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Oldies but Goldies – My Boss My Hero
Written by Elena Tessari
My Boss My Hero (マイ★ボス マイ★ヒーロー) is a school comedy, aired by NTV in summer 2006, on prime time Saturday. Its ten episodes averaged an 18,9% share overall.
27-year old Sakaki Makio (Nagase Tomoya), nicknamed 'Tornado', is looking forward to a life among the yakuza gang led by his father. Due to his significant lack of wit, however, he is not considered up to the job by his father, who opts to send him back to high school with a deal: should he manage to graduate he might be succeed him, otherwise the father's criminal empire will be inherited by Sakaki's brother, Mikio. Tornado needs, therefore, to fake his way through high school, in spite of his bad temper that often gets him into trouble. He will find friendship and helping hands in classmates Sakurakoji Jun (Tegoshi Yuya) and Umemura Hikari (Aragaki Yui), as well as yakuza underlings Manabe Kazuya (Tanaka Koki) and Kuroi Teruyuki (Osugi Ren).
The high school setting is most common in Japanese tv dramas, with minor variations. Here, much like in Gokusen, the yakuza is introduced as a comic relief element, which surely contributed to the show's success: given the context and the humorous tone, criminal affiliation is more of a comedy trope than a negative aspect – unlike productions in other genres, such as police stories or thrillers.
Another element of success is the cast, which comprises young actress Aragaki Yui and many famous faces from talent agency Johnny's Entertainment. Protagonist Nagase Tomoya is also a member of Tokio, who penned the show's theme song Sorafune. Thanks to his showmanship and comedy abilities, over the years he has successfully starred in many similar roles. Tegoshi Yūya (member of News and Tegomasu) and Tanaka Koki (JE hire and member of KAT-TUN, now in INKT) brought more fans into the fold, in spite of their secondary roles.
Tanaka also won the Television Drama Academy Award as best non-main role.
The drama's plot is loosely based on South Korean movie Doosabu Ilche (2005).
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/boss/


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"Managerial Judging" – Judge Hellerstein defends his role in forcing a settlement in WTC cases
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Federal District Judge Alvin Hellerstein and his Special Masters Aaron Twerski and James Henderson have mounted a major defense of the court's role in enhancing the settlement of the World Trade Center cleanup litigation by cutting attorneys fees and forcing defendants to sweeten the pot before he would "approve the settlement" – something the Rules gave him no power to do. It is a fascinating case study of the pressures on lawyers who undertake complex contingent fee litigation, of the limitations on clients' ability to meaningfully consent to settlement in aggregate litigation (RPC 1.2), the meaning of a reasonable fee (RPC 1.5), and the power of judges over plaintiffs lawyers working on contingent fee in MDL-type mass tort litigation.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 catastrophe the Congress designated the Southern District of New York as the venue for all tort actions arising from the catastrophe. A single judge – Alvin Hellerstein – managed the load. 9/11/ Fund dropouts, insurance claims, and the 10,000 tort claims arising from the demolition and clean-up of the World Trade Center disaster site. The prospects of each plaintiff being able to go to trial were nil, given the limited available judicial resources and the limited resources of plaintiffs attorneys. The 36 member firm "Napoli Bern Ripka and Worby Groner Edelman by 2010 had borrowed more than thirty million dollars to help finance over seven years of litigation." They were facing a behemoth 550 member firm – Patton Boggs which represented the City of New York and its contractors at the disaster site. Patton Boggs was backed by the World Trade Center Captive Insurance Company – a Congressionally created entity which had authorized an offer of $500 million of the $1.1. billion it had on hand.
In 2010, Judge Hellerstein concluded, the plaintiffs were at risk of being sold short by their lawyers who were under tremendous economic pressure to settle! Therefore he decided that he had to reject the settlement and try to sweeten the pot by 1) squeezing more money out of the already strapped plaintiffs' lawyers! and 2) getting some more out of the WTC Captive Insurance Company. The Captive planned to withhold $500 million in case the City and its contractors faced suits by cancer victims down the road! Hellerstein got another $125 million put on the table ($50 million from the captive) but a huge reserve remained in the WTC Captive's account.
In a very controversial move the judge cut the plaintiffs attorneys fees to 25% and denied them the right to reimbursement of the $6.1 million in interest they had paid on the $30 million they borrowed to be able to fight Patton Boggs which with other defense counsel had been paid $165 million dollars cash on the barrelhead, with some lawyers billing as high as $585/hour!
But where did Judge Hellerstein get the power to act as he did? Necessity was the mother of invention the judge and his Special Masters argue. Although thousands of plaintiffs' claims were consolidated Judge Hellerstein lacked the power of a judge in a Rule 23 class action. He could not set the lawyers fees nor could be approve or disapprove a settlement. Because case by case adjudication would take decades, as a practical matter the plaintiffs had no real control over their lawyers and no remedy other than whatever the proposed settlement might yield.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 empowers parties to agree to dismiss an action without court intervention. But, Hellerstein et al. argue, FRCP 41 presumes an attorney-client relationship in which the attorney deals with his client as an individual who has substantial input into the decision regarding whether to settle, and on what terms. In the 9/11 litigation each of the 10,000 plaintiffs lacked such effective power. The settlement was so structured that plaintiffs could only decide after the settlement was a fait accomplis whether to opt into a settlement that rested on pre-determined categories of injuries and concomitant fixed-dollar-amount recoveries for each category. A plaintiff's decision to opt out meant facing years of uncertain litigation, with the very real possibility of receiving nothing in the end. Hellerstein asserts that in rejecting the settlement and cutting fees he acted properly – though without explicit authority – to protect the plaintiffs.
I looked at this problem several years ago. It ended about how I predicted in my 2007 article Post 9/11 World. But looking back, the plaintiffs' lawyer in me wants to scream. Nonetheless I do think that the basic idea urged by Hellerstein, et al is a correct one. Mass tort actions are `quasi-class actions' in Judge Jack Weinstein's phrase and an enhanced power for managing judges should be recognized in the rules of courts.
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A question  for the group - is there an available dataset/API in json, geojson, shapefile, etc that shows the locations of all historical and current HOT tasks - ideally with dates of creation? I know it's available per-task<http://tasks.hotosm.org/project/907/tasks.json> as geojson but thought it might be available as a big chunk as well.  I think it would be a really interesting overlay to add to the 10-year map or other OSM visualizations - especially in W. Africa during the Ebola epidemic, you can clearly see in the time-based visualization where there were big impacts from the HOT community.


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Nativo di Venezia, si formò rugbisticamente nelle giovanili del , con cui esordì in Eccellenza nel 2018 non ancora maggiorenne.
All' nel 2018, disputò con la squadra federale la serie A di quella stagione e, dopo la trafila giovanile in U-17 e U-18, nel 2019 prese parte con l'U-20 a Sei Nazioni e campionato mondiale di categoria.

