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1967's "The Jungle Book" is not only an animated creation worthy of the "Classic Disney" brand name but also the infamous production that witnessed the passing of Uncle Walt. The death transformed the film from a routine cog in the Disney animation empire into a last gasp of extraordinary magic the company took decades to recapture. Perhaps this is why "Jungle Book" is such an exceptional and affectionate film.
As an adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling adventure novel, "Jungle Book" doesn't share the same dramatic density or epic sweep. Walt wouldn't hear of it, ordering his take on the material to be hepcat cool and loose, with sizable splashes of comedy and heart leading the story, not danger at every turn.
The softening of Kipling's tale might infuriate purists, but it opens the picture up to cuddle established Disney structure, while nudging the artists into new realms of period references and nightclub atmospherics. Director Wolfgang Reitherman (a "nine old men" Disney vet who took over feature animation when Walt passed) confidently assembles the journey of Mowgli (voiced by Wolfgang's son, Bruce Reitherman) as he grows from a jungle-hoppin' child to a curious young man, relying on the sheer grace of the talent behind the camera to make the film twinkle. It's a respectful, unobtrusive directing style I wish was still embraced today.
There's a cordial appeal to "Jungle Book" that informs every moment and goes beyond even the most elemental usage of Disney friendliness. It's a comfy-sweater animated endeavor, summing up the mid-60's mood of the company as they transitioned from innovative thirst to a scaled-down assembly line mindset that, while depleted of the pure wellspring of imagination it once held, still churned out some sublime animated efforts ("Robin Hood," "Fox and the Hound," and "The Rescuers" jump immediately to mind). "Jungle Book" was that first step to a new Disney without Disney.
As a matter of personal taste, I'm deeply in love with this film. To this day I've never seen an animated effort capture the essence of pallin' around quite like "Jungle Book." One could criticize the picture for its limited interest in a snappy pace, but I was always grateful the film gave plenty of screentime to Mowgli and Baloo's horseplay. It strengthens a bond that pays off with a bittersweet emotional diamond at the end of the picture, when the jungle boy must make a choice to either stay in comfort or continue on his path to the unknown complexities of manhood. "Jungle Book" is a series of crazy misadventures and peaceful, episodic plotting, but the core of the film is defined by the affable, lazy-summer-day nature of the bond between Baloo and Mowgli.
The rest of "Jungle Book" is lost to riptide of jazzy energy and comedic pit stops that round out this odd Disneyfied kingdom. Only in this film could you hear the venerable Louis Prima voice a swingin' orangutan king to be-bop perfection, George Sanders wrap his velvety voice around villainous tiger Shere Khan, or motherly panther Bagheera with the regal, dulcet tones of Sebastian Cabot. Let's not even start with the casting nirvana of Phil Harris as the slacker bear Baloo - likely Disney's most magical voice-to-character match in their distinguished history. Heck, they loved Baloo so much, they put a hat on him and called the character Little John in "Robin Hood." Harris is 1000lbs of magic in the film, embodying the buddy every little boy wished they had.
For the "40th Anniversary" DVD, "Jungle Book" is presented in its theatrical aspect ratio of 1.75:1 (anamorphic widescreen), a first for the film on the DVD format. Perhaps the new ratio might annoy Disneyphiles who want all possible scraps of visual information they can grab, but the image has found a satisfying balance on this DVD. The rest of the presentation elements are equally as exciting, with colors exploding off the screen and the print as crisp and clean as the day it premiered in theaters.
The 5.1 Dolby Digital mix restores some clarity to the occasionally murky "Jungle Book" soundtrack. Score and musical selections are given renewed life, jumping out of the speakers and dancing right in front of the viewer. Dialogue is also crystallized to appealing standards.
In characteristic Disney archival mode, the "40th Anniversary" DVD is a magnificent gathering of insight into the extensive artistic process that brought the picture to life. There's just a mountain of supplements to climb.
Disc One
First up is a feature-length audio commentary with Richard Sherman (1/2 of the songwriting team), Andreas Deja (current Disney animator and fan of the film), and Bruce Reitherman (voice of Mowgli and son of the director). Consider this audio track a master class in professional appreciation: each participant extols the virtues of "Jungle Book," from the character animation quirks to the unforgettable soundtrack. While it lacks a coldly informational tone, it's nonetheless a treat to hear those connected to the production point out the idiosyncrasies of the movie.
For added historical oomph, archival audio recordings of Larry Clemmons (writer), Ollie Johnston (animation legend), and Wolfgang Reitherman are included in the discussion.
"The Lost Character: Rocky the Rhino" (7 minutes) is a short featurette exploring the deleted character of Rocky, a dim-witted rhinoceros (voiced by Frank Fontaine) who factored into Mogwli's interaction with the Beatlesque vultures. Walt just wasn't feeling the continual aggression toward the Man-Cub was benefiting the movie's pace, thus a removal of Rocky and a slight reinvention of the vultures was in order. Rocky's scene is presented here in a series of fully-voiced storyboards.
A frightening "I Wan'na Be Like You" music video (3 minutes), performed by the Jonas Brothers, is included. If you want to know why the heart of rock & roll has stopped beating, watch this trainwreck of a cover.
"Disney Song Selection" (13 minutes) offers up some karaoke, with the songs "Colonel Hathi's March, "Bare Necessities," "I Wan'na Be Like You," and "That's What Friends Are For." You can view the scenes with or without lyrics.
"Deleted Songs" (21 minutes) presents the full work of composer Terry Gilkyson, who was replaced by the Sherman Brothers once Walt decided to flip the "Jungle Book" project sunny-side up. The songs collected here seem more suited to a Rankin/Bass special than a feature film, but it's an invaluable piece of history, allowing viewers a rare listen to the film's more ambitious origins. The audio quality is a little rough (possibly from a phonograph source), and contains the tracks: "Brothers All," "The Song of the Seeonee," "The Bare Necessities" (a demo version of the lone song that wasn't discarded), "Monkey See, Monkey Do," "I Knew I Belonged To Her," "In A Day's Work," and "The Mighty Hunters."
"Insuring a Future for Wildlife and Wild Places" (4 minutes) is a commercial promoting Disney's positive work with nature's creatures, from their extensive cinematic history to the Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida.
Sneak Peeks for "Peter Pan: Return to Neverland," "Santa Clause 3," "High School Musical 2: Extended Edition," "The Aristocats: Special Edition," "Enchanted," "Meet the Robinsons," and "Ratatouille" are included, along with a commercial for the "Adventures by Disney" travel company.
Disc Two
"The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book'" (46 minutes) takes an in-depth look at the creation of the picture. Surprisingly candid covering production troubles and arguments, the documentary focuses on how Walt himself swooped in and took the reigns during development, pushing the film away from a gloomy Kipling adaptation and into something lighthearted and "Disney." It also touches on the animation genius of the film, the abrupt switch in songwriters before production commenced (including a distancing from rock tunes), and ultimately the tragic and studio-quaking death of Walt. "Bare Necessities" has everything a fan of the film could hope for. Sensitive and as honest as a Disney-produced recollection is allowed to be, it's a documentary not to be missed.
