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Of Ali Baba, Yahoo Baba and Forty Thieves: Sid Harth
Yahoo may fund hackers with good ideas
Posted on July 27, 2010 by David Kolle
Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and
technologies, a company executive said on Saturday.
“We are open to many ways of having a stake in creative young
companies,” said Jeff Kinder, Yahoo’s senior vice president for media
products and solutions, on the sidelines of a Yahoo Open Hack Day in
Bangalore.
The Internet company does not have a fund earmarked for this purpose,
or a definite model or set of criteria for such investments, Kinder
added.
Hackers and Open Hack Days have proven to be important sources of new
ideas and technologies for Yahoo, Kinder said. Meme, now a
microblogging site, was transformed from an internal Yahoo product
idea into a product on Yahoo’s platform after an Open Hack Day in
Brazil in late 2008.
When the APIs (application programming interfaces) for Meme on YQL
(Yahoo Query Language) were opened up for hackers at the Open Hack Day
in Brazil, the developers built tools to help derive more value out of
Meme. “In short, the developer community really helped us build this
product to what it is today, thanks to Open Hack Day,” a Yahoo
spokesman said.
Meme has been rolled out in a number of countries including Brazil,
the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Taiwan, and India.
Koprol, a mobile location-based social networking site in Indonesia,
that was acquired by Yahoo in May, was also set up by hackers who had
their technology showcased at the Yahoo Hack Day in Indonesia last
year, Kinder said.
Starting as an internal event for Yahoo developers, Hack Days were
later extended to developers in a number of locations including
London, Brazil, Taiwan, and Bangalore.
For the event in Bangalore, which was the third in the city, there
were 1,800 registrants, of which about 500 were selected to
participate. There were also 123 hacks at the event, making it the
largest Open Hack Day so far hosted by Yahoo, the Yahoo spokesman
said.
Open Hack Days also help Yahoo get feedback on its new APIs
(application programming interfaces) and technologies, such as YAP
(Yahoo Application Platform) and YQL, Kinder said. “Open Hack Days
bring up a lot of ideas which contribute to our thinking within the
company,” he added.
Source: IDG News Service
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Of Ali Baba, Yahoo Baba and Forty Thieves: Sid Harth
My Dearly Departed David. Or is it Dearly Demented David? Or is it
Dearly Damned David?
What the **** are you crowing about? Hack persuit by Yahoodlums? If
memory serves me well, which my wife desputes, as she is being
reminding me of the promises I made to her in our dating days, that I
Sid Harth, the undersigned and also under pressure, that I would get
her a pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, a ruby encrusted tennis
bracelet, couple of diamond earings, a nose ring, also diamond.
As a backup, a pearl one, three rings, one jade, another, saffire and
the third black pearl.
I further promised that I shall get these few, insignificant articles
no matter what. I may buy them. I may lease them. I may steal them by
robbing unsuspecting women. Falsely falling in love with them.
The last plan was summarily disposed of by my clever bride to be as
too daring, translation, risky. Not risky to me, I am sure. For her
highness, my bride to be.
No one would sell the said articles to me. The simple reason was they
were biased. Nobody wanted to lease such valuable articles because I
did not have requisite collateral. Nor did I have any credit, worth
the name.
Therefore and wherefore, I decided to steal them. I went to the
library to do some quality research and found about “Ali Baba and his
forty thieves.” His hiding place and his magic mantra to open the
vault. “Sesame.” “Khul ja Simsim,” in Urdu and Hindi.
I think, I lost interest in that famous fable. Got married and forgot
all about it. What I did not forget is that the “Khul Ja Simsim,”
secret mantra has changed. Now it is, “Bhag Ja Yahoo,” Get off (you
hoodlum) Yahoo.
“Tanstaafl” There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
The End
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)
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Arabian Nights
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Produced by Paul Malvern
Written by Screenplay:
Edmund L. Hartmann
Starring Jon Hall
Maria Montez
Leif Erickson
Kurt Katch
Turhan Bey
Frank Puglia
Cinematography W. Howard Greene
George Robinson
Editing by Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) United States:
January 14, 1944
Running time 87 min.
Country United States
Language English
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2009)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film starring Maria
Montez and Jon Hall, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film is derived
from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but its story departs
greatly from the tale of the same name and includes an actual historic
event. The film is one of series of “exotic” tales released by
Universal during the war years.
[edit] Plot
The story begins right after the successful Mongolian conquest of
Bagdad by Hulagu Khan (Kurt Ketch). The caliph Hassan (Moroni Olsen)
has escaped captivity, together with his young son Ali, and prepares
to regroup the renmants of his troops. While staying at the mansion of
Prince Cassim (Frank Puglia), Ali and Cassim’s daughter Amara, fearing
that they will not see each other again, betroth themselves via blood-
bond.
As the caliph prepares to leave, Cassim stops him at the last moment.
This, however, is the initiation for an ambush by the Mongols, to whom
the cowardly prince has sworn allegiance; the caliph and his retinue
are massacred, and only Ali escapes. Alone and lost in the desert, he
comes across a mountainside where he sees a group of riders exiting a
hidden cave. Deducing its opening phrase (“Open, Sesame!”), he enters
the cave and finds it filled with treasure. When the 40 thieves
return, they find the boy asleep in their hideout. Upon learning that
he is the son of the caliph, and impressed by his courage and
determination, the thieves allow him to stay, and their leader, Old
Baba (Fortunio Bonanova), adopts him as his son, Ali Baba.