Dopo una stagione al  passò in  con il  e a ottobre 2020 fu convocato per il recupero dell'incontro del Sei Nazioni contro l' a Dublino in occasione del quale debuttò in maglia azzurra con uno score personale di 12 punti.

Terminato l'impegno con Treviso, da luglio 2021 Garbisi è sotto contratto biennale con i francesi del , con cui si è laureato campione francese nel 2022.

Quando suo fratello minore Alessandro ha esordito in nazionale il , i due Garbisi sono diventati, otto anni dopo Mauro e Mirco Bergamasco, la prima coppia di fratelli italiani iscritti a referto in una gara internazionale.

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The most prominent events in 2010 are gathered through a brief outline on this page and subsequent links to related sections.
2010 will be remembered for the death of a former president and the large number of victims from fireworks factory explosions, as well as the start of the hot debate on the introduction of divorce in Malta overshadowing Pope Benedict XVI's visit in April.
This page has day by day Malta news updates featuring the most prominent news item of the day as featured on the MaltaMedia Online News service during 2010. Links indicating VIDEO contain a news clip in Maltese, as it appeared on television that day on Favourite Channel.
M3P was launched in September 2010 to facilitate the creation of a collaborative multimedia database of Maltese music and associated arts. Much of what appeared on this website in the first few months of its existance, relates directly to Music. This includes several features, interviews and reviews that have appeared in newspapers and elsewhere, as well as specific pages about major annual events.
M3P remembers a number of people who passed away during 2010. Their lives made a significant impact on the Maltese way of life. A list of departed personalities with connections to Maltese culture (in the broadest sense of the word) can be found here.
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Experimental philosophy in France
Posted on June 24, 2013 by Peter Anstey
Peter Anstey writes…
When did the French embrace experimental philosophy? There is no doubt that the early Académie des Sciences was committed to the use of experimental methods in natural philosophy from its inception in 1666. But there is little evidence of French natural philosophers self-identifying as experimental philosophers, of the teaching of experimental philosophy or of institutional recognition of experimental philosophy before the 1730s.
In 1735 Abbé Nollet offered the first course in experimental philosophy in France and two years later he published Programme ou idée générale d'un cours de physique expérimentale which was strongly influenced by John Theophilus Desaguliers whom he had met in England around 1734. By the late 1730s, however, it is not hard to find explicit endorsements of experimental philosophy and the deployment of the experimental/speculative distinction. The reviewer of Abbé Pluche's Spectacle de la Nature in 1739 claims that Pluche rightly prefers experimental natural philosophy to speculative (Physique spéculative à laquelle il préfére avec raison la Physique) and that experimental philosophy is 'so à la mode today' (qui est aujourd'hui si à la mode).
By the early 1750s experimental philosophy is part and parcel of French natural philosophy. We have discussed this before on this blog in relation to Denis Diderot, but the following nice, clear, anonymous dictionary entry reinforces the point. In the Dictionnaire philosophique ou Introduction à la connoisance de l'homme, London (?), 1751 we find the following entry under 'Physique':
Natural philosophy is the knowledge of causes and effects of nature. It is experimental or conjectural. Experimental natural philosophy is certain knowledge; conjectural natural philosophy is often only ingenious. The one leads us to the truth, the other leads to error.
La Physique est la connoissance des causes & des effets de la nature: elle est expérimentale, or conjecturale. La Physique expérimentale est une connoissance certaine; la Physique conjecturale n'est souvent qu'ingénieuse: l'une nous conduit à la vérité, & l'autre nous mene à l'erreur.
The parallels with our oft-cited passage from John Dunton's student manual in 1692 are striking:
Philosophy may be consider'd under these two Heads, Natural and Moral: The first of which, by Reason of the strange Alterations that have been made in it; may be again Subdivided into Speculative and Experimental.
… we must consider, the distinction we have made of Speculative and Experimental, and, as much as possible, Exclude the first, for an indefatigable and laborious Search into Natural Experiments, they being only the Certain, Sure Method to gather a true Body of Philosophy, for the Antient Way of clapping up an entire building of Sciences, upon pure Contemplation, may make indeed an Admirable Fabrick, but the Materials are such as can promise no lasting one.
(The Young-Students-Library, London, 1692, vi–vii)
And yet the two passages are six decades apart. Why did it take so long for the French to take up experimental philosophy? Why is it, for example, that the first chair in experimental philosophy in England was the Cambridge Plumian Chair in Experimental Philosophy and Astronomy founded in 1708 and first held by Roger Cotes, whereas the first chair of experimental philosophy in France was held by Abbé Nollet who was appointed as Professeur Royal de Physique Expérimentale au College de Navarre in 1753?
Any light that our readers can shed on these questions would be most welcome.
This entry was posted in Ideas and tagged Cotes, ESD, France, Nollet, Pluche by Peter Anstey. Bookmark the permalink.
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Mahdi on June 30, 2013 at 7:27 pm said:
I think the questions like those which mentioned in this post do not have purely philosophical answers. They must trace back to the sociological parameters like religion or other social effects. In the France case, I can see the impact of the contention between Catholics and Protestants. It seems that Protestantism is more sooth with evolutionary movements like experimental philosophy. The contradicted example took place in England where Protestants made the Baconian experimental philosophy ready to be elaborated.
Peter Anstey on June 30, 2013 at 7:50 pm said:
Thanks for your comment Mahdi. I agree that there must be some social factors at play in France. One factor might have been their general deference to Descartes and the reluctance that many French natural philosophers had to give up the Cartesian vortex theory which many in Britain regarded as the archetypal speculative theory. I think that the recent work of Mihnea Dobre on what he calls Cartesian empiricism of the late seventeenth century may bear on this question.
Mihnea Dobre on July 2, 2013 at 3:11 am said:
Many thanks for this text. It is rather difficult to give a short answer in the commentary section, but I'll try to sketch a reply to Mahdi's comment as well as to raise a problem about the main post. For Mahdi, I would recommend to look at the various chapters from the upcoming volume on "Cartesian Empiricisms" (a brief description can be found on this blog at https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/emxphi/2012/10/cartesian-empiricisms/). At the same time, I would say that context is indeed important for the way experiment is discussed, but this does not mean at all that one will find some clear cut divisions between geographical regions or religious orders. And this brings me to a general comment on the entry on "Experimental Philosophy in France," which I find to exclude experimental activity that was performed in rather informal circles (e.g., the private academies of Paris, but also from the provinces). Among these circles were some Cartesian philosophers and they valued experiment not only for its entertaining purposes, but as a method fully integrated in their natural philosophies. Should these Cartesian philosophers be excluded from the story of experimental philosophy in France? I certainly do not think so.
Michael Bycroft on July 25, 2013 at 9:26 am said:
PS. This might be a good place to mention a precursor to the exciting work on "Cartesian Empiricisms" mentioned in the above comment by Mihnea Dobre. The precursor is the last chapter of Larry Laudan's 1975 thesis "The Idea of a Physical Theory from Galileo to Newton." I don't have the text in front of me, but I recall that Laudan surveyed the methodological views of a number of mid-late 17thC French authors, including Régis, Rohault, and Mariotte. He concluded that, in the minds of those thinkers, experiment and observation were the ultimate arbiters of theories, many and varied observations were required to support a theory, and even the most well-supported theories were probable rather than certain. Is there a case for retrospectively attributing to Laudan the thesis that ENP flourished in France in the mid-late 17thC? If so, was his case for that thesis a persuasive one?