"Disney's Kipling" (15 minutes) is an extended look at the differences between Kipling's iconic novel and Walt's equally adored adaptation.
"The Lure of 'The Jungle Book'" (9 minutes) interviews animators (such as Andreas Deja, Will Finn, and Brad Bird) and filmmakers on the impact of the "Jungle Book," and how much the picture influenced their lives and future career choices.
"Mowgli's Return to the Wild" (5 minutes) zeros in on Bruce Reitherman and his adult years photographing wildlife, and how the fundamentals of storytelling were imparted to him by his father, Wolfgang.
"Frank & Ollie" (4 minutes) is an archival featurette with animation icons Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Here they demonstrate how they nurture their artistic impulses and how the final character animations are informed by their personality.
Referenced throughout the DVD is the fact that these two personally animated 50% of "Jungle Book." Wow.
"Baloo's Virtual Swingin' Jungle Cruise" is a series of DVD games designed for children to explore the world of "Jungle Book." Separated into four sections, trust me when I write that this adventure is strictly for kids.
"DisneyPedia: Junglemania!" (15 minutes) hopes to connect the animated animals of "Jungle Book" with real-world creatures, skipping all over the globe showcasing wildlife footage.
"'The Jungle Book' Fun with Languages Game" is a matching contest for toddlers introducing them to elements of the film and the animal kingdom. It's offered in English, Spanish, and French.
Finally, a still frame art gallery covers images from "Visual Development," "Character Design," "Storyboard Art," "Layouts and Backgrounds," "Production Photos," and "Publicity."
"Jungle Book" is a buried gem of the Disney Empire, absent the regality of the early years and the flash of the 89-95 victory lap. Whatever it lacks in heroic reach it more than makes up for in sociable personality and devastatingly expressive animation from the Disney masters, making it an underground classic that's impressively stood the test of time. The "40th Anniversary" DVD is an almost perfect document of the film, filling in the question marks for fans and allowing newcomers the opportunity to appreciate the genius behind the scenes of this exquisite animated charmer.


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In a rather brave attempt at trying to be all things to all musical types, Sony has launched a premium addition to its Walkman range, the NWZ-WH505. At first glance, they appear to be, and are, a set of flagship, over-the-ear, closed headphones. However, integrated into the structure is a 16GB Mp3 player, meaning that there's no need to plug these headphones into a smartphone, tablet or iPod… well for the first 4000 tracks anyway. A great feature for those that are of an athletic disposition and don't want to get tangled up in their cables when running, skating or generally working out.
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Jeri Kayser
When a child needs surgery, the focus of preparation usually is with the child.
That makes sense.
We want our kids to understand what's about to happen so they aren't overwhelmed or traumatized by the event. They're kids, after all, and we adults have to deal with it, right? Or, perhaps, wrong.
After more than 30 years as a child life specialist, 20 of those in surgery, I have observed that the first person to be well-prepared should be the parent. Children respond most directly to how their parents are reacting emotionally to the event to gauge their own response.
Imagine you are 3 years old and about to get your tonsils out. This is scary because it's hard to understand what's about to happen and frustrating you can't control it. Age-appropriate information and a supportive staff are helpful, but if you notice your mom or dad is anxious, nothing else matters. You got the message: You should be anxious, too, especially if your parents are trying to suppress their emotions – that is even scarier to a child. You can tell that they are upset, but you don't know why, so you imagine the worst. If you're a teenager, you might pick up on the message that we don't talk about this and it will upset your mom if you bring it up to her. It's hard to deal with the unspoken stress of your family as well as your own fears and concerns.
When I've observed kids coping successfully with the challenges of a health care experience, I have noticed that their families have prepared themselves with some or all of the following techniques:
Seek information
Find out what is happening and why. What are the expected outcomes? What types of things can you as a family plan on doing to foster your child's healing?
Attend a pre-admission tour
On our hospital's website there is helpful information about surgery and how to sign up for a tour. Visiting the hospital ahead of time gives everyone a chance to learn more about what to expect and what's helpful to do ahead of time or bring with you when you come to the hospital.
Make a list
Write down a list of questions to bring to meetings with health care providers. I remember one family kept an ongoing list in their kitchen for anyone to write down questions, and they all contributed, even the siblings. Everyone had a say, and the questions helped everyone feel a part of the event. Knowledge helps you be in control and having specific tasks you can do to support your child in his or her recovery provides focus and direction.
Be honest with your emotions
As a parent, our job is to love and protect our kids and guide them towards being an independent adult. It can be overwhelming to have to make decisions for your child that includes any potential discomfort since we so desperately want to keep him or her safe from life's struggles, but learning to deal with life's struggles is what helps kids learn to be independent. We also carry with us our own memories and experiences with health care that may help or cloud our emotional response to our child's experience. It helps to pay attention to where your emotions about surgery differ from your child's. You each get to own your own perspective.
Kids do best when we are honest with them. When you label your emotions and show your child what you're doing to help yourself, your child gets to experience some phenomenal role modeling on how to cope with challenging situations.
"I am sad that your tonsils need to come out, but I am glad that the doctors can fix this and soon you will be able to breathe better at night when you're sleeping," a parent can say. "Let's think of some fun things to do while you are healing!"
Take care of yourself
You know yourself best. Helping your child through the experience of surgery can be exhausting. Think about what will help you be in your best place. Whom can you call on for support? Even small favors like having someone else pick up your other kids from school can be a great stress reducer.
Plan on something nice you can do for yourself while waiting for your child's surgery to be done or when you get home. This also can help you and your child focus forward and be reminded of the time-limiting nature of the experience. It won't last forever, and soon you'll be looking back on this adventure.
Cut yourself some slack. There is no perfect person, so there can be no perfect parent. Your effort is what your child will notice and appreciate.
We grow as individuals and we grow as a family when we figure out what works best for us to deal with life's challenges. This knowledge is precious and affirming and gives us all the more strength to deal with the next adventure.
Jeri Kayser is a child life specialist at Children's Minnesota.
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Lahore: In response to some media reports Pakistan Cricket Board wants to highlight that it has an extensive schedule for Academy Programs for the current and coming years. The programs that could not take place in 2009 and 2010 have been restarted and are included in the schedule. The priority of Game Development Department is to design the programs on modern lines in order to keep our talent competitive on international level.
In 2012/13, we planned to conduct a full fledged Game Development Programs which will include a 12 weeks NCA Emerging/Future Players Program, 6-8 weeks U-19 Program, 4 weeks U-16 Program, 8 weeks U-19 Regional Academies Program (in all 11 Regions), 2 weeks Regional U-16 Program and NCA Specialized Coaching Programs for which 4 consultants namely Mr. Javed Miandad (Batting), Mr. Sarfraz Nawaz (Fast Bowling), Mr. Abdul Qadir (Spin Bowling) and Mr. Rashid Latif (Wicket Keeping) have already been employed to unearth new talent Nationwide.
