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Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
"Stalin's death" redirects here. For the 2017 film, see The Death of Stalin.
Stalin's Funeral
Stalin's funeral procession on Okhotny Ryad [ru].
Red Square, Moscow, Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lavrentiy Beria and other Soviet and foreign dignitaries
Joseph Stalin, the second leader of the Soviet Union, died on 5 March 1953 at the Kuntsevo Dacha aged 74 after suffering a stroke. He was given a state funeral with four days of national mourning declared. His body was subsequently embalmed and interred in Lenin's & Stalin's Mausoleum until 1961. Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov, Vyacheslav Molotov and Lavrentiy Beria were in charge of organizing the funeral.
Stalin's health deteriorated towards the end of World War II. He suffered from atherosclerosis as a result of heavy smoking, a mild stroke around the time of the Victory Parade (May 1945), and a severe heart attack in October 1945.[1]
The last three days of Stalin's life have been described in detail, first in the official Soviet announcements in Pravda, and then in a complete English translation which followed shortly thereafter in the Current Digest of the Soviet Press.[2] As described by Volkogonov,[3] On 28 February 1953, Stalin and a small number of his inner circle, consisting of Malenkov, Molotov, Beria, and Khrushchev and a few others gathered together for an evening of entertainment and drinking. The guests dispersed at approximately 4:00 a.m. on 1 March and Stalin retired to his private quarters with strict instructions that he was not to be disturbed until sounds were heard indicating that he had awakened. Time passed and no sounds were heard throughout the day. At approximately 11:00 p.m. on 1 March his housekeeper cautiously entered his room and found him lying on the floor, wearing his pajama trousers and a shirt. He was unconscious, breathing heavily, incontinent, and unresponsive to attempts to rouse him. Beria was called and, upon seeing him, discounted the fact that he was unconscious, attributing this to alcohol consumption, and departed.[citation needed]
At 7:00 a.m. on 2 March, Beria and a group of medical experts were summoned to examine him. Based on their examination, which revealed a blood pressure of 190/110 and a right-sided hemiplegia, they concluded that Stalin, who had a known history of uncontrolled hypertension, had sustained a hemorrhagic stroke involving the left middle cerebral artery. Over the next two days he received a variety of treatments; and, in an attempt to decrease his blood pressure, which had risen to 210/120, two separate applications of eight leeches each were applied to his neck and face over the next two days. However, his condition continued to deteriorate and he died at 9:50 p.m. on 5 March 1953. His body then was taken to an unspecified location and an autopsy was performed, after which it was embalmed for public viewing. Attempts to locate the original autopsy report have been unsuccessful until recently,[4][5] but the most important findings were reported in a special bulletin in Pravda on 7 March 1953, as follows:
"Pathological-Anatomical Examination of the Body of J. V. Stalin"
"Pathologic examination revealed a large hemorrhage, localized to the area of subcortical centers of the left cerebral hemisphere. This hemorrhage destroyed important areas of the brain and resulted in irreversible changes in the respiration and circulation. In addition to the brain hemorrhage, there were found significant hypertrophy of the left ventricle (of the heart), numerous hemorrhages in the myocardium, in the stomach and intestinal mucosa; atherosclerotic changes in the vessels, more prominent in the cerebral arteries. These are the result of hypertension. The results of the pathologic examination revealed the irreversible character of J.V. Stalin's disease from the moment of brain hemorrhage. Therefore, all treatment attempts could not have led to a favorable outcome and prevent a fatal end."[6]
As summarized above, rather than suggesting a plot by Beria, on whom suspicion fell for his purportedly telling Molotov "I took him out"[7] at one point, and his seemingly willful delay in obtaining medical treatment for Stalin, the physical changes seen during autopsy were consistent with extracranial changes that often occur in stroke victims. Lavrenti Beria's son, Sergio Beria, later recounted that after Stalin's death, his mother Nina informed her husband that "Your position now is even more precarious than when Stalin was alive."[8] This turned out to be correct; several months later, in June 1953, Beria was arrested and charged with a variety of crimes but, significantly, none relating to Stalin's death.[9] He subsequently was executed at the order of his former Politburo colleagues, but there are conflicting stories as to when and where this occurred.[10][11]
Official Soviet documentary on Stalin's funeral
On 6 March, the coffin with Stalin's body was put on display at the Hall of Columns in the House of the Unions, remaining there for three days.[12] On 9 March, the body was delivered to Red Square[13] prior to interment in Lenin's Mausoleum (where it would lie in state until 1961).[14][15] Speeches were delivered by Khrushchev, Malenkov, Molotov, and Beria, after which pallbearers carried the coffin to the mausoleum. As Stalin's body was being interred, a moment of silence was observed nationwide at noon Moscow time. As the bells of the Kremlin tower chimed the hour, sirens and horns wailed nationwide along with a 21-gun salute fired from within the precincts of the Kremlin. Similar observances were also held in other Warsaw Pact countries along with China, Mongolia and North Korea. Immediately after the silence ended, a military band played the Soviet State Anthem, and following this, a military parade of the Moscow Garrison was held in Stalin's honor. In the public's efforts to pay their respects to Stalin's casket, a number of people were crushed and trampled to death.[16] Khrushchev later provided an estimate that 109 people died in the crowd, although the real number of deaths may have been in the thousands.[17][18]
Foreign dignitaries in attendance
According to Ogoniok, the mourners included the following foreign dignitaries:[19]
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej – President of the State Council and Prime Minister of Romania, First Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party
Bolesław Bierut – Prime Minister of Poland, Secretary General of the Polish United Workers' Party
Konstantin Rokossovsky – Defence Minister of Poland
Walter Ulbricht – First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
Dolores Ibárruri – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain
Otto Grotewohl – Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic
Max Reimann – Chairman of the West German Communist Party
Valko Chervenkov – Prime Minister of Bulgaria, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Bulgaria
Mátyás Rákosi – General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
Pietro Nenni – Secretary of the Italian Socialist Party
Palmiro Togliatti – General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party
Jacques Duclos – Interim General Secretary of the French Communist Party
Klement Gottwald – President of Czechoslovakia, Chairman of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Spiro Koleka – Vice-Premier of the People's Republic of Albania
Zhou Enlai – Premier of the People's Republic of China
Urho Kekkonen – Prime Minister of Finland[20]
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal – Prime Minister of Mongolia
Harry Pollitt – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain
Johann Koplenig – Chairman of the Communist Party of Austria
Jesus Lava – Acting Chairman of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
Czechoslovak leader Gottwald died shortly after attending Stalin's funeral on 14 March 1953 after one of his arteries burst.[21] Fearing the encouragement of rivals within the ranks of the Party of Labour of Albania, neither Prime Minister Enver Hoxha nor Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu risked traveling to Moscow to attend the funeral, with Hoxha instead pledging eternal allegiance to the late Soviet leader.[22]
Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin
The Death of Stalin, a 2017 film directed by Armando Iannucci
^ Medvedev, Zhores A. (2006). The Unknown Stalin. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-85043-980-6.
^ "Announcement of Stalin's Illness and Death". The Current Digest of the Soviet Press. V (6): 24. 1953.
