies are making in-roads for RFID. Symbol, for example, has placed similar technologies on pill bottles for the counterfeit-wary pharmaceutical industry.
"The pharmaceutical industry has a huge issue with counterfeit product coming through the market," says Dirk Morgenroth, marketing manager for RFID for Philips Semiconductors. "They've been very vocal about using RFID."
Manufacturers — including Philips, Texas Instruments, Inpinj and Alien — have also landed their RFID products on shirts, pant and sweaters in the fashion industry, as well as in library books, and on DVD and CD cases.
The industry's biggest score to date, however, could be in the works in Europe, where the European Central Bank is rumored to be working with vendors on weaving RFID into the fabric of its bank notes. The technology — most probably incorporated in larger bills — would enable money to carry its own history. Hence, it would become more difficult for kidnappers to ask for "unmarked bills." It would also enable law enforcement agencies to "follow the money" in illegal transactions.
The project, originally reported in such publications as Wired and EE Times, was supposed to take effect in Europe's 2005 currency. Hitachi Ltd., which announced in February that it has developed the world's smallest RFID chip, measuring just 0.4 × 0.4 mm × 7.5 µm, has often been linked with the Euro reports. Hitachi, however, denies it has worked on such a project. A European Central Bank spokesman also told Design News, "We cannot say anything about this, and we've requested that our providers sign a mutual agreement not to talk about it."
Even if such projects never reach fruition, however, experts are confident that RFID will eventually be the backbone of a plan that researchers have called "an Internet of things," in which almost everything, large and small, is connected via the Web. The plan, already described in hardware and software protocols, calls for all information on a product to be written in a code based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML). The code, which forms a sort of web page for each item, would be connected via RFID tags to Internet servers. Thus, all products could be identified anywhere, instantly. A broad coalition of corporate giants, including Coca-Cola, International Paper, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly-Clark, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble and others have supported such efforts through MIT's Auto-ID Center.
Low cost, of course, is a key to such plans, but researchers have worked that out, too. Ultimately, they say, everyday items will incorporate RFID, not on sticky tags, but through integration into the corrugate of cardboard boxes. Ongoing efforts in this area will be the key to lowering RFID cost, researchers say, because it eliminates the need for certain parts of the tag. Instead of being done as an afterthought, as is the case today, such technologies would be integrated during the cardboard manufacturing process, thus enabling cost reduction.
"These RFID technologies will co-exist with the bar code for a long time into the future," says Sarma of MIT. "But they will provide information that a bar code can't. 'Did the item go to the sales floor? Did the meat sit in the fridge long enough?' You can't know that with a bar code."
Sarma says such technologies will become widespread when production volume reaches a "tipping point." When that happens, it will drive costs down to a level low enough to motivate use of RFID on everyday items. And with retailers — particularly Wal-Mart — pushing hard for RFID, the concept is not unrealistic, experts say.
"The question now is the tipping point," Sarma says. "When do you get to the percentage that causes you to say, 'I'm going to put the tag inside the corrugate?' In the next year, we could see it happen."
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A polychrome cave painting consists of two or more colours, as exemplified by the glorious multi-coloured images of bison on the ceiling at Altamira, or the magnificent aurochs in the Chamber of the Bulls at Lascaux.
In contrast, the term "cave drawing" refers (strictly speaking) only to an engraved drawing - that is, one made by cutting lines in the rock surface with a flint or stone tool, rather than one made by drawing lines with charcoal or manganese.
The 17,000-year-old painting are rendered with great skill, incorporating the contours of the caves and displaying some of the first known use of perspective, a technique that was not rediscovered until the Golden Age of Greece, as well as shadowing, highlighting, stenciling, and Pointillism.
The artists used powdered colors, brushes and stumping clothes and spit pigment out of their mouth.
Inside the Chauvet grotto, they found a 400-metre long network of galleries and rooms, covered in rock art and petroglyphs, whose floor was littered with a variety of paleontological remains, including the skulls of bears and two wolves.
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Nancy was bustling around organizing, today. She's pleased with her closet--she'll be even more pleased if the clothes are still hanging when we get to Stanley on Tuesday.
It was a cool afternoon-sweatshirt weather-Nancy says, yeah! So, after walking and her shower this morning, she decided to sit out and read her book so I could at least get out of the trailer except for walking. It was so funny. She didn't realize that the sprinklers had left a pool of water in her chair last night. She sat down, and jumped up very fast. Her whole behind was wet. I laughed like crazy. Serves her right for mentioning the word "muzzle". Well, she read for a while, then we walked, again, and then we went inside. She hung a few more hooks--they are good for her keys and the bigger ones will do well to hang her wet rain jacket if she has to be out in the rain. We fell asleep for a couple of hours this afternoon. We must have still been tired from being up all night the other night.
Nancy and Mary went to dinner, tonight. Nancy really likes her. So do I. I'm not allowed to go near Ladybug or Taggy, the yellow lab next door because Nancy's afraid I might have had something that was contagious. Probably not, but better to be safe than sorry.
After dinner, we went to the Fire Jumper's Base right across the road from the campground. They are always on the alert for fires. Tonight, I think there was a bit more activity because of the threatening skies. Everything is dry and lightening is a danger. We heard them taking off most of the day. They have helicopters, too. Very interesting place. They'll give a tour to anyone who wants to go. There are several fires around the state, already, and windy conditions aren't helping. It was very interesting watching them fuel up and load the red fire retardant into the planes. Mary told Nancy the other day that they drop the jumpers first, and then fly over with the retardant.
Well, darn, half the blog disappeared. Well, I'll just shorten it. These are the pictures of the Jumper Base.
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After watching the planes for a while, we rode about 5 miles down the road. We found a ranch for sale. Nancy said we might take a ride further down, tomorrow.
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why do so many black women in montgomery al love their bm
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#1 Apr 18, 2013
We have samoan on here who thinks bm dont wont bw, ok well read this whole thing.\/\/\/
only saw 2 black women who dated a white man here, and it was the same exact wm. When he dated my cousin after they talked for about a year she had sex with him and got pregnant when she had the baby he stayed for a couple months then left, he dont even claim his son, i guess he thought she was go give it up again. He went and got another bw pregnant with 2 kids but idk if they still together cause have not seen him in a long time but his son is 7 now.
My cousin is married to a black man who takes care of his 2 sons by himself now.
But anyway i dont abuse my black women she's queens of royalty.
Most white men said they dont think of them as queens thats why they keep denying black egypt.
But me and most of my friends thinks they should be a queen, looked at as a queen, treated like a queen and loved like a queen. We be loyal to them, and faithful to them. I kiss my black queen feets and hands everyday and she love it, why do you think that black women in montgomery barely dates out?
Because i talk to my friends and show them how black women use to be queens in africa, and i convince them to treat their women like queens and i promised them that it would make their women crazy over them.
If its a black women not from alabama, hati, jamaica, latin america africa or a usa state where bw still date bw then you just gonna have to let them go but please dont try and get them back cause the wm worked quite hard for them, they dont love you anymore anyway so let them go, i read the article from those atlanta chicks the other day.
How many white men would even believe that black women are queens?
I know a white boy from atlanta who date black women, and his name jeffery, when i was talking about the ancient queens of africa he said "they might be queens to you but their slaves to us" then we argued again blah blah blah if you know you are a good black man who dont harm anyone then dont ever feel bad cause a couple bw hate you always know there are always gonna be a black women out there somewhere for you just waiting on you to come home.
but however i still believe that montgomery have the best black women no one to hate me, but someone to love me and its not a white albino. ;-)
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