In addition to above mentioned, NCA also conducts regular Game Education Programs for Coach, Trainer, Physiotherapist and Cricket Analysts and also intend to conduct a 2nd Level III and First ever Level IV Coaching Course in 2012 in collaboration with Cricket Australia.
National Cricket Academy started working in 2004 under the auspicious of Pakistan Cricket Board with a vision to develop the Game Developmental Activities throughout the country to unearth / further grooming of young Talented Players.
In 2004, all the Game Development Activities i.e. 8 weeks National and Regional Academies Program, 12 weeks Emerging Players Program at NCA was conducted as per the Game Development Program. Meanwhile in 2005 and 2006 only a shortened NCA Programs was conducted due to unknown reasons.
Then again in 2007 and 2008, 12 weeks NCA Emerging Players and 8 weeks Regional Academies programs were carried out along with all the other Game Development Activities which included the First ever PCB Level III Coaching Course in collaboration with Cricket Australia and ACC Level II Coaching Course for Coaches from Asian Cricket Developing Countries.
Since then Academy Programs could not be held on full swing as few Specialized Coaching and only U-16 Coaching Programs were conducted in the year 2010 and 2011 with no Academies Program during 2009.
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Meeting Notes 2010 09 21
The 128th Meeting of Noisebridge
- 1 Crew
- 2 Agenda
- 2.1 Introduction and Names
- 2.2 Announcements
- 2.3 Financial Report
- 2.4 Membership Binder
- 2.5 What's Going On at Noisebridge
- 2.6 Project Updates
- 2.7 Consensus items
- 2.8 Discussion Items
- 2.9 End of Meeting
Get someone to grab the membership binder now. Get someone to take notes.
- Moderator: Zedd
- Note-Taker: mrdomino
Introduction and Names[edit]
- Tony: doin' it.
- Liz: bunch of lizzes, however, so call this one "Iz". Iz does.
- Owen: science and tech writing/editing and has fun cooking.
- Shannon: not a girl.
- Salvador Dali Lama. Goes by Dali. Hacking something called post-capitalism maximalism.
- David: Don't have anything to say about what he does at this time. However, does have a job.
- Steve: new-ish/old-ish
- Sarah: found the Alabama hackerspace, cool to be to another one
- Simon: programmer, currently looking for work and taking pictures
- Lief: doesn't know Simon, but approves of his shirt.
- Zedd: wonderful meeting leader. Um, yeah.
- Moxie: fellow at institute for disruptive studies.
- Jessie: things, stuff, yeah.
- Mike: recognized as tech floating guy.
- Daniel: (mumbles) San Francisco native
- Peter: hacks.
- Megan: new to Nosiebridge, works for tech company in east bay.
- Nils: used to frequent more, then moved to Seattle. Back now.
- Kelly: neuroscience.
- Nina: just graduated from dental school, can't find job. First time officially hanging out.
- Frantisek: cooking, brewing, incubating, cook, hacking, technology, etc.
- Analia(?): food-hacking
- Iskie: food is amazing
- What Noisebridge is about: "Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."
- Round of introductions: What's your name, what do you do, and if you are new, how did you hear about Noisebridge? Start with the moderator and go left.
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you!
Financial Report[edit]
Membership Binder[edit]
- Read off any names from the binder for the past month.
- Anyone up for join this week should introduce them selves then leave the area in search of gifts for the rest of the group.
What's Going On at Noisebridge[edit]
One short sentence about each of the following:
- Circuit Hacking Mondays (7PM, 2169)
- Pyclass at 7ish
- GameDevelopment - Wednesdays at 6PM
- SCoW craft group - Wednesdays at 7PM - sometimes they make hats.
- Machine_Learning - Tuesdays
- Linux system administration certification study group (several days)
- Spacebridge - Sundays
- Knots, Go, and Locks! - Sunday afternoons, as needed.
Project Updates[edit]
Consensus items[edit]
Discussion Items[edit]
Dr. Bobby[edit]
Dr. Bobby? Shannon: Dr. Robert Owens is self-doctored. Has been showing up at NB and being disruptively schizophrenic (yes, we have another one). Shannon removed him fom the space. He followed Shannon across San Francisco. Shannon got on BART; he had a ticket. Shannon entered an access-controlled building and let security handle him.
Friday: rummaging through spare parts bins attempting to build an NSA supercomputer. We let him take the PCI network card and an old PCMCIA card. He left Applied Cryptography.
Saturday: someone escorted him "the hell" out.
Sunday: came back; police came and took him away. SFPD knows Dr. Bobby very well.
Zedd turns trains on back.
Shannon: Bobby shows clear signs of schizophrenia.
We've had this discussion before. If people feel endangered, they should do what they need to do.
He's been coming here for two months. He's been sitting at a computer looking at camps and stuff.
In general, having the police here is undesirable. On the other hand, feel free to avail yourself of the emergency structures of San Francisco.
Executive summary: If he creeps you out and you don't want to deal with it, post to IRC and see if someone wants to deal with it. If no one volunteers, call the police probably.
Related update: Erin got out of the hospital but is now shacked up with a friend in the south bay. Hacker Dojo?
Anonymous piece of cardboard: guy seeking help on that thing sitting next to Mike. His name's Anthony. Words illegible. He's got some Google stuff. The cardboard piece is on the apparatus next to Mike. It is an apparatus to keep a container of water at a specific temperature. He said he'd be back.
Did some changes to the fridge. The big fridge is now just drinks. Use the non-big fridge for non-drinks.
Shannon: treasurer[edit]
Treasurer's term is up. We need a new treasurer. Kelly has volunteered to step up. Next week we will be officially consensing on letting Kelly manage our money. (Other people can totally step up.) In the absence of anyone else, we're going to force Kelly to do it next week.
Moxie: October 2[edit]
Week from this Saturday, Noisebridge anniversary party is here. Moxie could use some help with it -- specifically with promotion. Only fun if you have at least 100 people here. Moxie's just moved back, so he's not well-positioned to market it.
Party starts at 7:30. Deciding what to do with the money is only half of it, and we're playing music and stuff too. Does anyone have weird mad-science-y projects to put up in the space? If so, talk to Moxie.
End of Meeting[edit]
- Put back the membership binder by the Shrine at the northeast corner.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.


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Trekking in Nepal: Change on the Horizon
Unearthly light over Annapurna – photos by William L. Pohl
Trekking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal: Change on the Horizon
By William L. Pohl
"And you think that Shangri-La may escape…Perhaps. We may expect no mercy, but we may faintly hope for neglect. …We have a heritage to cherish and bequeath."
– James Hilton, Lost Horizon (1933)
When I was seven years old, I read Annapurna, the now classic book by Maurice Herzog about his 1950 French climbing expedition that became the first to summit a mountain over 8000 meters.