^ Volkogonov, D. (1999). Autopsy for an Empire. The Free Press.
^ Chigirin, I (2018). Stalin, Illness and Death. Moscow: Publisher Veche. ISBN 978-5-4484-0279-1.
^ Barth, Rolf F.; Brodsky, Sergey V.; Ruzic, Miroljub (2019). "What did Joseph Stalin really die of? A reappraisal of his illness, death, and autopsy findings". Cardiovascular Pathology. 40: 55–58. doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2019.02.003. PMID 30870795.
^ Pravda, vol. 66, no. 1264, p. 2, March 7, 1953 (translated by S. Brodsky and M. Ruzic)
^ Radzinsky, E (1997). Stalin. Anchor Books.
^ Beria, S (2001). My Father: Inside Stalin's Kremlin. Gerald Duckworth, and Co. Ltd.
^ Knight, A (1993). Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant. Princeton University Press.
^ Knight, A (1993). Beria: Stalin's First Lieutenant. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
^ Beria, S. (2001). My Father: Inside Stalin's Kremlin. Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.
^ Ganjushin, Alexander (6 March 2013). "Joseph Stalin's funeral: how it happened". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 17 January 2018 – via Russia Beyond. On 6 March, the coffin with Stalin's body was displayed at the Hall of Columns in the House of Trade Unions.
^ "The Manhoff Archive: Stalin's Funeral - Part One". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ Ganjushin, Alexander (5 March 2013). "Russia on the day of Stalin's funeral: A photo look back". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved 17 January 2018 – via Russia Beyond. On 9 March, Stalin's embalmed body was interred in the Lenin Mausoleum, which was renamed the Lenin–Stalin Mausoleum from 1953 to 1961.
^ Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Why Did Russia Move Stalin's Body?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
^ Evtushenko, Evgenii (1963). "Mourners Crushed at Stalin's Funeral". Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ Khlevniuk, Oleg (2017). Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-21978-4.
^ Langewiesche, William (9 January 2018). "The 10-Minute Mecca Stampede That Made History". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ "Mourning of millions". Ogoniok. 11 (1344). 15 March 1953.
^ Tikka, Juha-Pekka (18 October 2017). "Kun Josif Stalin kuoli – näin Urho Kekkonen ryntäsi tilaisuuteen" [When Josef Stalin died - Urho Kekkonen rushed to the event]. Verkkouutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ "Czechoslovakia: Death No. 2". TIME. 23 March 1953. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ Pearson, Owen (8 September 2006). Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy. I.B. Tauris. p. 454. ISBN 978-1-84511-105-2.
Brent, Jonathan; Naumov, Vladimir (2004). Stalin's Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948–1953. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-093310-4.
Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2004). Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. London: Phoenix. ISBN 978-0-7538-1766-7.
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Airstreamorama / March 30, 2014 / 1 Comment / Arizona, New Mexico
Compared to the first half of March, which was spent entirely at Grand Canyon, I've moved around quite a bit. I had about two and a half weeks to make my way to Marfa, TX, where I'll spend all of April, so chose a southern route through New Mexico. I'd been to Albuquerque and Santa Fe several times in the past so the southern part of the state was all-new to me.
My first two nights out of Grand Canyon were spent at Meteor Crater near Winslow. The crater was caused by a nickel-iron meteorite about 50 meters across that plummeted to earth about 50,000 years ago…the crater it left behind is about 2/3 of a mile across and 500 feet deep. The impact energy was about 10 megatons and just for perspective, the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were about 16 and 21 kilotons respectively (there are 1000 kilotons in 1 megaton). I'm glad I showed up 50,000 years too late.
As I was leaving, I noticed a motorbike parked out front with a website marked on it and looked it up. Turns out, the owner is a guy named Bruce Smart who is biking around the world to raise money for various cancer charities. He's from the UK and started the trip from London and was about ¾ of the way through his trip, North America being the last stop before returning to England.
We chatted a bit about each other's journey and I told him about friends who I met in Sydney that did a motorcycle trip from Sydney back to London…hopefully they'll all get in touch when he gets back. Here are both their websites:
http://www.teapotone.com/site/
http://www.wollongongtowoolwich.co.uk
Pie Town
Next stop was Pie Town…a tiny place with an interesting history. The first I'd heard of Pie Town was on a trip home to Rochester two summers ago. My friend Megan and I went to the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House. A new exhibition was about to begin called "The Gender Show" which showed how gender is expressed in photography. One of the highlighted artists was a woman named Debbie Grossman who using Photoshop, manipulated photos of the citizens of Pie Town, NM taken by Russell Lee in 1940 who was sent by the US Farm Security Administration to photograph and document life in the rural community of Pie Town.
For some reason I became very curious about Pie Town after doing some reading, I had to go. You can read more about both of them from the links below:
Russell Lee's photos archived at the Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/related/?fi=subject&q=United%20States–New%20Mexico–Pie%20Town
Debbie Grossman's feminized variant:
http://www.debbiegrossman.com/index.php?/projects/my-pie-town/
My own photos of Pie Town…
Of course, nostalgia wasn't the only reason to visit Pie Town…there was pie as well. I lucked out…I hadn't really put any thought into the date I visited Pie Town but I arrived on March 13, the eve of Pi Day…and Pi Day (3.14) was the day that the two cafés re-opened after a winter hiatus and served up pie.
And the waitress was from Rochester!
Yup, weird name for a town. It used to be called Hot Springs, NM until it was named after a radio quiz show…the quiz show is gone, but the name remains.
I stayed at a beautiful state park here called Elephant Butte Lake State Park…the South Monticello Campground was on a bluff overlooking the lake…great spot.
I had my first visitors since starting my journey in late January, Rodney and Mentor. I knew Rodney from when we both lived in Sydney…he's since moved on and currently lives in Dubai with his partner Mentor. They called me about two weeks prior to meeting up to tell me they were doing a road trip from Vegas to Houston and asked "where will you be?". Our paths crossed in TorC, and it was great seeing them and having them as guests in Sacajawea!
Six nights in Las Cruces…time to recharge. I know that sounds silly, "recharge", I'm not working after all! But I needed to be in one spot for a while and have access to some basics…like a gym! I've been trying to maintain a level of fitness but find it difficult when I don't have a daily routine so this week allowed me to establish a short term routine and the gym slotted in perfectly.
Aside form admiring the jagged mountains surrounding Las Cruces, I didn't to a heck of a lot here…but it was nice and the weather was much warmer than Pie Town.
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You are amazing, John. Really brightened my day to hear about your journey and observations. Good on ya Mate. Wish I was there! -Brigid
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Video: Man Attacks Baltimore Officer During Arrest Of Another Man
This video shows why officers often try to keep people at a distance during arrests. This man calmly walks up and attacks an officer who is trying to arrest another man.
The man is now looking at some serious charges — starting with assault of an officer and interference with an arrest. This is one case where the public videotaping of officers will assist the officers in bringing charges. While the kick in the face by a third officer may be viewed as on the line, it is likely that it would be considered permissible by police reviewers given the man's resistance on the ground and the need to assist the first officer.
