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DPRK state media reported on 5 July (Saturday) that Premier Pak Pong Ju (Pak Pong-chu) visited the construction of the Wisong Street apartment complex and the renovation of May Day Stadium. According to KCNA Pak toured the construction sites and encouraged "the builders working a fresh miracle through a collective innovation movement, in hearty response to the instructions given by Marshal Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho'ng-u'n) while providing field guidance to them." He also "called on the builders to step up the construction on the highest level so that they may take responsibility for the safety of the projects and guarantee their absolute quality for all eternity and widely introduce the advanced building methods" and "underscored the need to satisfactorily supply materials needed for the finishing projects."
Central Leadership Visit Residents of U'nha Scientists Street19 Sep
DPRK state media reported on 18 September (Wednesday) that members of the DPRK's central leadership visited the recently constructed U'nha Scientists' Street in Pyongyang. Kim Yong Nam (Supreme People's Assembly President), Pak Pong Ju (DPRK Premier) and VMar Choe Ryong Hae (Director of the Korean People's Army General Political Department) along with DPRK Vice Premiers and Korean Workers' Party Department Deputy (vice) Directors "congratulated those who gratis had de luxe flats built under the loving care of supreme leader Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho'ng-u'n) to live in luxury and comfort" and "presented utensils to householders as souvenirs." According to KCNA, the DPRK elites learn "about their children and house-keeping and hearing their impressions of the new flats, the officials told them about the devoted efforts made by Kim Jong Un to bring about the present happy event and the great and benevolent policy of attaching importance to science and technology enforced by the Workers' Party of Korea" and "also told the scientists and technicians to contribute to the prosperity of the country with great successes in the effort to push back the frontiers of science and technology, always bearing deep in mind the great care to be handed down to posterity. "
Ceremony Opens U'nha Scientists' Street in Pyongyang12 Sep
A ceremony opening the U'nha Scientists' Street, a residential area in Pyongyang for research scientists and technicians, was held on 11 September (Wednesday). Attending the ceremony were Pak Pong Ju (DPRK Premier), VMar Choe Ryong Hae (Director of the Korean People's Army [KPA] General Political Department), along with "other senior officials of the party, state and army, officials concerned and service personnel of the Korean People's Army and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, and officials and builders and those scientists and technicians who are to live in the new flats." Mun Kyong Dok, Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang Korean Workers' Party [KWP] Committee, and Pak Pong Ju spoke at the ceremony.
According to KCNA in his speech, Pak "emphasized the need to regard it as main objective of construction to build dwelling houses and rest houses for personnel in the fields of science and education in the future as intended by Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho'ng-u'n) and implement the party's idea of attaching importance to science and technology" and "called upon the officials and workers in charge of the management and the operation of those apartment houses, public buildings and welfare service facilities in the street to manage and operate all buildings and facilities in a responsible manner by embodying Kim Jong Il's (Kim Cho'ng-il) patriotism to make sure that the party's love for people reaches the scientists and technicians before anyone else." Pak also "called upon those scientists and technicians to achieve more fresh successes in their scientific researches to repay with more latest scientific successes the love and trust of Kim Jong Un, who provided modern dwelling houses and highly civilized and happy living conditions to them."
After the speeches, Pak Pong Ju cut a ceremonial red ribbon and ceremony participants toured the U'nha Scientists' Street.
Yonhap noted that among the members of the DPRK central leadership attending the ceremony was Choe Chun Sik, President of the Second Academy of Natural Sciences. Choe toured the scientists' residential area with Kim Jong Un the previous day, and had last been prominently seen attending various celebratory and commemorative events following the DPRK's launch of the U'nha-3 in December 2012. At the opening ceremony, Choe was seen attired in a KPA dress uniform with the rank of Lt. General (sangjang) on the shoulder boards. Also attending the ceremony was KWP Secretary Pak To Chun, a key leading manager of the DPRK weapons industry and Choe Chun Sik's nominal boss.
CMC Meetings Shown in DPRK Documentary on Kim Jong Un's Military Activities18 Mar
On 5 March DPRK state media released a documentary film which compiled film footage of Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho'ng-u'n) inspecting Korean People's Army [KPA] units, observing training exercises and visiting construction projects utilizing KPA personnel from his accession in January 2012 to live fire exercises in 2013. Loosely translated as Unleashing a New Heyday of the Formidable Forces of Mt. Paektu, the 80 minute film consists mainly of footage that has previously appeared in short documentaries about KJU's activities. Aside from a few new, brief scenes of KJU talking with note taking senior officials, the films includes footage of the expanded meeting of the Korean Workers' Party Central Military Commission [CMC] meeting held late in the afternoon on 3 February 2013. The meeting was a key event preceding the DPRK's third nuclear test on 12 February 2013. The CMC meeting ended with Kim Jong Un, assisted by Chief of the KPA General Staff Hyon Yong Chol, giving meeting participants handguns in presentation boxes.
The film also included footage of another expanded meeting of the Party Central Military Commission, held between February and March 2012. This would have been a key event preceding the 13 April 2012 launch of the U'nha-3 rocket, which crashed shortly after it was launched. Unlike the February 2013 CMC meeting, KWP civilian officials are attired in KPA dress uniforms. Based on the protocol from the February '13 meeting, it is likely then-Chief of the KPA General Staff, VMar Ri Yong Ho, participated in the handgun presentation ceremony at the meeting's conclusion, however VMar Ri is not shown in this film.
KPA Supreme Command Threatens to "Nullify" Armistice Agreement5 Mar
DPRK state media reported on 5 March (Tuesday) that a spokesman of the Korean People's Army [KPA] Supreme Command said that it "will make the Korean Armistice Agreement totaly nullified, that the "Supreme Command of the KPA will completely declare invalid the AA, which has existed for form's sake from March 11, the day when the war maneuvers will enter into a full-dress stage" and that "this land (the DPRK) is neither the Balkans nor Iraq nor Libya." Based on images released in state media the spokesman for the KPA Supreme Command was Gen. Kim Yong Chol, chief of the Reconnaissance General Bureau, which is responsible for anti-ROK [South Korea] intelligence operations.
Parsing the KPA Supreme Command's statement Glyn Ford told Russia's RT: "There's a difference between saying you no longer recognize an armistice and actually starting shooting again. They're not quite the same thing." Ford also said "I think he [Kim Jong-Un] is more likely to be turning away once we get through the next month or so towards looking at economic modernization rather than repeating the missile and the nuclear tests. I could be wrong, of course. It's very difficult to read North Korea, but it seems to me that that's where the thinking is."
According to KCNA's English-language version of the statement:
On Dec. 12 last year the DPRK legitimately and successfully launched a satellite for peaceful purposes, ensuring international transparency, going beyond practice, and choosing a comparatively mild situation for it.
Seizing the DPRK's satellite launch as an occasion for stifling it from the outset, the U.S. and its allies deliberately negated the DPRK's sovereignty over its satellite launch. They finally prodded the UN Security Council into adopting a "resolution on sanctions" before opting for high-handed hostile acts against the DPRK.
