A map of our Shikoku cycling trip. The cycle route is shown in yellow and ferry sections are in magenta. We cycled some 1100km in 12 days.
After a heady descent from the mountains, we suddenly find ourselves on the wide but nearly empty coastal highway heading to Cape Muroto, a pointed promontory that defines the south-east coast of the island. The warm Kuroshio Current impinges on Muroto like no other part of the Japanese mainland, influencing the local climate. It is significantly warmer than the inland areas, and subtropical vegetation such as palms abound on this coastline. As we did in the mountains, we have some trouble finding nourishment along this surprisingly barren stretch of road. It's mid-afternoon by the time we dig into our first meal of the day.
Overlooking the numerous tourist traps scattered around Muroto, we take a stroll in the rock gardens along the apex of the legendary cape. It is one of the stormiest and windiest places in Japan, but today the sea is calm as a mirror and there is almost no wind. Only the wave-swept gravel and pointed rocks scubbed bare by the ocean bear witness to the usual conditions.
Muroto is a turning point of sorts on our journey: from here we head more or less back west, shrinking the distance to our destination point daily.
In the small city of Aki along the way, we meet Mr. Ito, his family and friends. He is a Buddhist priest. Leanne teaches English at a kindergarten in Amakusa that is adjunct to a temple, where she must be in the head priest's good books, because he gave her contact information for this disciple of his in Shikoku. We only intended to stop for tea, but upon a cordial invitation to stay, we decide to spend the night. We spend the afternoon and evening talking to Mr. Ito and his wife, who are first-rate hosts and warm, kind human beings. Then Mr. Ito takes us out for delicious Italian dinner, inviting two other interesting friends, including Hama-san (here on left), an erstwhile policeman and cyclist. He accompanied us half-way on our way the following day, glad for a reason to take his fancy road bike for a spin.
A cold but pleasant sunny day awaited us as we made our way along the great arc of Pacific beach on the Kochi coast in the south of Shikoku. The ocean stretched to the horizon on our left, framed by the distant Capes Muroto and Ashizuri; this grand scenery remained ever static, giving the illusion of cycling on a treadmill.
Traditional boats dotted the beach here and there, giving some perspective to the vast landscape. The absence of ports for long stretches here meant that fishing boats had to be designed to be beached when not in use.
Taking advantage of the sea's warmth, we camped at the point where we would turn inland. The next morning's cold air created mirages as it met the warm sea among the rocks and islands of the coast.
We were unprepared for the dramatic transition to inland climate. Atop a 300 meter hill, we took a break in the sunshine still facing the ocean, enjoying what was probably the warmest outdoor moment of the whole tour. Then crossing a short tunnel to the plateau on the other side, we suddenly felt like we entered Siberia. A cold, biting wind hindered our progress and the water standing on the rice paddies became a sheet of ice. The wind and cold continued as we entered the valley of the scenic Shimanto River, where icicles hung from the ubiquitous water wheels at roadside tourist traps. Resting at a bank of jidohanbaiki, Leanne comforts herself with a can of hot drink while she checks the map wondering how much more headwind we'll have to endure.
Even as we struggled on we were not oblivious to the quaint scenery of the Shimanto. This clear-running river is well known as one of the only un-dammed and generally undisturbed rivers in the country, so much so that it may be the only attraction in Shikoku Japanese know about. Here, Leanne crosses a typical one-lane, guardrail-less bridge across the pristine-looking water.
Here's another view of one of these bridges. A railroad also snakes along the river valley. Rail tours of the Shimanto are undoubtedly popular in season with Japan's multitude of train enthusiasts.
The end of a long day brought us to the town of Ekawasaki on the lower stretches on the river, where we soaked our tired bodies in a hot spring and even enjoyed a coin operated massage chair. These facilities were built for tourists, but winter is off season and we had them to ourselves. Similarly, we installed our tent on a comfortable wooden deck at the riverside campground, free of charge as usual.
The weather, which had held wonderfully until now, began to destabilize somewhat, so from the Shimanto we made a one day run back to our car. We were once more on the track of the o-henro; this happy Buddha sits at one of the pilgrimage temples on the way. Beyond a final mountain pass awaited us, and then we descended once more to the ocean.
Construction machinery and hillsides covered with mandarin orange groves dominate the scenery at the port town of Yawatahama, from where the ferry would take us to Kyushu and our parked car. On the ferry and the drive home, we reflected on this trip. It has taken us through many landscapes, some beautiful, some dreary, and we had to patiently endure the cold, day after day. Perhaps the trip's greatest value was its subtle meditative quality; the endurance required strenghtening our spirirs, and reawakening in us an appreciation of the beauty of southwest Japan during its relatively mild but persistent winter season.
Morning of Day 3: Hiroshima Prefecture. The skyline of Onomichi on the Honshu side of the Shimanami Highway -- typical of a small Japanese city.
The bridge over the final, narrow strait to Honshu cannot be traversed by bicycle, so we took a short ride on a small ferry along with some local, more practical cyclists. Close up, Onomichi turns out to be a pleasant town: lively fish markets bustle with local people shopping for their day's sustenance. We find virtually authentic French patisserie where we can't but stuff ourselves with delicious croissant sandwiches that power our journey for the rest of the morning.
Seemingly endless stretches of trashy suburbs and industrial parks await us down the length of the Honshu coast as we leave Hiroshima Prefecture for Okayama. Cities with names such as Fukuyama and Kurashiki, though somewhat larger than Onomichi, seem drab and lifeless. We push on, straining to find some beauty somewhere. Perhaps in the starkness of the cold silvery light streaming down from the cold winter sky.
By mid afternoon, showers come down, and bad weather threatens; we take shelter in a large concrete gazebo on a roadside beach. As we pace about trying to stay warm and pass time, the radio weather forecast announces a cold snap due the next day. Now, at least in West Japan you have to take this with a grain of salt - by the way the locals react to the slightest chill, one might assume their ancestors come straight from Tahiti. Nevertheless, we are somewhat apprehensive. Indeed, the next day dawns with low, racing clouds and freezing temps.
A northwest gale blows most of the day and the next; thankfully it is at our backs as we make our way ever eastward. The breeze does its best to rough up the landlocked Inland Sea, affording us a chance to snap a couple interesting pictures from the ferry to Takamatsu City. Back to Shikoku again!
We are glad to be finally escaping the crowded, trashy cities and heading into the hills, but the landscape freezes as soon as we gain any altitude. Black ice completely coats the road at Obonji, the 88th and last along the famous temple pilgrimage trail around Shikoku. Coldest of all is the way back down; some sections are accomplished with one foot firmly braced against the ground, sliding down with the bike in a more or less stable triangular configuration.
We're not sure, but these figurines at Obonji perhaps commemorate those who successfully finished the full pilgrimage. Real pilgrims in more or less the same getup were a common sight where our tour happened to coincide with the o-henro or pilgrimage route. O'Henrys, we began to call them, telling something of our own mental state as well. Early-retirees, midlife crisis 'salarymen', young men at odds with the cog-in-the-machine arrangement that is Japan, on a wander in search of some meaning in the unfathomable emptiness that stretches just beyond the thin skin of tangible reality.
Where the mountain and sea meet they crowd out the cities. As one nears the Naruto at the east end of Shikoku, there is only enough space for a two lane road between the salt waters and the hills. Come to think of it, we could be equally (un)comfortable in our kayaks traveling on the other side of the coastline.
The Naruto Strait is one of the few places we specifically planned to see on this tour. A drastically narrow pass links the Inland Sea to the Pacific Ocean, leading to the most violent tidal currents in all of Japan. With anticipation we board a tour boat and minutes later come face-to-face with roaring rip currents the likes of which we'd never seen. In conjunction with the windy weather, the ship is so awash in spray it is hard to take any pictures! (Still, I think I could take these waves on in a kayak.) Anyway, we were lucky: as our ship comes back, the captain cancels the rest of the afternoon tours, citing rough weather.
Another view of the strait, with freighter for scale.
After Naruto, it is time for the Tsurugi Mountains, an extensive and remote area that fills much of the inland of eastern Shikoku. As soon as we leave the lowland cities behind, we are exposed to the poignant culture of the inaka (boondocks). Notable are lifesize figures recalling common sights of country life, such as this traffic officer. Thousands such volunteers help elementary school students get to school safely every day in Japan. Community service minded Leanne takes some pointers. If you like these dolls, check out Leanne`s blog for more.
Climbing toward 1060m Dosu Pass, we finally gain height in a serious way and enter the snowy, frozen scapes of the inner Tsurugi Mountains.
Although many are national highways, the twisty roads that barely manage to cut through this difficult topography present no shortcuts from anywhere to anywhere. Suddenly we are down to meeting only two or three cars per day, surrounded instead by a heavenly, natural quiet. It's a stark contrast to the unsightly, noisy cities on the plains. And still, equally desolate. So why do we feel so much more comfortable here? The cold and the snow are still much preferrable to diesel fumes and constant sight of run-down plastic siding.
Drifting south, we stay high and leave the snows behind. Clearly the northern ridges we left behind caught most of the storm's precipitation. Now approaching the Pacific Ocean with its warm currents, the vegetation too seems to change to include more evergreens like the ones we are used to in our home islands of Amakusa. But this is a more remote place, with only logging roads, the odd dam, and nary a vending machine or shop in sight.
Over our winter holidays, we spent two weeks more or less circumnavigating Shikoku, the smallest of the four large Japanese islands, by bicycle.
Usually, we like to restrict our rambles to uninhabited, usually mountainous regions, especially in this country where the populated areas are truly not very interesting to look at. But on a trip like this, and especially because in the winter it is more difficult to pass through mountains unhindered by conditions, we elected to cycle through long stretches of urban, semi-urban, and industrial environment as well. Perhaps next time we'd better take our car to get through this and spend more time in the hills, but we did appreciate the holistic feeling of completing the whole tour (except ferries) on our own power. It was a kind of Zen exercise, pushing though the ramshackle scenery that is most of built-up Japan, all the while resisting the cold of the relatively mild but persistent winter conditions of western Japan. And the mountains and sea, as always, were peaceful and beautiful.
We began on the Sadamisaki Peninsula, a long narrow strip of hilly land that extends toward Kyushu, from where we arrived by a convenient ferry. For the first time in Japan, we strapped panniers to our bikes to take the load off our backs and behinds. This way we were able to bring more gear for warmth and spent nights in our tent in reasonable comfort. The Canadian-made Arkel panniers performed flawlessly throughout the trip.
Japan's surprisingly ramshackle habitations look much better if they are situated in the countryside, like this old house amidst the ubiquitous orange groves of the peninsula.
The first city we needed to traverse was Matsuyama, Shikoku's largest with a population of 510,000. We were surprised by the modern appearance and preponderance of large, brand-new-looking shopping malls of this town, as well as a huge sports and culture complex we happened upon. In an indication of where the Japanese society is heading, the malls were very crowded, whereas the culture complex was virtually deserted. We even visited a friendly MTB bike shop "Western Cycle House" which Leanne had geocoded in our GPSs before the trip. The staff greeted us with friendly chatter, freshly made rice cakes and green tea. We even appeared on their BLOG.
After Matsuyama we crossed a range of hills, camping off a small road circling a reservoir. That morning, like the rest of the trip, it was chilly and we balanced our effort climbing the hill to stay warm but to avoid sweating.
Here and there in the rural countryside, attractive semi-traditional houses are still to be seen. In the cities most have been replaced with cheap-looking, plastic sided habitations.
As we neared the top of the hill on the smooth, wide highway, we were passed by several cyclists. We met up at on the road's summit where everyone availed themselves of hot drinks from the vending machines. They were from the local track cycling club which explained their (relative) struggle climbing: their track bikes had no gears! Of course with our loads and clunky mountain bikes, we were still slower. After a nice chat, we forged on though a long tunnel underneath the mountain.
Our nourishment along the way consisted largely of ramen and udon noodles or karaage fried chicken at roadside restaurants such as this one, and assorted junk food from convenience stores. We ate prodigious quantities, for we needed energy not only for cycling but to stay warm throughout the day and night. It was perhaps not the best fuel, and somewhat expensive, but we did not have the option of carrying too much food with us as our bikes were already overloaded with warm clothes and camping gear. While stopped during the day we often tried to dry our damp gear as you can see here.
Descending again to the sea, we neared our first objective: the bridges of the Shimanami Highway, one of three massive bridge systems that link Shikoku to the Japanese mainland of Honshu. The Shimanami is the only one that is passable by bike and in fact a special bike route has been built that makes the crossings fun, exciting, and safe.
Climbing up to the bridges, one can enjoy views of Japan's Inland Sea and the industrial complexes that line much of its shores, like this ship-building yard in the city of Imabari.
The first set of bridges span the Kurushima Strait, a busy channel that is infamous among ship captains because it's narrow, crooked, and beset with strong tidal currents. On this morning, however, conditions were good and shipping relatively sparse.
Leanne descends the bicycle off-ramp on one of the bridges. We were delighted to see other cyclists, including families with small children, traversing the bridges. Most recreational facilities get little use in Japan, so it was nice to see an exception.
Although some of the many sizeable islands in the Inland Sea are now linked to the mainland by bridges, they still seem a little less 'modernized' than Japan's mainland. That's also evident in this modest house under construction, where a bamboo lattice will form the framework for a mud wall. In this day of drywall and plastic siding, such a traditional approach is rare indeed to see on a new house.
A gibbous moon rises behind the cables and pylons of a gigantic suspension bridge that spans the sea between Ehime and Hiroshima Prefectures. We had moonlight almost every night, which came in useful in the evenings as we compensated for the short daylight hours (and frigid mornings) by biking an hour or two into the evening darkness.
Wild boars are common in most parts of Japan, even on some of the outlying islands where, surprisingly, they are able to swim over considerable distances in the sea. The one on this sign somehow bears a striking resemblance to Leanne!
By the time we got to the final bridge of the 70km long Shimanami Kaido biking trail, it was dark but the bridge itself was nicely lit.