Ten years later, the band of thieves have become a group of Robin Hood-
style resistance fighters, raiding the Mongols and giving to their
poor and downtrodden people. One day, they learn of a caravan bearing
the new bride for the Khan to Bagdad, which seems to be rich pickings
because it is apparently only loosely guarded. Ali (Jon Hall), now a
grown man, however is suspicious and decides to scout the caravan
first, along with his ‘nanny’ Abdullah (Andy Devine). The bride turns
out to be Amara (Maria Montez), Cassim’s daughter, who is to be wed to
the Khan in order to solidify Cassim’s somewhat shaky standing with
the Mongols.
In the meantime, Amara decides to take a bath in the oasis, where Ali
encounters her (they do not recognize each other, however). Taking her
for a mere servant girl and passing himself off as a traveller, he
asks her about the caravan, then more about herself. But then it turns
out that the caravan is in fact heavily guarded; Ali is ambushed and
captured, while Abdullah narrowly escapes. Upon learning that the
‘servant girl’ is the bride of the Khan (her name is not mentioned),
Ali curses her for her supposed treachery. Hurt by his words and in
growing admiration for him and his cause, she asks her servant and
bodyguard, Jamiel (Turhan Bey), who hero-worships the 40 thieves, to
give Ali some water for the trip.
In Bagdad, Ali is presented to the Khan, though he is not recognized
as the leader of the 40 Thieves, and bound to a pillory in the palace
square for public execution the next day. Cassim visits him in private
and discovers Ali’s true identity, but keeps the knowledge to himself.
Soon afterwards, the thieves mount a rescue, but Old Baba is mortally
wounded; Amara, who went to see Ali to clear the misunderstanding
between them, is kidnapped, and Jamiel personally cuts Ali loose from
his bonds. The thieves retreat into Mount Sesame.
The next day, the thieves capture Jamiel, who was tracking them. Ali
recognizes him as a friend, and Jamiel, who swears allegiance to Ali
Baba, is assigned as a spy in the palace. His first task is to deliver
a ransom note to the Khan: in exchange for his bride, Hulagu Khan is
to surrender the traitor Cassim. The thieves proceed to Cassim’s
mansion to await the traitor’s arrival. When Amara walks into the
garden, Ali recognizes her as his lost love, and with his re-awakened
feelings for her he decides to release her without waiting for her
father. This initially arouses the anger of his band, but they still
remain loyal to him.
When Amara returns to Bagdad, her father confesses Ali’s true identity
to her and the Khan. Hulagu Khan decides to hold the wedding
immediately; Amara refuses, but the sight of her father being tortured
(actually, a ruse) forces her to give in. Jamiel brings the news to
Ali, who decides to free his love. In order to reach the palace
unnoticed, he devises the plan to pose as a merchant from Basra who
brings forty huge jars of oil as a wedding gift. Jamiel returns to the
palace to relay the plan to Amara, but they catch one of her servants
eavesdropping. The girl then relays the news to Cassim and the Khan,
who decide to welcome Ali in a fitting manner.
At the wedding day, Ali does appear as the merchant and is admitted as
a guest. During an interlude, sword dancers appear, which first
perform their routine and then suddenly plunge their weapons into the
jar covers. But the jars contain only sand; upon discovering the
exposure of the original plan, Ali had decided to make a few changes:
most of the thieves came disguised in the crowd; some others were
hidden in jars which were not brought before the Khan.
Hulagu Khan kills Cassim for his failure and announced Ali’s
execution, but then Jamiel opens the revolt by dispatching Ali’s
guards with his throwing knives. While the thieves attack the palace
guards, he and Amara open the gates for the mob, which storms in and
overpowers the Mongols. Hulagu Khan is killed by Abdullah while
prepearing to finish Ali, and as a sign of victory Jamiel climbs onto
the tallest tower and hoists the Arabian flag.
Mistakes
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate
any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles.
(September 2009)
The story takes place in Persia, yet Jamiel hoists the shahada, which
is 1) the traditional Saudi Arabian flag, and 2) this flag first
appeared in the 18th century, about 500 years later. Likely an error
based upon the name Arabian Nights, the collection of tales in which
the original Ali Baba story is included.
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036591/[unreliable source?]
External links
Arabian Nights at the Internet Movie Database
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Ali Baba
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For other uses, see Ali Baba (disambiguation).
Ali Baba by Maxfield Parrish (1909).
Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ʿAli Bāba) is a fictional character from
medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Some critics believe that this story
was added to One Thousand and One Nights by one of its European
translators, Antoine Galland, an 18th-century French orientalist who
may have heard it in oral form from a Middle Eastern story-teller from
Aleppo. However, Richard F. Burton claimed it to be part of the
original One Thousand and One Nights.
This story has been used as a popular pantomime plot—perhaps most
famously in the pantomime/musical Chu Chin Chow (1916). Like many
other folk tales frequently adapted for children, the original tale is
darker and more violent than the more familiar bowdlerised versions.
Popular perception of Ali Baba, and the way he is treated in popular
media, sometimes implies that he was the leader of the “Forty
Thieves”: in the story he is actually an “honest man”[1] whom fortune
enables to take advantage of the thieves’ robberies.
[edit] Story
The story takes place in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. Ali Baba and
his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death
of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes
well-to-do, building on their father’s business – but Ali Baba marries
a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter.
One day Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the
forest, and he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting
their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is
sealed by magic. It opens on the words “Open, Simsim” (commonly
written as “Open Sesame” in English), and seals itself on the words
“Close, Simsim” (“Close Sesame”). When the thieves are gone, Ali Baba
enters the cave himself, and takes some of the treasure home.