A consumer platform for purchasing and sharing gift cards.
MyPoints is a shopping rewards program that allows customers to earn giftcards for purchases and other consumer behaviors. In support of this there are two mobile apps, Swappable and GetLucky.
I was responsible for the redesign of the back office side of the MyPoints platform. In addition I oversaw the implementation of a newly designed UI for the main MyPoints web application. In support of the platform we also designed a pair of mobile applications that allowed users to earn new gift cards in a gamified setting and send gift cards to friends with picture and video messages.
The Mypoints platform is powered by an internal system that allows the team to place offers, craft their format and mange their performance for clients. This tool was originally designed by developers in the early 2000's and has been incrementally added to over the years. The result is a very clumsy system of nested tabs and redundant functionality – only usable by the internal user who is very well versed in its clutter.
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Firing On All Cylinders: NFFO Fights For Industry
US - The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO) finds it hard to remember when it has had to fight on so many major fronts at once as it is at present
The fishing industry has become used to facing major challenges but never before have NFFO been confronted by so many life-or-death issues at the same time.
CFP reform, radical domestic fisheries management reform and the biggest change in shellfish management ever are approaching at the same time that a major review of the EU cod management plan has arrived; and just as the process of establishing a network of marine protected areas in UK waters is reaching a critical stage; add to this a celebrity chef who has ignited the discards issue with a vengeance. All this is taking place as IFCAS –the biggest change to inshore fisheries management since Queen Victoria – are bedding in, and the problems associated with establishing a fully functioning Marine Management Organisation have yet to be resolved. And all of this doesn't take into account the task of dealing with the establishment of an immense expansion of offshore wind-farms, surviving the annual cuts in days at sea restrictions and addressing the endemic problem of weak stock assessments on which so many fisheries decisions including TACs are made.
This is a time for unity and cohesion, standing firm and sending clear, strong, messages to policy makers in Whitehall and Brussels. That is what you expect of your Federation and that is what the NFFO is doing.
What the NFFO is doing about it
CFP reform Using its positions on the regional advisory councils to press for a radically decentralised CFP
Discards Directly, and through the RACs, making the case against a PR led ban and for continuing the progressive reduction in discards already under way (our fleet has already reduced its discards by 50% over the last 10 years)
EU Cod Plan Playing a key role in meetings in Copenhagen and Hamburg that will shape decisions on the future of the Cod Plan next spring. Pressing for tailored measures for the Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and North Sea/ Eastern Channel
Under-10m Quotas Working with other industry bodies and Defra to put the under-10m fleet on a viable footing
Shellfish Policy Shaping the future of shellfish policy through the work of the NFFO Shellfish Committee
Offshore Energy Working with the Crown Estate and Dept. for Energy and Climate Change to map fishing activity to better defend critical fishing grounds from poorly designed offshore developments
Days-at Sea Working in the English Days At Sea Group for the "least worst" outcomes whilst preparing for the review of the EU Cod Plan
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These are the major issues confronting the industry at present. At the same time, it is important that the Federation maintains its day-to-day activities in for example, the development of long term management within the RACs and preparation for the negotiation of next year's TACs. It is important too that the NFFO engages with the media to at least try to redress the onslaught of sensationalist doom stories about fishing that seems to be the average lazy journalist's recourse on a slow news day.
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Q: Change order status to refund when a paid booking is cancelled in Woocommerce booking I am using Woocommerce with Woocommerce Booking plugin and I would like to update the order status to refunded every time a paid booking is cancelled.
I've found some answers on StackOverFlow, but still can't manage to solve this requirement.
I know I might be completely wrong, but this the last try I made and obviously it didn't work:
add_action('woocommerce_booking_paid_to_cancelled','change_status_to_refund', 10, 2);
function change_status_to_refund($booking_id, $order_id) {
     $booking = new WC_Order($booking_id);
     $order = new WC_Order($order_id);
     $booking_status = $booking->get_status();
     if($booking_status != 'paid'){
        $order->update_status('refund', 'order_note');
     }
 }

Any help is welcome.

A: You are not using the correct arguments for woocommerce_booking_{ status_from }_to_{ status_to } action hook in your function, which are:

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*The booking ID: $booking_id,

*The Booking Object $booking.

So you need to get the Order from the Booking in your code, to be able to update the Order status.
Note: The condition $booking_status != 'paid' is not really needed.
So your code will be much simpler and effective:
add_action('woocommerce_booking_paid_to_cancelled','cancelled_booking_order_status_cahnged_to_refund', 10, 2);
function cancelled_booking_order_status_cahnged_to_refund( $booking_id, $booking ) {$
    // Get the WC_Order object from a booking
    $order = wc_get_order( wp_get_post_parent_id( $booking_id ) );

    // Update order status
    if( is_a($order, 'WC_Order') )
        $order->update_status('refund');
}

Code goes on function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). It should works.