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Back to Tree House we go for a look at a variation on their Double Shot coffee stout. Today I have Double Shot with Finca El Puente Honduras coffee coming in at 7.60%. I've had the standard Double Shot and other variations, but only in small samples, so this is my first full offering all to myself.
As you can see above, this beer is pitch black with dark brown on the edges. It gave off a rich, creamy, frothy, mocha-colored head.
This could be the most coffee-forward coffee stout I've ever smelled. Big espresso notes with subtle chocolate. Behind that is roasted malts with almost a wood finish and a faint vanilla presence. Basically a fresh cup of coffee with cream. The more common stout characteristics are there, but they are taking a backseat to the pungent coffee.
Usually a coffee stout would leave some room for typical stout flavors, but this just assaults you with coffee, coffee, coffee. When consumed cold, it's reminiscent of iced coffee, but as it warms up you get rich coffee grounds and bitter espresso. There's almost a nutty flavor like a brown ale and I do detect a hop presence on the finish. Double Shot is fluffy on the tongue and despite it's coffee bitterness, it drink much lighter than a 7.60% stout - I just killed my 750ml growler in under an hour.
Double Shot Finca El Puente Honduras is a fresh cup of coffee disguised as a stout. It's without question has one of the most in-your-face coffee flavors and aromas of any coffee stout I've ever had. While the coffee dominates so mich to take away from any classic roasted malt characters, this is a robust, flavorful stout and an excellent variation on an already great beer.


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"Have they got to you yet with the Jesus Plus Salvation"?
"Has someone pressured you about their priority or denominational distinctive - Jesus plus baptism, Jesus plus confirmation, Jesus plus church attendance, Jesus plus tongues?"
It was another passage of scripture that liberated theologian and Reformer Martin Luther in 16th century Europe. While preparing lectures in 1513, he read Psalm 22, which recounts Christ's cry for mercy from the cross, a cry similar to his own disillusionment with God and religion. As a young monk Luther was obsessed with atoning for his sins and went to ridiculous lengths to punish himself. This ranged from extreme self-denial and physical and mental tests to self-flagellation. Two years later, while preparing a lecture on Paul's Epistle to the Romans, he read, "The just will live by faith." He pondered this statement for some time. Finally, he realized the key to spiritual salvation was not to fear God or be enslaved by religious dogma but to believe that faith alone would bring right standing with God. Embracing this truth transformed his life and set in motion the Reformation.
"For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes… this Good News tells us how God makes us right in His sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."
Saul of Tarsus who became the apostle Paul, was a spiritual high achiever!
"…Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!
"God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it."
Like Paul, I could enumerate my religious achievements, which included infant baptism and confirmation, but despite a scrapbook full of religious certificates and mementos, I didn't know Jesus. I had no idea that I could! It is Paul's conclusion and celebration that I embraced as my life verse in 1978 when I met the Lord, and began a beautiful relationship with Him.
How many people have given a defensive response to what they think our faith represents, saying something like, "Oh, I'm not very religious." Well, neither am I. In fact, religion is often the greatest barrier to the joy of relationship, which is what our loving Heavenly Father is after!
"Oh what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!"
Sounds as if David is talking to his best Friend. And he is.
get them up and on their feet again."
"I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven."
Paul knew that the enemy of our soul, Satan, would do his best to complicate it!
Have YOU made your heart His home?
You'll never know Jesus is all you need, until He is all you have.
"When you get down to the core issues of life, the only answer is Jesus."
Out of a crucible of multiple trials, Billy Graham's daughter Anne Graham Lotz made a life-changing discovery. Her plea became a book, JUST GIVE ME JESUS, and then a conference that enriched the spiritual lives of thousands, including mine.
In my view there is no more profound or comprehensive portrait of what Passion Week purchased for you and me, than this modern hymn by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. Don't just sing it this Easter, embrace all that is found IN CHRIST ALONE!


