You know this situation: Cosy 20°C in the valley. Now uphill. More than 2000m altitude. Bend after bend. You're pushing the machine upwards. Turn. Tilt. Vegetation fades out, air is getting fresher and fresher. Would you like to interrupt to change for the warm gloves? Now, when your own beat is taking you upwards?
Hot grips are well known and popular amongst real bikers. But they have some disadvantages: The cables tend to break due to fatigue and most important: The black hot rubber grips are identified as such. Who does really want to see this on his powerbike, cruiser or sports bike? Exactly, they're simply not cool.
Coolride has a different solution. The handlebar is heated where the grips are located. This is achieved by internally mounted heating cartridges. The massive heaters with 26W power eache are put into handlebar and are fixated with heat resistant adhesive. Cables are invisibly routed through the handlebar.
Operation and display of the Grip Heating Deluxe are clear and puristic: 1 finger tip starts the system and alters the heating power. A waterproof Bargraph display of only 26 x 5mm indicates the actual power level by 5 bright LEDs. It fits harmonically into today's motorcycles cockpits. The variable pre-heating period makes sure to reach a comfortable warmth level as soon as possible. After a short stop or after a cold winter night: Always as long as needed. The memory feature is smart, too: It saves the actual power level at the end of the ride. This saved power level is loaded at the next ride after the pre-heating period. Only 2 finger tips to perfect warmth comfort. All this is achieved by the included power controller PCU-5. His bigger brother, named PCU-5-TC, additionally compensates deviations of the air temperature. All electronic parts are water proof according to IP67, but not yet enough: If you like, your system can be operated by an invisibly mounted touch sensor underneath the motorcycle's plastic fairing. If you choose this option, only the 5 x 26mm small bargraph display remains visible. Operation is done by a magic finger tip on e.g. the plastic fairing or tank cover.
Beginners or those who love simple, puristic systems can choose the grip heating with a rugged electric 2-step switch under the name Grip Heating System Standard.
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Satire Writer Seeks to Make Money
January 13, 2009 Staff National News
(California) Prolific satire writer Jeff Vachon, also known as NickFun, stated during an exclusive interview with Unconfirmed Sources (UCS) that he would like to make money from his satire.
"I think I'm as good as anyone out there", Vachon lamented. "I'm working for no money while some other guys that suck are making a fortune!"
Vachon has worked as a professional comedy writer, actor, improv actor, voice over talent and comedian. He has alternately made great money or, like now, nothing at all. Since moving to the Los Angeles area from Boston, Vachon has found it difficult to make money.
"Everything is union out here", Vachon stated. "I'm willing to join the union but I need advice as to how to get in".
Vachon acknowledged that part of the problem is the former Bush administration, the US financial crisis, record unemployment levels, the housing crash and instability overseas. "But mostly, it's me", he said.
Vachon even went to far as to post his email address on his UCS profile (NickEFun@gmail.com) hoping that someone will send him an email offering him employment.
"I would love to work for something like The Onion", Vachon continued. "If you know of anyone out there who is looking for a top quality writer please send them this story".
Critics of Vachon's plan claim he just isn't good enough. Vachon dismissed those claims. "Let's see them do any better!" Vachon said defiantly.
Vachon later said no reasonable offer would be refused and he would be willing to fund his own relocation costs, assuming it's not in the Midwest.
"I'm even willing to give 10% of my income to whoever finds me a great job." Vachon claimed. "So, if I make a million dollars a year that means you get $100,000 for doing nothing!"
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The Alaskan wilderness is a lonely place for Mark Andersen, especially after the death of his brother. But Mark finds a friend named Ben, who happens to be an Alaskan brown bear. Ben and Mark form a special bond, but the townspeople are determined to destroy it. It is only through the strength of an enduring friendship that Ben—and Mark—have a chance of being saved.
This is a fun book for kids as they read about Mark taking in a unusual animal as a pet. A bear to be exact. This tale is well crafted as Mark attempts to save his pet's life from his original owner, hunters, and untrusting townsmen. Some of the men are drunk in the book and it also discuss hunting animals. I think boys and girls, from nine to twelve, who love animal stories will love this book.


The department of general Surgery at Aster Prime is well known for its unparalleled expertise to effectively handle all kinds of surgical cases- from simple debridement procedure to complicated open and laparoscopic surgeries.
This department is built in with an efficient team of surgeons, anesthesiologists, well trained nursing staff who are capable of providing care before, during and after the surgery. Some of the advanced procedures performed by the surgical team at Aster Prime includes- laparoscopic hernia repair, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy and laparoscopic hysterectomy. Our team always works towards applying advanced, minimally invasive laparoscopic treatment approaches for our patients which ensure faster recovery, and lesser chances of complications.
We have fully equipped surgical suites and state of the art diagnostic and technical facilities. We also offer inpatient, outpatient and round the clock, 24/7 lab services, radiology and emergency care.