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Brave Derby father-of-two has just months to live after brain tumour shock
Music lover Dale McKillop may never get to see his children grow up
A proud father-of-two from Derby is fighting to extend his life after being diagnosed with a brain tumour that will kill him.
Dale McKillop has been told by doctors he has around 14 months to live.
The 34-year-old, who lives near the city centre, has two children with his partner Holly Delahaye – his four-year-old son Knox and daughter Indi who is nearly two years old.
He will also soon become the father of his third child who is expected to be born later this year.
But the devastating news means there is a strong possibility that Dale will not get to see his children grow up.
Dale McKillop has been given just months to live. This is him with daughter Indi (left) and son Knox (right) (Image: Sean Anthony)
Doctors say he is suffering from a grade 4 diffuse asrocytom.
According to Dale's family, there is a small chance he could be offered an operation under the NHS. However this is unlikely as doctors have told him that performing it is highly dangerous and very risky.
A fundraising campaign has been launched to help Dale receive funds for alternative treatment that could extend his life, enabling him to stay with his family for longer.
The target for the fundraising page currently stands at £15,000.
Dale and his partner Holly, 24, are also exploring possible treatments abroad that could extend his life, as well as natural remedies such as special organic diets and therapies.
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Sean Anthony, who is a close friend of Dale's and the brother of his partner Holly, said: "We are looking for people and businesses to help us raise the funds we desperately need to give this young family a chance at a future.
"It's all happened rather quickly. He was at work at the start of the year and collapsed, the diagnosis was optimistic at first but it has now got to the point where the NHS can't do a lot for him.
"This has hit everyone hard as he's only 34. We just want to raise as much money as possible so he has a fighting chance and take away the stress of finding the money.
"We are just trying to stay positive and hope he can find a way of beating this awful thing.
"The thought of not being able to see your own children grow up is devastating but in another way it's given him even more reason to fight this."
Dale with his partner Holly Delahaye
Music lover Dale is a keen guitarist and was a former member of a local band called The Park Bench who played gigs in the city and all over the UK between five and ten years ago.
And the band are set to reform for a special fundraising gig at Ryan's Bar in St Peter's Street, Derby on June 2 at 5pm.
The family are appealing to local businesses to donate prizes for a raffle draw on the day.
Sean said: "Dale is a real character and loves his music. He's creative and he's funny.
"It's difficult not to be charmed by Dale – he always has a smile on his face and we want to keep it that way."
Dale's partner Holly said her boyfriend wants to share great memories in the months to come in case the worse comes to the worse.
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She said: "We've had to turn to natural causes and he's now started a very specific Ketogenic diet and taking different herbal supplements.
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ECF SADC encourages the development and promotion of a democratic culture and an environment conducive for holding of credible, free and fair elections and has sought to share with and hear from stakeholders including CSOs and others perspectives regarding the upcoming elections.
In assessing the environment for elections, the ECF SADC took note of contributions, challenges and observations of CSOs and other stakeholders in preparation for the 2018 elections. ECF SADC will be in Zimbabwe 15 days before the elections and four days after elections.
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Still trying to buy this. Need help.
cannot find pro version at korea market.
Hi guys, is it possible to have a function where we could choose a different colour for each event during the day.
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Love the calendar pad app. Will you be adding sync capabilities with hotmail active sync or syncing with the corporate calendar on the android? That is the only issue I have.
I just updated to latest version (free). Now I can create a new widget. I get to the 4 x 4 screen. The a force close. 🙁 Why send out update information with the text "fix for force close" when the update actually CAUSES force close errors??
I cannot always view appointments on calendar. Most of the time its a blank calendar. Very aggravating.
Calendar Pad v1.2.6 gives me force close every time I try to add the widget. I have reinstalled the app several times, rebooting the phone inbetween, but the problem remains. Please look into it. Note: it is the latest version I am using. Ironically, I never had force close problems until installing the new version that was said to solve force close problems.
is it possible to see Astrid tasks in the week view of the free CalendarPad version?
Currently Astrid task are NOT shown in CalendarPad even though I have activated the tick box saying "show astrid task" in the settings?
Please advise what to do in order to see Astrid tasks.
Is it possible to make this widget work when the LCD density is changed from the default? Every other widget I have works just fine with the changed density, except this one.
I'm unable to erase calander events, and if does work they will reappear the next time I launch calander pad. Can anyone help me with this problem?
I have purchased on Android Market, but I am unable to install – app is simply net even downloaded. Using LG Optimus one. Please help!
Great app better than HTC's own and all others out there, only two things I am wondering about, if you have more than two events in one day you cannot see them in month view, is it possible to have events scrolling so you know there is more events you cannot see or maybe a setting you can tick to places a small icon on that date so you know there are multiple appointments on that day. Also when you select hour splitter instead of the area you can select remaining a set width and the screen scrolling it gets smaller and smaller so you cannot select them, can the screen be set to scroll instead. Thanks again. Hope you get what I mean.
I can't see where can be changed the text color in the pro vversion.
Recently, I use this on my Nexus S with CyanogenMOD7.
I can choose my calendar only two though I have 4 calendars in my Google Calendar. Help.
When I travel the times get changed for the time zone. Is there a way to stop this?
Calendar working fine until few days ago when it started crashing. I can't get into app at all now. I've tried syncing and. Uniinstalling and clearing data to no avail.
Thanks a lot for this great app. One of the best agenda/calendar replacement on Android.
Hi, Thanks for your suggestion. I have been considering about translation. I think of consulting those who are possible to translate when I decided how to do it better.
And, The search function is planned in future version. I'm happy if you can wait it.
Hi, I would like to add agenda view to this great app. Thx. If you need volunters for translation, than I can be translator to Czech.
I used to have a 30 minute pop-up reminder set as a default (which is what I have on my Google Calendar). I had to reset my phone to factory settings and after the reinstall, there is a 10-minute reminder that seems to be the default and I cannot seem to find a place to change my default. Am I missing something? I seem to think I had set it as a preference originally…did you take that away in the upgrade?
Libor A., Thank you. I'm preparing for new version. After the new version is stabilized, I'd like to consult about translation.
I've been using your calendar pro for a while. Love it. No problems. Now, all of a sudden, one of my Google calendar is not showing. I've checked settings, both native and yours, and the missing calendar is checked on. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Calendar Pad Pro just stopped me from throwing my new phone off the balcony! Thank you!
My only request for future version would be if it could display Outlook category colors. That would be perfect!
Love the app, but after upgrading, now am missing one of my Google calendars (and only one, as the other 3 that I have displayed show fine).
Like calendar pad. Clear. Simple. Works. Search function would help.
Latest update (1.2.6-2-pro) made this otherwise very good calendar almost useless, at least for me.
From time to time it does some paranoid license checking, and if I am not online, it goes blank – very annoying.