This was a heroic if harrowing tale of the conquest of Annapurna I, a 26,545-foot-high Himalayan peak. I never forgot the grainy photographs of men crossing the wild Kali Gandaki River, sun-dazzled mountains looming over clouds, and visions of climbers risking lives with crampons, ice picks and dark goggles.
I knew even then that I had to see this place for myself. So it was that at 51, I reread Annapurna and booked myself on a month-long 200-mile trek through the Himalayas, first traversing the Langtang wilderness and then circuiting the Annapurna Sanctuary, one of the world's great walks.
I timed my trip in March and April when the rhododendron trees of Poon Hill were in full bloom, and when the threat of avalanches in high passes like 5416-meter Thorong-La had receded until the next monsoon season.
The author climbs up Thorung-La Pass.
Unlike today's well-heeled expeditions whose porters hump in everything from filet mignon and wine, Herzog's team didn't have the benefit of very modern equipment or accurate maps.
It took weeks just to trend into the Annapurna wilderness, and once there they had to give up on a plan to summit 26,795-foot Dhaulagiri (The Mountain of Storms), its glistening slopes of rock and ice unassailable.
Annapurna I, the highest in a massif of peaks over 7000 meters (23,000 feet), was the consolation prize, and the news of their eventual success, achieved at the cost of snow-blindness and amputations, spread around the world, paving the way for Hillary's conquest of Everest in 1953.
Much has changed since Herzog first ventured in. Certainly there was no formal trekking circuit, and indeed the first trekking company in Nepal didn't even come into existence until 1965. There were no reliable bridges, trekkers' lodges or mule packs to ferry in food, nor were there cell phones and GPS tracking systems.
Except for high passes known only to Tibetan salt traders, local Nepalese and their yaks, the back of beyond was all-but impenetrable.
Change is coming to the region. As late as 1979, Julie Fairchild, a grad school chum of mine at Brown University, left with three adventurous friends to trek the Annapurna Sanctuary.
The author with Sadhu holy men.
Although she completed the Circuit, two of her companions were swept to their deaths while crossing raging rivers on foot since many of the bamboo bridges had been washed out by high monsoon waters.
The trekkers fought fatigue and impaired judgment at altitude, hypothermic nights, and food sickness.
Today the trip is safer though no romp in the park. There are modern cable bridges, many completed after the year 2054 (Nepal has five calendars; the Sakya Era edition began counting in the year 108 A.D.), basic trekker's lodges spaced every half-hour, and meals served with enough carbs from dahl bhat, macaroni and chow mein to keep a Chinese laundromat in starch for years.
The New New Road
One thing I discovered is that the Annapurna Circuit is threatened by a foreign-subsidized road that is being pick-axed by hand out of the riverbank cliffs.
Building the new road.
When completed sometime between two years and, well, maybe a decade or two from now, cars and trucks will be able to travel from Beni up to Jomson and the Tibetan Mustang Region for the first time.
The yin of the road is that it will stimulate an impoverished economy bringing much-needed supplies and commerce to the locals. But the yang is that, inevitably, it will forever alter a pristine Himalayan environment and change the character of ethnic groups that comprise a vibrant Buddhist and Hindu culture that has subsisted relatively undisturbed for a thousand years.
When the road is completed, one can expect the trekker's lodges to succumb to $200-per-night Western hotel chains with modern flush toilets and hot showers that actually work as advertised.
Today the lodges offer rooms with prices that are set by the government under the auspices of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project at between 50 cents U.S. and $1.50 per night, plus meals.
While some of the lodges are clean and comfortable, others, lacking competition and the incentive to improve, are in a race to the bottom. They embrace the mentality of, "If we knew ya were coming, we'd have changed the sheets."
Snake charmers in Kathmandu.
They are a nightmare of dead flies, tattered curtains that look like they were shredded by snow leopards, moldy hair-clogged sinks hanging off bathroom walls, and shared crusted toilet holes.
Apart from cheapskates who try to bargain down even the 50-cent room prices, the lodges serve tourists who spent thousands to fly from Paris, New York and Hong Kong to see the Himalayas.
Lodge pricing is not the only lousy business decision the uncaring and dysfunctional autocrats of Nepal have made. Today, this mountain country sells hydroelectric power to India at rates eight times lower than the locals are charged.
Indeed, if the Himalayan hydroelectric industry was allowed to develop to its full potential, not only would deforestation be reduced but daily blackouts and electric rationing would cease.
Nepal could supply the needs of all of Asia including China, making it one of the wealthiest nations in the region and a green leader. Instead, many don't even have access to clean water, and subsist on less than one dollar per day.
Chickens to go.
Insult added to injury, there is even a mineral water bottling plant operating in the Langtang region, but this pure mountain water is sold to the Japanese because the locals can't afford it.
The road promises to change other things in the Annapurna region as well. Soon the roar of rushing river water will compete to the sound of tires on asphalt. The tinkling of mule bells with their muleteers crying "Chu!" on the stepped trails will give way to honking trucks belching acrid smoke in your face.
There will be ugly functional western-style buildings to support the car industry – gas stations, used car lots, cheesy auto supply stores – shoving aside traditional Newar-influenced architecture with its intricate wood carvings and thatched roofs.
There will be more ads that seek to turn local cultures into amusement parks for tourists, like the one sponsored by the Austrian NGO Freunde Nepal E.V. that gushes, "Come see the real people of Shangri-La. Visit the unspoiled people of the Kyrong tradition…."
When the road is completed, Annapurna will cease to be much of a Sanctuary from the modern world.
This isn't the first new road Nepal experienced. The first was called the New Road, even though it followed the oldest route connecting Tibet with Kathmandu. It was commissioned by Juddha Samsher Rana, prime minister from 1932 to 1945. Actually, he was a dynastic king with absolute rule.
The First Car.
Indeed, the story of the First Car is quaint if not quirky, like most of Nepal's history. According to Bharat Raj Rawat, Museologist of the National Museum, when the Rana ruler saw his first car, he was smitten by road fever and a quest for modernity.
Leveraging his good relations with the British government then ruling over colonial India, he arranged to have a Hudson motor car transported by freighter all the way from Australia to Bangladesh.
From there it was put on a railroad flatcar. When the tracks ran out in Delhi, porters removed the car's wheels, hoisted the chassis onto two long wooden poles, and humped it over the Himalayan foothills to the royal palace in Kathmandu.
The process of building a road and shipping a car to the middle of nowhere went smoothly enough, but the car arrived without "petrol or spare tyres." While waiting for these annoyances to be shipped, a coterie of royal pushers put their backs into the car's rear end, with the King and Queen sitting in the front, proud as pashas, their armed bodyguards keeping a watchful eye from the backseat.
Farm villages cling to the mountainsides.
In this way, the First Car was paraded up and down the New Road to the delight of cheering throngs of children, jumping up and down behind in the dust.