These hostile acts are still going on.
Under this situation the DPRK was compelled to take practical counteractions to defend the security and sovereignty of the country. On Feb. 12 it admirably and successfully conducted the third underground nuclear test for self-defence at the highest level as part of those counteractions.
However, the U.S. imperialists and their allied forces including south Korea are making more persistent and desperate efforts to slap new tougher "sanctions" against the DPRK, far from drawing a due lesson.
Not content with this, they kicked off again the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises to stifle the DPRK by force of arms by mobilizing huge armed forces of aggression. They will reportedly last for two months from March 1.
Unlike last year the current joint military exercises will be participated in by super-large nuclear-powered carrier task force carrying at least 100 nuclear warheads, B-52H strategic bombers and other means of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces for making ground, sea and air nuclear strikes and its allied forces including south Korea, U.K. and Australia.
From this point of view, the exercises cannot be construed otherwise than the most dangerous nuclear war maneuvers targeted against the DPRK and the most undisguised military provocation to be made by a group of all hues of hostile forces.
This serious situation clearly indicates that the actions of the U.S., south Korea and other hostile forces to infringe upon the sovereignty of the DPRK are now leading to a military offensive for aggression, going beyond the level of outrageous economic "sanctions."
In view of the prevailing situation, the Supreme Command of the KPA which is responsible for the national defence and security of the country and the destiny of the nation sent a meaningful warning message to the U.S. imperialist aggressor forces through the KPA Panmunjom mission on February 23. It warned them that if they ignite a war of aggression in the end, from that moment their fate will be hung by a thread with every hour.
But, the joint military exercises have persisted and the U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces have become all the more undisguised in their base moves to kick up their "sanctions."
Looking back on history, the Korean people have neither shot even a single arrow nor thrown a single stone at the land of the U.S.
The U.S. is, however, working with bloodshot eyes to swallow up the DPRK, not content with having incurred the pent-up grudge of the Korean people which can never be settled.
What matters is that the south Korean puppet forces steeped in worship and sycophancy toward the U.S. are dancing to its tune.
Of late Kim Kwan Jin, puppet minister of Defense, and Jong Sung Jo, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, inspected frontline army corps, fleet command and guided missile units where they blustered that a sort of military provocation is expected from the north and cried out for making "deadly strikes" and "preemptive strikes" at the "bases for provocations."
As far as these guys are concerned, they are a group of traitors who pushed the inter-Korean relations to a collapse together with traitor Lee Myung Bak who knows nothing about politics and military affairs. They are military gangsters who go reckless, unaware of what their master U.S. has in mind, what is the intention of the neighbouring countries and what all fellow countrymen and nation desire.
The puppet authorities, too, are crying out for the dismantlement of nukes and halt to provocation as dictated by their master, without knowing what is precious wealth for the nation. They move like a robot and repeat anything like a parrot.
The sovereignty and dignity of the nation are violated and the supreme interests of the country are seriously threatened by the U.S., the sworn enemy of the Korean people, and maniacs of confrontation with fellow countrymen grouping worst traitors. The army and people of the DPRK can never remain a passive onlooker to this fact.
The spokesman for the KPA Supreme Command is authorized to declare the following important measures:
First, it will take the second and third strong practical counteractions in succession to cope with the high-handed war acts of the U.S. and all other hostile forces as it had already declared.
The army and people of the DPRK never make an empty talk.
It is the mettle of Military-First (So'ngun) Korea to do what it is determined to do.
It won victories in the two wars and has advanced along the road of victory despite manifold difficulties.
The army groups on the front, ground forces, the navy, air and anti-air units, strategic rocket units of the KPA, the Worker-Peasant Red Guards and the Young Red Guards have launched an all-out action according to the operational plan finally signed by the dear respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un.
Now that the U.S. imperialists seek to attack the DPRK even with nuclear weapons, it will counter them with diversified precision nuclear strike means of Korean style.
Those means are bound to be launched once their buttons are pressed, and the enemies' strongholds be turned into a sea in flames.
This land is neither the Balkans nor Iraq and Libya.
The army and people of the DPRK have everything including lighter and smaller nukes unlike what they had in the past.
Second, the KPA Supreme Command will make the Korean Armistice Agreement totally nullified.
The war maneuvers being staged by the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces are a vivid expression of their systematic violation of the AA.
Accordingly, the Supreme Command of the KPA will completely declare invalid the AA, which has existed for form's sake from March 11, the day when the war maneuvers will enter into a full-dress stage.
The DPRK will make a strike of justice at any target anytime as it pleases without limit, not bound to the AA, and achieve the great cause of the country's reunification, the cherished desire of the nation.
Third, the KPA Supreme Command will totally stop the activities of the Panmunjom mission of the KPA which was tentatively established and operated by it as a negotiating body for establishing a peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean Peninsula.
In this regard it will simultaneously make a decision to cut off the Panmunjom DPRK-U.S. military telephone.
Our choice has become clear now that the moves of all hostile forces to encroach upon the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK are reaching a dangerous phase.
It is the unshakable stand of the army and people of the DPRK and the mode of counteraction of Mt. Paektu style to counter enemies coming in attack with a dagger with a sword, a rifle with an artillery piece and nukes with precision nuclear strike means of Korean style more powerful than them.
The U.S. imperialists and their allies should not forget even a moment that they are standing at the crossroads of their life and death.
A final victory is in store for the army and people of the DPRK who are all out to protect its sovereignty.
Rumors of Dismissed People's Security Minister Floated in ROK Media28 Feb
South Korean [ROK] media, citing an interview with an unnamed ROK government official, are circulating rumors that DPRK Minister of People's Security, Gen. Ri Myong Su (Ri Myo'ng-su) has been removed from office and replaced by Col. Gen. Choe Pu Il, currently serving as Vice Chief of the Korean People's Army [KPA] General Staff. Gen. Ri was appointed Minister in April 2011 and has held the office for nearly two years. In a 26 February report Yonhap News Agency quoted the unnamed official who said, "To my knowledge, North Korea recently appointed Choi Bu-il, deputy chief of staff at the North's military, to the minister of people's security" and also reported that "the source declined to give further details, including exactly when Cho was named, but the apparent replacement is believed to be linked to a 'part of loyalty test by Kim Jong-un.'"
JoongAng Ilbo published a similar story on 27 February and reported that "Choe Pu-il, former vice chief of the general staff of the North Korean army, has been appointed to the minister of people's security, a position similar to a national police commissioner in the South, a high-ranking South Korean official told reporters yesterday at a private meeting." JoongAng Ilbo also reports that Gen. Ri Myong Su "hasn't appeared in public since September 2012." Yonhap also reported that Gen. Ri ""has not been seen in public for months, raising speculation that he might have been purged."