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28 thoughts on "Video: Man Attacks Baltimore Officer During Arrest Of Another Man"
angrymanspeaks says:
Well; I'm just a simple country Philosopher but it seems to me that once the physical fight begins; all's fare; the only object being to subdue.
Having said that i would be remiss if I failed to mention that I grew up in and around Baltimore city and my experience is that Baltimore Cops love to beat their victims; suspects.
Could be either way in Charm City.
I've known several of their victims and some who were not.
Having said that I should also say that this Cop / Civilian—Brutality / Enforcement issue is a difficult one.
At the same time we are witnessing the brutality of the Police all over the country; we are also stuck by our percieved need for Police protection.
It is hard to back the cops; even when i see a video like this one because I can easily place the same cops at the scene of a peaceful protest beating the living shit out of some young girl (did you notice the disproportionate number of young girls and painfully thin boys the Police chose to beat and arrest at the OWS protest?)
I imagine many german citizens felt this way in the thirties. like us; they saw their neighbors arrested, beaten, and hauled off for the least excuse; and this was before they started cracking down on the Jews.
They didn't do so well when confronted by the Fascists.
Will we?
I can't seem to get my mind to solve this problem of the dual role of the Police in our lives and how the one role gets more and more violent and random in it's actions.
I must believe that their role as our protectors will suffer; has suffered; may die.
Brian your a moron and obviously not a LEO, your one of the idiots that says the cop should have shot the gun out of the suspects hand instead of shooting the suspect. The suspect or "crook" was in the process of assaulting a Police Officer and he is lucky that the officer gave him a single kick to the head and not a baton to the head.
TheDisco says:
Brian: How are you lost? Do you think the same chemical reactions and brain processes and adrenaline flow is different from the two situations? Maybe in a superficial context, but we are primates and an emergency life-threatening situation is still an emergency life-threatening situation.
Jink: Good analysis for the most part. To kick someone in the head is a 'knee-jerk' reaction regardless as I'm sure it falls outside the manual of what the academy taught them but is spot on when it comes to detailing that the situation was still dangerous, volatile and ongoing when the third officer arrived (Which could of been from anywhere). The guy wasn't subdued in any capacity. If he was subdued (even before cuffs being applied), it would of been very out of line without question. As much as I despise tasers as they are used 99.9% of the time, this is the ideal time for an escalation of "non-lethal" force if there ever was one.
Deadly Pacifist: I agree they should of wrapped the first guy up much quicker, esp. with that many people around. I think they were pretty lenient in not man handling him and reserved when they could of been a lot more forceful. He may of been in the position for a submission hold, but The Wire is not really all that exaggerated when it comes to depicting some neighborhoods in Baltimore… If I'm surrounded by 50 gawkers that are almost always openly hostile to law enforcement and agitated by their presence (esp. if arresting a relative or gang affiliate), am trying to subdue one guy and just get attacked by another you bet your ass if there is just two or three cops there I'm calling in the calvary first and foremost. In many ways this reminds me of the recent NYC subway video where the officer showed large amounts of restraint in attempting to peacefully detain and question the girls before being attacked. But once you poke the bear…
Personally, I'm against police brutality and excessive force and am disgusted by the amount it occurs, but I'm also an eye for an eye guy, so I'm glad he got his just reward for punching someone in the face, cop or not.
Jude says:
That's how we roll in BMore.
jinksto says:
Immediately before being kicked at 54 seconds the attacker was in the process of wrapping his arm around the neck of the officer on the ground and had nearly succeeded in doing so. The fight was still escalating at that point and had lasted about 15 seconds.
After the kick the guy gave up and and was subdued in under 7 seconds. Looks like a great use of force to me.
Which arm are you suggesting that the officer grab? The one pinned under him or the one around the neck of the officer on the ground?
Additionally, it's not clear from this video where the third officer came from or what he knew. He might have just approached the situation and saw a coworker on the ground with an assailants arm around his neck. Maybe it was a calculated way of removing the threat rather than a "knee jerk" reaction.
Seriously dude. If you physically hit a police officer in the head while he's only doing his job and then continue to fight with that officer you should expect to get kicked in the face.
You lost me on the comparison of a dangerous physical altercation with the impending crash of a jet plane.
I agree that training does not overcome everything, afterall cops are still humans and citizens. But this hothead should get some help. He did not help this situation. In fact, by the look on his face, the guy with the camera is probably lucky that the officer was otherwise occupied. I doubt there will be any consequences whatsoever for his actions, which may embolden him in the future.
Deadly Pacifist says:
I agree with Brian. Legality aside, more than anything, the video highlights the need for better hand-to-hand training for officers. They farted around with the first guy for far too long and should've had him cuffed and gone long before the second guy had a chance to jump in. Once the second guy made the tackle, the officers all just kind of bonk him on the head ineffectually when the one on top (talking on his radio) was in a perfect position for a submission hold. Any submission hold. That was just sloppy, a high school wrestler would exert better control of the situation than the three heavily armed officers managed to here…
Oro Lee says:
"Any time an officer is in a physical fight with a 'bad guy' [and surrounded by an obviously hostile and uncooperative crowd] his life is in extreme danger and he should have the right to respond aggressively." —
Except for the opinion of someone who is a impartial, bona fide expert on the use of police force in the type of situation described in the sentence above, all other opinions concerning the actions of the third officer are like . . . well, you know the rest.
Despite the popularity of a particular saying, I find more often than not that hindsight is blinded by bias and agendas.
Now for the cynical me: the dumbest thing about the actions of the third officer is that it virtually guarantees a legal claim against the officer, the police department, and the city however, any official who attempts to take action against the third office other than the imposition of extra training on the use of force, will be excoriated by the police union, law and order types, and politicians.
I think your argument relies too much on the idea that training overcomes anything. Why did the pilots of the Air France pilots do exactly the opposite of their training when an emergency situation arose thus worsening the situation and causing their eventual demise?
I'm not defending the kick, but I think the idea that adequate training will override reactions that fall outside of the training manual is off the mark.
My hope is that the more we understand the science around our reactions, that will help improve training in the future to try and counteract the hardwired tendencies of humans, but in its present tense when the sh*t hits the fan its a rare individual that is going to follow the playbook play for play.
Blouise says:
Shouldn't a third officer be there to arrest whoever owns the camera and a fourth to administer pepper spray on the first three and a fifth whose only purpose of being there is to deny medical attention to the other four and a sixth …
So . . . do you risk more involvement by the crowd if you grab the man's arms or if you kick him in the face? If an officer with pepper spray, a gun, a baton and self-defense training cannot overcome "knee-jerk reactions", he should not be a cop. He may get a pat on the back when he returns to the station, but he did not help his colleague by going with his knee-jerk reaction. An aggressive but professional cop is much more effective in a tough city than a cop who surrenders to knee-jerk reactions.
I can't believe I'm defending cops here, but there is no amount of training in the world that overcomes human emotion and knee-jerk reactions when a situation is developing. Whether its cops or pilots or anyone else. New science continues to explore this area pretty comprehensively. None of us are there, in that moment to assess that situation. I see definitively two cops at the onset of the situation and about 50 people crowded around in a town that is VERY, VERY rough and a situation that wasn't under control to begin with and suddenly rapidly deteriorated from even that low point.