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On another positive note, we did not see any horse carriages or other animal traction vehicles used for touristic activities there, which we observed with joy, because when in comes to traveling compassionately, food choices are not the only aspect of it, it goes beyond to also lookout for things like transportation, entertainment, clothing, and just simply every decision that could negatively affect another sentient being. It is easier than you think, believe me! Every trip that I take ever since I turned vegan has reaffirmed my commitment to the planet, to the animals, and to myself.
Their website does not do justice to what this place really is. Hoping you re able to feel a bit of its eclectic atmosphere with some of our pictures. The ambiance combined with the quality of the food makes it an unavoidable stop in the pursue of plant-based flavors. The taste is beyond words. Her owner, Sylvia, is a very nice and welcoming lady who works in the restaurant herself. She keeps this corner place really neat and offers a smile as she brings your food to the table, which is a great treat! nothing like being taken care of by the very owner.
Last but not least, do not forget to taste some of the Hungarian homemade wines, they do offer a different perspective on wine which for us was unique to the region, and we were glad we tried them!
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Seascape Sentosa Cove
Seascape Sentosa Cove is the premium collection of seafront luxury residences where every unit in the development faces the breathtaking unobstructed sea. It is located in Sentosa Cove, one of the world's most desired addresses, Singapore's only island resort residential enclave and a prestigious integrated marina community.
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Project : Seascape Sentosa Cove
Address : 57, 59 Cove Way, Sentosa, Singapore
Type : Luxury Waterfront Homes
Tenure : Leasehold 99 yrs
T.O.P Date : Completed 2010
Developer : IOI & Ho Bee Land
Architect : Architect 61
Unit Mix : 3br / 4br / PH / Sky Suites / Sky Villas
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Ho Bee Land
Ho Bee Land Limited was listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange in 1999. Headquartered in Singapore, Ho Bee also has property investments and developments in Australia, China, United Kingdom and Europe. The real estate development and investment company has a portfolio that covers many quality residential, commercial and high-tech industrial projects since its establishment in 1987.
In Singapore, apart from being the leading developer of luxury homes in the exclusive residential enclave of Sentosa Cove, its portfolio of investment properties includes the commercial landmark in the one-north precinct, The Metropolis. Other buildings in its portfolio of overseas investment properties include Ropemaker Place, 1 St Martin's Le Grand, 60 St Martin's Lane, 39 Victoria Street, 110 Park Street, Apollo & Lunar House and 67 Lombard Street in London.
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Founded in 1969, IOI Group forayed into property development and oil palm plantations in the early 1980s and has since become Malaysia's leading name in both real estate development and property investment, as well as global integrated palm oil cultivation and resource-based manufacturing. IOI Group was ranked 1119th amongst Forbes Magazine's Forbes Global 2000 companies in 2012.
IOI Properties is one of Malaysia's leading property developers with projects across the country as well as in Singapore and China. With experience spanning four decades, IOI Properties' developments range from residential, commercial, leisure and hospitality components to niche and integrated developments.
The crown jewel among its projects, IOI Resort City in Putrajaya is a marvel of integrated urban development spanning 788 acres (34.3 million sqft) with a total GDV of RM5 billion. Featuring six components, the resort city includes the 5-star Putrajaya Marriot Hotel & Spa, an 18-hole golf course, Grade A office buildings, towers and boulevards, a business class hotel, residential enclaves and a 1.4 million sqft shopping mall which will be completed in 2015.
With its good track records and strong foothold in developing integrated townships in Malaysia, IOI Properties has been consistently ranked amongst Malaysia Top Ten Property Developers between 2003 to 2011. The organisation was also placed on the list of BCI Asia Top Ten Developers Awards for 2011 and 2012.
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architects 61 was founded as a partnership by Tay Lee Soon and Yang Soo Suan. Following the founding of URA in 1974, the firm became increasingly involved in large-scale, complex developments focused mainly in the Central Business District.
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War Movies and Wartime Movies
October 30, 2010 by Caroline
Why Saving Private Ryan (1998) is not in my Top 10 of Favourite War Movies but in my Top 5 of most Influential War Movies
I have seen Saving Private Ryan for the first time in cinema when in came out. At the time it was like a fist in the gut. The Omaha Beach landing was nothing I had ever seen before and this was very probably the beginning of my fascination with war movies. Since then I have seen many more but when I ended up doing my Top 10 it wasn't in it. I watched it again, like it a lot but didn't want to add it to the list. Still it is important to say in advance, no matter what my personal reasons are, the genre has been marked by Saving Private Ryan to a very large extent. There really is a time before and a time after Saving Private Ryan. Especially when it comes to WWII movies. The depiction of war has fundamentally changed with and through Saving Private Ryan. Never before did those who watched get the feeling they were in the battle like in Saving Private Ryan. Therefore, if I should make a Top 10 of most influential War Films, Saving Private Ryan would even be among the top 5.
I guess the second viewing was a distracted so I felt I had to re-watch it. I am sorry to say but this third viewing has made it clear to me. Saving Private Ryan is never going to be among my top ten unless I would have to choose movie scenes. It has some of the very best scenes that you can find in any war movie but unfortunately it has way too many really corny moments. As a matter of fact I hadn't even remembered such a lot of corny moments. Maybe that is why I love Band of Brothers which is certainly the closest you can get to Saving Private Ryan. To me this is like a purified version of it. But still, it is excellent.
For those who have never watched it I'll summarize the story. An old man stands at the grave of someone and looks back on his life. Rewind some 50 years. D-Day. We are in the middle of the Omaha Beach landing. Horrible scenes are shown. All filmed with a shaky hand-held camera to heighten the authentic feel. People's guts spilling out. Bodies ripped apart. Heads blown off. Arms ripped out. Men crying, screaming and praying until the worst is over, the noise dies down and the only thing that stays is a beach full of dead bodies and body parts. After this horror Capt. Miller gets a new assignment. We will follow him and his group well into France and behind enemy lines. He has to look for one James Francis Ryan. All three of his brothers were killed in action so people in Washington decided to get him out and back to the States. The group around Capt. Miller are reluctant to go on such a seemingly futile mission. They don't understand why they have to endanger their lives for the sake of one soldier. This is a very tight-knit group of soldiers and that is part of the appeal of this movie. The sense of camaraderie and friendship has rarely been depicted this touchingly. There are very moving moments especially between Miller and Horvath. There is one in which they talk to each other in an empty church at night. Their closeness is palpable. Strangely it almost makes you want to be there. There are much more tragic moments however. One after the other of the men gets killed until they find James Ryan. When finally discovering him they face the biggest problem. He doesn't want to leave. He feels he owes it to his comrades to stay. His highly decimated group must defend a bridge against a majority of Germans. This is one of the many famous bridge scenes that we encounter in war movies. Bridges being strategically as relevant as hills, it is a frequent theme. As I don't know if every reader knows the story I will stop here.