Either ROK media or their mystery man in the ROK government, are simply wrong about Gen. Ri's public appearances. Ri Myong Su's last reported public appearance was on 4 January 2013 when he attended a meeting of People's Security and Korean People's Internal Security Forces [KPISF] personnel "to carry out the important tasks" itemized in Kim Jong Un's New Year's Day Address. Prior to that Gen. Ri visited Ku'msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun with KJU on New Year's Day, attended a banquet given for personnel involved in the 12 December 2012 launch of the U'nha-3 rocket, visited Ku'msusan on 24 December 2012, attended an unveiling ceremony of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il statues in Hamhu'ng on 20 December 2012 , attended the first central party banquet for the U'nha-3 launch personnel on 21 December 2012 and attended a national memorial service commemorating one year since Kim Jong Il's demise. Gen. Ri also attended a national meeting of people's security officers and a KJU commemorative photo session in late November 2012 and attended Forestry Workers' national meeting on or around 7 November 2012. Gen. Ri's public appearances have been relatively spotty, as Luke Herman wrote in NK News about in October 2012, but he has "appeared in public" well after September 2012 despite current media reporting.
This does not mean Ri Myong Su's position could not be in jeopardy. There have been the aforementioned gaps between his public appearances, which could be ascribed either to his political standing or to the Minister having to directly supervise People's Security's various missions directly from headquarters. A lot of the ceremonial aspects of the Minister's position have been undertaken by the head of the People's Security/KPSIF Political Bureau, Col. Gen. Ri Pyong Sam, who presided over a ceremony at which the MPS University was renamed after KJI and two awards ceremonies for KPISF personnel killed on duty. There have also been rumors in Pyongyang implicating members of Ri Myong Su's family in malfeasance in their foreign trading corporations. If Ri was removed from office, it would indicate that Kim Jong Un continues to consolidate his power by making his own personnel appointments, in lieu of keeping Kim Jong Il's old retainers. It should also be noted hat Gen. Ri has also held senior positions during the DPRK's three nuclear test. In 2006 Ri was serving as Chief of the KPA General Staff Operations Bureau. In 2009, Ri was director of the DPRK National Defense Commission [NDC] Administration Department. In 2012, Ri was Minister of People's Security, which, according to some researchers. controls some of the units responsible for major construction and engineering projects at the P'unggye-ri Nuclear Test Site.
South Korean official and media sources have also previously provided conflicting information about Ri's alleged replacement, Choe Pu Il. Choe has served as Vice Chief of the KPA General Staff since 2009. However some ROK sources have identified Choe also concurrently serving as Chief of the KPA General Staff Operation Bureau, and other ROK sources have claimed that Choe commanding the IX Army Corps or serving as regional commander of KPA forces in what be termed it Northeast Military District. This does not preclude Choe from being appointed to People's Security, and his career history reveals ample criteria for his potential appointment. And yet, previous information from ROK sources about Choe's position within the DPRK 's national security community has been inconsistent and highly speculative.
Pyongyang watchers also may recall that back in November 2012, VMar Kim Jong Gak was quietly removed from serving as Minister of the People's Armed Forces and replaced by Gen. Kim Kyok Sik. This led country watchers to speculate as to whether VMar Kim was part of an ongoing purge, or if he was dismissed because of allegations that one of his sons had attempted to defect via China. Although Gen. Kim Kyok Sik's appointment as the country's defense minister was later publicized, it hardly affected Kim Jong Gak's political standing and he has made a number of public appearances, including at so-called #1 Events with Kim Jong Un.
There have been numerous occasions in the past in which a senior official is seen at an event close to The Center, or continues to make public appearances, even though they've already been marked for dismissal. Often these have involved the more opaque maneuverings within the Party Central Committee and DPRK Government. However the Ministry of People's Security, and particularly the individual serving as Minister, operates (in very relative terms) transparently. Gen. Ri Myong Su's three predecessors as Minister were all publicly removed from office and their replacement publicly announced. In July 2003 the Minister of People's Security Paek Hak Rim was removed (due both to political reasons and old age) from office by an order of the Supreme People's Assembly [SPA] Presidium.** His replacement, Choe Ryong Su, was immediately announced. Choe Ryong Su's tenure was short-lived. Barely a year after his appointment Choe was replaced by Gen. Ju Sang Song, then-commander of the IV Army Corps. Gen. Ju had a lengthy tenure, serving as Minister for nearly seven years. In March 2011 Gen. Ju was publicly removed from office by an order of the NDC "due to his illness." On 7 April 2011, Ju was replaced by Gen. Ri Myong Su through an order of the NDC (to which People's Security is subordinate) and ratified by the 4th session of the 12th SPA held the same day.
**Until 2009 the Ministry of People's Security was part of the DPRK Cabinet, and the Minister appointed by the SPA. After 2009, the MPS was directly subordinate to the National Defense Commission. Thus, Paek Hak Rim and Choe Ryong Su were removed from office by the SPA Presidium (standing committee). In 2011 Gen. Ju Sang Song was removed as Minister by the National Defense Commission, and Gen. Ri Myong Su appointed to replace him, however the dismissal and appointment were ratified at the 4th session of the 12th SPA.
Nuclear Test Personnel Visit Ku'msusan and Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery After Arriving in Pyongyang21 Feb
DPRK state media reported on 21 February that personnel involved in the 12 February 2013 nuclear test visited the Ku'msusan Memorial Palace of the Sun and paid their respects at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taeso'ng in Pyongyang. According to KCNA "scientists, technicians, workers, soldier-builders and officials who took part in the successful third underground nuclear test visited" Ku'msusan where they paid their respects to the remains of the late DPRK founder and president, Kim Il Sung, and the late supreme leader Kim Jong Il. After visiting the remains of the two leaders they toured "the halls where the orders the Generalissimos received are on display and the halls which house cars, an electric car, a boat and train coaches used by them for field guidance and foreign tour till the last period of their lives."
The nuclear test personnel also brought floral bouquets and visited the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery. DPRK state media reported that they placed floral bouquets beneath the bronze memorial bust of Kim Jong Suk, wife of Kim Il Sung and mother of Kim Jong Il and Kim Kyong Hui. After paying their respects to Kim Jong Suk, according to KCNA, "they also laid a wreath and bouquets on the wreath-laying stand of the cemetery and paid silent tribute to anti-Japanese revolutionary martyrs."
On 21 February the scientists, technicians, construction workers, KPA service members and others who contributed to the country's third experimental nuclear detonation received a congratulatory message sent on behalf of the Party Central Military Commission and the DPRK National Defense Commission [NDC] which "said that the recent nuclear test fully demonstrated the excellent performance of the nuclear deterrence of the DPRK that has been diversified, and the technology of manufacturing nuclear weapons of Military-First (So'ngun) Korea that has reached a cutting-edge level." According to KCNA the joint CMC-NDC message also said:
The nuclear test personnel arrived in Pyongyang on 20 February (Wednesday). Pyongyangites lined the streets as the nuclear test personnel's motor coaches (buses) motorcaded throughout Pyongyang before arriving at the nuclear test personnel's accommodation at the Koryo Hotel. Kyodo World Service reported on 20 February on the nuclear testers' arrival: "Korean Central Television footage showed citizens lined up on major streets to welcome visitors arriving in buses. A large banner displayed at the lobby of the Pyongyang Koryo Hotel, which they are staying, reads, 'Successful third underground nuclear test!' According to the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, which caters to domestic radio listeners, nuclear scientists and others visited bronze statues of former leader Kim Jong Il and his father and state founder Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill in the heart of Pyongyang." According to KCNA, after arriving at the Koryo the personnel were greeted by Korean Workers' Party [KWP] Secretary for Machine-Building Industry Pak To Chun, KWP Secretary and Director of Propaganda and Agitation [publicity and information] Kim Ki Nam and senior managers of the KWP Machine-Building Industry Department.