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Indian Railways to make more overbridges to deal with waterlogging problem
The Indian Railways is making efforts to make more overbridges rather than roads under bridges (RUBs) as problems like waterlogging are a common phenomenon in underground projects, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
The minister said that as far as possible, railways are converting RUBs into overbridges even though the cost of an overbridge is much higher.
Railways' effort is to make overbridges rather than RUBs as waterlogging is a common phenomenon, especially in remote areas, he said during Question Hour.
The minister said the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) under the Ministry of Railways has studied the issue in detail to minimize the problem of waterlogging in RUBs and Limited Height Subways (LHS) and suggested remedial measures.
Accordingly, comprehensive guidelines have been issued in April 2020, which include adequate drainage arrangement, in the planning of new RUBs subways, he said.
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The Zarzeczewo Marina - a sailing port in Włocławek on the right bank of the Vistula River (Włocławek Reservoir; km 672.50), located in the Zawiśle district, in the Zarzeczewo neighbourhood, near the village of Zarzeczewo. The Chełmiczka River and the Święty Strumień stream escape into a small bay where the marina is located. Before the water damming, a kilometre long clump of bushes stretched on the Vistula River at the height of Zarzeczewo. The bay in its present shape was created by the construction of the dam in Włocławek and the creation of the largest artificial lake in Poland.

An investment called "Marina in Zarzeczewo" was launched in 1973. A Water Sports Centre was formally opened as part of this project in 1975 (practically in 1976).  A sailing section "Flauta", known in later years as Yacht Club Azoty and today as Yacht Club Anwil, was established at the Centre. Since 1977, YCA has been organising regular regattas, the most important of which is the "Blue Ribbon of the Włocławek Reservoir". More than 80 yachts and over 300 sailors usually participate in this annual event. The Zarzeczewo Marina also runs courses for the rank of sailor and skipper.

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A photograph of the former site of the house at 466 Oxford Terrace, taken from the site next door. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Wire fencing has been placed around the site as a cordon.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow in the site.
A photograph of the former site of Doug Sexton's house at 378 Oxford Terrace. Sexton's house was demolished after his land was zoned Red.
A photograph of the former site of a block of apartments at 440 Oxford Terrace. The apartments were demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow over the site. The number 466 has been spray-painted on the footpath in front, as well as the numbers of each apartment. This number is the incorrect street number for the site.
A photograph of the former site of Siobhan Murphy's house at 436 Oxford Terrace. Murphy's house was demolished after her land was zoned Red. The house next door has also been demolished. Grass has grown over both sites.
A photograph of the former site of a house at 466 Oxford Terrace. The house was demolished after the land was zoned Red. Grass has begun to grow on the site.
A photograph of the former site of the Locke family's house at 392 Oxford Terrace. The Locke's house was deconstructed after their land was zoned Red. Wire fencing has been placed around the outside of the neighbouring property. The photographer comments, "The house was deconstructed and rebuilt on another site".


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Education Index How to Brand Next Generation Product - a Study by Hbs Marketing Faculty
How to Brand Next Generation Product - a Study by Hbs Marketing Faculty
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How to Brand a Next-Generation Product
Published: April 23, 2012 Author: Carmen Nobel Upgrades to existing product lines make up a huge part of corporate research and development activity, and with every upgrade comes the decision of how to brand it. Harvard Business School marketing professors John T. Gourville and Elie Ofek teamed up with London Business School's Marco Bertini to suss out the best practices for naming next-generation products. Key concepts include: • Companies often take one of two tacks in naming a next-generation product—the sequential naming approach or the complete name change approach. • Experimental research showed that each naming approach affects customer expectations. With a name change, …show more content…
Companies also must assess risk versus reward when branding a product upgrade. On the one hand, changing the brand name may induce excitement among prospective consumers who value new bells and whistles over small improvements. On the other hand, customers may worry that new features pose the risk of new glitches and a steep learning curve. It's important for a firm to predict the likelihood of risk aversion in its branding decision. Sometimes this is an unpredictable matter of a consumer's individual personality; for every Cautious Carl in the world, there's a Risky Rita. But many times, it's a matter of the situation at hand. Ofek cites the example of Intel, which in 2001 introduced a 64-bit processor called Itanium, indicating that the product was markedly different than Xeon, its 32-bit predecessor. These types of processors power huge computer servers, which play vital roles in companies' day-to-day operations. Servers are a major expenditure, and a faulty server can lead to a crisis. "Even though Intel promised that Itanium had backward compatibility with Xeon, IT directors really worried about it," Ofek says. "That created a real delay in purchasing for Itanium, which really never took off." To illustrate this point scientifically, the professors conducted an experiment with 203 participants, who
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willingness to rethink baseball: how it is managed, how it is played, who is best suited to play it, and why." "First came radical advancements in computer technology: this dramatically reduced the cost of compiling and analyzing vast amounts of baseball data. Then came the boom in baseball players' salaries: this dramatically raised the benefits of having such knowledge. 'If we're going to pay these guys $150,000 a year [1977] to do this…we should at least know how good they are'… If this sounded….
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And they know how to take their ideas and shape them into opportunities to create value—for customers, investors, employees, advisers, and partners. Coming up with an idea is just the first step in an entrepreneurial journey. Turning that idea into a compelling opportunity that inspires customers, partners, and investors to come along on the journey requires analytical capabilities, passion, and determination. (See the sidebar "How Is an Idea Different from an Opportunity?") How Is an Idea Different….
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Q: Visual Studio 2017 build error with TypeScript transpiling I'm using the built-in support in Visual Studio for TypeScript so that when I save TypeScript files they are transpiled into JavaScript files.
I have the following script:
declare namespace myLib {
    function makeGreeting(s: string): string;
    let numberOfGreetings: number;
}

$(document).ready(function () {
    alert("bp1");
});

My tsconfig.json file contains the following:
{
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "include": [ "*.ts" ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowJs": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "outFile": "..\\js\\site.js",
    "target": "es3"
  },
  "typeAcquisition": {
    "enable": true,
    "include": [ "jquery" ]
  }
}

When I save the file, it is transpiled into JavaScript without any problems but when I rebuild the project I get errors such as:

TS2304    Build:Cannot find name '$'. Presentation (Presentation\Presentation)    C:\Development-MVC\NET\Ev\Web\UI\Presentation\Content\ts\welcome.ts 6

I think this is something to do with the type acquisition feature not working on build but I'm not sure how to fix it.

A: The automatic acquisition of type definitions does not seem to be working for jQuery. There is limited information on type acquisition here.
Here is another approach.
Make sure you have installed both jquery and its types. We can do this with NPM from the command line.
npm install jquery --save
npm install @types/jquery --save-dev

Or, we can manually edit the package.json file.
{
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "^3.2.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/jquery": "^3.2.11"     <----- These types will be necessary.
  }
}

Installing jQuery and its types will resolve the Cannot find name '$' error.
After that, in your tsconfig make sure to use the dom and es2015 libraries. Otherwise, the compiler will output new errors after resolving the jquery one.
{
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "include": [ "*.ts" ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowJs": true,
    "sourceMap": true,
    "outFile": "..\\js\\site.js",
    "target": "es3",
    "lib": [                     <---- These two libs will be necessary.
      "dom",
      "es2015"
    ]
  },
  "typeAcquisition": {
    "enable": true,
    "include": [ "jquery" ]
  }
}