Saving Private Ryan has some of the most memorable war movie characters. I like Capt. Miller as much as Sgt. Horvath, the Privates Reiben, Jackson, Caparzo and Mellish and of course the Medic Wade. As we follow the little group for a long time we get to know them very well. It has also one of the most annoying war movie characters in it. Upham is a revolting person. And there is of course a very mean German. In any case, kudos to the actors. Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon.
Saving Private Ryan is infantry combat at its best. A lot of intense fighting. Incredible settings. Unfortunately it has moments that are way too sentimental for my taste. I will always prefer Band of Brothers.
Now it's your turn to rank it. 1. In your Top Favourite List 2. In a Best of List and 3. Most Influential ones.
Another of my posts on Saving Private Ryan: Mean Old Private Ryan
This entry was posted in Bridges, Europe, Movie, Reflections, Top Ten List, Trailer, Uncategorized, War Movie, WWII and tagged D-Day, Edward Burns, Infantry Combat, Matt Damon, Movie Trailer, Movies, Reflections on War Movies, Reviews, Sving Private Ryan, Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, US Movie, WWII.
11 thoughts on "Why Saving Private Ryan (1998) is not in my Top 10 of Favourite War Movies but in my Top 5 of most Influential War Movies"
I can understand your feeling…there are some movies I think very influential (regardless of the genre) but did not make it into my favorite movie list.
However, Saving Private Ryan is one of my all time favorite movies because of so many things
allaboutwarmovies says:
It has a lot of great elements. And I actually found the good parts much better than I rememered them, still. Tastes change as well over time and I still want to re-watch my top 10. Who knows, there might be an exchange.
Patton was on last night, that was very well done really, depiction of the European Theater, not all that different than SPR.
It's very clear SPR was influenced by movies…before of which I can enumerate examples of things one sees in SPR and can see in previous movies. But SPR was made much better than some of those other movies but not Patton.
I think the Saving Private Ryan poster is too hokey and like some other posters one sees like Stalingrad, they should have come out with a movie poster with action, a commercially painted one like the Dirty Dozen poster would have been better.
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I haven't seen Patton yet but I am also very ineterested in seeing it. Only heard good things. I think that you see a lot of imitations of Saving Private Ryan as well. I think the poster works quite well, as there are many sentimental elements in it. There is another version in which you see only this shadow figure and none of the others. The Dirty Dozen is really not a bad one. I quite like The Black Hawk Down poster but then I am very partial when it comes to that movie anyway.
warmoviebuff says:
I agree on its influence. You are spot on with that insight. I put it with "Platoon" as the two most important war movies of the last 25 years. I feel you are a little harsh on the screenplay. It does have its corny moments, but it also defies some traditions. Without giving anything away, people die in it that would not normally die in a war movie. I do not think it is the best war movie ever made, but it should be in the discussion and certainly belongs in the Top 10.
By mentioning two rankings I wanted to make sure that the first is very personal. The problem is also I have seen much more recent war movies and many things that were unthinkable before Saving Private Ryan are a given today and one tends to forget that without Saving Private Ryan it would not have been possible. Agree on Platoon 100%. I would say the two are also the most widely known.
When it comes to influential I think it is All Quiet on the Western Front, Platoon, Saving Private Ryan, maybe Black Hawk Down and possibly Battle for Haditha.
Dirty Dozen has it's clone movies, even Inglorious Basterds is a group that goes after the Nazis on a special mission made more than 4 decades after the Dirty Dozen was made. Kelly's Heroes, Devil's Brigade likewise.
Definitely belongs on that list, Blackhawk Down I doubt should be in there and this other movie, Battle of… must be some foreign movie. DD is probably more influential than AQOTWF.
Das Boot may well be instrumentally important in your "realistic movies."
DD is period proper just in the way it was made, I think the British Film industry had a lot to do with that.
MASH and/or Catch 22 could possibly be in the top 10 most influential.
I would certainly not argue about the last two but All Quiet on The Western Front given his release date is probably one of the most influential. The later the movie the less influential of course. I never saw The Dirty Dozen as influential but I seem to be wrong. I was thinking about Das Boot. Probabaly among the Top 10, yes. I am never sure how influential those satirical movies like M.A.S.H. and Catch 22 really are.
I would like to propose "The Longest Day" as belonging in the top five most influential movies. It created the all-star epic sub-genre which includes "Battle of Britain", "Tora! Tora! Tora!", "A Bridge Too Far", "Midway", etc. It also was one of the first war movies to endeavor to tell both sides of the story. My top five would be "All Quiet", "The Longest Day", "Platoon", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Patton". I feel Patton is influential because it brought war movies into the cynical modern age. Most war movies today have characters that are not knights in shining armor. There are shades of grey in most war movies since the 1970s. Both hawks and doves felt the portrayal of Patton supported their view of the Vietnam War.
By the way, see my review of "The Secret Invasion" which predates "The Dirty Dozen" in the convicts on a suicide mission sub-genre.
Your five make a lot of sense. My newer ones are probably influetial but too new to speak of a great impact, still I am confident. We will see in 10 years from now.
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My son, Alex, killed himself after circumcision
By DanielPosted on June 5, 2019 June 5, 2019
Image copyright Lesley Roberts
Alex Hardy sent his mum Lesley Roberts an e-mail describing his choice
" It rapidly emerged that what had actually simply taken place was a disaster … I passed away in 2015, not now."
Lesley Roberts was stunned as she checked out the disastrous last e-mail from her precious boy Alex Hardy.
The e-mail had actually been timed to get here on 25 November 2017, 12 hours after he eliminated himself. Less than an hour prior to the e-mail got here, Lesley had actually opened her front door to discover a policeman standing there, describing her boy was dead.
Alex was a smart and popular 23- year-old without any history of mental disorder. Lesley might not comprehend why he would have wished to take his own life.
His e-mail described how the foreskin of his penis had actually been surgically eliminated 2 years previously. This is frequently called circumcision, however, Alex had actually pertained to think it must be considered as "male genital mutilation".
He never ever discussed this to his friend or family when he lived. Lesley did not even understand her boy had actually been circumcised.
In the following months, she searched for out more about circumcision. Why had it impacted Alex so severely, and why did he feel eliminating himself was his only alternative?
Image caption Lesley states her "dreams became a reality" when she ended up being a mom in July 1994
Alex was the oldest of Lesley's 3 boys and had actually been quite wished for, having actually been developed after fertility treatment.
Lesley states her "dreams became a reality" when she ended up being a mom in July 1994
" He was whatever I might have wanted," she states. "Stunning, relaxed, and adoring of his more youthful sibling Thomas who got here following more treatment nearly 3 years later on.".
He likewise loved his infant sibling James, who was born when Alex was13 The walls and windowsills of Lesley's house in Cheshire are covered in images of all of them.
Alex cruised through his education and was especially talented at English, a lot so that his old-fashioned developed the Alex Hardy Creative Composing Award in his memory.
" Alex was enthusiastic about history however as the English instructor I saw in him a real skill for composing," states Jason Lowe, who is now a head instructor at Tarporley High School.
Image caption Alex was smart and cruised through school
