KZBlog is going down (2)
After some thought, I have decided not to renew KZBLog’s lease. As you may have noticed, I don’t do a lot of posting here anymore. I don’t have time to blog regularly. Thus I am taking the site down–it does generate some ad revenue but not as much as it costs to keep it up. […]
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Intergovernment forum was scheduled. Some foreign civil servants trapped in Bishkek (including delegation from Kazakhstan). #freekg #newkg
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Some resources for seeing what has been going on in Kyrgyzstan.
On Twitter #newkg and #freekg are the main trending topics for people in Bishkek (as well as experts, analysts and voyeurs). The opposition PM is tweeting at @otunbayeva though her tweets are intermittent.
The BBC has an article up with some eyewitness accounts from people in Bishkek
This is what Bishkek looks like the morning after.
Abstract2001 on Live Journal posted a number of pictures last night ofthe Kyrgyz revolution. In case you don’t have access to LJ, the sources according to abstract are listed here:
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/7563698/Kyrgyzstan-unrest-in-pictures-state-of-emergency-declared-in-Bishkek-after-revolt.html
- http://www.internews.kg/internewsnetwork/615-kyrgyzstan-mitings-oppozitsii-foto.html
- http://novosti.kg/news/721.html
- http://www.azattyk.org/photogallery/3824.html
- http://novosti.kg/news/719.html
- http://fotoden.info/gallery/1159/p/9
- morrire.livejournal.com
- AP [sic]
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-04/07/c_13241157.htm
- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2010-04/07/c_13241278_3.htm
- http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow?articleId=USTRE6351SF20100407#a=1
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@SpookyET In Kazakhstan it is illegal. I have been wondering where these guys get their weapons.
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RT: @Maks3D: President did not leave country and is in government building. RIA and Interfax citing sources close to Bakiyev #freekg
Video From Bishkek (1)
Amazing video. Go to the Youtube site to check out others by the same author. Although not showing any bloodshed, it’s quite shocking to see how well armed some of the protesters are. Where do people get automatic rifles? You can also see, in this encounter, on the main street of Bishkek a couple of blocks from the Presidential Administration, how easy it was to intimidate the police (or that at this point police orders were not to make too much trouble and avoid dangerous situations). Finally, notice how riled up the people get when the police run away. There is obviously a lot of bottled up tension here.
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Any source on Bakiyev leaving the country? Or is it just rumor thus far? #freekg
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Any source on Bakiyev leaving the country? Or is it just rumor thus far?
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I said the tweaking would be over but the more I play, the more mistakes I find or cool things I think I can do. Like no title on tweets…
Brilliant Green (1)
You're both right! It's a dye and an antisceptic
I seem to be full of cultural notes these days. But a great mystery was solved for me the other day. A number of times riding the bus or walking down the street or waiting in line somewhere, I have noticed people with green spots on them. Usually on their faces but in some cases I have seen them with green streaks all over their bodies. At first I thought it was some horrible fungal disease. This was confirmed when I realized that such people were often talking about how they had just come from the doctor. Taking a closer look I realized that this stuff must be some kind of medicine. But what kind of weird disease made doctors feel that they should dye your skin green? It must be an extremely contagious disease.
Well, finally, I discovered that this stuff is a medicine and it does dye your skin green, but that isn’t on purpose. My wife cut herself with a knife the other day and asked me to bring her the “Brillant Green”. I had no idea what this stuff was but low and behold, when she applied it, I realized it was this mysterious green medicine I had been seeing. Turns out it’s an antiseptic and also a dye used mainly for wool and silk products.
Incidentally this revelation also came as good news because I didn’t know we had an antiseptic in the house. So tip #342 for expats in the former Soviet Union: if you need an antiseptic for a cut, ask for iodine OR brillant green!
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