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Home Health Sexuality 8 Things Guys With Micropenises Want You to Know
8 Things Guys With Micropenises Want You to Know
Nice things come in small packages. Or do they? In life, all you can do is play the cards you are given. And when it comes to penis size, while most men have a reasonably sized deck, there are a minority who received what society perceives as the joker of the pack. In case it wasn't clear, I'm talking about micropenises. But what do we know about micropenises and the guys who possess them? And more importantly, what do those men want you to know?
1. It still functions normally
The vast majority of micropenises function perfectly adequately. Personally, I have no physical trouble with erections, ejaculation, or even going to the bathroom for that matter. The most common issues presented by micropenises in today's society are psychological or based around sexual performance anxiety. They may be short, but they are good to go!
2. It's difficult to warn women in advance
Men with micropenises are in a bit of a catch-22 situation when it comes to telling potential partners about their size. You might feel deceived if you have invested time in a man only to find out he has a micropenis at the last minute but there are reasons why a guy might not bring it up. Many guys with micropenises say that providing a preliminary warning is problematic because women often react badly. Some say that women feel insulted at being warned because it takes for granted that she wanted to have sex in the first place. Others say that women also feel insulted at being warned because it could imply the guy thinks she's shallow. There is also the risk for guys of losing a woman they really like before they have had the chance to see if they have sexual chemistry. There is honestly no good way to tell someone.
3. Please don't lie about how you feel about it
When getting intimate, many guys with a micropenis have experienced well-meaning women tell them that their penis is normal or even big. If a woman told me that, I would think she was really kind and would take it as a sign that she has a good heart. But most men would react differently. Men with micropenises know they are tiny, and most of them feel frustrated when a well-meaning woman tells them that she thinks their micropenis is big or normal in size. They feel like they are being pitied, which in turn reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with them — even though that is probably the opposite of the woman's intention. If you want to make a guy feel better about his micropenis, it would probably be better to say that you like the size he has as opposed to denying that it is tiny.
4. Body-shaming jerks and misogynists by invoking small penis size actually shames all men with micropenises
Here is an example of J. K. Rowling body-shaming a troll who made a nasty remark to her:
Misogyny is never an excuse for body-shaming. That one comment infers that misogynists are disrespectful to women because they have tiny penises. Such an insult implies that society connects penis size to a person's value as a human being. It also heaps more shame on to men who really do have tiny penises. J. K. Rowling isn't the only woman who has been guilty of this but it's harmful nonetheless. Body-shaming micropenises reinforces toxic masculinity and should therefore be considered anti-feminist.
5. Penis enlargement procedures are a myth
The reality is that nobody has ever safely enlarged the size of their penis to a significant length without drawbacks. Penis enlargement surgery is dangerous, painful, expensive, and in the rare cases where successful, it can reduce sexual feeling and enjoyment of sex.
There is a lot of nonsense written about how guys with micropenises can get surgery if size is a real issue but that is simplistic to say the least. In terms of length, the biggest increase you can reasonably hope for is just 1 or 2 centimeters, which when you have a micropenis, makes practically no difference whatsoever. Even in the U.K., where some women can get breast enlargements free via the National Health Service, men have to pay for penis enlargement themselves. In short, penis enlargement surgery is a non-starter for micropenises.
6. Dignity costs nothing but is so precious
One of the most shockingly common issues that men with micropenises report is when women who they have slept with gossip with their friends about the guy's size. When guys find out about this, it robs them of their dignity and often destroys their sexual confidence for the rest of their life. Imagine how it would feel if you had a vaginal issue and every man in your workplace knew about it. You will find it very hard to find a guy with a micropenis who hasn't suffered some form of bullying because of it. But then again, they are relatively rare, so you'll probably find it hard to find a guy with a micropenis in the first place.
7. Despite points nos. 1–6, some men with micropenises enjoy humiliation of their micropenis as a fetish
I'm not a psychologist, but I personally think it's the brain's way of saying, "You are going to suffer a lot of mental damage with this so let's get the feel-good chemicals in action every time it happens." I think it's a coping mechanism, albeit a sexual one, but these guys often feel ashamed afterward.
8. Sex can still be great
Most men with micropenises have sexual problems either because of the way people react or talk about penis size, or because they haven't gained enough experience to improve the way they perform. In my case, it is a combination of both, but if I look at the situation objectively, there are guys out there who have great sex lives with micropenises. They are just few and far between. If a man truly cares about the woman he is with and if she is open-minded, he will find other ways of making her sexually happy.
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Kenyon, W.A.. "Rainy River Burial Mounds". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rainy-river-burial-mounds. Accessed 24 April 2019.
Clay pots were used by the Eastern Woodlands people. In burial grounds, they were used to hold food for the departing spirits (artwork by Gordon J. Miller).
The Rainy River Burial Mounds archaeological sites are located on the Canadian bank of the Rainy River in Ontario. They were built by the Laurel and Blackduck peoples between the early Christian era and the early historic period. Most of them are low and broad structures, although one at the Long Sault Rapids is 34 m in diameter and 7 m high. Both within the mounds and in pits below are clusters of human bones and, occasionally, rich assortments of grave furniture. Clay pots filled with food for the departing spirits were placed in the grave; shell, bone and copper beads were scattered across the graves; and the whole was then sprinkled with red ochre. In the historic period, although articles of European manufacture replace many native artifacts, the burial pattern remained ancient and aboriginal.


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Miracle of miracles, I managed to get the pics from the memory card!!!!! so, here are a few pictures of Lilian's birthday party, her actual bday at McD, and our Business Information Systems presentation!!! Enjoy..
Brendan and Gerard, my La salle convention buddies!!!
Lil with her present...looks so happy!
Both of us with baa baa the 2nd!
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Ed's House Northumberland Hospice Care Centre
Stephen Beauchamp
Stephen is the Regional General Manager of WestRock and, in addition to being the chair of the CCN board, serves as a board member on the PAC Packaging Consortium. Previously, he served as the chair, vice president and board member of the Holcro Non-Profit Housing Corporation in Georgetown, was a coach with the Georgetown Soccer Club and was the president of the Brampton Men's Soccer Association. His hobbies include golf, personal fitness and European soccer. Stephen lives in Cobourg with his wife and has two grown children.
Dr. Jacqueline Gardner-Nix
Jackie is a physician who retired from clinical medicine in 2015. She is now an associate professor and instructor at the University of Toronto and the medical director and owner of NeuroNova Centre for Mindful Solutions Inc., organizing trainings for facilitators to deliver mindfulness courses to those in chronic pain. In addition to being vice chair of the Community Care Northumberland board, she is also chair of the CCN governance committee and serves as CCN's representative on the Ontario Health Team of Northumberland's governance committee. She enjoys creative non-fiction writing, reading, cooking and running her company. She lives in Port Hope with her husband and between them they have 5 children and 6 grandchildren.
Judy McLean
Judy retired from the retail industry a number of years ago and has been a resident of Northumberland County for 23 years, currently living in Hamilton Township. Married, with three grown daughters, Judy enjoys golf and painting in her spare time. She believes volunteering has always been an opportunity to give back to the community. Since moving here, she has been on the Board of Directors of the Northumberland Children's Aid Society for 6 years, then 6 years on the Northumberland United Way Board of Directors and has been on the Caring for Generations Society with the NHH Foundation for the last 10 years.
Sharyl Ann Milligan
Sharyl Ann retired in 2001 after working for 34 years at Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf and Sagonaska Demonstration School, and previous to that four years as the Medical Secretary for the Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children. Sharyl Ann also volunteers at the Northumberland Hills Hospital, the Landmark (Extendicare Cobourg), and as the secretary and junior lawn bowling coach for the Cobourg Lawn Bowling Club. Her hobbies include lawn bowling, where she has enjoyed the sport as a distinguished player, technical official and coach, as well as reading Canadian historical fiction, cross-stitching and knitting.
David retired in 2013 as a Class A Truck and Coach, Heavy Equipment Mechanic and licensed Surface Miner. He began his career with St. Lawrence Cement in 1971 as an apprentice mechanic in the Mississauga plant and transferred to the quarry in Colborne in 1985. When he moved to Cobourg, David coached baseball and was on the executive for scouting. He curled for 15 years and was on the executive committee for 12 years. Now, David cares for a 94-year-old woman in Cobourg and his 86-year-old mother, and looks after his 2-year-old granddaughter regularly. He enjoys helping others with casual woodworking and home repair projects and golfs several times a week. David has been married for 46 years and has two sons, two daughters-in-law, two grandsons and one granddaughter.
Selena Forsyth
Selena Forsyth has worn a number of hats through her long working life. She has run restaurants, advertising and promotion for IBM, taught ceramics to school kids and recently retired from running the annual Rotary Arts and Crafts Festival at the Cobourg Waterfront Festival. She was first and foremost a journalist and writer for print, radio and TV. She was a producer with CBC and TV Ontario and was the Executive Producer of training films for Petro-Canada. She wrote a column for the local Port Hope-Cobourg papers for ten years and was the in-house writer for a local media company. Selena now devotes her time to volunteering. She is the Executive Producer of legacies, a program on the radio station Northumberland 89.7, a member of the Accessibility Advisory Committees for the Municipality of Port Hope and Northumberland County and Vice President of the Northumberland Hills Hospital Auxiliary. Selena has been a Hospice volunteer since 2005 and is on CCN's Northumberland Hospice Palliative Care Collaborative.
Selena is a widow, lives in Port Hope and has two grandchildren, both in university. Her hobbies are books, Scrabble, and creating mosaics. Cooking is her therapy.
Jessica Holt
Jessica has spent 20 years in healthcare in various roles from frontline services to management. Being born and raised in rural Seymour Township (now Trent Hills), naturally she returned to her hometown as Manager of the Campbellford Memorial Multicare Lodge, Manager of the Trent Hills District Community Mental Health Program and member of the Trent Hills Geriatric Assessment and Intervention Network (GAIN) Team with Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Jessica is a proud mother of two children who keep her very busy! She spends as much time outside as she can in her gardens, on the water or hiking in the woods. She recently added a dog named Charlie to her family who loves to torment her two cats Percy and Boom.
Elaine Azzopardi
For the past 35 years, Elaine has been blessed to work as a Registered Nurse. She has worked in various roles in a variety of health care organizations as well as in local industries in Port Hope and Cobourg, focussing on Infection Control and Workplace Health. She also has her certification in Occupational Health. Elaine has lived and raised a family in Port Hope for 32 years and loves the community. When she's not at home she can be found at her cottage on Chandos lake where she enjoys spending time with her husband, 4 kids and their partners, one lovey grandchild and 4 dogs. In her spare time, she enjoys working in the garden, reading a book or trying to create stained glass. Elaine looks forward to serving on the board and aspires to share her passion of wellness with the organization. She sees Community Care Northumberland as a wonderful community partner offering many services that she is proud to be part of.
Gord Ley
Gord is an Investment Advisor, Chartered Investment Manager and Vice President of Ley Wealth Management Group, CIBC Wood Gundy. In addition to serving Community Care as a board member, co-chair of the Honouring the Journey Campaign for Ed's House and chair of the future Ed's House Northumberland Hospice Care Centre Foundation, Gord has given back to his community as a member of the Rotary Club of Cobourg and was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow, co-chair of the Cobourg Community Centre Campaign, co-chair of the Northumberland United Way Campaign, a board member of the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation, a founding member and past chair of the Cobourg Hospital Foundation, co-founder of the Northumberland Breakers Volleyball Club, and Junior Team Canada Olympic Culinary team member. His hobbies include travel, cycling and enjoying and preparing good food. Gord lives in Cobourg with his wife Patti and has four children – Carly, Paul, Stuart and Charlotte.
Sharron MacDonald
Sharron is semi-retired and works two days a week as an Administrative Assistant and liaison between the tenants and volunteer board at Haldimand Court Apartments in Grafton. In addition to serving Community Care Northumberland as a member of the board for three years, Sharron has volunteered for CCN for the past 13 years assisting with transportation, community diners, reassurance calls, office administration and hospice services. She currently volunteers at St. Andrew's United Church in a variety of roles, as well as provides respite support and accompaniment to a woman in Colborne. Sharron is the past president of the Cramahe Horticulture Society and sits on the Board of District 4 of the Ontario Horticulture Society. For many years she organized the Daffodil Campaign and helped canvass for the Canadian Cancer Society. In her spare time, Sharron enjoys reading, walking, knitting, computer work and singing in Choral Legacy, a women's harmony group. She is passionate about helping seniors and people with disabilities, as well as the health and well-being of seniors. Originally from British Columbia, Sharron has lived in Colborne for over 40 years with her husband Jim. She has one son, two grandchildren and three step-grandchildren.
Cindy Anthony
Cindy has worked in the not-for-profit sector for over 20 years for organizations focussed on health and community development. Cindy currently works as the Executive Director for The Aplastic Anemia and Myelodysplasia Association of Canada, an organization that suppports patients and caregivers with 3 rare bone marrow failure disorders.
Cindy and her husband moved from Toronto in 2015 and are enjoying all Northumberland County has to offer. They love kayaking and hiking and live on a 26 acre farm with a menagerie of rescue dogs and have recently added some chickens. Community Care was one of the first places Cindy looked to settle into the area, taking courses, attending fitness classes and volunteering for Hospice Services. Cindy has 3 children and is a proud grandma of four beautiful grandchildren who love to visit Grandma and Grandpa's farm.
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The major eye disease affecting children is glaucoma. A child who is suffering from glaucoma has damaged the optical nerve and cannot see clearly. The leading causes of glaucoma in children are the use of computers and other devices with screens for long. Unfortunately, glaucoma can also be inherited. A child is not supposed to sit in front of computers for an extended duration. Parents are supposed to restrict the duration their children spend using digital devices to ensure good eye health. Some symptoms of glaucoma in children are irritated and dry eyes, headaches, light sensitivity, poor behavior, and attention. An eye doctor will help you treat prevent, ameliorate and treat glaucoma in your child. The best ophthalmologists have the following qualities.
It is a bad idea to take your child for eye care to a doctor or clinic which has no permit. An eye doctor who operates without a permit does so illegally. The document is provided by the relevant departments after the eye doctor has been registered and has attained the right requirements. Since the permits possess an expiry date, the best eye doctors renew their licenses before expiry. The authorized eye doctors practice improved children eye health.
The best children eye care doctors have pocket-friendly prices. A good eye doctor is the one who offers improved medical care but still maintains relatively lower rates. A parent is advised to make a comparison of the prices of different ophthalmologists before selecting the best one.
If you want to get the best advice on how to prevent glaucoma, please consider visiting a qualified eye doctor. An eye doctor needs to undergo education and training in a medical school and other three years on eye care. You are even supposed to consider the level of knowledge and passion of an eye care doctor. You need to settle on an ophthalmologist who has more than 20 years of experience.
Just like any other medical practitioner, an eye doctor should be better in communication. A good eye doctor is supposed to connect with parents by the use of excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills. An eye doctor who is good in communication will always make you feel at ease before eye surgery or any other medical procedure.
Finally, a good eye doctor to treat glaucoma needs to have an interest in research and development in eye care. An eye doctor who is informed about the eye care industry uses the best methods in treating eye problems.


