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...Catalonia may be renowned for its hospitality, but the mobile-phone industry could be excused if it were feeling a bit betrayed. Earlier this year, Barcelona, capital of the Spanish province, hosted the 3GSM World Congress, the world's biggest annual cellular conference. During his keynote address, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin implored his colleagues to improve cellular networks' ability to provide rapid and easy Internet access, otherwise a new wireless technology called WiMAX could take over. WiMAX doesn't require phone handsets or cellular networks. It can deliver fast Net connections over long distances directly to computers or handheld devices...
...come under increased scrutiny, it would be easy to read this absence as another sign that bullfighting is in trouble. In 2004, Barcelona declared itself "an anti-bullfighting city," and earlier this year an animal-protection law prohibiting new bullrings went into effect throughout the entire northeastern region of Catalonia. To prevent future generations from embracing the sport, the law also made bullfights R-rated: children under 14 can no longer attend the spectacles...
...Ramblas, obstructing the locals' morning stroll and blocking access to many restaurants. That might be a tolerable burden, except that Barcelona has paid for the privilege: roughly 10% of the film's budget, it is now known, comes from the pockets of taxpayers in the city and its region, Catalonia. "It's not just the money, and we don't have any problem with the movie," says Alberto Fernández of the opposition conservative Popular Party. "It's the attitude the city government has toward Allen. They give him privileges as if he were a visiting dignitary or head...
...CALL YOUR COMPANY THEN ORWELL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATES? I happen to like George Orwell a lot. It's also why I named my son George. I like Orwell's essays because they're clear, to the point and utterly without pretension. I also like his books. Homage to Catalonia, I think, is his best...
...work. "They think we're playing chef," says Martínez. Still, more and more academic scientists are getting used to the idea. In Spain alone, science departments at universities in Zaragoza, Murcia, Extremadura and Granada have all recently started programs to work directly with chefs, and next year, Catalonia's Food and Science Foundation moves to its own campus. "This is not some passing fad," says Capel, referring to the collaboration. "It's about learning to treat ingredients better. And that is what cooking is all about...