Cars and roads are still a fairly recent phenomenon in Nepal. Just ten years ago, Kathmandu was a sleepy little city of a few million people running around on foot, bicycle and rickshaw. On any given morning outside of the monsoon season, clear views were to be had of the distant Himalaya.
Today the place is choking in traffic, fumes and smog, and the new new road promises to bring more of the same to the Annapurna Sanctuary, possibly killing the goose that laid the golden egg, and driving away trekkers who come to see a region of beauty and grace.
Clash of Values
Another problem with the road is that it threatens to speed the clash of Western with Nepalese values. Today the wonders of Nepal can be seen without anyone playing interference. For example, I toured the Mahendra Gupha Cave outside the city of Pokhara.
Women in Kathmandu.
In impoverished countries like Nepal, there is no liability insurance to speak of since almost no one can afford it. (For that matter, there are few lawyers or insurance companies.)
Hence a consecutive string of broken light bulbs is allowed to remain unfixed, affording tourists the thrill of experiencing the uneven floor of a pitch black cave the way Nature intended. If you fall and break something like your neck, you're on your own.
I found all of this exhilarating, and since the cave was "filled with limestone formations and other natural stuff," as the tourist brochure states, I stumbled on without a torch.
Unlike America, whose museum curators even clean blood off Civil War flags to keep everything nice and sanitary, touring Nepal is a more authentic experience. It will be a shame if the road changes all that, and transforms an ancient and noble culture into something fake and superficial like a "reality" TV show.
Another example of clashing values that even the road has failed to change is the unintended consequences of road accidents. If a car hits a motorbike or pedestrian and injures him, the driver will often back up over the offending victim and finish the job to avoid having to pay a 70,000 rupee fine. Dead people tell no tales.
Hindu festival.
Really, the only things that will stop a fast-moving vehicle are cows, which invariably know how good they have it in a country with a Hindu population that considers them sacred.
As in India and other places, cows are free to roam as they please. Invariably they choose roads and highways – the busier, the better – as idyllic places in which to lie down and have a snooze.
The road also promises to alter the wonderful English prose used in Nepal. Personally I will miss the hotel signs that mysteriously state, "Do not leave unethical materials behind when the electric city is on." Your guess is as good as mine.
Or, "Cary (sic) out wife and other non-biodegradables."
I'll miss the considerate, "Dispose of your rubbers (rubbish?) properly."
Cremations in Kathmandu.
I'll miss the perfume billboard that shows a young happy woman being approached by a man. It boldly proclaims, "Prepare to be assaulted!"
I'll miss the "Traveler's Pest (guest) House," and my favorite, "Welcome to Lynch (lunch?) Garden."
It's amazing that, with all the educated talent from America and England roaming around the countryside, still no self-respecting Nepali would ever ask to sanity-check their use of Shakespeare's language. (But then, in our culture, how many men ask for directions when they are lost?)
Fortunately, given how efficient Nepal is, the road through the Annapurna Sanctuary is proceeding at a pace that makes a sloth look swift. As such, I still found a remote place filled with incredibly friendly if not odd people.
For example, in Mutinath I enjoyed meeting the keeper of a Hindu temple. Its god, a natural gas flame that issued from a hole, ensured that a shrine was built around it.
A temple in Kathmandu.
"Namaste. Let me guess where you from," said the keeper with enthusiasm. She looked me up and down. "Japan, right?"
I loved seeing spinning prayer wheels, some water-driven and made from discarded Red Cow dried milk cans, sending invisible waves of good karma into the air.
I was amazed by bus drivers that drove up and down the streets of Besishahar honking their horns at six in the morning in an attempt to round up additional passengers to Kathmandu. You'd be shot if you tried this in America!
The buses were jammed three to a seat, passengers lurching and vomiting into every turn. Did I mention the goats in the aisles, and the children on the bus roof hanging on for dear life?
Lost Horizon
Most wondrous of all was what I came for, the majesty of the Himalayas. They surpassed my every expectation, contrary to my impish replies to Dhurba Saporta, my guide. The son of a Brahmin caste Hindu with an arranged marriage, he is a man proud of his beautiful country.
Every few days of our trek he would enquire, "Meester William, does these mountains meet with your expectations?"
Lantang Himalaya.
"These are mountains, Dhurba?" I craned my neck up beyond the clouds to see white peaks looming impossibly high, spindrift blowing wildly off the summits. "We have bigger mountains in Cape Cod. These are girlie mountains. When do the real brutes begin?"
In Sanskrit, Himalaya means Abode of Snow, and the range, once buried under an ancient sea, is today still rising as India pushes under the tectonic plate along the Tibetan plateau.
Rather than a "lost horizon," this is a region with no horizon – the far reaches of earth being obliterated by the world's highest mountain range, its rivers cutting gorges two-miles deep into the earth.
Put into local perspective, the Himalaya begins where the highest mountains in the Lower 48 leave off. Anything below 14,000-feet is considered a "hill" by the locals.
It's best not to be fooled by the transcendent beauty of the place. These great mountains exist in a vertical world whose very gravity and malevolence seeks to bring people down.
In fact, everything eventually does come down, from dead climbers lost in the 1950s to used oxygen bottles and falling rocks that can knock brains out through the back of a skull as cleanly as a sniper's bullet.
The dangers of climbing only increase with altitude, from mild headaches and hyperventilation to potentially fatal cerebral edemas and good-old-fashioned freezing to death.
As we climbed to just below 19,000 feet, I couldn't help but notice how people literally thinned out with the air. There were no obese climbers above 10,000 feet, and tourists disappeared altogether on expedition climbs above 7000-meters (23,000 feet).
Time will tell if the new road through the Annapurna Sanctuary will change the region but the Himalaya will continue to work their magic and draw adventurers to its realm.
As Maurice Herzog states, "Annapurna, to which we had gone empty-handed, was a treasure on which we should live the rest of our days. With this realization we turn the page: a new life begins."
William L. Pohl is author of four travel books and numerous magazine articles. He lives in Western Massachusetts.
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- Elmar Huseynov
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- Genimet Zahidov (Ganimat Zahid)
- Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zahidov)
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- Khadija Ismayilova
- Jamal Ali and Natiq Kamilov
"Donkey-gate" was by no means a singular occurrence in Azerbaijan and Emin and Adnan were not the first youth activists to be put in jail.
In recent years, a number of journalists have been harassed, imprisoned or even murdered in Azerbaijan. One of the best reports on media freedom in Azerbaijan is by Human Rights Watch, titled "Beaten, Blacklisted and Behind Bars: The Vanishing Space for Freedom of Expression in Azerbaijan" (October 2010). The report details Azerbaijan's media landscape and documents cases of violence against and harassment of journalists.