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USTRANSCOM Head Stands Firm with Industry, Jones Act to Open MTD Board Meeting
USTRANSCOM Commander Gen. Paul Selva equates the Jones Act to national security.
"I am of the firm belief that this nation is and will always remain a maritime nation."
With these words, the commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, Gen. Paul Selva, proclaimed his support for the U.S.-flag maritime industry during the MTD Executive Board meeting last month.
Selva was the first speaker at the two-day event, held in Atlanta February 19-20. He spelled out why he ardently backs the Jones Act, the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and its related Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), and the men and women in every component of the maritime industry.
Selva noted that the MTD board and guests in the audience included representatives from all components of the maritime industry. He said the nation "depends on you not only for its economic security but for its actual physical security. I'm a big fan of saying if we have to get into a fight, I want it to be an away game. You are the people that make that possible, whether you're crewing the ships that are in our surge fleet or our Ready Reserve fleet, or whether you're crewing the American-flag international trade vessels that are so important to our national defense."
The general then explained why he believes in the great value of the MSP and VISA.
"We depend on the ships and the crews in the Maritime Security Program and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement to be successful," he stated. "You carry fully two-thirds of all of the cargo that will ever go to a fight that we send our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines into. You are the very backbone of our national defense, and it is incredibly important that we protect that relationship."
Selva then pointed out that with the U.S. military transitions out of Iraq and Afghanistan, government spending on transportation "has declined from a dollar value of nearly $12 billion a year … spent in the Defense Department just two years ago to the pre-9-11 rate of about $6 billion a year."
Because of that development, the U.S. is moving to "the very set of circumstances that the Maritime Security Program and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement was designed to sustain," Selva continued. "The stipend that comes to the 60 ships in the Maritime Security Program – which I value for their military utility – is a peacetime scheme. The Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement, where industry gives the Defense Department access to both their over-ocean and inland capacity, is a peacetime readiness scheme designed to make us ready in crisis. And so you'll find that I'm an ardent defender of both."
After describing how the commercial maritime industry played a vital role in Operation Enduring Freedom and how it continues providing essential support in current military missions, Selva praised "the dedicated men and women from the trades that make this industry work. Whether you build the ships, crew the ships or repair the ships, you make this possible. And that's why I am committed to supporting the Jones Act. The Jones Act isn't about a political statement, and to be honest, while it is an incredibly patriotic piece of legislation, my interest in it has nothing to do with patriotism. It has to do with coldhearted math."
He continued, "The Jones Act trades – all of that trade that happens on our interior and coastal waterways – supports the industry that allows this nation to be successful. If I run the numbers, it's an easy call. There are … merchant sailors who operate on ships that participate in Jones Act trade that have crewed and will crew Ready Reserve ships and surge sealift ships…. It's easy for me to say the economics favor the Jones Act; national security favors the Jones Act; and my operational requirements demand access to the labor pool that is supported by the jobs that are provided by the Jones Act.
"Without the contribution that the Jones Act brings to support of our industry, there is a direct threat to national defense," he concluded.
Selva said he appreciated the chance to discuss what he views as "the foundation of the strength of our nation, which is our maritime trades and the ability to move our forces to any point on the globe at the time of our choosing. Without you – without all of your efforts – that would not be possible."
The commander praised his relationship with MTD President Michael Sacco, describing him as "a counselor, a teacher and a friend – a person who isn't bashful about making your case to our nation's leaders. He has served you well."
The general also acknowledged the proud legacy of the U.S. Merchant Marine. "Throughout the history of our military and throughout the history of this industry, you have stood side-by-side with us," he said. "It's almost not fair to call you civilians; you are part of our military. You are part of the fiber that makes us successful. In any fight, I can guarantee that 75 percent of the cargo that moves to sustain the fight or deploy to the fight is going to move on the vessels that you build, crew and maintain."
Selva then talked about the need to replace Ready Reserve Force vessels that soon will "age out" of the inventory. He also discussed cyber attacks against our military and how modern technology is an integral part of new ships.
He wrapped up his remarks by pointing out, "Together, the strength of this nation can be put on any point on the globe that we choose, because we have combined military and civilian capacity in a way that no other nation can, and no other nation ever will. I've had more than one national leader from around the world say to me precisely the following: 'We have no idea how you do what you do, but we're glad America knows how to do it.' And you're it. I thank you for your dedication, your support, your patriotism, your loyalty to this task of defending our nation."
Selva added that he personally appreciates the respect shown by the MTD and its affiliates to U.S. military personnel, including those who have finished active duty and found work ashore. "You have welcomed them with open arms," he stated. "You take care of us the way you take care of each other."
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Rex Mays, född den 10 mars 1913 i Riverside, Kalifornien, USA, död den 6 november 1949 i Del Mar, Kalifornien, USA, var en amerikansk racerförare.