Ali Baba borrows his sister-in-law’s scales to weigh this new wealth
of gold coins. Unbeknownst to Ali, she puts a blob of wax in the
scales to find out what Ali is using them for, as she is curious to
know what kind of grain her impoverished brother-in-law needs to
measure. To her shock, she finds a gold coin sticking to the scales
and tells her husband, Ali Baba’s rich and greedy brother, Cassim.
Under pressure from his brother, Ali Baba is forced to reveal the
secret of the cave. Cassim goes to the cave and enters with the magic
words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasures forgets the
magic words to get back out again. The thieves find him there, and
kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the
cave to look for him, and finds the body, quartered and with each
piece displayed just inside the entrance of the cave to discourage any
similar attempts in the future.
Ali Baba brings the body home, where he entrusts Morgiana, a clever
slave-girl in Cassim’s household, with the task of making others
believe that Cassim has died a natural death. First, Morgiana
purchases medicines from an apothecary, telling him that Cassim is
gravely ill. Then, she finds an old tailor known as Baba Mustafa whom
she pays, blindfolds, and leads to Cassim’s house. There, overnight,
the tailor stitches the pieces of Cassims’ body back together, so that
no one will be suspicious. Ali and his family are able to give Cassim
a proper burial without anyone asking awkward questions.
The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that yet another person
must know their secret, and set out to track him down. One of the
thieves goes down to the town and comes across Baba Mustafa, who
mentions that he has just sewn a dead man’s body back together.
Realizing that the dead man must have been the thieves’ victim, the
thief asks Baba Mustafa to lead the way to the house where the deed
was performed. The tailor is blindfolded again, and in this state he
is able to retrace his steps and find the house. The thief marks the
door with a symbol. The plan is for the other thieves to come back
that night and kill everyone in the house. However, the thief has been
seen by Morgiana and she, loyal to her master, foils his plan by
marking all the houses in the neighborhood with a similar marking.
When the 40 thieves return that night, they cannot identify the
correct house and the head thief kills the lesser thief. The next day,
another thief revisits Baba Mustafa and tries again, only this time, a
chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba’s front door. Again
Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other
doorsteps. The second thief is killed for his stupidity as well. At
last, the head thief goes and looks for himself. This time, he
memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba’s house.
The chief of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali
Baba’s hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with thirty-eight
oil jars, one filled with oil, the other thirty-seven hiding the other
remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill
him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the thirty-
seven thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When
their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are dead,
and escapes.
To exact revenge, after some time the thief establishes himself as a
merchant, befriends Ali Baba’s son (who is now in charge of the late
Cassim’s business), and is invited to dinner at Ali Baba’s house. The
thief is recognized by Morgiana, who performs a dance with a dagger
for the diners and plunges it into the heart of the thief when he is
off his guard. Ali Baba is at first angry with Morgiana, but when he
finds out the thief tried to kill him, he gives Morgiana her freedom
and marries her to his son. Ali Baba is then left as the only one
knowing the secret of the treasure in the cave and how to access it.
Thus, the story ends happily for everyone except the forty thieves and
Cassim.
Adaptations
The story was made into an Egyptian movie in 1942 as “Ali Baba We El
Arbeen Haramy” (Alibaba and the Forty Thieves), with Ali AlKassar
playing the lead as Ali Baba, and the famous comedian actor Ismail
Yasin as his assistant.
A French film Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs starring Fernandel and
Samia Gamal (1954).
A French telefilm starring Gérard Jugnot and Michèle Bernier (2007).
In 1970s Alibaba story was adapted in a Bengali film called ‘Morgiana
Abdulla’.
Bollywood film Ali Baba aur 40 Chor, starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini
and Zeenat Aman, was largely based on this adventure tale.
A Malaysian comedy film, Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (1960) which quite
faithfully adhered to the tale’s plot details, but introduced a number
of anachronisms for humour, for example the usage of a truck by Kassim
Baba to steal the robbers’ loot.
The story was made into a Tamil movie in 1955 as “Alibabhavum Narpathu
Thirudargalum” (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) with M.G.Ramachandran
playing the lead as Ali Baba and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Morgiana.
The story was adapted in the 1971 anime Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(アリババと４０匹の盗賊, Aribaba to Yonjuppiki no Tozoku?), storyboarded by Hayao
Miyazaki.
A Soviet-Indian joint film of 1979 ru:Приключения Алибабы и 40
разбойников (фильм)
The concept of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was used for the last
installment of Disney‘s Aladdin series, Aladdin and the King of
Thieves, released in 1996, introducing Kassim the King of Thieves as
Aladdin’s father.
In the television mini-series Arabian Nights, the story is told
faithfully with two major changes. The first is that when Morgiana
discovers the thieves in the oil jars, she alerts Ali Baba and
together with a friend, they release the jars on a street with a steep
incline and allow them roll down to break open. Furthermore, the city
guard is alerted and arrest the disoriented thieves as they emerge
from their containers. Later when Morgiana defeats the thief leader,
Ali Baba, who is young and has no children, marries the heroine
himself.
A film adaption Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was made in 1944. The
film was remade in 1965 as The Sword of Ali Baba. Frank Puglia
portrayed the character named Kassim in both versions.
At the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron 40 was
originally nicknamed “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” before
eventually changing its name to the “P-40 Warhawks”
A mythopoeic novel by Tom Holt, ‘Open Sesame‘, is based on characters
from the story of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”
A parody exists in the 2010 Chick-fil-A calendar “Great Works of Cow
Literature” in August where the novel is referred to as Ali Barbacue
and the 40 Chefs.