The underground nuclear test conducted by the DPRK in the wake of its successful launch of satellite Kwangmyo'ngsong 3-2 represented a great political and military victory as it made the international community confidently recognize the status of the DPRK as a strategic rocket and nuclear weapons state and brought about a fundamental change in the world political structure and the balance of forces.
People in the field of national defence science carried out the test, exercise of the independent right of the country, thus dealing sledge-hammer blows at the U.S. imperialists, Japanese reactionaries and the south Korean puppet forces who are working with bloodshot eyes to force the DPRK to "disarm itself" and to "overturn its social system", the message added.
It highly appreciated the scientists, technicians, workers and officials in the field of national defence science and soldier-builders who have made great contributions to winning a great victory in the all-out confrontation with the U.S. imperialists and its allies, and safeguarding the supreme interests of the DPRK.
It is firm determination and will of the dear respected Kim Jong Un to finally conclude the confrontation with the U.S. imperialists by dint of arms of Songun [military-first] and build the strongest power which the whole world looks up and a people's paradise on this land, the message stressed.
It expressed the conviction that the scientists, technicians, workers and officials in the field of national defence science and soldier-builders would win one victory after another, closely united around Supreme Commander Marshal Kim Jong Un.


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Bill vs Gerry
With great wealth comes great responsibility. The key word I'd use to describe this is 'legacy'. When entrepreneurs become successful financially, then I think it makes sense to leave a legacy which creates pride beyond money. Often this comes in the form of the business that has been built. A footprint of good stuff the business created – which is the source of the original monetary rewards. Great entrepreneurs go beyond their business and create value for society.
What successful people do after they are financially rewarded is more important than what they did in order to arrive.
So let's consider the tale of two billionaires. One from Australia and one from the USA. Granted the USA version is much wealthier, but when we are talking billions, I think it matters not.
Billionaire 1 from the USA: Bill Gates. No introduction needed. Gates has made The Giving Pledge to donate over half of his wealth to charity. He has given more than $28 billion to charity and focuses the majority of his efforts fighting poverty and disease in 3rd world countries.
Billionaire 2 from Australia: Gerry Harvey. Retailing magnate known for having strong opinions and doing his own voice overs for his radio and TV advertising. Sure his industry is changing (Just like Microsoft is under siege from web based software platforms) but rather than being happy he's a billionaire and doing some good, he's investing his wealth and energy into lobbying the government to change GST tax law thwart his competitive threats.
Despite the fact the GST is not the reason people are taking their shopping on line, Gerry has really lacked the decorum and perspective that should accompany a billionaire. Sure, Bill has had his fair share of questionable tactics in business, but he has never cried poor. In some ways, it makes me embarrassed to be Australian when our business stalwarts are showing such a lack of leadership in society.
I'd be happy to hear your thoughts, but I can't help but think that it comes down to responsible leadership and legacy. If I'm ever fortunate enough to make one….(a fortune that is)… please remind me of this blog post.
Obey your hunch – Leo Burnett
I happened upon a great quote today from revered Ad Man Leo Burnett which is probably more appropriate for entrepreneurs than advertisers:
"Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and above all, love honor and obey your hunches."
Hunches matter. In startup land we are not in the business of research or satisfying a majority. Rather, we are in the business of sensing a shift and inspiring a minority.
How to decide
A colleague sent me this quote that I just had to share right here on startup blog. Henri Federic Albert said:
"The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides."
And that is what we must learn to deal with in growth businesses – uncertainty. Our ability to decide based on a intuition and our personal world view is becoming a rare asset. It's what we must move towards in a world full of data, but very little meaning. The other benefit decisions give us is real world feedback. If we get it wrong we can cross it off the list and move onto the next idea.
Worldometers are great
I'm really loving the worldometers website. It's a list of global statistics which are updated in real time
Not only is it a very interesting, but it is a terrific resource for entrepreneurs and marketers alike. No matter what your business you could grab some statistics from it to open the mind of your audience in a presentation. For example:
If in the distribution, health, food business we could present this statistic:
Undernourished people in the world = 1,026,904,563
Overweight people in the world = 1,153,103,026
Which shows that there 'is' enough food int he world, it's just in the wrong places. It's a distribution issue.
If in the eco energy, or environment industry we could share the following:
Energy used worldwide today = 422,173,999 (MWh)
Solor energy striking the earth today = 39,886,999,999 (MWh)
Showing that we have the 40x the natural resources needed, we just need to harness it.
In fact, the way we could use these statistics is limited only to our imagination. And when we are presenting to audiences, it's their imagination that we should really be trying to inspire.
When we get big
There are many things we'll implement when we get big enough. When our footprint is big enough to deserve the investment of the bigger, game changing idea. When we achieve X, we'll implement Y.
Maybe we ought implement Y now and skip X altogether?
Seagull Management
I heard a great new (old?) terminology the other day called "Seagull Management"
Fly in, shit over everything, steal any hot chips or good food and fly away.
Of course all the other seagulls fight over the food that was stolen in the first instance. It's an intersting idea we see in many corporate scenarios, less often in start ups.
Here's an alternative idea "Koala Management"
Give birth to new things, put them on your back while you teach them to navigate the world, nurture them until they are strong enough to stand on their own two feet (four claws?).
No wonder seagulls have such a bad name, where Koalas are so loveable.
Kevin Rudd & getting stuff done
As most of you will know former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was ousted this morning by his deputy Ms Julia Gillard.
It was a whirlwind event that seemed to start and finish within 24 hours. Though, upon deeper consideration the evidence of such an event was mounting. During the media frenzy last night I made a tweet which is full of relevance for this blog and every entrepreneur. I thought I'd share it below.
The paradox of leadership
In large companies there is a paradox of leadership. The paradox is closely related to the fact that
'The skills that help someone get to a leadership position, are the opposite of the skills required once the person arrives.'
Most often employees and decision makers are stooged by the person self promoting, than the person who does the real leadership stuff. In large corporates the sycophants usually win, not the leaders.
In startup land we have the opportunity to lead others because management isn't holding us back from leading. What we must do is remember all the bad managers we had because of the 'Paradox of Leadership' and not be like them.
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Traffic Directors
There is nothing less valuable in startup world than people telling you what to do, while they are doing very little themselves.
Traffic Directors I call them.
These days information and ideas are cheap. The thing of great value is when people start and finish projects. It's so valuable simply because it's so rare. In fact that's true leadership.