It was while on a school snowboarding journey to Canada, aged 14, that Alex fell for the nation. He had actually taken pleasure in snowboarding as a kid and the journey reignited his enthusiasm. When Alex reached 18, he chose to postpone university and live in Canada for a year.
" He fell in love entirely with Canada and made a lot of buddies and got a promo at work," states Lesley.
" After one year he sounded me and stated 'Mum, I'm delaying my location for university'. The exact same thing took place after year 2.".
2 years became 3, then 4, and by the time of his death Alex had actually been residing in Canada for 5 years and had actually gotten residency.
" He was called the 'super-smart Brit' with impressive good manners," states his mom. "The super-intelligent man from the UK who assisted individuals with their Canadian residency applications.".
Image caption Alex was an eager skier and snowboarder, however, he discovered exercise agonizing after being circumcised
Lesley visited her boy numerous times, both alone and with his siblings and stepfather. They were a close household, however, Alex did not inform any of them he was covertly experiencing an issue with his penis.
" I had concerns with a tight foreskin," he ultimately composed in his last e-mail, "however from my late teenagers it produced concerns in the bedroom as it implied my foreskin would not pull back over the glans as meant which triggered some uncomfortable minutes.".
In 2015, still quietly suffering, Alex spoke with a physician in Canada. He was offered steroid cream to extend his foreskin, however, returned to the physician after simply a couple of weeks since he did not believe the treatment was working.
The medical name for Alex's issue is phimosis. It merely implies his foreskin was too tight to draw back from the head of his penis, or the "glans" as Alex described it in his e-mail. This is completely typical for kids in the early years of their life. As kids grow older, their foreskin generally begins to separate from the head of the penis.
Image caption Lesley states Alex was "instinctive, compassionate, mild, kind, amusing, eccentric, simple and caring"
Phimosis does not constantly trigger issues, however, if it does, issues can consist of problem urinating and discomfort throughout sex. In England, the NHS recommends topical steroids and extending methods – and circumcision as a last hope.
Over in Canada, where circumcision is more typical, Alex was described as a urologist.
" He right away recommended circumcision," Alex composed. "I inquired about extending and he entirely lied to my face and stated it would not work for me.
" I was mainly relying on as I felt he was the specialist who understood finest in this regard so with a pinch of salt I accepted it.".
Lesley has actually because checked out online evaluations of this urologist which have actually made her concern his skills. One client stated she had actually been not able to work because having surgical treatment for kidney issues, and he had actually "ruined" her lifestyle.
" I'm a mom of 3 young kids who is frightened every day I will pass away as they see me suffering in a lot discomfort," she composed.
" I can see how he misdiagnosed others, messed up surgical treatments, and messed up lives," stated another evaluation. "He's alarmingly inept.".
Another evaluation of Alex's urologist read: "They left a surgical instrument in my bladder however I just got informed 3 months later on. Flee prior to you get harmed!".
Image caption Lesley states she misses out on Alex's "huge sparkly eyes, his smile, his funny bone, and his bear hugs"
Lesley, who was "frightened" by these evaluations, has actually requested the urologist to be examined. She has actually been informed questions is continuous.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia informed the BBC it "can not divulge the presence of a grievance versus a doctor, and just might do so if the grievance results in official discipline".
" I will want with my dying breath and with all of the heart that my beloved boy had actually fled," states Lesley.
Much to his remorse, Alex was unable to look into the urologist – or circumcision – correctly at the time since his laptop computer was broken.
He had actually attempted investigating the subject in a public computer system area however felt uneasy, and likewise felt it was "excessive of a taboo" to go over with buddies.
Alex scheduled what he thought was a small treatment and had the surgical treatment in 2015, at the age of 21.
Image caption Alex "loved" his little sibling
In the e-mail to his mom, Alex described, in excellent information, the physical issues he had actually suffered later.
He explained experiencing continuous stimulation from the head of his penis, which was no longer secured by his foreskin.
" These ever-present promoted experiences from clothes friction are abuse within themselves; they have actually not subsided/normalized from years of direct exposure," he composed.
" Envision what would take place to an eyeball if the eyelid was cut off?".
" He remained in a lot discomfort that it harmed to do typical exercise," states Lesley. "He was an eager skier and snowboarder so you can envision the discomfort he remained in.".
Image caption The foreskin safeguards the head of the penis called the glans
Expert urological cosmetic surgeon Trevor Dorkin, who belongs to the British Association of Urological Surgeons, recommends his clients that the head of their penis will be more delicate after a circumcision.
This level of sensitivity generally decreases.
" I constantly state to people 'it's going to feel more conscious begin with' since suddenly you have not got this defense over the head of the penis and it will feel various," states Mr Dorkin, who has actually performed more than 1,000 circumcisions.
" However in the huge bulk of the cases the male adapts to that, the brain adapts to that, it adapts to the signals that are returning through the nerves from the head of the penis.".
Alex likewise discussed experiencing impotence, and burning and itching experiences, especially from a scar which sat where his frenulum was eliminated. The frenulum is a band of tissue where the foreskin connects to the undersurface of the penis. Some guys describe it as their "banjo string".
" It is among the more erotic zones so it's believed to be essential in sexual function," states Mr. Dorkin.
" The foreskin, the head of the penis and the frenulum is an extremely, really delicate location.
" However once again when you do circumcision in some cases the frenulum is not maintained and it does not always have an impact on total sexual function and pleasure.".
Image caption A growing motion concerns male circumcision as male genital mutilation
Alex felt his frenulum had actually been crucial.
" Through its lack, I can definitely confirm it is the most erotic delicate location of the penis and male body in general," he composed.
" If somebody were to amputate your clitoris you might start to be able to comprehend how this feels.".
He discussed experiencing cramps and contractions in his muscles and "uneasy" experiences which extended deep into his abdominal area.
Lesley does not understand whether Alex made love after his circumcision.
" Where I when had a sexual organ I have actually now been entrusted to a numb, messed up stick," he composed. "My sexuality has actually been left in tatters.".
He asked: "Nature understands finest – how can slicing off an area of healthy tissue enhance nature's developed style?".
Image caption Lesley did not understand her boy had actually been circumcised up until he passed away
Like lots of people, Lesley confesses she understood really little about the foreskin or circumcision prior to her boy passed away.
" I didn't understand anything apart from I thought it was an extremely regular surgical treatment," she states.
The foreskin is in some cases dismissed as an "ineffective flap of skin", however, Mr. Dorkin states it does have a function.
" It covers the head of the penis," he states. "In regards to what's it for, it supplies a little bit of defense to the head of the penis. It's believed to have some sort of immunological function possibly.".
Circumcision rates differ a lot depending upon where you remain in the world and which culture you matured in.
According to the World Health Company, 95% of guys are circumcised in Nigeria however just 8.5% of guys in the UK are.
The majority of the guys circumcised in the UK are either Muslim or Jewish, as circumcision is considered as a vital part of their faiths.
According to the 2011 census, Muslims represented 4.8% of the population in England and Wales, while 0.5% were Jewish.