"In a number of cases, government officials have brought other criminal charges against journalists to silence (critical journalists). For example, the authorities used terrorism, incitement to racial, national and religious hatred, as well as tax evasion charges to prosecute the outspoken government critic Eynulla Fatullayev, founder and editor of the two most popular newspapers in Azerbaijan. Fatullayev has been in prison since 2007, serving an eight-and-half-year sentence. In two other cases Ganimed Zahidov, an outspoken editor, and Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade, young activists who criticized government policies through social media sites were jailed on bogus hooliganism charges after entrapment in staged fights." (p. 2).
A good resource is also Freedom House's annual Nations in Transit and Freedom in the World reports. The Freedom House Nations in Transit report of 2010 for Azerbaijan rates Azerbaijan in the "independent media" category with 6.75 out of 7, with 7 being the lowest possible rating. This is the same figure as for 2009. Since 1999 when Azerbaijan was included in the index, its score has either worsened or stayed the same with the exception of 2002 when there was a 0.25 point improvement.
Amnesty International has also monitored the situation with regard to the freedom of expression. Its February 2008 report "Azerbaijan: Mixed Messages on Freedom Expression" contains profiles of several journalists that are believed to be in prison in Azerbaijan for political reasons. The report blames the government for the deteriorating situation:
"The government of Azerbaijan is engaged in concerted efforts to limit the space for freedom of expression in the country. Senior government officials frequently bring criminal defamation and other charges against journalists and human rights defenders criticizing the government. Dozens of journalists have been prosecuted and imprisoned or fined. Police carry out physical attacks on journalists with impunity, deliberately interfering with their efforts to investigate a range of issues of public interest." (p. 2).
Some of the most prominent recent victims of this deteriorating situation are the following:
Elmar Huseynov's funeral
On 2 March 2005, Elmar Huseynov was shot dead in front of his house in Baku in what appeared to be a contract killing. The case attracted domestic and international attention.[1] Huseynov's funeral was attended by some 10,000 people in Baku.
Elmar Huseynov was born in 1967 and became an award-winning investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of the oppositional Russian-language weekly Monitor. He became known for his criticism of President Ilham Aliyev's administration and for articles exposing corruption within government ranks. For years prior to his murder, Huseynov was repeatedly slapped with heavy fines for "libel and defamation" of high-ranking government officials, including the president and the defence minister. In 2001, he was sentenced to six months in prison for defamation of Baku Mayor Hadjabala Abutalibov. His killer has not yet been found.[2] The prosecution identified two individuals, Georgians of Azeri descent, as prime suspects, yet no arrests have been made. Azeri authorities claim that Georgia has refused to extradite the suspects, while Georgian authorities claim that no formal request has been made.[3]
Ruslan Bashirli
On 3 August 2005, 27-year-old youth activist Bashirli was arrested on charges of plotting a government coup at the instigation of Armenian secret services. On 12 July 2006 Bashirli was sentenced to seven years in prison in a trial where there were no defence lawyers or representatives of the media. He was recognized as a political prisoner by Amnesty International. In February 2012, with five months left of his seven-year sentence, Bashirli appealed directly to the president for pardon. In his plea, Bashirli said that he "understood his mistakes", denounced the opposition and expressed full support for the President's policies. On 15 March 2012 President Aliyev signed an amnesty act releasing 62 prisoners, including Bashirli.
Background: Ruslan Bashirli was the leader of the Yeni Fikir (New Idea) movement, established in 2004 as the youth wing of the Popular Front party. The movement campaigned for free and fair elections in the run-up to the November 2005 parliamentary ballot. His arrest in summer 2005 was based on a videotape which showed Ruslan Bashirli taking 2,000 USD in cash from a person whom Azerbaijani intelligence described as an Armenian agent. The recording had been allegedly made at an event in Tbilisi on 28-29 July where Bashirli had travelled to meet with democracy activists. Allegedly, Bashirli was supposed to receive another 20,000 USD in case the coup succeeded. Bashirli later confessed that he was acting at the request of the Washington-based National Democratic Institute and that Popular Front leader Ali Kerimli had instructed this transaction in preparation for a revolution and so on. Government-controlled television repeatedly ran the video showing Bashirli accepting the money. In September 2005 two deputy chairmen of Yeni Fikir were arrested as well, also on the charges of plotting a coup. His deputies also received prison sentences of four years and five years respectively.[4]
Genimet Zahidov (Ganimat Zahid)
Genimet Zahidov
Genimet Zahidov is the former editor-in-chief of the major oppositional daily Azadliq and the author of many government-critical articles. In November 2007, he was arrested on hooliganism charges. He had allegedly insulted a female passer-by in the street and then injured the man accompanying her. During the trial Zahidov denied all charges. In March 2008, Zahidov was sentenced to four years in. In March 2010, Genimet was granted parole on presidential orders.
Amnesty International spoke of "a concerted attempt on the part of the Azerbaijani authorities to silence a critical opposition voice."[5] The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media declared that "a pattern of repression as damaging as actual criminalisation of journalism continues."[6]
Genimet is the brother of another oppositional journalist, Sakid Zakhidov, also of the Azadliq newspaper. The official website of the Azadliq newspaper (available in Azeri and English) is at www.azadliq.info.
Mirza Sakit. Photo: irfs.az
Sakit Zahidov, the brother of Ganimat Zahidov, is a well-known journalist, poet and satirist for the opposition newspaper Azadliq. He was arrested in June 2006 on heroin possession charges and sentenced in January 2007 to three years in prison. Zahidov maintains that the drugs were planted on him.
Amnesty International did not consider Zahidov's trial fair.[7] The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe drew special attention to Sakit Zahidov's case, using it as evidence for the deteriorating media situation in Azerbaijan.[8] Sakit Zahidov was granted amnesty and released in April 2009.
Eynulla Fatullayev
Eynulla Fatullayev, born in 1976, is an Azerbaijani journalist who was imprisoned from 2007 to 2011. In April 2007 Fatullayev was arrested for defaming "the Azerbaijani nation" due to an Internet forum posting attributed to him by prosecutors. The author of this posting claimed that the Khojaly massacre during the war over Nagorno Karabakh in February 1992 was committed by Azerbaijani forces. Although Fatullayev denied having written the entry, he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. In July 2007, the Ministry of National Security brought additional charges – of threat of terrorism and inciting ethnic and religious hatred – in connection with Fatullayev's article which criticised the government's "anti-Iranian" foreign policy stance.[9] Finally, in September 2007 Fatullayev was charged with tax evasion. Fatullayev is currently serving a combined sentence of 8.5 years. In April 2010, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the journalist must be granted immediate release and a substantial monetary compensation.[10] The Azerbaijani authorities failed to comply with the ruling. Instead in July 2010, Fatullayev was sentenced again, for an additional 2.5 years on drug possession charges. The prison authorities claimed they found drugs on the journalist.