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Chief Mojo Officer
Chatting with Chris Mander from docolo.com and he came up with an awesome idea – which every business should have.
The Chief Mojo Officer, or the CMO.
Sure, I asked him what they did and here's what he told me: (with some embellishment)
"Firstly you have to believe in mojo. If you don't believe in mojo, then forget it. If you do, the CMO is in charge of general "Vibe Strategy". The CMO has to make sure that the 'vibe' is right. There are no real quantitative measurements for mojo – you can just feel it. The CMO is the type of dude who can just feel it. They'll know when it's out of whack. The CMO is in charge of things which are nebulous, but actually matter. When the CMO has the general vibe grooving, the mojo is right, and revenue happens."
Good news for startups with small staff is that we don't have to wait for the employee head count to justify a new CMO. We can and should be doing it anyway. It's our job!
But when you make it, I reckon it would be the best investment any company could ever make.

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21 Nov 2014 Guam Public Holiday November 28 (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, has once again declared the Friday after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 28, 2014, as a one-off GovGuam public sector holiday in Guam.
• 26 Feb 2014 Guam Public Holiday March 3 (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) Guam's Acting Governor, Ray Tenorio, has signed a proclamation declaring another one-off non-working GovGuam public holiday on Monday, March 3, 2014, in observance of the "Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day".
• 10 Jan 2014 Guam 2014 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The Government of Guam has released its annual official list of non-working public holidays in Guam for the calendar year 2014.
• 17 Dec 2013 Guam Bill To Restore Discovery Day Public Holiday (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) A bill has been introduced in the Guam legislature by Senator Tommy Morrison which would restore the Guam Discovery Day annual non-working public holiday.
• 06 Dec 2013 Guam Public Sector Holiday December 9 (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The government of Guam has announced a non-working GovGuam public holiday on Monday, December 9, 2013, in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Camarin Day, or Santa Marian Kamalen, the patron saint of Guam and the Northern Marianas, whose celebration will occur on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
• 29 Jan 2013 Guam 2013 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The Government of Guam has released the official list of public holidays in Guam for the calendar year 2013.
• 03 Jan 2012 Guam 2012 Public Holidays Announced (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The Government of Guam has released the official list of 2012 public holidays in Guam.
• 22 Nov 2011 Guam Thanksgiving Extra Public Holiday (The Government of Guam-Chamorro) The Governor of Guam, Eddie Calvo, has declared Friday, November 25, 2011, the day after the upcoming Thanksgiving, as a GovGuam public sector holiday.
• 17 Dec 2008 Guam Declares December 26 Public Sector Holiday (Pacific Daily News-Chamorro) Guam's Governor, Felix Camacho, has announced that Friday, December 26, 2008, the day after Christmas, will be a government of Guam holiday (aka. GovGuam Holiday).
• 02 Nov 2008 Guam Confirms Public Sector Holiday Tomorrow (Pacific Daily News) The Government of Guam (aka. GovGuam) has confirmed that Guam's public sector employees will have a day in lieu public holiday tomorrow, Monday, November 3, 2008.
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• Presidents' Day is listed in many sources as a public holiday in Guam, but in fact it is not even a GovGuam holiday, let alone a general public holiday.
• The private sector and banks do not follow the practice of giving a day in lieu for public holiday that fall on a weekend. It used to be the case, according to former Government Code � 201, but this was repealed by P.L. 26-
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• Elections held in November every two or four years are subject to being declared a public holiday by the Governor of Guam.
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San Sebastian(sahn se-bahs-tee-AHN)
San Sebastián is known as "El Pueblo de los Pepinianos". San Sebastián was founded in 1752 by Pedro Martínez de Oneca.
San Sebastián has one of the most beautiful places, a waterfall called "El Salto de Collazo" (Collazo's leap).
San Sebastián is located south of Isabela and Quebradillas; north of Las Marías; east of Moca and Añasco; and west of Lares.
There are many well-known "pepinianos", among them: composer Juan F. Acosta.
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How to read from and write to CDs and DVDs from iOS and Android using the Samsung SE-208BW
any of my normal disks/USB devices.
I can foresee pushing out an image to a set of these being a PITA.
Apart from that, from my very limited time with the device, it seems a bit more solid than I was expecting. As widely reported, a 64GB micro-SD seems to work (Sandisk Ultra Class 10) - though I haven't tried filling it up yet. Wish the people on the support forums had better English, as I had a heck of a job booting to BIOS until I found the official manual because the guys on the forums have appalling grammar.
Imaging is certainly a PITA. It took me about a week just to get it working and officially they are unsupported by Microsoft due to 32bit UEFI with no legacy BIOS support. M$ only support 64bit UEFI deployments. Using WDS it requires a USB hub with USB NIC, imaging media with copied UEFI files from the W8 DVD, mouse and keyboard for windows PE since the keyboard dock and touchscreen do not work in that. Not to mention you need new Win PE 4.0 capture and discover images and new answer file to bypass the new menu screens.
@BHMS: how the heck did you get it to boot from anything apart from the SSD? I've tried Clonezilla (optical and usb disc) - it once started to boot but gave up after the splash screen, W8 on a key (no boot) and I can't even get it to boot from a recovery disc made using the Acer Recovery Manager (booted once, but failed to use the recovery disc when instructed, not got it to boot since. Beginning to wonder if I have a duff unit.
I have added an admin BIOS password and turned off secure boot (though I'm not sure that setting has done anything).
Unfortunately this is due to UEFI and the lack of BIOS legacy support. You will need the UEFI boot files from a 32bit Windows 8 DVD. You want bootmgr.efi from root and the EFI folder, copy those to your Windows 8 key and it should boot assuming its above the SSD in boot priority under the boot order. I have only used these to boot Windows 8 media so I doubt they work with other software like Clonezilla. I'm using WDS for deployment so Windows 8 media is all I need.
LeMarchand (19th March 2013)
Cheers, but I can't even get it to boot from a burnt ISO of W8 (in a mains powered device).
Do you know if it will PXE boot with an adapter? I'd be happy to use WDS to pull an image if it does (but would need to buy an adapter!). Clonezilla was just to image it in case it all went pear shaped (and the latest version should be EFI compliant).
Are you booting from the dock USB port? You must use the tablet USB port I think. PXE boot is not supported. I had to create capture and discover keys. USB NICs will work using that media which is how I'm imaging them. I had to add the NIC driver but I'm using a USB 3.0 NIC, USB 2.0 NIC is probably supported out of the box under Win PE.
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Your burnt ISO should boot without issue. Is it 32bit? Have you changed the boot order in the UEFI settings?
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Mediastinal masses in children: experience with 120 cases.
Summary of "Mediastinal masses in children: experience with 120 cases."