Individuals who question circumcision are in some cases implicated of being anti-Semitic or Islamophobic, however, Lesley worries her boy was neither.
" For me, this has absolutely nothing to do with faith at all. I appreciate all individuals of faith or certainly no faith, as Alex did," she states.
In Canada, where Alex had actually relocated to, an approximated 32% of guys are circumcised.
Alex felt male circumcision has actually been stabilized to the degree that many people do not question it, while female circumcision has actually ended up being called female genital mutilation (FGM) and is now prohibited in numerous nations.
Image caption Alex was the oldest of Lesley's 3 boys
He felt male circumcision must be called "male genital mutilation" – a view shared by a growing anti-circumcision motion.
" If I were a woman (in Western countries) this would have been prohibited, the cosmetic surgeon would be a criminal and this would never ever have actually been thought about as an alternative by physicians," Alex composed.
" I do not think in promoting one gender over another however I feel high that gender equality ought to be accomplished for all.".
Advocates for "genital autonomy" think it is incorrect to circumcise an infant or kid – whether they are male or female – since the client can not offer authorization, and these advocates relate to circumcision as a human rights concern.
Image caption Advocates for "genital autonomy" argue that circumcising an infant is incorrect since a baby can not consent
Having actually dealt with an undamaged penis for 21 years, Alex thought guys circumcised as children or young kids would "unfortunately never ever have the ability to completely understand what has actually been eliminated". He approximated he had actually been removed of 75% of the level of sensitivity of his penis.
The experiences of guys circumcised as grownups vary considerably.
Some guys, in fact, choose sex later since they no longer have the discomfort of a tight or swollen foreskin.
Some report a considerable loss in the level of sensitivity and considerably decreased sexual satisfaction.
Some report being less delicate however state there is no modification in their total pleasure of sex.
Some are really delighted with their choice to get circumcised.
Some, like Alex, deeply be sorry for having it done.
Image caption Alex went whale enjoying with his mom for his 21 st birthday
Alex looked for additional medical assistance following the circumcision in addition to mental assistance, however never ever shared his issues with his friend or family.
" I was with him throughout those 2 years and I believe I would be lying if I stated I didn't believe something wasn't right," states Lesley.
" I did state 'Is something troubling you? Are you OK?' and he would definitely assure me that he was.".
Lesley, who utilized to be an instructor, now wishes to enter into schools and speak with boys about sharing their issues, even if they are really individual.
" I believe all of us understand that guys do not especially tend to speak about their issues in the exact same method that women do however I believe circumcision is quite a taboo topic," she states.
" Alex was scheduled. He definitely would not have stated 'I have actually got a tight foreskin and it truly harms'. And he didn't. And I didn't understand.".
Just a week after Alex passed away, a good friend opened to Lesley about his own circumcision.
" He informed me he would not usually have actually discussed it however he had circumcision as an older male, 10 years earlier, and he remained in continuous everyday discomfort," states Lesley. "It simply appears it's more typical than you believe.".
Image caption Expert urological cosmetic surgeon Trevor Dorkin, who belongs to the British Association of Urological Surgeons, alerts his clients of dangers prior to circumcising them
Mr. Dorkin states major issues following circumcision are unusual, however not unprecedented.
" You do become aware of scary stories where circumcision has actually been done improperly and there's damage done to the head of the penis itself," he states.
In some cases, excess skin is taken and this can lead to what's called "burying" or reducing of the penis, where it gets drawn back into the body.
" Cosmetic surgeons at the end of the day are human and there is capacity for the human mistake and technical mistake throughout any operation," he states.
" Among my coaches informed me every case is a difficult case, that's got to be your method to surgical treatment. You never ever take anything forgiven in surgical treatment.".
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Media caption Adult guys have actually passed away from routine circumcisions in South Africa
There have actually been cases of kids and guys passing away after being circumcised.
Four-week-old Goodluck Caubergs bled to death after a nurse circumcised him at his house in Manchester, while one-month-old Angelo Ofori-Mintah bled to death after being circumcised.
Given That 1995 a minimum of 1,100 kids has actually passed away in South Africa after routine circumcisions. Some penises fall off after ending up being contaminated and rotten, while some need to be cut off.
In Canada, where Alex was living, newborn Ryan Heydari bled to death after being circumcised by a physician in Ontario.
Just recently there have actually been reports of 2 children passing away within weeks of each other after house circumcisions in Italy, and a two-year-old young boy passed away after being circumcised at a migrant center in Italy.
Image caption As a kid Alex was "stunning, relaxed, and adoring of his more youthful sibling Thomas"
" I'm not certified to state that circumcision is constantly bad since it isn't," states Lesley.
" It definitely remained in my boy's case and I believe we require more research study. We require to check out the dangers, what can truly fail, and we require to be more knowledgeable about them.".
If circumcision is essential, Mr. Dorkin states it is essential to inform clients about prospective problems.
" Especially when you are doing the operation in a man who remains in his late teenage years or early their adult years, it's an extremely delicate location and sexual function is essential, so you need to describe the dangers to them," he states.
Image caption Alex asked his mom to share his story after he passed away
" Alex stated he was not warned of all the dangers," states Lesley. "If he had, I feel sure he would not have had the surgical treatment.
" Alex wasn't alone. I now understand he wasn't the only one that this has actually taken place to. Which can't be right.".
The UK charity 15 Square, which attempts to inform individuals about circumcision, states Alex is not the only male to have actually eliminated himself after being circumcised.
" It occurs more often than individuals understand," states chairman David Smith.
There are no stats on guys who have actually eliminated themselves after being circumcised. Alex passed away over a year ago however his story has actually not been informed previously. An inquest into his death was kept in the UK however it was not reported by the media.
Lesley, who is usually personal and scheduled like her boy, just accepted to share Alex's story since it was his passing away desire.
" If the following details can benefit anyone then it has actually served its function," he composed.
" I did not feel comfy raising the concern when I had an option, so if my story can raise awareness to break this taboo within society relating to guys' health then I enjoy for the release of my words.
" Alex stated in his letter 'We base on the shoulders of those who came prior to us'," states Lesley.
" This is the last thing I'm providing for my valuable boy.".
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Чирковский — упразднённый в 1934 году посёлок, вошедший в состав города Заволжск (ныне административный центр Заволжского района Ивановской области России). Современная Чирковская улица Заволжска.

География
Расположен был на левом берегу реки Волги (современное Горьковское водохранилище), напротив города Кинешма.

История
20 февраля 1934 года Президиум ВЦИК постановил «Образовать рабочий посёлок под наименованием Заволжье в составе следующих населенных пунктов Кинешемского района: при химзаводе и фабриках "Фибра" и "Приволжанка", Кужлевки, Жилинского, Тихомировского, Нового, Чирковского, Алексинского, Владычного, Чиркова, Скрипцова, Жилина, Уракова, Мяснева и Рябининского с заволжской больницей».

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Населённые пункты, вошедшие в состав Заволжска
населённые пункты, упразднённые в 1934 году
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