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Mays är den förare som vunnit pole position flest gånger i Indianapolis 500, utan att ha vunnit tävlingen. Han hade sina bästa säsonger 1940 och 1941, då han vann det nationella mästerskapet två år i rad, samt slutade tvåa i Indianapolis 500 bägge dessa år. Sedan kom andra världskriget, vilket hindrade racing i några år. Mays kom dock tillbaka och satte snabbaste kvaltid i Indy 500 1948, men segern där skulle gå honom om intet. Mays avled 1949 efter en krasch i ett mästerskapslopp på Del Mar Speedway i Kalifornien.

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – Oksana Masters captured the silver medal in the women's 6km biathlon event at the Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 on Saturday, March 10.
Masters finished 22.8 seconds behind first place in the sitting classification, shooting a clean race to score her first medal in her PyeongChang debut. The medal comes just weeks after she injured her right elbow, causing a setback to her training.
A four-time U.S. Paralympian and a silver and bronze medalist, Masters was born with birth defects, including legs with no weight-bearing bones, as a direct cause of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine and ultimately had to have both legs amputated above the knee.
She is scheduled to compete next on Sunday, March 11 in the women's 12km Nordic event.


Each entry is dated. Some are briefer than others. Some note milestones like the first step or the first three-word sentence. Others capture funny conversations or serve as a brain-dump of every word they pronounce incorrectly. Sometimes I'm just saying "I love you." I plan to give each girl her book when she's an adult … but not before photocopying one for myself.
You're never too young for an email address. At least that's what Lakeville, MN dad Joe Meyers thinks. When his son Aden was still in the womb, Meyers set up an email account for him. Since then Meyers and his wife have been sending three-year-old Aden all kinds of emails, ranging from medical records and party invitations to notes regarding milestones including his first dessert (mocha ice cream). This will be the fourth consecutive year the Meyers' are requesting family and friends send emails in lieu of birthday cards.
Boxing memories means no pages to put in order or blanks to complete, and you can include anything you want. Best of all, a memory box serves as an actual treasure chest. At her daughter's birthday parties, Lakeland, Florida mom Tangela Walker-Craft has each guest write a message on a small piece of paper and then collects them in a jewelry box. "The message can be a favorite Bible scripture, a serious personal message, or a favorite motto or quote." Walker-Craft says she and her daughter enjoy reflecting on the memories and the messages, particularly the ones from Walker-Crafts late grandmother.
Stacy Haynes is a Turnersville, NJ mom whose kids, ages 10 and 11, each have a simple plastic storage bin for memorabilia. Organizing them is easy; Haynes simply drops the most recent items on top. "We have everything from soccer shirts, to baby teeth and school report cards all in two bins. So on moving day, after college and they move into their own place, their memories are already packed away." The simple box is a family tradition; Haynes says her mom gave her the memory box from her childhood once she was married with children.
My husband bought each of our kids a copy of Dr. Seuss's "Oh the Places You'll Go." Once a year he makes sure it's signed by the important people in their lives, including ourselves, extended family, close friends, regular babysitters, and teachers. The inscriptions are reminiscent of the sentiments you'd see in a yearbook missive. My husband plans to give the girls their books when they graduate high school. Meanwhile, the books have been sitting on my desk for four weeks, and my husband has been gently nudging me to write my annual messages. I can only be responsible for one thing, it seems. (see #1).
There were many things I did not know before I became a parent. One thing I did know was that I never wanted an abandoned baby book in my home. One thing I've learned is that there's no one right way when it comes to parenting or capturing memories.


