Leigh in Azerbaijan

Looking at the country and education.

Entries from April 2008

The wonder of the heavens

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments

On Google Earth I wandered into the Sky part this afternoon and went looking at Hubble’s farthest photos with one million second exposures - photons arriving at one per second for the outer galaxies.  Thought the the following was good to record for my students, from Earth and Sky.
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Martin Rees also said: We’ve made [...]

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Tags: Education · school

Xinaliq in Azerbaijan

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Tanya and I went with a friend and her mother last weekend to Xinaliq in the north of Azerbaijan. We hired a car together and visited the old Persian castle of Gala Alti as well. I had been to Xinaliq last year and thought that Tanya had to see this amazing place [...]

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Tags: Azerbaijan

Editor in chief of newspaper may be force-fed in prison

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Elchin Behbudov: “In case of any threat to Eynulla Fatullayev’s health, he will be fed by force”

01 April 2008 [12:40] - Today.Az

Elchin Behbudov, chairman of Azerbaijani committee against torture, met with imprisoned editor-in-chief of the Gundelik Azerbaijan newspaper, who is on hunger strike.

The due announcement was made by a source from [...]

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Tags: Azerbaijan · Baku · Freedom of the Press · justice