This is one of those times that the video is going to help, not hurt, the officers involved.
rafflaw says:
It is interesting that the original suspect seems to have gotten away. The kick in the face by a third officer was unwarranted. The assailant still had a hand on the officer, but he was no longer in imminent danger. The officer was actually trying to punch the assailant in the face when the third officer came into the picture. It is funny how the use of video may help convict the assailant. All officers should be filmed in every arrest situation as a matter of procedure and the film should be public record.
So . . . would it have been better to come in and grab the guy's arms in order to prevent him from grabbing a gun, or was the kick to the face the wiser choice? A professional officer should have grabbed the arms, one of them was easily available in the video. He got an emotional kick to the face in before he went on to assist with the arrest. Not the kind of hothead I want walking around my city with a gun, even if he is wearing slippers.
Immobilizing a guy by grabbing his free arm while he is on top of your colleague seems much more effective than kicking him in the face. Officers are trained, I believe, to try to keep a cool head and not act out of emotion. This officer, justifiably angry, sought revenge before doing his job and protecting his colleague.
I'm often as cynical about police tactics as the next guy, but the guy was not down when the kick happened, only in the loosest sense of he was on the ground. He was still actively engaged in wrestling with the officers where anything could of happened, up to grabbing the officers weapon. Few Baltimore officers are equipped with tasers so I doubt these officers were equipped with them, but if there was ever an appropriate time to use one to neutralize the situation much quicker this would of been it.
There are mountains of reasons to have a low opinion of many officers, but this isn't one of them.
Did they end up catching the original suspect or was he long gone by that point?
Expecting officers to "fight fair" is how we get them killed. Both of the officers on the ground had lethal weapons on them. If the "bad guy" managed to get one of those guns this would have turned out a lot worse. The "kick to the face" allowed the officers to subdue this guy and regain control of the situation. Once a suspect attacks an officer he's lucky not to be shot much less kicked in the face. Any time an officer is in a physical fight with a "bad guy" his life is in extreme danger and he should have the right to respond aggressively. The cop was just doing his job and some moron clocked him in the side of the head. That moron deserved what he got.
Regardless of the actual threat (and it was actual), a kick in the face when he was down is not justified. An officer never has the right nor does he have the permission to seek revenge. You can see the raw emotion on that kicking officer's face. If you can't cool your head and be effective in that situation, turn in your badge.
Frankly says:
Yes, it is funny how the cps all want to be filmed as long as control of the film belongs to them.
Corrections (sorry about that) —
"We got that on tape!" Yep, and it exonerates the police officers, even the third officer (wearing soft sole shoes) who appears to have kicked the assailant in the face. Except where revelation of the officer's identity constitutes a threat, law enforcement personnel should want their encounters taped.
"We got that on tape!" Yep, and it exonerates the police officers, even the third officer (wearing soft sole shoes) appears to have kicked the assailant in the face soft sole shoes). Except where revelation of the officer's identity constitutes a threat, law enforcement personnel should want their encounters taped.
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In addition to Thanksgiving, this past few days also marked the beginning of both Hanukkah and Advent, and the holiday season is now well and truly under way. Kerbside Christmas tree vendors have appeared like mushrooms overnight, store windows are bright with festive displays, and scarcely a street tree is safe from an entwinement of twinkly lights.
For me, the best thing about all of this was the 9 lessons and carols service with which we marked Advent Sunday at St Bart's. This has long been one of my favourite services in the church year, and having only attended it last year it was lovely to be participating in the choir once again. All 3 choirs were on great form (apart from our obligatory dodgy soprano moment), and I was reminded how very lucky we are to have the chance to sing with some truly excellent musicians.
On Thanksgiving day itself we eschewed the Macy's Parade for a short church service and a light lunch with friends. Heading home across Central Park as the sun dropped behind the skyscrapers it felt particularly wintry, and we were glad to get home to mulled wine and a slice of pumpkin pie before cooking our dinner. This year we opted for a chicken, and I insisted on roast (rather than mashed) potatoes, but otherwise we tried to keep things more traditional with candied sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cornbread stuffing and cranberry jelly from a tin.
Part of our justification behind this somewhat mongrel meal was that we had been invited to a proper Thanksgiving dinner the following night. Hosted by a librarian friend of mine, we weren't really sure what to expect but it turned out to be a most enjoyable evening, with tasty food in the company of a wonderfully eclectic selection of people.
As this was only our second year of celebrating Thanksgiving, it was really interesting to see what it involved for different people. It's essentially the same as Christmas back in England – everyone's family has their own way of doing things, and as an adult you either choose to carry on that tradition or create your own. I decided that it was my kind of holiday – all of the best bits of Christmas (food, drink and good company) without any of the hassle of buying presents – and, though I say so myself, I bake a great pumpkin pie!
Another thing I've been thankful for lately is the Julliard's free lunchtime concerts. Students perform these in the autumn and spring of each year, of course they are all excellent, and I'm very happy that they take place on a non-library day so I can go along to listen. (The fact that their concert hall is walkably located on the opposite side of Central Park to our apartment is another bonus.) We also thoroughly enjoyed their production of Handel's Radamisto a week or so ago.
December brings with it the usual selection of delights – festive drinks parties, several carol concerts and one-and-a-bit Messiahs are all vying for space in my diary, not to mention selecting a real tree for our apartment this year, and I'm looking forward to it all. I even went so far as to visit Whole Foods today, on a mission for mincemeat, and as that failed to crush my festive spirit I'm hopeful that nothing will!
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Q: Mysql stored procedure speed up I am trying to find a pair from a given table which has around 1,50,000 entries, I wrote a stored procedure which picks up one entry and then traverses remaining 1,49,999  entry in the table and finds pair and i'm continuing for the remaining numbers as such and I also use linear search concept of not traversing backwards.It takes me 2hrs and 5 mins for the whole table to get complete. How do I speed up the process?
They say declaring variables as local can speed up the process
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Thursday 23 May 2019, 13:00 - 17:00
This half-day workshop will deal with the following topics:
- What exactly is a family office?
- Typical categories of family offices
- When is it time for a family to consider setting up a family office?
- How do family values, businesses, structures, members interact with the family office?
"WHY SINGAPORE?"
- The Singapore framework for family offices
- Overview of the various tax and other incentives to attract families to set up family offices in Singapore
A foreign UHNW family is looking to set up a family office in Singapore. Our panellists examine the broad considerations, as well as share their insights and experience on the practical steps.