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After pharma CEO pushes Trump, FDA drops request for more data on his drug
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Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:00 pm
donfelipe wrote:
Rand wrote:
The voting on this thread shows what is wrong with democracy today.
Danrarbc is universally up-voted despite using sweeping, incorrect rhetoric about the FDA, checks & balances, and the death of democracy.
Parole is downvoted to oblivion for providing correct information about the fact that the FDA is an agency in the executive branch, which is under the (indirect) control of the president.
Ignorant feelz are rewarded and correct information is shunned.
"Today, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg at the White House to announce proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts label"
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/th ... acts-label
And a quick note about this point, as I think it is the one most likely to confuse people into thinking what Trump may have done here is similar. FLOTUS did not tell the FDA to change labels. The FDA was already reviewing its labeling process and was quite likely to make a change as it was clear the old label no longer was doing its job. Michelle Obama voiced her support for the proposed changes.
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The hate is so amazing.
Firstly, why is there not reciprocity with Europe?
Secondly, what specifically is the FDA role to the President? He is their executive leader. So another question is whether this is a general trend or only one specific company. Did policy change or just a favor to a company. This needs to be explored by the journalist and included in the story.
Thirdly, lot's of conjecture here and not much fact.
But most importantly, each drug and case is different. If life threatening, I think the acceptance factor of side affects are important. I have never been comfortable understanding the risks of side affects. What is the rating scale, the severity. Who here takes Ibuprofen? What are the side affects? What is the severity of those side effects? What is the likelihood of those side affects. What can you do to mitigate those risks.
So instead of jumping on the hate bandwagon, put a few more brain cells to work and understand that it is not a black and white situation. ESPECIALLY for many of the disease support groups that LOBBY for relaxing FDA policies so that they themselves or loved ones can get affordable medication.
Tribus: OH, USA
afidel wrote:
Get ready for the next Thalidomide or FenPhen, insufficient drug trials lead to missed problems.
It's OK - Trump will be long out of office (even if he, god forbid, gets elected AGAIN in 2020), before any of these chickens come home to roost. He'll never have to pay a price for letting drugs get to market that kill people, or cause birth defects, seizures, strokes, organ failure, uncontrollable rage, depression, anxiety, insanity, or any number of other horrific side effects that improperly vetted drugs can cause.
But, you know, let's Make America Great Again.
Enochrewt
"The president vowed in his first address to Congress to "slash restraints" to profiting from rare diseases.
That's what Trump really meant.
Dadlyedly
dorkbert wrote:
truthyboy15 wrote:
Ironic enough right now on a Law & Order repeat is an episode of a meat company which cut corners that costs 5 children their lives from e coli (Slaughter season 12 episode 19). You think companies wouldn't want to cut corners at the cost of lives.
Greed knows no bound. Companies would cut corner to save a nickle on billion dollar product, because it's a nickle and because they can. If they're not watched by men with very big sticks, they'll do what's profitable. Lives loss or ruined is not their concern; "shareholder value" and executive compensation size are.
And they'll lobby for "Tort Reform" to reduce the payouts when they lose in court, to protect their profits. Then deaths from carelessness become a smaller cost of doing business.
Cadtag
f00barbob wrote:
Jalopy Joe wrote:
Draining the swamp!
Nahhh, the point of draining the swamp is to make room for some fresh sewage. still the same level, just nastier
S_T_R
Dadlyedly wrote:
Sure, but they'll get stronger pushback on that because tort lawyers are a core Democratic constituency and a major fundraiser.
Nobody really gives a damn about science or patients before they take bad drugs/suffer malpractice.
whiteknave
lewax00 wrote:
Why should the rarity of the disease matter?
The rarer the disease, the smaller the affected population. The smaller the population, the fewer people available for studies, and therefore it will take longer (and more money) to do the studies with a significant number of patients. With a smaller population pool, they are more likely to be spread across a greater geographical range which will also increase the cost and time to study.
azazel1024
jdale wrote:
azazel1024 wrote:
Operative Me wrote:
Why should the rarity of the disease matter? If there's a disease that 1 in a billion people get that causes them to sneeze at exactly noon everyday, that doesn't mean a drug treating it should be allowed to get by without significant testing, because any side effects are likely worse than the disease.
Seems like the severity of the disease should be the deciding factor (e.g. if the disease is likely to cause death, most side effects are probably acceptable).
I think it's hard to suggest that rarity shouldn't play a part. Severity is important to, but if you have two conditions, each of which cause death, but one is more common, the second one may not get any attention. The testing process is expensive, and so "fast-tracking" it can help.
Of course, there are a lot of solutions to help pharmaceutical companies stay profitable despite high testing costs. Saying they can't publicly advertise, for example, would free up hundreds of millions of dollars.
Finding a good balance for testing and advancing drugs in a market-driven system is really hard. I don't necessarily think this was the wrong decision, if there's good reason to allow fast-tracking. Rare diseases need treatment, too. But I am appalled at the process for deciding that this should be advanced, because it appears to have nothing whatsoever to do with the actual patient outcomes, but the market-driven incentives. Fast-tracking this drug may actually be good. But the way it happened isn't.
This is yet another reason that healthcare shouldn't be treated as a market-driven system in the first place. The answer to "how much will you spend to save your life or that of a loved one?" is, generally, "all of it". So allowing political expedience to determine what level of testing is required is just a horrific way of getting a system that benefits only those with enough money to influence policy. And they'll use the people buying their product to cover any money spent on influence.
One problem in your logic is baring advertising wouldn't free up hundreds of millions.
It would free up BILLIONS.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... bee2b8ff86
On average pharmaceutical companies spend around 30-40% more on advertising than they do on ACTUAL FUCKING RESEARCH.
So, yeah, drug companies need to change. Well, legislation really needs to change. Direct marketing to patients is illegal in most countries. About time we changed that.
Barring advertising wouldn't actually free up any money, because it would be offset by losses in sales. Pharmaceutical companies advertise because it makes them money.
That's not a justification -- a lot of that money is made by moving people from effective and less expensive drugs (or even no drug at all) to less effective and/or more expensive drugs -- but it's not free money.
At a minimum it would free up patients' money. If this is medication people actually need, they'll take it anyway (well, if they have insurance that will pay for it).
The amount of prescription versus OTC advertising you see is heavily tilted towards prescription medication you see advertised to get you to go talk to your doctor about how you should be on miracle cure X because reasons.
How to people handle it in all of those countries where prescription medication advertising is banned?
Oh, most of them have universal health insurance and much lower prescription costs (and price controls).
Tribus: On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
That's literally exactly what the rest of us here think about you two.
ZippyPeanut
tripodal
Causality wrote:
Here's an idea: Relax the guidelines for introducing a drug to market but require it be sold at-cost until the original or possibly even stricter testing guidelines are met.
That's a terrible idea, and divorced from reality. Stricter testing comes with added costs and delays. Your proposed solution is to have them make no money on possibly unsafe drugs? WTF does one have to do with the other?
If you look at it from the perspective of a balance sheet, the drug company would never release it in this 'pre-phase', as the added risk of killing people would bleed red. Pun intended.
On the other hand, a company could use this type of rule to engender a positive image. At least until they're given the go ahead to #profit.
On a second note, the cost of a drug absolutely includes R&D and testing / trials. Implying otherwise is foolish.
mcmnky
Tribus: What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.
In addition to severity and rarity, existing treatments are also taken into consideration by the FDA. There is an existing treatment for Fabry approved for use in the USA, Fabrazyme.
Reaperman2
I've never understood the hatred for the FDA. They're one of the few government organizations which is explicitly, fully on the side of the citizen. Their entire function is to keep corporations from poisoning us and robbing patients blind for dubious drugs with uncharacterized side effects. They receive no money for forcing additional testing. Yes, I understand the entire reason is "megacorp good, gov't bad", but still.
The FDA is a great idea, but they really need *more* oversight. They have a very long history of corruption, abuse, and fraud. Googling "FDA scandal" or "FDA corruption" finds case after case throughout the decades, including a RICO case just last year.
Veritas super omens
tripodal wrote:
Right. Because the people making the decisions couldn't possibly take advantage of stock options and bonuses to cash out before the inevitable backlash happened, and of course the the company couldn't opt for the Kehoe Paradigm to delay and obfuscate final rulings by courts of law and/or public opinion.../s Do you know why the FDA exists in the first place?
Wickwrack wrote:
Maybe they'll start allowing companies to submit alternative facts with their clinical data.
Oh honey... That's been happening for years: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_an ... _from.html
Reaperman2 wrote:
The chances of getting a Tom Wheeler-like leader at the FDA under the current Administration is pretty much zero, however.
They are supposed to be the oversight! Pretty sure what you listed will continue as long as they keep hiring people who care more about money then they do about their own morals or wellbeing of others. There's so much money in big pharma they are able to pay their way to any outcome they choose. But hiring people who don't give a shit about money, and are upright enough to be essentially the untouchables, is an incredibly hard thing to do. Even secret service isn't immune to hiring assholes!
No, it really and truly doesn't, and you don't have to look any further than the current epipen fiasco for proof.
Epipens were originally developed as a chemical weapon defense, with ALL R&D paid for by US taxpayers. There has effectively been no significant R&D on epipens since, aside from extremely minor tweaks meant solely to prolong patent protections beyond their normal span; the original patents have long since expired, and are in the public domain.
So we have a situation, which is not unique, where a device which delivers less than a nickel's worth of a drug (epinephrine has been on the market since the early 20th century, and has likewise entered the public domain) by way of a mechanism that costs under $10 to produce, being sold for $300.
Tell me again how the cost here is in any way related to R&D expenditures, of which Mylan has had precisely zero.
SixDegrees wrote:
Elizabeth Holmes is more 45's style.
Dilbert wrote:
The FDA is not a democratic organ. It is an executive agency. The checks and balances on the FDA are not limitations on the president, who is the head of the FDA's branch of government, but rather the authority delegated to it by Congress and judicial review by the courts.
We can debate the wisdom of Congress delegating so much authority to unelected bureaucrats. We can debate the wisdom of the president's policies. But it is ridiculous to say that the president influencing an executive agency - literally what he was elected to do - is a violation of checks and balances, or somehow represents the death of democracy.
Whiner42
Instead of going with a clickbait article about presumed cronyism between Trump and John Crowley, why not assume this IS a likely result of the 21st Century Cures Act (umm ... that's why the legislation was crafted) and write about that?
You know, actually serve the public instead of going for clicks?
Whiner42 wrote:
instead of going for clicks?
Clicks == Cash $$$
s73v3r
No. Parole is downvoted for trying to pull that "both sides" bullshit, despite stuff like this not happening at all in the previous administration. While they were correct in stating that the FDA is part of the executive branch, the rest of their post was so covered in horseshit it could not be redeemed.
Long Time First Time
s73v3r wrote:
Maybe you have a tiny bias (you do by the way)?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/12 ... g-testing/
"Mammoth bipartisan legislation will rush FDA and fund other health initiatives."
"Perhaps most concerning is that the bill allows companies in some instances to run smaller, quicker clinical trials, submit only data summaries rather than raw data files, or dodge having to do trials altogether. For instance, the bill directs the FDA to consider using "real world evidence" when evaluating whether an FDA-approved drug can be used in a new way. That real world evidence could be anecdotes, observations, or other data collected by a drug company that wasn't the result of a randomized controlled clinical trial, the current gold standard. And in some instances, the bill would have the FDA evaluate "summary level reviews" of drug data, potentially allowing companies to cherry-pick data and hide problems."
So I would argue that both sides have widely supported expediency in the FDA, which in these comments would seem to be viewed negatively.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... 28120490bc
"Some consumer groups and health policy experts support the funding that the bill provides, but have sharply criticized the bill's regulatory changes, arguing those will allow drugmakers to furnish less rigorous kinds of evidence to get their products approved. They say the bill could erode standards that protect patients from drugs that aren't safe or effective."
The house passed it 392-26.
Also, lets not forget this?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-ki ... 35918.html
"The president refused to listen to his own FDA, a majority the Democratic members of the Senate, hundreds of thousands of comments from the public and the pleas of civil rights leaders, and either out of ignorance or arrogance, signed a discriminatory "fake" labeling bill aptly dubbed by Senator Barbara Boxer "a sham and an embarrassment."
"But Monsanto and the company's friends in the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) were not going to take this loss easily. Republicans in the pocketbooks of Big Ag were easy to sway; they actively pushed for the bill that they knew would be the next best thing to no GMO labeling. Unfortunately, a handful of Democrats, up for election again in 2018, were also able to be bought by Monsanto and the other corporations pushing the DARK Act. Senators Stabenow (D-MI), Klobuchar (D-MN), Heitkamp (D-ND) and Donnelly (D-IN) began private negotiations with the GMA and Senator Roberts (R-KS) to see if they could find a way to get the DARK Act across the finish line."
Forgive me if I don't clutch my pearls when the FDA and policy is used as a pawn for politicians....GASP.....ON BOTH SIDES.
Sajuuk
Boy, I sure am glad "pay to play" Clinton and her emails aren't in the Whitehouse right about now! What a scandal that'd be!
truthyboy15
Sajuuk wrote:
Boy, I sure am glad "pay to play" Clinton and her emails aren't in the Whitehouse right about now! What a scandal that'd be! /S
just a bunch of republicans whining about not doing anything she wants.
jdale
Tribus: US
Just imagine, if the Russians had managed to hack her insecure emails, they could have gained unheard of influence over the White House.
sir1963nz
Welcome to the Bayou.
Saw this on the inter webs
"Trump said in the campaign that if I voted for Clinton I'd be
stuck with a Criminal President under constant Federal investigation from day one.
Turns out he was right. I voted for Clinton and I'm stuck with a criminal president
under Federal investigation since day one"
drachasor
rilesman wrote:
Last I checked, the EU standards were more lax than the FDA. This did NOT make more effective drugs available quicker, but rather it made less/non-effective drugs available quicker. The FDA, despite its faults, is the best regulating body for drugs in the world. I am against all of these "fast track" measures. It is one thing to provide clinical trials and the like for fatal diseases (which is already done), but it is another thing to skim over clinical safety and efficacy trials to get questionable drugs to market sooner.
I'd far sooner be happier to see the FDA given more money to conduct its own trials than to fast track any new or existing drugs. And I'd much rather see more drug R&D done by the government where there isn't a profit motive to pushing them out and after research they can be sold at cost. We see a lot of needless "research" done by pharmaceuticals where an existing drug is just rejiggered slightly so that the slightly different form can be patented and sold for high prices when we should be looking for more novel medications. To say nothing of how a cure for a diseases, especially a rare disease, simply isn't profitable enough to research most of the time. Hard to run a company around the idea of putting itself out of business.
gigaplex
Rarer diseases don't get as much funding as there's less return on investment. If you don't give some kind of financial incentive or lower the barriers, the drugs may not be developed at all.
gigaplex wrote:
But that doesn't make sure such drugs are either safe or effective. At the very least this is a situation where the public should be doing the research by way of the government.
Otherwise, please tell me what the point of making unsafe and/or ineffective drugs for rare conditions is, other than bilking people for money.
wardred
I'd think both issues are at stake.
If you only have 10,000 people who will need a particular drug, but it costs over 1 billion to clear all the hurdles: https://www.fool.com/investing/general/ ... s-tru.aspx <- not sure if that is really the true costs, or if there are some Hollywood accounting tricks being played there - then it's 100,000 per patient for the drug, assuming every patient, or every patient's insurance is able to cover the costs.
wardred wrote:
I'd point out this is true for a company. For a government, they can figure on the drug being used for a long time by a lot of people, allowing them to be healthier and more productive, and the cost/benefit analysis is quite different.
sir1963nz wrote:
The only thing that keeps me going is the knowledge that in the real (Berenstein Bears) universe, they voted for Clinton.
drachasor wrote:
And even more so if the cost of having them unhealthy, just treating their symptoms for their entire lifetime, no longer has to be paid. The company producing the treatment doesn't benefit there but their insurer will, and that insurer may be the government (e.g. medicaid, VA).
At some point everything comes down to money.
It's sad that a group of 10,000-100,000 people have severe disease X that we believe we could treat at a cost of however many billions. (X billions to clear FDA requirements, X cost to get the manufacturing lines up and running and maintain them, then a typically much smaller X to do the run of drugs. The X for manufacturing lines up and running and/or maintenance will probably be higher than for drugs that are produced in higher quantity.)
At some point the drug is so expensive the drug company won't make money on it, so won't develop it. (Also, as a society, how much are we willing to pay to correct rare issue X? What are the opportunity costs for doing so?)
That group can suffer the effects of their disease, maybe take drugs that don't treat the disease, but make them more comfortable, or some way can be found to make bringing the drugs to market cheaper, even if it means lowering standards and accepting a higher degree of risk.
And even more so if the cost of having them unhealthy, just treating their symptoms for their entire lifetime, no longer has to be paid. The company producing the treatment doesn't benefit there but their insurer will, and that insurer may be the government (e.g. medicaid, VA).[/quote]
I guess it depends on the disease. How many people are affected. Its severity. If the drug is a cure, or something they'll have to take their entire lives <- I believe several orphaned drugs fall into this category. What the side effects are.
Given a large enough expense, even governments have to take pause and ask if the cost makes sense.
0bliv!on
I love a good Trump-bashing article as much as the next person (no actually, I don't. I've never seen a "anyone-bashing" article that was more rooted in fact than emotion), but seriously this article has some serious issues (if not downright stupid, no offence Beth):
1. This is not what "orphan drug" means:
a rare-disease drug that has little or no competition—aka, an orphan drug
From Google, an orphan drug is:
a synthetic pharmaceutical which remains commercially undeveloped.
By definition, if a drug is being actively developed, it's not an orphan drug. And that literally makes the next paragraph of the article factually incorrect as well as irrelevant, though yay, reference to Skhreli - extra clicks!
2. I have no idea why this point wasn't even mentioned again, or discussed further:
He points to the 21st Century Cures Act, crafted during the Obama era, as a driving force.
From Ars' linked Ars article:
Perhaps most concerning is that the bill allows companies in some instances to run smaller, quicker clinical trials, submit only data summaries rather than raw data files, or dodge having to do trials altogether.
This article doesn't give enough information to assess whether this is what happened here, but it certainly fits if read at face value.
Now I'm not naive enough to think that Trump's meeting with the CEO had no effect. Or that the company's lobbying had no effect - if it had no effect, they wouldn't have spent any money doing those things. But there's well, standard (if still unethical or immoral), lobbying - which contributed to the 21st Century Cures Act passed by the Obama Administration, and some kind of untowards and inappropriate lobbying which this article is drawing a bow towards.
I'd prefer if I could trust articles on Ars to be objective so I can trust its conclusions, but because of the above - both bias and just factual inaccuracies - I can't. And that's unfortunate.