In other media
A 1981 computer video game by Quality Software.[2]
A Tamil movie featuring Krishna Kulasekaran
In the video game Sonic and the Secret Rings, Miles “Tails” Prower is
Ali Baba. Despite the fact that the forty thieves appear in the game
as spirits and reanimated skeletons, he has no involvement with them
at all.
In the MASH episode, “The Novocaine Mutiny,” Frank Burns accuses
Benjamin Pierce of mutiny. When Pierce displays his typical
nonchalance, Burns states: “Ali Baba ’til the very end, aren’t you?”
A Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon, Ali Baba Bunny, has a
similar premise to the concept of the treasure-filled magical cave, in
which Daffy Duck is consumed by the same greed as Cassim.[vague]
A Looney Tunes cartoon with Porky Pig called Ali-Baba Bound, but this
one portrays Ali Baba as a villain who attempts to attack the desert
fort.
In a song “Ali Baba’s Camel” by Noel Gay Ali Baba is specifically
identified (“Forty thieves had he”). This song is now best known in
the cover version by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Joint credit to
Hulton (who?) is sometimes given; e.g. with the blessing of Neil Innes
at [1].
In the Beastie Boys song “Rhymin & Stealin” they make reference to Ali
Baba and the forty thieves.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a computer game for the Apple II
published in 1982.
In the video game Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly the level Thieves’ Den is
a parody of the tale.
Dark Lotus of Psychopathic records has a song named Ali Baba.
A Popeye Cartoon, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves,
features Popeye meeting, and defeating the titular group.
In the video game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, it is said that one of
Sly Cooper‘s ancestors, Salim al Kupar of Arabia, had the stealth of
forty-thieves. It is not said if this ancestor was part of the forty-
thieves however.
A Los Garcias’ song, Ali Baba
In the video game Diablo II, “The Blade of Ali Baba” is the name of a
unique sword that can be found, it increases the amount of gold and
magical items dropped by monsters when it is used to slay them.
In the Sean Biggs (ft. Akon) song, “Never Gonna Get It” there is a
reference to “chains hangin’ like Ali Baba”.
In the Disney film Aladdin there are several references to the story.
During the Genie’s song “Friend like Me” he lists the benefits other
heroes have had in their adventures, including “Ali Baba had them
forty thieves”. Another possible reference is Aladdin’s alias “Prince
Ali Ababwa”, which is very similar to Ali Baba. Also, in Aladdin and
the King of Thieves the forty thieves play an integral part in the
story. However the story is very different than the original Ali Baba
story, particularly Cassim’s new role as the King of Thieves.
A large illuminated tableau created for Blackpool Illuminations in
2005.[3]
In the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Granado
Espada and all its counterparts in other countries, a “cash shop”
costume is named Ali Baba. This costume belongs to Alejandro, One of
the Unique Player Characters in the game.
In the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Tales
Runner and indirect reference is made to Ali Baba, a map is named Ali
Baba Map.
In the 3CE song ‘Take You To The Edge’ the lyrics say ‘Ali Baba had 40
thieves’
In Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour, Mission 4 of the GLA
campaign is named Jarmen Kell and the Forty Thieves making a reference
to Ali Baba and the 40 thieves although Jarmen Kell was only sent
together with a few Hijackers and Rebels that number less than 40.
Iraq War
The name Ali Baba was often used as derogatory slang by American and
Iraqi soldiers and their allies in the War in Iraq to describe
individuals suspected of a variety of offenses related to theft and
looting.[4] In the subsequent occupation it is used as a general term
for the insurgents, similar to Charlie for the Viet Cong in the
Vietnam War.[5]
Due to interaction of the two peoples, the term Ali Baba was adopted
by the Iraqis to describe foreign troops suspected of looting,[6] and
the English-speaking mainstream press mistakenly reported the slang to
be native to the locals.[7]
Iraqi citizens often use the term Ali Baba to describe looting
bandits, whether they be coalition troops or insurgents of any
nationality. For protection against “Ali Baba,” Iraqis are allowed one
AK-47, and one 30 round magazine of ammunition per household.
References
^ If a receiver of stolen goods can be described as “honest”!
^ Barton, Matt (2007-02-23). “Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)”. The
History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Gamasutra.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_06.shtml. Retrieved
2009-03-26.
^ “Sarah Myerscough (Artist) – Ali Baba 2005 – Blackpool Illuminations
Gallery”. www.sarahmyerscough.co.uk.
http://www.sarahmyerscough.co.uk/Galleries_of_Work/Blackpool_Illuminations_Gallery/Ali_Baba_2005.asp.
Retrieved 2009-08-12.
^ Vasagar, Jeevan. Court martial hears of drowned Iraqi’s final
moments. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
^ Fumento, Michael. Back to Falluja: The Iraqi Army versus the
Keystone Kops insurgency. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
^ Levin, Jerry. Will The Real Ali Baba Please Stand Up Retrieved on
2007-04-18.
^ Human Rights Watch. The Security situation immediately after the
fall of Basra. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
External links
“Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” (e-text, in English)
Waller Hastings, “Ali Baba and the forty Thieves”: essay
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Arabian Nights and The Sword of Ali
Baba at the Internet Movie Database
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Baba“
Categories: One Thousand and One Nights | One Thousand and One Nights
characters | Fictional Arab people | Fictional Iraqi people
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Ali-Baba
Of Ali Baba, Yahoo Baba and Forty Thieves: Sid Harth
Yahoo may fund hackers with good ideas
Posted on July 27, 2010 by David Kolle
Yahoo is considering investing in hackers with good ideas and
technologies, a company executive said on Saturday.