Seminar Programme
1.00 – 1.30pm
Registrations & Standing Buffet Lunch
Opening Remarks & Introduction
Ms Chan Ee Lin – Director, Tax & Legal, Family Enterprise Consulting, Deloitte Private
1.45 – 2:45pm
Mr Spencer Hsu – Deputy Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Mr Anuj Kagalwala – Partner, Asset & Wealth Management Tax Leader, PwC Singapore
Ms Alyssa Toh – Head, Contact Singapore, Family Office Development Team, Singapore Economic Development Board
Ms Valerie Wu – Chair, STEP Singapore; Partner, Head of Tax & Trust Asia, Pinsent Masons
2:55 – 3.15pm
Panellists:
Mr Matthias Lee – Executive Director, UBS AG
Mr Ashley Ong – Managing Director, Lion Trust (Singapore) Limited
Ms Lee Wong – Head of Family Services Asia, Lombard Odier
5 – 5.15pm
Closing Remarks
About the Chairperson/Moderators (alphabetically by surname)
Ee Lin has more than two decades of experience in C-suite and regional positions with leading private banks as an internationally recognised trust & wealth planner and family business governance advisor to high net worth families in Asia Pacific & Middle East. Co-founder of a family office services company, she is a top rated adjunct lecturer and accredited curriculum developer at NTU and SMU, and started her career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Featured in CityWealth PowerWomen International Financial Centre Top 200 global list for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, Ee Lin is has been a Resource Panel Member of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Finance and Trade and Industry since 2009, and is Board member of the Worldwide Fund for Nature, Singapore and the Shirin Fozdar Program at SMU. Ee Lin holds three degrees at Magna Cum Laude level: a BA from Stanford University; an MBA in International Wealth Management from Carnegie Mellon University; and a Doctor in Jurisprudence from SMU. A full-fledged TEP, she is an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
Ms Valerie Wu – Partner, Head of Tax & Trust Asia, Pinsent Masons
Since joining Pinsent Masons, Valerie has set up the tax and private wealth practice for the Firm for Asia, based in Singapore. In this capacity she advises families and individuals as well as services providers to such families and individuals. She acts as counsel to many families and their service providers in tax advisory, regulatory as well as tax controversy matters. In addition, she also advises ultra high net worth individuals and families, to tailor solutions and provide ongoing advice for tax and succession planning needs, balanced with commercial, family dynamics and business continuity considerations. Valerie is on the panels of and works with family offices as well as licensed entities such as trust companies, fund managers, private banks, wealth advisory teams for their cross border tax, regulatory and AML matters. Valerie was listed in Who's Who Legal for Private Client for 2017 and 2018; and was also named in Legal Week's International Trusts and Private Client Elite since 2012 to date, a list of 100 private client lawyers and advisors worldwide tipped to be "at the top of their field. Most recently, Legal 500 listed the private wealth practice setup by Valerie as Band 1 for the 2018 and 2019 guides, & Who's Who Legal named her as a Leading Individual in their Private Client guide. Valerie has served on the Law Reform Committee since September 2016.
Spencer is responsible for the development of Singapore's wealth management industry, as part of broader efforts in developing Singapore as an international financial centre.
Spencer has taken on a wide array of responsibilities in his time with MAS, including in banking supervision as well as consumer protection and dispute resolution policy development. He was also involved in setting up MAS' Behavioural Insights and Culture Unit, which looks to employ psychology and behavioural economics principles to enhance policy implementation. On the financial sector development front, Spencer has been involved in manpower and financial research development efforts as well as developing Singapore's renminbi market capabilities. Spencer was also MAS' representative in Beijing, China from 2015-2017.
Spencer holds a degree in Social Sciences (with Honours) from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore, where he majored in Psychology, and was also part of the University Scholars Programme.
Anuj has 20 years of experience in a Singapore tax and business environment. He leads the Asset Management and Wealth Management tax practice in Singapore. He also leads the Family Office practice for PwC Singapore. Anuj is actively involved in discussing asset management and wealth management issues with the relevant authorities and industry associations. He has a close working relationship with all the key stakeholders. Anuj has provided extensive consulting advice to numerous family offices on setting up Singapore family office, Singapore investment platforms, applications for tax incentives and generally advising on trust structures and succession planning. Anuj is a member of the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals. Anuj's key past and present family office clients include large families from Asia, Europe and US.
His clients in the wider asset management sector include regional as well global fund managers focussing on private equity, real estate, infrastucture and liquid trading strategies.
Matthias Lee is an Executive Director with UBS AG and heads the trust administration unit for UBS Trustees, Singapore where he is also a Resident Manager. A lawyer by trade, Matthias joined the trust industry with over a decade of legal practice with local and international firms, as well as corporates and financial institutions. He has now close to 15 years in the trust industry. Matthias is an IBF Fellow, a Chartered Trustee, and active serving member of the STA Executive Committee. He is also a STEP TEP. For the past 6 years, Matthias also taught Wealth Planning modules in WMI's Certificate of Trust Services and Advanced Certificate of Trust Services.
Ashley Ong is the Managing Director of Lion Trust (Singapore) Limited, an independent trust company. He has over 22 years of experience in the trust industry advising high net-worth clients and their families mainly in Asia such as China, Hong Kong, Republic of China, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia) on asset protection, succession, legacy and inheritance planning. He is also well versed in corporate restructuring and was involved in setting up several listed real estate investment trusts in Singapore. In Liontrust, Ashley is responsible for the overall business management of the company.
Prior to joining Liontrust, Ashley spent 12 years with one of the reputable global bank-owned trust company where he held several senior positions in the operations, client services and business development functions.
Ashley obtained his first degree majoring in Banking and Finance from Monash University and a Masters of Business Administration from National University of Singapore.
Alyssa is the Head of Contact Singapore, a division under the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) which advises business owners and entrepreneurs with business and residency interests in Singapore. She focuses on client engagements in diverse markets including Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Alyssa concurrently leads the Family Office Initiative within EDB, where she is responsible for the development of policies and strategies to strengthen Singapore's value propositions for global family offices.
Prior to joining EDB, Alyssa spent a number of years in private banking, where she held advisory roles to significant families from Malaysia and North Asia.
She graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business.
Lee is responsible for leading Lombard Odier's wealth planning and family services proposition, which is a key component of the Bank's growth strategy in the region.
Before joining Lombard Odier, Lee amassed over 18 years of experience in the wealth management industry.
She joined from Union Bancaire Privée in Singapore, where she was Head of Wealth Planning for South Asia and was responsible for leading a team advising high net worth clients on their family wealth transition, family governance, as well as philanthropic aspirations.
Lee holds a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. She is a Chartered Trustee appointed by the Singapore Trustee Association.
Members of STEP
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI) Singapore, CFA Singapore, CPA Australia, CPA Singapore/ISCA,
International Fiscal Association (IFA), Law Society of Singapore, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA),
Singapore Trustees Association (STA), Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (SAICSA) Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (SIATP)
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Practice Area: Private Client
Training Level: General
Public CPD Points: 2
Location :1 Marina Boulevard, NTUC Centre, Level 9, Room 903, Singapore 018989
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Mick George Ltd, in association with The Hunts Post, has announced its Skip of Gold finalists in which it is providing a local sports club or a community project with the opportunity to win £1,000.
The Huntingdon based construction business that specialises in skip hire, waste management, aggregate and concrete supply, as well as bulk earthworks and demolition services has welcomed applicants in need of financial assistance.
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Human Rights on Capitol Hill: June 18, 2018
In this edition of Human Rights on Capitol Hill:
(1) Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation.
(2) North Korea: Amnesty International calls on Trump administration to raise human rights in all discussions with North Korea.