Amnesty International declared Fatullayev to be a prisoner of conscience.[11] For Reporters without Borders, there was little doubt that Fatullayev has been put behind bars because of "his journalist activity -- because he is an outspoken critic of President [Ilham] Aliyev and his government."[12] He used to be the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan, as well as of the Azeri-language daily Gündelik Azerbaijan. Both publications, which no longer exist, were known for their critical views. Fatullayev had also been a journalist at the oppositional weekly Monitor. As a result of his reporting, Fatullayev has been repeatedly convicted of defamation, including of government ministers, and ordered to pay high fines. Among his most controversial articles was the "Karabakh Diary"[13] published in April 2005 in Realny Azerbaijan. In the article Fatullayev described his recent trip to the occupied territories here and challenged some aspects of the official Azerbaijani version of the Khojaly massacre, believed to be largest massacre committed during this conflict with 600 civilians killed by Armenian forces. In his article, Fatullayev wrote that he had spoken with surviving IDPs from Khojaly who allegedly said that the Armenian forces had warned them of the upcoming assault on the town and opened a "humanitarian corridor," which IDP's successfully used to escape.[14]
Amnesty International poster: Free Eynulla Fatullayev!
On 26 May, after having spent four years in prison, Fatullayev was unexpectedly released under a presidential pardon decree. The release came less than two weeks after Azerbaijan's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, which put the country into the international media spotlight, and two days after a "mass tweet" campaign in Fatullayev's support organized by Amnesty International UK.
Agil Khalil
Agil Khalil was a reporter for the Azadliq newspaper, a publication which maintains ties to the oppositional Popular Front Party. As many other Azerbaijani journalists, Khalil became the victim of physical assaults and a smear campaign. In February 2008 25-year-old Khalil was beaten by national security officers as he was investigating a possibly illegal real estate deal in one Baku's public gardens. An even more serious attack followed soon. On 13 March after leaving his workplace Khalil was assaulted by several unknown men and stabbed in the chest by one of them. According to Khalil, he recognized one of the assailants as the man who had been following him in the previous days.
In April 2008 the state-owned channel AzTV aired a 30-minute tape featuring an interview with a certain Sergey Strekalin who claimed that he was a homosexual lover of Khalil's and attacked him out of jealousy. Khalil denied these claims or that Strekalin was his attacker. Nevertheless, Strekalin was later sentenced to 18-month-imprisonment. On 22 April 2008 another channel, the pro-government Lider TV, aired a broadcast presenting Khalil as someone belonging to the alleged gay circle of opposition leader Ali Kerimli.
On 7 May 2008, Khalil was attacked again as two men tried to push him onto the subway tracks. Later that same day, several individuals tried to abduct him. Khalil was able to escape unharmed from both incidents. Afterwards, fearing for his life, Khalil stopped his work at the Azadliq newspaper and tried to leave Azerbaijan. Despite having a visa and invitation, he was prevented from leaving the country several times by the state border service, on the grounds that his presence was required for the ongoing court trials. According to some observers, Khalil became the victim of the rivalry between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of National Security. On 24 July 2008 Khalil, who received assistance from the French Embassy, was finally able to depart Azerbaijan for France on an invitation from the Reporters without Borders. He currently lives in Paris.
Adnan Hajizade with his parents Hikmet and Bahar
In July 2009, Adnan Hajizade was arrested on hooliganism charges. In November 2009, Adnan was sentenced to 24 months in prison. After several failed appeals, the remainder of this sentence was suspended and he was released on parole on 18 November 2010.
Adnan Hajizade was born in 1983 in Baku. Adnan's father, Hikmet Hajizade, is a prominent opposition figure in Azerbaijan. He was one of the leaders of the Azerbaijani Popular Front independence movement in the late 1980s. Adnan went twice to the US on US government fellowships. He attended high school in the US and obtained a Bachelor degree in political science from Richmond University in 2005, after which he returned to Azerbaijan. In Azerbaijan, he had studied at the private Khazar University in Baku. He did his military service in Azerbaijan and afterwards worked in the communications department at British Petroleum Azerbaijan. In 2006, Adnan became one of the founders of the Ol! (To be) youth movement, which promotes youth empowerment and independent thinking. Adnan headed Ol's media department, producing a number of videos. The most famous – which may have brought Adnan behind bars – is the "Esel Heinz video" (German for "Donkey Heinz video").
Emin Milli
Emin was arrested with his friend Adnan Hajizade in July 2009 on fabricated hooliganism charges. Sentenced to 30 months in prison in November 2009, Emin's sentence was suspended and he was released on parole on 19 November 2010, one day after Adnan.
Emin Abdullayev was born in 1979 in Baku. Emin Milli is his pen name and the name by which he is known widely. Emin studied law at Baku State University in Azerbaijan and at Saarbrucken University's European Law School in Germany. He worked for a number of international organisations in Azerbaijan, including the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). He also advised the Council of Europe on matters related to political prisoners in Azerbaijan and was a political analyst for the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission in Azerbaijan.[15] In 2005, Emin co-founded the Alumni Network (AN), a loose organisation that unites mostly foreign-educated Azerbaijanis and promotes democratic values. He was also involved in the creation of the Forum for Azerbaijani Students in Europe (FASE), launched in 2006 in Brussels to bring together young expatriate Azerbaijanis. Emin later became increasingly critical of the Azerbaijani authorities. After a March 2009 constitutional referendum which lifted limits on the number of presidential terms Emin gave a number of critical speeches at the House of Lords in London in November 2008 and at Columbia University in April 2009.
Khadija Ismayilova
Khadija Ismayilova is one of the Azerbaijan's best investigative journalists. She has gained recognition for her reports exposing corruption in Azerbaijan's ruling class, including the presidential family. From 2008 until 2010 Ismayilova was the bureau chief for Radio Azadliq, RFE/RL Azerbaijani Service. She is currently hosting the talk show "After Work" on Radio Azadliq and is a frequent contributor to RFE/RL and EurasiaNet online publications. In February 2012 Ismayilova was selected as a recipient of a prestigious award from the German ZEIT Foundation called the Gerd Bucerius Prize for Free Press in Eastern Europe.
In March 2012 Khadija Ismayilova became the target of a blackmail campaign. On 7 March 2012, she received explicit photos of herself accompanied by a warning to "behave" or risk defamation. Ismayilova went public with the threat and vowed to continue her investigative activities. Soon, the official newspaper of the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party published an unsigned article which described Ismayilova as a person indulging in drunkenness and making fun of the traditional female roles in Azerbaijan. The following day, on 14 March 2012, a sex video showing Ismayilova in her own bedroom was posted online on a website feigning a connection to the oppositional party Musavat. The website was hosted by a Houston-based company. The campaign aimed at discrediting the journalist drew strong condemnation from a large number of human rights groups and international organizations.
Jamal Ali and Natiq Kamilov, musicians
Jamal Ali, singer - Natiq Kamilov, bass player
On 17 March 2012, several opposition youth organizations held a protest rally on the outskirts of Baku, which was attended by some 1,000-1,500 people. Contrary to the usual practice, the rally was sanctioned by the Baku Executive Authority. Participants displayed slogans calling on the government to free prisoners of conscience, demanding an end to corruption in the education system, and criticizing the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party.