“We are open to many ways of having a stake in creative young
companies,” said Jeff Kinder, Yahoo’s senior vice president for media
products and solutions, on the sidelines of a Yahoo Open Hack Day in
Bangalore.
The Internet company does not have a fund earmarked for this purpose,
or a definite model or set of criteria for such investments, Kinder
added.
Hackers and Open Hack Days have proven to be important sources of new
ideas and technologies for Yahoo, Kinder said. Meme, now a
microblogging site, was transformed from an internal Yahoo product
idea into a product on Yahoo’s platform after an Open Hack Day in
Brazil in late 2008.
When the APIs (application programming interfaces) for Meme on YQL
(Yahoo Query Language) were opened up for hackers at the Open Hack Day
in Brazil, the developers built tools to help derive more value out of
Meme. “In short, the developer community really helped us build this
product to what it is today, thanks to Open Hack Day,” a Yahoo
spokesman said.
Meme has been rolled out in a number of countries including Brazil,
the Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Taiwan, and India.
Koprol, a mobile location-based social networking site in Indonesia,
that was acquired by Yahoo in May, was also set up by hackers who had
their technology showcased at the Yahoo Hack Day in Indonesia last
year, Kinder said.
Starting as an internal event for Yahoo developers, Hack Days were
later extended to developers in a number of locations including
London, Brazil, Taiwan, and Bangalore.
For the event in Bangalore, which was the third in the city, there
were 1,800 registrants, of which about 500 were selected to
participate. There were also 123 hacks at the event, making it the
largest Open Hack Day so far hosted by Yahoo, the Yahoo spokesman
said.
Open Hack Days also help Yahoo get feedback on its new APIs
(application programming interfaces) and technologies, such as YAP
(Yahoo Application Platform) and YQL, Kinder said. “Open Hack Days
bring up a lot of ideas which contribute to our thinking within the
company,” he added.
Source: IDG News Service
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Of Ali Baba, Yahoo Baba and Forty Thieves: Sid Harth
My Dearly Departed David. Or is it Dearly Demented David? Or is it
Dearly Damned David?
What the **** are you crowing about? Hack persuit by Yahoodlums? If
memory serves me well, which my wife desputes, as she is being
reminding me of the promises I made to her in our dating days, that I
Sid Harth, the undersigned and also under pressure, that I would get
her a pearl necklace, a diamond tiara, a ruby encrusted tennis
bracelet, couple of diamond earings, a nose ring, also diamond.
As a backup, a pearl one, three rings, one jade, another, saffire and
the third black pearl.
I further promised that I shall get these few, insignificant articles
no matter what. I may buy them. I may lease them. I may steal them by
robbing unsuspecting women. Falsely falling in love with them.
The last plan was summarily disposed of by my clever bride to be as
too daring, translation, risky. Not risky to me, I am sure. For her
highness, my bride to be.
No one would sell the said articles to me. The simple reason was they
were biased. Nobody wanted to lease such valuable articles because I
did not have requisite collateral. Nor did I have any credit, worth
the name.
Therefore and wherefore, I decided to steal them. I went to the
library to do some quality research and found about “Ali Baba and his
forty thieves.” His hiding place and his magic mantra to open the
vault. “Sesame.” “Khul ja Simsim,” in Urdu and Hindi.
I think, I lost interest in that famous fable. Got married and forgot
all about it. What I did not forget is that the “Khul Ja Simsim,”
secret mantra has changed. Now it is, “Bhag Ja Yahoo,” Get off (you
hoodlum) Yahoo.
“Tanstaafl” There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
The End
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944 film)
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Arabian Nights
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Produced by Paul Malvern
Written by Screenplay:
Edmund L. Hartmann
Starring Jon Hall
Maria Montez
Leif Erickson
Kurt Katch
Turhan Bey
Frank Puglia
Cinematography W. Howard Greene
George Robinson
Editing by Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) United States:
January 14, 1944
Running time 87 min.
Country United States
Language English
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2009)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is a 1944 adventure film starring Maria
Montez and Jon Hall, and directed by Arthur Lubin. The film is derived
from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights but its story departs
greatly from the tale of the same name and includes an actual historic
event. The film is one of series of “exotic” tales released by
Universal during the war years.
[edit] Plot
The story begins right after the successful Mongolian conquest of
Bagdad by Hulagu Khan (Kurt Ketch). The caliph Hassan (Moroni Olsen)
has escaped captivity, together with his young son Ali, and prepares
to regroup the renmants of his troops. While staying at the mansion of
Prince Cassim (Frank Puglia), Ali and Cassim’s daughter Amara, fearing
that they will not see each other again, betroth themselves via blood-
bond.
As the caliph prepares to leave, Cassim stops him at the last moment.
This, however, is the initiation for an ambush by the Mongols, to whom
the cowardly prince has sworn allegiance; the caliph and his retinue
are massacred, and only Ali escapes. Alone and lost in the desert, he
comes across a mountainside where he sees a group of riders exiting a
hidden cave. Deducing its opening phrase (“Open, Sesame!”), he enters
the cave and finds it filled with treasure. When the 40 thieves
return, they find the boy asleep in their hideout. Upon learning that
he is the son of the caliph, and impressed by his courage and
determination, the thieves allow him to stay, and their leader, Old
Baba (Fortunio Bonanova), adopts him as his son, Ali Baba.