(3) Rohingya: Amnesty International urges Senate to quickly pass legislation holding Myanmar military officials accountable for atrocities against the Rohingya.
(4) Syria: U.S.-led coalition against IS failed to take basic precautions to minimize civilian deaths and casualties in Raqqa.
(5) Refugees: Amnesty International presents June 14 Hill briefing on worldwide refugee trends.
(6) Hungary: Hungary poised to implement draconian initiative aimed at criminalizing individuals who aid asylum seekers.
(7) Afghans: Increasing numbers of Afghans seeking refugee protection in Turkey — now face forced repatriation.
(8) Uzbekistan: Amnesty International urges Uzbek President to implement human rights reforms to end torture, protect LGBTI individuals, and guarantee freedom of religion.
(9) Artificial Intelligence: Lantos Commission hearing highlights potential impact of emerging technology on global human rights.
Human Rights Updates
(1) Family separation: Amnesty International demands that administration immediately halt family separation. In May 2018 Amnesty International conducted a multi-week research mission along the U.S-Mexico border. Amnesty interviewed parents and guardians detained by Homeland Security ("DHS"), who gave heartbreaking accounts of how DHS agents had stripped their children from their arms. Some parents did not know their children's whereabouts for several weeks. In this statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Amnesty International USA urged Congress to demand the administration to: a) reunify all families who have been forcibly separated; b) halt the policy of family separation; c) end the prolonged detention of parents and guardians who have been separated from minor children.
(2) North Korea: Amnesty International calls on Trump administration to raise human rights in all discussions with North Korea. On June 12 President Trump met with North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un in Singapore. Prior to the summit, Amnesty International USA and 11 NGOs sent a letter calling on the administration to raise human rights in all discussions with North Korea. At a June 15 Hill briefing Asia advocacy manager Francisco Bencosme called on the Trump administration to press North Korea to: a) close its prisons camps detaining some 120,000 people in horrific, life-threatening conditions; b) reunite families separated due to war, abductions, or forced disappearances; and c) to protect freedom of expression.
(3) Rohingya: Amnesty International urges Senate to quickly pass legislation holding Myanmar military officials accountable for atrocities against the Rohingya. In May the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act ("NDAA") which included an amendment to hold Myanmar military officials accountable for atrocities against the Rohingya. In June the Senate started consideration of its NDAA bill. Amnesty International urges the Senate to approve the Cardin amendment designed to save Rohingya lives by pressuring the Myanmar military to halt ethnic cleansing. This amendment is a crucial step towards halting the systematic, widespread atrocities against the Rohingya.
(4) Syria: U.S.-led coalition against IS failed to take basic precautions to minimize civilian deaths and casualties in Raqqa. In 2017 a U.S.-led coalition placed Raqqa under siege with the goal of removing the IS. In June 2018 Amnesty International published a report detailing how the coalition failed to take basic precautions to protect civilians, thereby violating international humanitarian law. The coalition's attacks killed or injured hundreds of Raqqa civilians. Amnesty International calls on the U.S. and other coalition member states to publicly acknowledge the scale and seriousness of the loss of civilian lives in Raqqa as well as the destruction of property and livelihoods resulting from the strikes.
(5) Refugees: Amnesty International presents June 14 Hill briefing on worldwide refugee trends. In commemoration of World Refugee Day, Amnesty International's advocacy team briefed Congress on refugee developments. Amnesty's Asia advocacy manager, just returned from Bangladesh, gave a first-hand report of swarming Rohingya refugee camps that are now bracing for monsoon rains. Amnesty's Americas advocacy director, who recently interviewed parents detained in El Paso, recounted parental agony as DHS agents stripped their children from their arms. Amnesty's Eurasia advocacy director described how Hungary is poised to become the first EU country to criminalize the act of aiding asylum seekers. Amnesty's Africa advocacy director explained how the majority of the world's worst displacement crises are taking place in Africa and how U.S. humanitarian aid is needed now more than ever. Finally, Amnesty's refugee specialist spoke of the long-term successes of the U.S. Refugee Program and urged Congress to push the administration to resettle more refugees.
(6) Hungary: poised to implement draconian initiative aimed at criminalizing those who aid asylum seekers. On May 30 Secretary Pompeo met with the Hungarian Foreign Minister. Amnesty International USA sent this letter to the State Department detailing how the Hungarian Parliament has moved to pass legislation known as "Stop Soros." The most recent proposal would criminalize individuals providing information or offering legal advice to asylum seekers. If Hungary implements this proposal, it will become the first EU country to impose a sweeping, draconian measure aimed at criminalizing individuals who aid asylum seekers. Amnesty International urges Congress to press Hungary to halt all threats and intimidation designed to shut down civil society.
(7) Afghans: Increasing numbers of Afghans seeking refugee protection in Turkey — are facing forced repatriation. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, Afghans are the second largest protracted refugee population in the world. In April, Turkish authorities forcibly returned over 7500 asylum seekers to a war zone in Afghanistan; 2000 more in detention await a similar fate. Amnesty International documented how Turkish authorities have rounded up Afghan asylum seekers, including those with small children, and have forced them to sign "voluntary" documents acceding to repatriation. Turkey's deportations are taking place at a time when violence in Afghanistan is on the rise. The United Nations found that in 2017 approximately 100 people were killed in Afghanistan every day.
(8) Uzbekistan: Amnesty International urges Uzbek President to implement human rights reforms to end torture, protect LGBTI individuals, and guarantee freedom of religion: On May 16 President Trump met with Uzbekistan's President who has ushered in important human rights reforms including the release of journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev and other prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International urged Uzbekistan's President to build upon these reforms by doing more to prevent torture, protect LGBTI individuals, and guarantee freedom of religion.
(9) Artificial Intelligence: Lantos Commission hearing highlights potential impact of emerging technology on global human rights. Amnesty International submitted astatement for the May 22 Lantos Commission hearing on artificial intelligence ("AI") and the consequences for human rights. In May, Amnesty International and Access Now launched the Toronto Declaration: Protecting the Rights to Equality and Non-Discrimination in Machine Learning Systems. Using the international human rights framework, Amnesty International advised governments and the private sector of their obligations and responsibilities to proactively prevent discrimination, protect the rights of all individuals and groups, and promote diversity and inclusion.
Africa: Adotei Akwei [email protected]
Asia: Francisco Bencosme [email protected]
Eurasia: Daniel Balson [email protected]
Gender: Tarah Demant [email protected]
Nat Security:Daphne Eviatar [email protected]
Crim justice: Krissy Roth [email protected]
Hum rights defenders:Andrew Fandino [email protected]
Refugees: Ryan Mace [email protected]
Gun violence: Zeke Johnson [email protected]
Americas: Marselha Margerin [email protected]
Mid East: Raed Jarrar [email protected]
All other issues: Joanne Lin [email protected]
Human Rights on Capitol Hill Newsletter - June 2018


Full disclosure: I loooove Ann Patchett and have permanently parked her novels Bel Canto, Run, Taft and State of Wonder in a prime location on my wall of bookcases. In fact, I'd go far as to say State of Wonder is one of the best books I have ever read.