Primary mediastinal malignancies are rare tumors and can originate from any mediastinal organ or tissue such as thymic, neurogenic, lymphatic, germinal, or mesenchymal. The authors reviewed all cases of primary pediatric mediastinal masses diagnosed over a 25-year period to determine the pattern of presentation, the histology, and the outcome of the surgical treatment. In this study, 120 primary pediatric mediastinal mass cases diagnosed between 1985 and 2011 are retrospectively evaluated according to their age, sex, symptoms, anatomical location, surgical treatment, and histopathological evaluation. The median age of the patients was 5.8 years. There were 34 benign and 86 malign tumors. Thirty patients were asymptomatic. Common symptoms in the patients were cough, dyspnea, fatigue, fever, abdomen pain, back pain, and neurological symptoms. According to their origins, they were presented as neurogenic tumors (38.3%), lymphomas (18.3%), undifferentiated sarcomas (15%), germ cell tumors (7.5%), and the other tumors (22%) thymic pathologies, lymphangiomas, rhabdomyosarcomas, lipomas, hemangiomas, and Wilms' tumor. Complete resection of the tumor was performed in 86 patients, partial resection of the tumor was the intervention in 11 patients. In 23 patients, biopsy was undertaken. Because of the high incidence of asymptomatic or nonspecific presentation such as the upper airway disease, the presentation of a mediastinal mass in children may be challenging. Neurogenic tumors or lymphomas are indicating surgery, if possible complete resection, for both benign and malignant conditions. Although surgery is the mainstay of therapy for most mediastinal tumors, an experienced multidisciplinary approach is necessary.
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University , Istanbul , Turkey.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Pediatric hematology and oncology
Pages: 141-7
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22376017
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08880018.2011.646385
PubMed Articles
Anterior mediastinal masses: A study of 50 cases by fine needle aspiration cytology and core needle biopsy as a diagnostic procedure.
Mediastinal tumors are an uncommon abnormalities found in clinical practice. Anterior mediastinum is the common site and tissue diagnoses of anterior mediastinal masses (AMMs) are very important for c...
A study of clinical characteristicsof mediastinal mass.
Background: Mediastinal tumours are uncommon lesions encountered in clinical practice. There has been a significant increase in the incidence of malignant mediastinal tumours over the past four decade...
The Contribution of Cell Blocks in the Diagnosis of Mediastinal Masses and Hilar Adenopathy Samples From Echobronchoscopy.
Cell block material from puncture can be obtained with endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in many cases. The aim of this study was to analyse the value of add...
Alveolar soft part sarcoma: unusual etiology of mediastinal mass in an adolescent.
Alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) is a rare malignancy that usually arises in an extremity. Mediastinal involvement is uncommon, with only two reports of primary mediastinal disease and two reports of...
Sonographic Characteristics of Thymoma Compared With Mediastinal Lymphoma.
Thymomas are uncommon neoplasms that are typically located in the cranioventral mediastinum in domestic species, which generally affects older animals. Medical records and sonograms of 50 animals diag...
Clinical Trials
Endoscopic Ultrasound Elastography in Pancreatic Masses
The aim of the study is to assess elastography during EUS examinations of focal pancreatic masses, and to consequently differentiate benign versus malignant pancreatic masses in a prospect...
A Clinico-Pathologic Study of Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma
A non-profit study designed with the aim of analysing the phenotype and molecular characteristics (central review) and evaluating prospectively the role of PET-scans in the management of p...
Diagnosis of Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenopathy by Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Although mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenopathy is not rare in adults of such an abnormality. Isolated mediastinal without a parenchymal lung lesion in adults is unusual with the incidenc...
Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) for Mediastinal Re-Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
The aim of this study is to determine the diagnostic values of EBUS-TBNA in the mediastinal re-staging after induction treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Primary objec...
Lipid-Poor Adrenal Masses: Evaluation With Chemical Shift MRI
The purpose of this study is to determine if certain MRI sequences can accurately diagnose adrenal masses of unknown origin.
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Mediastinal Emphysema
Presence of air in the mediastinal tissues due to leakage of air from the tracheobronchial tree, usually as a result of trauma.
Legal Cases
Works consisting of collections of law reports or the published reports of decided cases and documents or filings related to those cases.
Phantom Limb
Perception of painful and nonpainful phantom sensations that occur following the complete or partial loss of a limb. The majority of individuals with an amputated extremity will experience the impression that the limb is still present, and in many cases, painful. (From Neurol Clin 1998 Nov;16(4):919-36; Brain 1998 Sep;121(Pt 9):1603-30)
Burkitt Lymphoma
A form of undifferentiated malignant LYMPHOMA usually found in central Africa, but also reported in other parts of the world. It is commonly manifested as a large osteolytic lesion in the jaw or as an abdominal mass. B-cell antigens are expressed on the immature cells that make up the tumor in virtually all cases of Burkitt lymphoma. The Epstein-Barr virus (HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN) has been isolated from Burkitt lymphoma cases in Africa and it is implicated as the causative agent in these cases; however, most non-African cases are EBV-negative.
Mediastinal Neoplasms
Tumors or cancer of the MEDIASTINUM.


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9th Street Grill
Located in Historic Downtown Mt. Vernon (an Illinois Main Street Community), 9th Street Grill brings cosmopolitan flare and flavor to a hometown atmosphere.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Great Mexican restaurant with authentic Mexican food and a great atmosphere.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Big O's Bar-B-Que, Inc
Dine in or carry out of Bar-B-Que, ribs, chunk cod fish, steaks and chicken.
CITY: Centralia
Biggie's Cafe & General Store
Homecooking away from home. Daily lunch specials.
CITY: Centralia
Black Diamond Vineyards
This winery offers a quiet, relaxing setting and great wine. Be sure to check out the gift shop that features handmade truffles by Heavenly Sweets, lotions, oils and candles. Special events are held throughout the year.
CITY: Nashville
Bretz Wildlife Lodge & Winery
Bretz Wildlife Lodge & Winery offers a relaxing dining atmosphere. They serve lunch and dinner, with breakfast on Sundays. With a twist on the normal steak and eggs, the Lodge serves prime rib or smoked brisket and eggs along with pancakes, biscuits and gravy, and omelet's. Lunch offerings include salads, smoked sandwiches, hamburgers as well as many appetizers. Dinner includes, but not limited to rib eye steaks, surf-n-turf, succulent pulled pork, seafood, and awesome baby back ribs. The Lodge offers inside and outside dining options. A variety of dinner specials are available throughout the week. A breakfast and brunch buffet is available on Sundays. Each visit to Bretz Wildlife Lodge and Winery is a new experience for you to enjoy.
CITY: Carlyle
Bugsy's Chicago Dog
Bugsy's is Mt. Vernon's only authentic Chicago-style food! Menu includes real Chicago-style dogs, as well as a Greek menu, and much much more!
CITY: Mount Vernon
Centralia House
Historic, elegant, fine dining featuring steaks, fresh seafood, exquisite entrees, cocktails and fine wine. Open for lunch, dinner and banquets for 100+.
CITY: Centralia
Chico's Mexican Restaurant
Chico's menu is full of delicious south of the border favorites.
CITY: Salem
Chili's Grill & Bar - Mt. Vernon
Mexican food.