Ten years later, the band of thieves have become a group of Robin Hood-
style resistance fighters, raiding the Mongols and giving to their
poor and downtrodden people. One day, they learn of a caravan bearing
the new bride for the Khan to Bagdad, which seems to be rich pickings
because it is apparently only loosely guarded. Ali (Jon Hall), now a
grown man, however is suspicious and decides to scout the caravan
first, along with his ‘nanny’ Abdullah (Andy Devine). The bride turns
out to be Amara (Maria Montez), Cassim’s daughter, who is to be wed to
the Khan in order to solidify Cassim’s somewhat shaky standing with
the Mongols.
In the meantime, Amara decides to take a bath in the oasis, where Ali
encounters her (they do not recognize each other, however). Taking her
for a mere servant girl and passing himself off as a traveller, he
asks her about the caravan, then more about herself. But then it turns
out that the caravan is in fact heavily guarded; Ali is ambushed and
captured, while Abdullah narrowly escapes. Upon learning that the
‘servant girl’ is the bride of the Khan (her name is not mentioned),
Ali curses her for her supposed treachery. Hurt by his words and in
growing admiration for him and his cause, she asks her servant and
bodyguard, Jamiel (Turhan Bey), who hero-worships the 40 thieves, to
give Ali some water for the trip.
In Bagdad, Ali is presented to the Khan, though he is not recognized
as the leader of the 40 Thieves, and bound to a pillory in the palace
square for public execution the next day. Cassim visits him in private
and discovers Ali’s true identity, but keeps the knowledge to himself.
Soon afterwards, the thieves mount a rescue, but Old Baba is mortally
wounded; Amara, who went to see Ali to clear the misunderstanding
between them, is kidnapped, and Jamiel personally cuts Ali loose from
his bonds. The thieves retreat into Mount Sesame.
The next day, the thieves capture Jamiel, who was tracking them. Ali
recognizes him as a friend, and Jamiel, who swears allegiance to Ali
Baba, is assigned as a spy in the palace. His first task is to deliver
a ransom note to the Khan: in exchange for his bride, Hulagu Khan is
to surrender the traitor Cassim. The thieves proceed to Cassim’s
mansion to await the traitor’s arrival. When Amara walks into the
garden, Ali recognizes her as his lost love, and with his re-awakened
feelings for her he decides to release her without waiting for her
father. This initially arouses the anger of his band, but they still
remain loyal to him.
When Amara returns to Bagdad, her father confesses Ali’s true identity
to her and the Khan. Hulagu Khan decides to hold the wedding
immediately; Amara refuses, but the sight of her father being tortured
(actually, a ruse) forces her to give in. Jamiel brings the news to
Ali, who decides to free his love. In order to reach the palace
unnoticed, he devises the plan to pose as a merchant from Basra who
brings forty huge jars of oil as a wedding gift. Jamiel returns to the
palace to relay the plan to Amara, but they catch one of her servants
eavesdropping. The girl then relays the news to Cassim and the Khan,
who decide to welcome Ali in a fitting manner.
At the wedding day, Ali does appear as the merchant and is admitted as
a guest. During an interlude, sword dancers appear, which first
perform their routine and then suddenly plunge their weapons into the
jar covers. But the jars contain only sand; upon discovering the
exposure of the original plan, Ali had decided to make a few changes:
most of the thieves came disguised in the crowd; some others were
hidden in jars which were not brought before the Khan.
Hulagu Khan kills Cassim for his failure and announced Ali’s
execution, but then Jamiel opens the revolt by dispatching Ali’s
guards with his throwing knives. While the thieves attack the palace
guards, he and Amara open the gates for the mob, which storms in and
overpowers the Mongols. Hulagu Khan is killed by Abdullah while
prepearing to finish Ali, and as a sign of victory Jamiel climbs onto
the tallest tower and hoists the Arabian flag.
Mistakes
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate
any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles.
(September 2009)
The story takes place in Persia, yet Jamiel hoists the shahada, which
is 1) the traditional Saudi Arabian flag, and 2) this flag first
appeared in the 18th century, about 500 years later. Likely an error
based upon the name Arabian Nights, the collection of tales in which
the original Ali Baba story is included.
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036591/[unreliable source?]
External links
Arabian Nights at the Internet Movie Database
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For other uses, see Ali Baba (disambiguation).
Ali Baba by Maxfield Parrish (1909).
Ali Baba (Arabic: علي بابا ʿAli Bāba) is a fictional character from
medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Some critics believe that this story
was added to One Thousand and One Nights by one of its European
translators, Antoine Galland, an 18th-century French orientalist who
may have heard it in oral form from a Middle Eastern story-teller from
Aleppo. However, Richard F. Burton claimed it to be part of the
original One Thousand and One Nights.
This story has been used as a popular pantomime plot—perhaps most
famously in the pantomime/musical Chu Chin Chow (1916). Like many
other folk tales frequently adapted for children, the original tale is
darker and more violent than the more familiar bowdlerised versions.
Popular perception of Ali Baba, and the way he is treated in popular
media, sometimes implies that he was the leader of the “Forty
Thieves”: in the story he is actually an “honest man”[1] whom fortune
enables to take advantage of the thieves’ robberies.
[edit] Story
The story takes place in Baghdad during the Abbasid era. Ali Baba and
his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death
of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes
well-to-do, building on their father’s business – but Ali Baba marries
a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter.
One day Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the
forest, and he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting
their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is
sealed by magic. It opens on the words “Open, Simsim” (commonly
written as “Open Sesame” in English), and seals itself on the words
“Close, Simsim” (“Close Sesame”). When the thieves are gone, Ali Baba
enters the cave himself, and takes some of the treasure home.