I love her complex tales, sharp mind and perfect ear, but most of all I admire her courage as a creator of characters. When it comes to the challenge of developing personas wholly unlike herself, Ann Patchett is fearless. She just jumps right in, calls on her magical skill and voila!, she takes on the voice of a child of the Amazon, an aging black barkeep, a Boston Irish politician, old women, young women, you name it.
So, it is not too surprising that, when Nashville business leaders called on Patchett to help fill the void when multiple bookstores left that city, she jumped right in. To learn more about how and why she became a bookseller as well as the author of bestsellers, see this story/video from The Atlantic, below.
Repost: Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
This might be a good day to repost a blog entry dated December 2, 2010. You'll see why, immediately.


Last week we successfully pitched to a new client…world leaders in building materials, Lafarge. We are over the moon to be working with Lafarge on such an exciting and prestigious project. We won this project due to our competitive price, friendly approach, creativity and also the fact that we are able to turn this project around in line with their tight deadlines.
Watch this space for more information about this project…it is going to be an inspiring one!
We were surprised (and excited!) to have a VIP visit our studio yesterday… the Prime Minister David Cameron! The PM was in Leicester talking to local businesses, and we were selected to have a one to one meeting with him. Jo, Carolyn and Neil were given the opportunity to talk to the Prime Minister about the business; he wanted to gain an understanding how Creative Triangle, as a relatively small company, had managed to thrive during the country's recession. We were also given the chance to quiz the PM ourselves and he explained his plans to help small to medium businesses with new Government schemes. It was quite a surreal afternoon, having the Prime Minister on our sofa! The meeting was featured in the local and national press.


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Pregnancy After The Age Of 35: Risks And False Myths
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According to data published in 2016 by the Ministry of Health, in the last 10 years in Italy the average age of the first birth has reached 32 years. This is a European record, which would seem to explain, in part, the problem of birth defects in our country and the fact that 1 in 5 couples have difficulty in procreation. In the other EU countries, new mothers are between 20 and 29 years of age, while we have the highest rate of women who have their first child after the age of 40 (about 6%), with all the risks involved. Because age is important to women, there is no doubt about it. However, even if alarmism about the possibility of having children after the age of 40 and the media pressure that invites Italian women not to underestimate the risk of infertility with increasing age continue, today the so-called first elderly women in Italy run much less risks than in the past and have a good chance of becoming pregnant with healthy children, as shown by some recent studies.
Let's try to understand better, then, what are the real risks, false myths and data on the first elderly women in Europe.
PRIMIPATE ATTEMPTS IN ITALY: RISKS AND FALSE MYTHS
There is no doubt that it is more difficult for a woman to get pregnant as she gets older, but we must not engage in terrorism: the chances after the age of 30 are lowered, but not drastically, and a pregnancy after the age of 40 is no longer a rare occurrence, as in fact happens in our country. The article How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?, published by sociologist and psychology professor Jean Twenge in The Atlantic magazine in 2013, shed light on some false myths related to late first parents. The author wanted to reassure women of about 30 years of age who are victims of the so-called baby panic, or the psychosis of being late to have a child. The article reveals, in fact, how many beliefs about the risks and possibilities of failure after the age of 30 are based on data from 1700 and 1800 and do not take into account the changed physical and social conditions of women and the progress of science, also useful in treatments for infertility. Compared to those times, today at 40 years old women live a second youth, often supported by the achievement of an emancipation from work and economic and helped by biological processes and evolution, so that now life has lengthened and the body has adapted to change, so that the menopause rarely comes before 50 years.
Therefore, to the potential elderly first-timers who are afraid of not being able to have a pregnancy, it is really worth saying "don't panic!"; the biological age, in fact, does not change, but the conditions and lifestyles fortunately do.
PREGNANCY AFTER THE AGE OF 35: NEW STUDIES THAT GIVE US HOPE
Even the very definition of old primiparous women sounds, if not peasant, at least demodé, all the more so since today some American studies seem to reassure us about the possibility of maternity after the age of 35, a trend that in Italy is almost normal. Studies on fertility among women of the 20th – 21st centuries are rare, but seem to give hope. The first research, also mentioned by Twenge, concerns a study on over 700 European women published in 2004 in Obstetrics & Gynecology and led by David Dunson of Duke University, which reveals that having sex at least twice a week, 82 percent of women between 35 and 39 years conceived within a year. Dunson's conclusions are also endorsed by gender policy professor Elizabeth Gregory, who mentions some similar experiences in her blog. Twenge also brings to light another recent study, that of Kenneth Rothman of Boston University, who followed 2,820 Danish women seeking pregnancy. The final data show slight differences between women of different ages: 78% of women between 35 and 40 years of age got pregnant within a year, compared to 84% of those between 20 and 34 years of age. This difference is also reduced by up to 4 percentage points in other scientific research.
OLDER PRIMIPARA: WHAT ARE THE RISKS FOR THE MOTHER AND CHILD?
Assuring you of the risk of infertility after the age of 35 does not mean that there are no risks. Certainly the most delicate aspect, and one that is most influenced by the age of the mother, concerns genetic anomalies, in particular the syndrome of down in the unborn child, but also in this case the difference with younger mothers is not enormous and we must begin to worry seriously only after the age of 45. The risk of miscarriages or premature births is subjective and common to young and old women. If you are pregnant after the age of 35, you will need even more attention, especially when it comes to examinations. For the genetic risk we can say, therefore, that if amniocentesis around 25 – 30 years is optional, after 40 years it is almost mandatory. For the rest, the big difference lies in the lifestyle, so the so-called older primrops will have to be more attentive to their general health, avoid stress and take care of their psycho-emotional resources, which may be different from those of a 20-year-old girl. But without too much fear, neither for oneself nor for the incoming children, on the contrary: researchers at University College London have shown that the children of mature mothers are healthier, they learn to speak more quickly and to express emotions better.
MATERNITY: HOW TO HELP YOURSELF
We know that, as in the case of certain diseases or cancer prevention, proper nutrition can also help those who are looking for a child. In particular, women who want to get pregnant should preferably eat foods of vegetable origin and rich in fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6, whole carbohydrates and iron-rich foods. Moreover, for both men and women, lifestyles from an early age are fundamental: alcohol, smoking and sedentary lifestyle, together with endocrine disruptors typical of city smog, are among the main causes of infertility. Despite the variety of these factors, when it comes to maternity the spotlight is always almost exclusively on the age of the woman, not considering likely a pregnancy after 35 years.
It is true, statistics show that in Italy we have the primacy of the first elderly women, or women who become mothers at 40 years of age. However, what the data often does not say is that, with due care, it is possible to live a healthy and happy pregnancy even in old age, so avoid psychological terrorism that does not help conception and if you want a child start to look for it with serenity! Just to ensure a healthy growth of the child, you can choose to take out a health insurance policy for him from 4 years: Family Protection Boys provides a personalized program for the lifestyle, a counseling service with a pediatrician and discounts on some specific medical and rehabilitation services. Have you ever thought about it?
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Uptown salon owner writes beauty manual for women over 45
Christopher Hopkins spent his childhood styling the hair of his sister's Barbie dolls.