CITY: Mount Vernon
China Pearl
The China Pearl offers delicious Chinese cuisine by the order or with their outstanding buffet.
CITY: Carlyle
Cracker Barrel - Mt. Vernon
Our menu features everything you love about country cooking, plus a few items that might just surprise you.
CITY: Mount Vernon
Craig-O's Pizza, Pasta & Hot Oven Subs
Craig-O's offers an assortment pizza, pasta, sub-sandwiches and more.
CITY: Salem
Crooked Creek Winery
Enjoy fine handcrafted Illinois wines served with a personal touch in a relaxing country atmosphere. Experience the outdoor beauty of Southwestern Illinois' rolling farmland or sip wine indoors by a cozy fire.
CITY: Centralia
Crossroads Restaurant & Lounge
Crossroads offers delicious food, excellent service, and a fully stocked bar, all in relaxed, casual atmosphere.
CITY: Keyesport
Dairy King
Dairy King offers a great selection of good food from hush puppies to gyro's, Dairy King has something for everyone.
CITY: Breese
Denny's - Salem
American family-style dinners served 24 hours a day. Senior menu. Also full bar and lounge.
CITY: Salem
Eagle's Nest
Friendly atmosphere and a full menu of delicious items such as pizza, burgers, nachos, and much more. Great service and affordable prices.
CITY: Addieville
El Arado Mexican Restaurant
El Arado Mexican Restaurant has a wonderful variety of delicious Mexican food for the whole family.
CITY: Breese
El Rancherito - Mount Vernon
Mexican Restaurant. See other locations.
CITY: Mount Vernon
El Rancherito - Salem
Mexican hospitality with fine Mexican food. Bien venidos, amigos.
CITY: Salem
Five Brothers Cafe
American diner with Greek offerings.
CITY: Salem
Flavor's Cafe & Wine Bar
Enjoy delicious food, wine and atmosphere at Flavor's Cafe & Wine Bar.
CITY: Breese
Frosty Mug
The Frosty Mug Bar & Grill is a great place to bring the whole family for lunch or dinner. Located in Mt Vernon, IL, the Frosty is a restaurant and bar with daily lunch specials at affordable prices. Stop in for a great meal served by a friendly staff and see what you've been missing!
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Prof. Samuel Allen
Prof. Thomas Eagar
Fall 2006
This course explores materials and materials processes from the perspective of thermodynamics and kinetics. The thermodynamics aspect includes laws of thermodynamics, solution theory and equilibrium diagrams. The kinetics aspect includes diffusion, phase transformations, and the development of microstructure.
Archived versions:
Allen, Samuel, and Thomas Eagar. 3.205 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials, Fall 2006. (MIT OpenCourseWare: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/materials-science-and-engineering/3-205-thermodynamics-and-kinetics-of-materials-fall-2006 (Accessed). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA
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Broward Express Lane construction begins
Published On: Nov 28 2011 11:09:41 PM EST
Updated On: Nov 29 2011 11:37:20 AM EST
Updated On: Nov 29 2011 11:37:20 AM EST
Three years and $106 million from now, Interstate 95 in Broward County will have its own set of Express Lanes.
The project will extend the existing toll lanes in Miami-Dade County from the Golden Glades interchange to just past the I-595 interchange.
Construction was expected to begin Monday night after crews will set out cones blocking an outside lane in both directions of I-95 from the Golden Glades and Griffin Road. Eventually, one lane will be added in each direction of the 13-mile stretch.
The lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m., Monday through Thursday, for the next several weeks.
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Islam in Azerbaijan
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Approximately 99.2 percent of the population of Azerbaijan is Muslim according to a 2009 Pew Research center report.[1] The rest of the population adheres to other faiths or are non-religious, although they are not officially represented. Among the Muslim majority, religious observance varies and Muslim identity tends to be based more on culture and ethnicity rather than religion; however, many imams[who?] reported increased attendance at mosques during 2003. The Muslim population is approximately 85% Shi'a and 15% Sunni; differences traditionally have not been defined sharply.[2] The Republic of Azerbaijan has the second highest Shia population percentage in the world after Iran.[3]
Most Shias are adherents of orthodox Ithna Ashari school of Shi'a Islam. Other traditional religions or beliefs that are followed by many in the country are the orthodox Sunni Islam, the Armenian Apostolic Church (in Nagorno-Karabakh), the Russian Orthodox Church, the Georgian Orthodox Church, and various Christian sects. Traditionally villages around Baku and Lenkoran region are considered stronghold of Shi'ism. In some northern regions, populated by Sunni Dagestani (Lezghian) people, the Salafi movement gained great following. Folk Islam is widely practiced but there is little evidence of an organized Sufi movement.
There are fairly sizable expatriate Christian and Muslim communities in the capital city of Baku; authorities generally permit these groups to worship freely.
Islam arrived in Azerbaijan with Arabs in the seventh century, gradually supplanting Christianity and pagan cults.
In the sixteenth century, the first shah of the Safavid Dynasty, Ismail I (r. 1486-1524), established Shi'a Islam as the state religion, although a portion of people remained Sunni. The population of what is nowadays Iran and what is nowadays Azerbaijan were converted to Shia Islam at the same moment in history.[4] As elsewhere in the Muslim world, the two branches of Islam came into conflict in Azerbaijan. Enforcement of Shi'a Islam as the state religion brought contention between the Safavid rulers and the ruling Sunnis of the neighboring Ottoman Empire.
In the nineteenth century, many Sunni Muslims emigrated from Russian-controlled Azerbaijan because of Russia's series of wars with their coreligionists in the Ottoman Empire. Thus, by the late nineteenth century, the Shi'a population was in the majority in Russian Azerbaijan. Antagonism between the Sunnis and the Shi'a diminished in the late nineteenth century as Azerbaijani nationalism began to emphasize a common Turkic heritage and opposition to Iranian religious influences.
There is also a small Jewish community in Azerbaijan. There are three synagogues in Baku and a few in the provinces. Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade has donated US$40,000 for construction of Jewish House in Baku in 2000.
Azerbaijan is a secular country.[5] A survey estimated the proportion of ardent believers in Azerbaijan at close to 7 percent, slightly more than the number of declared atheists — almost 4 percent — with the largest numbers falling into the category of those who consider Islam above all as a way of life, without strict observance of prohibitions and requirements, or as a fundamental part of national identity.[6]
Russian Empire and Soviet Union[edit]
In 1806, Azerbaijan was occupied by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813), and in the aftermatch Qajar Iran was forced to cede therefore all of Azerbaijan according the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813 to Russia. However, all this only came to be confirmed in the aftermath of the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828) and the Treaty of Turkmenchay, the next and last war between Russia and Qajar Iran. In 1918, Azerbaijan declared independence from Russia, but was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920.
Before Soviet power was established, about 2,000 mosques were active in Azerbaijan. Most mosques were closed in the 1930s, then some were allowed to reopen during World War II. The Soviet rule promoted an Azerbaijani national consciousness as a substitute for identification with the world Islamic community.