Ali Baba borrows his sister-in-law’s scales to weigh this new wealth
of gold coins. Unbeknownst to Ali, she puts a blob of wax in the
scales to find out what Ali is using them for, as she is curious to
know what kind of grain her impoverished brother-in-law needs to
measure. To her shock, she finds a gold coin sticking to the scales
and tells her husband, Ali Baba’s rich and greedy brother, Cassim.
Under pressure from his brother, Ali Baba is forced to reveal the
secret of the cave. Cassim goes to the cave and enters with the magic
words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasures forgets the
magic words to get back out again. The thieves find him there, and
kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the
cave to look for him, and finds the body, quartered and with each
piece displayed just inside the entrance of the cave to discourage any
similar attempts in the future.
Ali Baba brings the body home, where he entrusts Morgiana, a clever
slave-girl in Cassim’s household, with the task of making others
believe that Cassim has died a natural death. First, Morgiana
purchases medicines from an apothecary, telling him that Cassim is
gravely ill. Then, she finds an old tailor known as Baba Mustafa whom
she pays, blindfolds, and leads to Cassim’s house. There, overnight,
the tailor stitches the pieces of Cassims’ body back together, so that
no one will be suspicious. Ali and his family are able to give Cassim
a proper burial without anyone asking awkward questions.
The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that yet another person
must know their secret, and set out to track him down. One of the
thieves goes down to the town and comes across Baba Mustafa, who
mentions that he has just sewn a dead man’s body back together.
Realizing that the dead man must have been the thieves’ victim, the
thief asks Baba Mustafa to lead the way to the house where the deed
was performed. The tailor is blindfolded again, and in this state he
is able to retrace his steps and find the house. The thief marks the
door with a symbol. The plan is for the other thieves to come back
that night and kill everyone in the house. However, the thief has been
seen by Morgiana and she, loyal to her master, foils his plan by
marking all the houses in the neighborhood with a similar marking.
When the 40 thieves return that night, they cannot identify the
correct house and the head thief kills the lesser thief. The next day,
another thief revisits Baba Mustafa and tries again, only this time, a
chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba’s front door. Again
Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other
doorsteps. The second thief is killed for his stupidity as well. At
last, the head thief goes and looks for himself. This time, he
memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba’s house.
The chief of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali
Baba’s hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with thirty-eight
oil jars, one filled with oil, the other thirty-seven hiding the other
remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill
him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the thirty-
seven thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When
their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are dead,
and escapes.
To exact revenge, after some time the thief establishes himself as a
merchant, befriends Ali Baba’s son (who is now in charge of the late
Cassim’s business), and is invited to dinner at Ali Baba’s house. The
thief is recognized by Morgiana, who performs a dance with a dagger
for the diners and plunges it into the heart of the thief when he is
off his guard. Ali Baba is at first angry with Morgiana, but when he
finds out the thief tried to kill him, he gives Morgiana her freedom
and marries her to his son. Ali Baba is then left as the only one
knowing the secret of the treasure in the cave and how to access it.
Thus, the story ends happily for everyone except the forty thieves and
Cassim.
Adaptations
The story was made into an Egyptian movie in 1942 as “Ali Baba We El
Arbeen Haramy” (Alibaba and the Forty Thieves), with Ali AlKassar
playing the lead as Ali Baba, and the famous comedian actor Ismail
Yasin as his assistant.
A French film Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs starring Fernandel and
Samia Gamal (1954).
A French telefilm starring Gérard Jugnot and Michèle Bernier (2007).
In 1970s Alibaba story was adapted in a Bengali film called ‘Morgiana
Abdulla’.
Bollywood film Ali Baba aur 40 Chor, starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini
and Zeenat Aman, was largely based on this adventure tale.
A Malaysian comedy film, Ali Baba Bujang Lapok (1960) which quite
faithfully adhered to the tale’s plot details, but introduced a number
of anachronisms for humour, for example the usage of a truck by Kassim
Baba to steal the robbers’ loot.
The story was made into a Tamil movie in 1955 as “Alibabhavum Narpathu
Thirudargalum” (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) with M.G.Ramachandran
playing the lead as Ali Baba and Bhanumathi Ramakrishna as Morgiana.
The story was adapted in the 1971 anime Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(アリババと４０匹の盗賊, Aribaba to Yonjuppiki no Tozoku?), storyboarded by Hayao
Miyazaki.
A Soviet-Indian joint film of 1979 ru:Приключения Алибабы и 40
разбойников (фильм)
The concept of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was used for the last
installment of Disney‘s Aladdin series, Aladdin and the King of
Thieves, released in 1996, introducing Kassim the King of Thieves as
Aladdin’s father.
In the television mini-series Arabian Nights, the story is told
faithfully with two major changes. The first is that when Morgiana
discovers the thieves in the oil jars, she alerts Ali Baba and
together with a friend, they release the jars on a street with a steep
incline and allow them roll down to break open. Furthermore, the city
guard is alerted and arrest the disoriented thieves as they emerge
from their containers. Later when Morgiana defeats the thief leader,
Ali Baba, who is young and has no children, marries the heroine
himself.
A film adaption Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves was made in 1944. The
film was remade in 1965 as The Sword of Ali Baba. Frank Puglia
portrayed the character named Kassim in both versions.
At the United States Air Force Academy, Cadet Squadron 40 was
originally nicknamed “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” before
eventually changing its name to the “P-40 Warhawks”
A mythopoeic novel by Tom Holt, ‘Open Sesame‘, is based on characters
from the story of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”
A parody exists in the 2010 Chick-fil-A calendar “Great Works of Cow
Literature” in August where the novel is referred to as Ali Barbacue
and the 40 Chefs.