Now, the 44-year-old Bryn Mawr resident is a nationally recognized makeover expert and the owner of reVamp! salonspa, located at 2910 Hennepin Ave. S.
In Hopkins' 20 years of makeover experience, he has styled KSTP-TV's on-air talent, managed his own Twin Cities salons, worked with high-profile names and made appearances on national television.
Hopkins recently released his new book "Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women over 45." The book aims to help middle-aged women who may have lost touch with their good looks recapture their own sense of beauty, according to Hopkins.
"I don't see a woman for what she should be, I see a woman for who she can be," Hopkins said.
The Southwest Journal recently asked Christopher about his life and work. Here's what he had to say:
SWJ: You recently published a new book. What was it like to set down the scissors and makeup, and sit down to write?
Christopher Hopkins: Maze-like, but completely thrilling.
SWJ: You go by the nickname, "The Makeover Guy." How's it feel to be a registered trademark?
CH: Hmmm. I've never thought about it. Kind of makes me feel like an old book or something. Musty.
SWJ: For someone who reads your book, what is it that you most want her to take from it?
CH: Hope. Inspiration. That the best is yet to come.
SWJ: When did you first know that you wanted to make a living turning frumpy middle-aged women into hot cougars?
CH: Ever since I saw Jane Hathaway on the Beverly Hillbillies. I just knew lashes, a pair of heels and a good brush through her hair would do wonders. It seems that the place to go for any makeup artist or hair stylist is Los Angeles, being the glitz-and-glamour capitol of the world.
SWJ: Yet, you were only there for a short while before deciding to move back to Minneapolis. What's the deal with that?
CH: Money. And, I think, luck. If I'd have stayed there I'd have become one of those boys. Besides, I love the Twin Cities. It's home.
SWJ: You're quite a famous person, making appearances on Oprah and having styled figures like Hillary Clinton. How hard is it to get an appointment with you at your Southwest Minneapolis salon?
CH: Well, it's become a challenge. But you can still get in with our extremely talented staff at reVamp!
SWJ: Do you have any fashion tips for women who are getting their summer wardrobe together?
CH: White capris make your legs shorter and your butt bigger. You decide.
SWJ: Are there any new style trends that you think are absolutely horrific?
CH: Shiny satin "cocktail shorts" – show us your cellulite, baby!
SWJ: What's next for you? A new book on making over Sunday football-watching, beer-drinking middle-aged men? Great idea or greatest idea?
CH: Great idea, like they'd listen.
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### END INIT INFO

#export INSIGHTS_AGENT_HOME=/home/ec2-user/insightsagents
source /etc/profile
python_version="$(python -V 2>&1)"
detectPythonVersion()
{
     if echo "$1" | grep -q "Python 2"; then
      echo "Detected python 2 version";
      python -c "from __AGENT_KEY__.com.cognizant.devops.platformagents.agents.alm.azureboard.AzureBoardAgent import AzureBoardAgent; AzureBoardAgent()" &
     elif echo "$1" | grep -q "Python 3"; then
      echo "Detected python 3 version";
      python -c "from __AGENT_KEY__.com.cognizant.devops.platformagents.agents.alm.azureboard.AzureBoardAgent3 import AzureBoardAgent; AzureBoardAgent()" &
     else
      echo "python version not supported"
	  exit 1;
     fi

}

case "$1" in
  start)
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent already running"
    else
     echo "Starting InSightsAzureBoardAgent"
     cd $INSIGHTS_AGENT_HOME/PlatformAgents/azurealm
     echo $python_version
     detectPythonVersion "$python_version"
    fi
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent Started Sucessfully"
    else
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent Failed to Start"
    fi
    ;;
  stop)
    echo "Stopping InSightsAzureBoardAgent"
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     sudo kill -9 $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}')
    else
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent already in stopped state"
    fi
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent Failed to Stop"
    else
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent Stopped"
    fi
    ;;
  restart)
    echo "Restarting InSightsAzureBoardAgent"
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent stopping"
     sudo kill -9 $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}')
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent stopped"
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent starting"
     cd $INSIGHTS_AGENT_HOME/PlatformAgents/azureboard
     echo $python_version
     detectPythonVersion "$python_version"
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent started"
    else
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent already in stopped state"
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent starting"
     cd $INSIGHTS_AGENT_HOME/PlatformAgents/azureboard
	 echo $python_version
     detectPythonVersion "$python_version"
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent started"
    fi
    ;;
  status)
    echo "Checking the Status of InSightsAzureAlmAgent"
    if [[ $(ps aux | grep '__PS_KEY__' | awk '{print $2}') ]]; then
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent is running"
    else
     echo "InSightsAzureBoardAgent is stopped"
    fi
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/__AGENT_KEY__  {start|stop|restart|status}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac
exit 0

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APUO Executive Election results
1 May, 2017 | Anne-Marie Roy
Dear APUO members,
Following the elections held at the Annual General Meeting yesterday, Thursday April 27, 2017, the Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC) announces the results for each Executive Committee position.
First Vice-President
Jean-Daniel JACOB 149 votes (72%) Elected
Cristina PERISSINOTTO 57 votes (28%)
Second Vice-President
Raywat DEONANDAN 80 votes (41%)
Dimitrios KARMIS 115 votes (59%) Elected
Tyler CHAMBERLIN 65 votes (35%)
Jeanette HATHERILL 120 votes (65%) Elected
Mobilization Officer
Daniel PARÉ, Elected by acclamation
Equity Officer
Amir ATTARAN 43 votes (23%)
Kathryn TREVENEN 147 votes (77%) Elected
Academic Officer
Dalie GIROUX 109 votes (66%) Elected
Naomi GOLDENBERG 56 votes (34%)
Officer-at-large
Cheryl McWATTERS 42 votes (28%)
Colin MONTPETIT 110 votes (72%) Elected
The mandate of the newly elected officers will begin on July 1, 2017, the date at which the current President, Jennifer DEKKER, will begin her mandate as Past-President. The NEC thanks all candidates for their participation in the APUO's electoral process. A Special General Meeting will be announced in the next few days in order to present additions and clarifications to the Constitution and By-Laws in relation to the upcoming APUO (Co-)Presidency (Richard BLUTE and Susan SPRONK). The NEC emphasizes the importance of giving full and complete support to the new APUO team that will begin their demanding work on July 1, 2017, especially in the context of a bargaining year (the Collective Agreement expires on April 30, 2018).
The Nominations and Elections Committee


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Do Phlebotomists earn more than Pest Control Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Veterinary Technologists and Technicians?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Cooks, Fast Food?
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Do Phlebotomists earn more than Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials?
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Do Phlebotomists earn more than Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Food Preparation Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Cashiers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Shampooers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Personal Care Aides?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Foundry Mold and Coremakers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Motion Picture Projectionists?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Manicurists and Pedicurists?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Dishwashers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Conveyor Operators and Tenders?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Print Binding and Finishing Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Waiters and Waitresses?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Parking Lot Attendants?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Skincare Specialists?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Amusement and Recreation Attendants?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Childcare Workers?
Do Phlebotomists earn more than Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers?
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