text:
What God says:
Philippians 4.6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Worry types
Worry is primarily based on fear and uncertainty. It's the anxiety caused when we think we might lose something important to us. Sometimes it's obvious: You're worried about losing your job; you're worried about losing a relationship; you're worried you're losing your mind. At other times, the potential loss is a little trickier to identify: You're afraid because you're losing the ability to control a situation; you're anxious about the future; you're afraid of losing a dream.
Though the roots of worrying are the same, worriers come in many shapes and sizes. Some are casual worriers to whom worrying is more of a hobby. Others have become full-time professionals at this deadly game.
See if you qualify for any of these:
1. Mayday worriers
Life is full of risks, and weighing risks is an important part of decision-making. But scaring ourselves by dwelling on remote or unlikely risks and anticipating the worst-case scenario in every situation is a surefire prescription for sleepless nights and anxious days.
Mayday worriers continually live as if their plane is going down and no one is responding on the radio.
2. Yesterday worriers
These are the people who can't get past their mistakes of the past. They suffer from the "shoulda-coulda-woulda" syndrome — "I shoulda known that would happen." "I coulda prepared for that better." "I woulda pursued that other lead."
The events of yesterday can give us the wisdom to make better choices today, but none of us possess the power to take back a careless word, undo a careless act, or unthink a hurtful thought. Yesterday worrying is perhaps the most futile category.
3. Someday worriers
Speculation about what might happen is futile. Tomorrow belongs to God. It's completely His, with all its possibilities, burdens, perils, promise, and potential. It may be ours in time, but for right now, it's His. Therefore, there's no need for us to worry about what's not even ours yet.
4. Everyday worriers
Some people get trapped in a cycle of worry, replaying the same scenario over and over. They lie awake all night and literally worry themselves sick. For these people, worry has moved from a hobby to a full-time occupation.
Know this:
God can handle any thoughts of worry/stress or anxiety you are having.
1 Peter 5.7
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.


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Aborygeni, pierwsi nomadzi. Życie i kultura. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2012. s. 526. Aboriginals, first Nomades. Life and Cultures.
Tańczący kanibale. Wyspiarze Cieśniny Torresa. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2014. (w druku). Dancing Canibals. Torres Strait Islanders.
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We had an amazing time at Biana & Gary's beautiful wedding at One Ocean Resort & Spa tonight! Time flies when you're having fun, and this day went by WAY too fast! Here are a couple quick sneak peeks!
Thank you so much for letting us share this happy day with you! Mazel tov y felicidades!
We are beyond excited to kick off the 2013 wedding season with Alexis & Eike's beautiful wedding at the Sheraton Harbor Island in San Diego! As I went through their photos this week, I laughed and cried remembering all the special moments of the day! They wrote the sweetest vows, and their friends and family gave heartfelt (and humorous) speeches. Visually, it was just gorgeous! Since Alexis & Eike met in Germany (where Eike is from) and they have traveled so much together, their wedding had a travel theme with each table representing somewhere they've been together! The colors were so vibrant – perfect for a March wedding! From the soft, romantic colors of the ceremony to the bold and swanky hues of the reception, it was stunning from start to finish!
The reception was full of fun times! Alexis and Eike chose to have a mariachi band perform during dinner (a nod to Alexis' heritage). Everyone clapped along, and of course people got up to dance! After dinner, everyone continued to dance the night away! There were also some very memorable moments, like the cake cutting and a fun slideshow of messages from Germany. It was a really special day and we are so happy for Alexis & Eike that they were able to celebrate their marriage on such a perfect day! Congratulations!