In other media
A 1981 computer video game by Quality Software.[2]
A Tamil movie featuring Krishna Kulasekaran
In the video game Sonic and the Secret Rings, Miles “Tails” Prower is
Ali Baba. Despite the fact that the forty thieves appear in the game
as spirits and reanimated skeletons, he has no involvement with them
at all.
In the MASH episode, “The Novocaine Mutiny,” Frank Burns accuses
Benjamin Pierce of mutiny. When Pierce displays his typical
nonchalance, Burns states: “Ali Baba ’til the very end, aren’t you?”
A Merrie Melodies Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon, Ali Baba Bunny, has a
similar premise to the concept of the treasure-filled magical cave, in
which Daffy Duck is consumed by the same greed as Cassim.[vague]
A Looney Tunes cartoon with Porky Pig called Ali-Baba Bound, but this
one portrays Ali Baba as a villain who attempts to attack the desert
fort.
In a song “Ali Baba’s Camel” by Noel Gay Ali Baba is specifically
identified (“Forty thieves had he”). This song is now best known in
the cover version by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Joint credit to
Hulton (who?) is sometimes given; e.g. with the blessing of Neil Innes
at [1].
In the Beastie Boys song “Rhymin & Stealin” they make reference to Ali
Baba and the forty thieves.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a computer game for the Apple II
published in 1982.
In the video game Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly the level Thieves’ Den is
a parody of the tale.
Dark Lotus of Psychopathic records has a song named Ali Baba.
A Popeye Cartoon, Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves,
features Popeye meeting, and defeating the titular group.
In the video game Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, it is said that one of
Sly Cooper‘s ancestors, Salim al Kupar of Arabia, had the stealth of
forty-thieves. It is not said if this ancestor was part of the forty-
thieves however.
A Los Garcias’ song, Ali Baba
In the video game Diablo II, “The Blade of Ali Baba” is the name of a
unique sword that can be found, it increases the amount of gold and
magical items dropped by monsters when it is used to slay them.
In the Sean Biggs (ft. Akon) song, “Never Gonna Get It” there is a
reference to “chains hangin’ like Ali Baba”.
In the Disney film Aladdin there are several references to the story.
During the Genie’s song “Friend like Me” he lists the benefits other
heroes have had in their adventures, including “Ali Baba had them
forty thieves”. Another possible reference is Aladdin’s alias “Prince
Ali Ababwa”, which is very similar to Ali Baba. Also, in Aladdin and
the King of Thieves the forty thieves play an integral part in the
story. However the story is very different than the original Ali Baba
story, particularly Cassim’s new role as the King of Thieves.
A large illuminated tableau created for Blackpool Illuminations in
2005.[3]
In the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Granado
Espada and all its counterparts in other countries, a “cash shop”
costume is named Ali Baba. This costume belongs to Alejandro, One of
the Unique Player Characters in the game.
In the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) Tales
Runner and indirect reference is made to Ali Baba, a map is named Ali
Baba Map.
In the 3CE song ‘Take You To The Edge’ the lyrics say ‘Ali Baba had 40
thieves’
In Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour, Mission 4 of the GLA
campaign is named Jarmen Kell and the Forty Thieves making a reference
to Ali Baba and the 40 thieves although Jarmen Kell was only sent
together with a few Hijackers and Rebels that number less than 40.
Iraq War
The name Ali Baba was often used as derogatory slang by American and
Iraqi soldiers and their allies in the War in Iraq to describe
individuals suspected of a variety of offenses related to theft and
looting.[4] In the subsequent occupation it is used as a general term
for the insurgents, similar to Charlie for the Viet Cong in the
Vietnam War.[5]
Due to interaction of the two peoples, the term Ali Baba was adopted
by the Iraqis to describe foreign troops suspected of looting,[6] and
the English-speaking mainstream press mistakenly reported the slang to
be native to the locals.[7]
Iraqi citizens often use the term Ali Baba to describe looting
bandits, whether they be coalition troops or insurgents of any
nationality. For protection against “Ali Baba,” Iraqis are allowed one
AK-47, and one 30 round magazine of ammunition per household.
References
^ If a receiver of stolen goods can be described as “honest”!
^ Barton, Matt (2007-02-23). “Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993)”. The
History of Computer Role-Playing Games. Gamasutra.
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_06.shtml. Retrieved
2009-03-26.
^ “Sarah Myerscough (Artist) – Ali Baba 2005 – Blackpool Illuminations
Gallery”. www.sarahmyerscough.co.uk.
http://www.sarahmyerscough.co.uk/Galleries_of_Work/Blackpool_Illuminations_Gallery/Ali_Baba_2005.asp.
Retrieved 2009-08-12.
^ Vasagar, Jeevan. Court martial hears of drowned Iraqi’s final
moments. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
^ Fumento, Michael. Back to Falluja: The Iraqi Army versus the
Keystone Kops insurgency. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
^ Levin, Jerry. Will The Real Ali Baba Please Stand Up Retrieved on
2007-04-18.
^ Human Rights Watch. The Security situation immediately after the
fall of Basra. Retrieved on 2007-04-18.
External links
“Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” (e-text, in English)
Waller Hastings, “Ali Baba and the forty Thieves”: essay
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Arabian Nights and The Sword of Ali
Baba at the Internet Movie Database
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Baba“
Categories: One Thousand and One Nights | One Thousand and One Nights
characters | Fictional Arab people | Fictional Iraqi people
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