Jamal Ali (24) and his rap band Bulistan performed anti-government songs at the rally. ("Bulistan" is an anagram of "Istanbul," the city where all band members are currently studying). The artists' use of profane language displeased the police, and a fight ensued, during which Jamal Ali cursed President Ilham Aliyev and Aliyev's late mother. The police then arrested Ali together with another band member, guitarist Natiq Kamilov (24), and the event organizer, activist Etibar Salmanli (25).
The court sentenced Ali to a 10-day detention, and Salmanli and Kamilov to five and six days respectively. During an appeals hearing on March 21 Ali claimed that while in detention, he was beaten by the police with rubber truncheons on his heels for two hours. The musicians also said they were denied contact with their families and lawyers. Nevertheless, the sentences were upheld. Jamal Ali was released after the end of the 10-day detention, on 27 March 2012, several days after Natiq Kamilov and Etibar Salmanli.
[1] Then Secretary General of the Council of Europe Terry Davis said in a statement: "I am shocked by the brutal murder of Elmar Huseynov, which has all the hallmarks of a contract killing and I condemn it in strongest terms." Human Rights House, "Remembering a Brave Journalist in Azerbaijan", 2 March 2010.
[2] Reporters without Borders, "Murder of Elmar Huseynov. The investigation should not stop at finding the killers", Investigative report, May 2005, p. 7
[3] "Five Years Later, Elmar Husseynov's Murder Goes Unsolved", RFE/RL, 2 March 2010.
[4] Shahin Abbasov and Khadija Ismailova, "Verdict against Azerbaijan youth activists raises international concern", EurasiaNet, 18 July 2006
[5] Amnesty International, Public Statement, "Azerbaijan: Persecution of opposition newspaper continues unabated", 20 March 2008.
[6] AzeriReport, "Last Words of Ganimat Zahid".
[7] Amnesty International, "Well-known satirist Sakit Zahidov imprisoned following an unfair trial with questionable evidence", 24 January 2007.
[8] PACE, Resolution 1545 (2007), "Honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan", 16 April 2007.
[9] For the original text of the article in Russian, see IFEX; www.ifex.org/download/en/EynullaFatullayevarticle_Rus.doc.
[10] ECHR, "Case of Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan (Application no. 40984/07)", Judgment, 22 April 2010, pp. 52-53.
[11] Amnesty International, "Azerbaijan: Eynulla Fatullayev".
[12] RFE/RL, "Jailed Azerbaijani Journalist Receives Third Sentence", 6 July 2010.
[13] "Karabakh Diary" (in Russian).
[14] For an English translation of the relevant excerpt of the article, see ECHR, "Case of Fatullayev v. Azerbaijan (Application no. 40984/07)", Judgment, 22 April 2010, pp. 3-4.
[15] "Emin Milli's Bio", AdnanEmin blog.
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For millions of years only dramatic shifts in terrain informed the reading of the earth's surface from space. Now the cumulative light from highly urbanized areas creates a new type of information and understanding of the world that reflects human's dominance over the planet. Christina Seeley's series Lux, titled after the system unit for measuring illumination, presents photographic portraits of the cities within the most brightly illuminated regions on the NASA map of the night earth: the United States, Western Europe and Japan. This project is inspired by the disconnect between the immense beauty produced by man-made light and the complexity of what this light represents.
These economically and politically powerful regions not only have the greatest impact on the night sky but this brightness reflects a dominant cumulative impact on the planet. Collectively they emit approximately 45% of the world's CO2 and (along with China) act as the top consumers of electricity, energy and resources.
Public dialogue about global warming and energy consumption has increased exponentially since the inception of Lux. For most of human history, man-made light has signified hope and progress within local and global arenas. In this project, light also paradoxically denotes regression or transgression — an index of the complex negative human impacts on the health and future of the planet.
In order to suggest the interchangeability of urbanization and the unilateral impact of these cities on the global environment each photographed location in the series, is indicated by the central latitude and longitude of the depicted city and is simply titled Metropolis.


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I know bras can get get people stirred up, but I think we all need to calm down a little over the recent photo of a Muslim woman in a burka holding one up. The story is that a fine arts student from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C. took a photo of her friend wearing a niqab -- a veil covering her face -- and an abaya -- a full-body cloak -- holding up a bra as she sorts through her laundry.
It's been met with outrage. A staff member of the school "tore it down" from where it was displayed with the other student photos. The Saudi Arabian Embassy also has their knickers in a twist and is involved (how, I don't know). And generally, you'd think... a Dutch magazine had published cartoons of Mohammed. But no, it's just a photo of a woman holding an under garment that is just as, if not more common in the Middle East than it is in North America.
Numbers usually work to calm down hysteria so here are a few: The market for underwear in Saudi Arabia, for example, was US$1 billion a year in 2010, according to Reem Assaad, a banker and financial analyst based in Jeddah. Last year, I wrote a story for Canadian Business magazine titled the "Undercover Economy," about lingerie in the Middle East. What I uncovered was that the industry is thriving there more than it is in North America.
You think Europe is sexy? A 2010 advertisement for Motexha, the Middle East's largest garment, textile, leather and fashion accessories trade event, boasts that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia account for 77 per cent of Europe's total lingerie exports. At the time I wrote this article -- September 2011 -- La Senza had 44 stores in Saudia Arabia, and 52 others in the Middle East.
Montreal-based lingerie company La Vie en Rose has also bloomed in that part of the world. The company has 25 locations in Saudia Arabia, and since opening has expanded to include seven more countries in the region. The Middle East now makes up 20 per cent of the company's total profits.
Why? Besides the fact that many places in the Middle East such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are extremely fashion-forward (one source told me they don't have to bother with Paris now that their shopping malls have all the international designer brands), many women use lingerie as a way to express individual style. Much in the same way those that can afford it buy expensive hand bags and shoes to accessorize, lingerie gives them a sense of individuality Muslim veils often conceal.
Then there are other, darker reasons why women wear lingerie. In Syria, for example, it's common for a man to have multiple wives, and buying sexy undergarments is a way for a woman to gain his favour over the others. As a result, the lingerie markets in Syria (yes, these exist) have bras and panties that would make full-grown North American women blush. Think light-up Tweety Birds on the crotch, buttons you press to hear music, and a lot of feathers.
Not that we should be surprised or offended to see a Muslim woman holding a bra, if not just for basic anatomical reasons. She does have breasts you know, and those things can get heavy (the point of a bra in the first place).
So I think rather than freak out over here in the West, the least we can do is acknowledge what the photo is: art, which captures a real Muslim, if not any woman's, experience. And though Middle Eastern women may out-do their Western counterparts when it comes to frills and lace, we still have a lot more rights in terms of self-expression (lingerie companies in these countries alter their ads so as not to show women baring flesh).
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