In the 1980s only two large and five smaller mosques held services in Baku, and only eleven others were operating in the rest of the country. Supplementing the officially sanctioned mosques were thousands of private houses of prayer and many secret Islamic sects.
Islamic revival[edit]
Gradually, during the Soviet imperial twilight, signs of religious reawakening not only multiplied but surfaced into the open. According to Soviet sources, during the late 1970s around 1,000 clandestine houses of prayer were in use, and some 300 places of pilgrimage were identifiable. This growth proved the prelude to the public openings of hundreds of mosques in the following decade.
During World War II, Soviet authorities established the Muslim Spiritual Board of Transcaucasia in Baku as the governing body of Islam in the Caucasus, in effect reviving the nineteenth-century tsarist Muslim Ecclesiastical Board. During the tenures of Leonid Brezhnev and Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow encouraged Muslim religious leaders in Azerbaijan to visit and host foreign Muslim leaders, with the goal of advertising the freedom of religion and superior living conditions reportedly enjoyed by Muslims under Soviet communism.
Beginning in the late Gorbachev period, and especially after independence, the number of mosques rose dramatically. Many were built with the support of other Islamic countries, such as Iran, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, which also contributed Qur'ans and religious instructors to the new Muslim states. A Muslim seminary has also been established since 1991. After independence, the laws regarding religion are quite clear. In Article 7 of the constitution, Azerbaijan is declared a secular state. This point is driven home in Article 19 with the statement of the separation of religion and state and the equality of all religions before the law as well as the secular character of the state educational system.
Secular politicians in Azerbaijan have raised concerns about the rise of political Islam, but others argue that Islam in Azerbaijan is a multifaceted phenomenon. Islam plays only a very limited role in the political sphere and only a small part of the population supports the idea of establishing an "Islamic order". This is due to the long tradition of secularism in Azerbaijan and to the fact that the nationalistic opposition movement is secular in character. Yet, according to some analysts, on the longer run, if the politicians do not manage to improve the conditions of life of the vast majority of the people, the population may express its discontent through political Islam.
The lone center of conservative Shia Islam, is the town of Nardaran, 25 kilometers northeast of central Baku, and is renowned for its thirteenth-century Shia shrine. Unlike the rest of the country which is staunchly secular and which is considered religiously progressive, Nardaran is the only place in the whole of Azerbaijan where its inhabitants are devoutly religious and fundamentalist, where its streets display religious banners and where most women wear chadors in public. The now banned Islamic Party of Azerbaijan was founded in this town and its base was centered there.
A survey estimated the proportion of ardent believers in Azerbaijan at close to 7 percent, slightly more than the number of declared atheists — almost 4 percent — with the largest numbers falling into the category of those who consider Islam above all as a way of life, without strict observance of prohibitions and requirements, or as a fundamental part of national identity.[6]
During Azerbaijani SSR, there were 17 mosques was functioning in country. The growing number of religious Muslims resulted in the establishment of more than 2,000 mosques by 2014.[7][8]
Radical Islamism[edit]
There is a certain rise of religious extremism across the Azerbaijan as a result of continued problems such as corruption, poverty, and semi-authoritarian government rule, combined with disillusionment with the West and support of religious sects from different countries.[9][10][11][12][13] However there's a very limited support for radical Islam in Azerbaijan. According to Svante Cornell:
Azerbaijan can rightly claim to be among the most progressive and secular Islamic societies. Aside from having been the first Muslim country to have operas, theater plays, and a democratic republic, Azerbaijan today is among the Muslim countries where support for secularism is the highest, and where radical ideologies have met only very limited interest.[5]
Svante Cornell believes that the radical groups remain weak, but have a potential to grow under the current domestic and international circumstances. To confront this, the Azerbaijani state needs to address the diarchy in terms of supervision of religious structures.[5] He writes, that the Government policies toward Islam in general and Islamic radicalism in particular have been inadequate.[5]
See also[edit]
- Religion in Azerbaijan
- State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations of Azerbaijan Republic
- Islam by country
- 2007 Baku terrorist plot
- Islamic Activism in Azerbaijan: Repression and Mobilization in a Post-Soviet Context, by Sofie Bedford, Stockholm University, Doctoral thesis, 2009
- Islam, State, and Society in Independent Azerbaijan. Between Historical Legacy and Post-Soviet Reality — with special reference to Baku and its environs, Rufat Sattarov, Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89500-692-0
- ^ http://pewforum.org/uploadedfiles/Topics/Demographics/Muslimpopulation.pdf
- ^ Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Presidential Library - Religion
- ^ Juan Eduardo Campo,Encyclopedia of Islam, p.625
- ^ {{cite web|url=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=N8IKR0oqdRkC&pg=PA158&dq=safavid+persia+conversion&lr=&as_brr=3&cd=201#v=onepage&q=&f=false%7Ctitle=The Caspian: politics, energy and security, By Shirin Akiner, pg.158|accessdate=17 December 2014
- ^ a b c d Svante E. Cornell. The Politicization of Islam in Azerbaijan.
- ^ a b Tadeusz Swietochowski. Azerbaijan: The Hidden Faces of Islam. World Policy Journal, Volume XIX, No 3, Fall 2002
- ^ "Allahşükür Paşazadə: "Sovet dövründə Azərbaycanda 17 məscid olub, bu gün isə 2000-ə yaxın məscid, habelə kilsə və sinaqoqlar var"". az.apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ "Vəhhabilər Komitə sədrinə". politika.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- ^ IS AZERBAIJAN BECOMING A HUB OF RADICAL ISLAM? by Arzu Geybullayeva, European Stability Initiative
- ^ Azerbaijani Jews worried over increasing radical Islamists, By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz - 02.15.2006
- ^ Azeri poverty fuels rise of Islam. By Natalia Antelava, BBC News, 2005
- ^ Azerbaijan plot shows radicals' threat has teeth, 08 Nov 2007, Reuters
- ^ Azerbaijan: Does Wahhabism Pose A Threat? August 07, 2005 By Liz Fuller
- This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Library of Congress Country Studies.
External links[edit]
- ISLAMIC AND ETHNIC IDENTITIES IN AZERBAIJAN: EMERGING TRENDS AND TENSIONS, A Discussion Paper, by Hema Kotecha, OSCE, 2006
- Azerbaijan: Islam in a post-soviet republic. By Anar Valiyev, CAEI
- Azerbaijan: Islamic threat to religious harmony, Open Democracy News


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Any of you on medication for hypothyroid? I just found out I'm pregnant this week and am wondering when I should get tested next. My hashimotos started in Oct after baby 1 and I finally got my dose right in January and was tested last in March. But I think I remember my dr. saying to get tested again if pg. And I read some things about difficulties with pregnancies, but not if controlled with meeds, right?
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I had this same question and my OB said that the normal new pregnancy b/w tests your thyroid, so when that came back fine I was just told to make an appointment with an endocrinologist and stay monitored. (I had been put on synthroid by my RE who I am no longer seeing since I am pg.)
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