A frog perched on a Sumatra Lily in our Arcata greenhouse. Sustainability in action.
It probably won't surprise you that spring is my favorite season. I get energized as the days get longer, and the weather in California turns warmer. Perhaps I am taking a cue from the flowers we grow, since right now the greenhouses and hoop houses are certainly full of energy.
Seeing our dramatic French tulips color up or watching our Mother's Day lily crop progress reminds me why I'm a flower farmer. Flowers are amazing. We provide the best growing conditions, however, they do all the work. After all these years, I'm still in awe of the power of flowers. Happy Spring!
White Oriental lilies are traditional for both Easter and Mother's Day. White Cup is an outstanding variety with richly textured, pure white petals. Opening upward and outward the petals form a magnificent show.
If you and your customers only settle for the best, then White Cup is your lily. Not only is the bloom spectacular, but the stem length and strength is excellent. The foliage is a healthy deep green, and this leads to a vase life that can't be beat. At Sun Valley, we are recognized for the high quality of our flowers. White Cup is the epitome of this effort.
Sun Valley is having its own "March Madness." Our core crops are coming in strong. Tulips, Iris, Lilies are in big production mode. Several other crops such as Matsumoto Asters, Matricaria, Green Ball Dianthus, Freesia, Delphinium and Gerberas are all experiencing the "Spring Effect." The California sunshine is pouring energy into our flowers, and as we round the corner into spring, we are proud to bring our very best to market.
At Sun Valley, we are proud of our partnership with 1-800 flowers.com. Last month we collaborated for one of the wildest flower promotions in recent history.
In honor of Women's Day, 1-800 Flowers hit the streets of New York City to give out 10,000 stems of Sun Valley tulips to help spread the message of Women's Day. In this epic event, 1-800 Flowers "street teams" set up near Grand Central Station, Penn Station and Union Square and gave out free 5 stem bunches of tulips to all takers.
With the singular goal of promoting Women's Day as a floral holiday, we were able to create quite a buzz, not only in New York City, but across the country thanks to social media.
Not many companies in the floral industry have the capacity to participate in this sort of promotion. The Sun Valley team extends a big Thank You to 1-800 Flowers for coming on-board and making this the best Women's Day to date.
Our Viburnum crop is ready to harvest at our farm in Willow Creek, CA. These wonderful "Snowballs" are a specialty crop that we only have for a limited time. The first picks of the season have a greenish hue. As the season progresses, the billowy blooms turn to stunning ivory. Check in with your sales rep. to make sure you get yours and ask about our French Tulip & Viburnum consumer bunch.
Visit our Viburnum Resource Page.
in Oxnard. We are in the early stages of the pick, which will last through late summer. "Lizzy" is a great flower for several reasons. It has frilly, rose-like blooms, a beautiful selection of colors and the amount of blooms per stem is impressive.
This is a high value flower, that packs a lot of bang for the buck.


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GET WET: Bristol Palin just bought this home in suburban Phoenix, with rights to the community pool (below).
(PacificCoastNews.com)
Here's the first look at Bristol Palin's priced- to-move new home in suburban Phoenix.
The former "Dancing" contestant recently closed on a 5-bedroom, 3,900 square-foot home in Maricopa, a 30-minute drive from Phoenix, for a bargain-basement price of $172,000 — just shy of the $174,900 asking price.
And local real estate agents are already seeing an uptick in interest after Palin's announcement last week.
"I guess they want to live next to Bristol Palin," said Don Bates, of West USA Realty, after receiving an "unusually busy" influx of e-mails from homebuyers since Christmas.
Bates credited the affordability of area houses with attracting potential buyers.
"It is really not a lot of money to spend — especially for a famous person," said Bates.
Others contend Bristol may have made a classic, first-time buyer's mistake by jumping too quickly.
"Most people are kind of baffled," Dana Hubbell, a realtor in the larger Phoenix market, told The Post.
Hubbell said Palin should have bought in a more upscale neighborhood, since home prices are low across the state.
"I am sure she can afford more and better protect her investment.
At only $44 per-square-foot –Manhattan apartments fetch $1,000 per-square-foot — it appears Palin couldn't pass up the depreciated dwelling.
"We are hoping people will be calling and asking for the same deal Ms. Palin got," said Pamela Coleman, broker for Aladdin Properties.
Palin's new crib first sold for $329,560 in 2006 before being foreclosed.
The home was auctioned off on the courthouse steps and resold for $137,200 to investors Michael and Cynthia Smith, of Minot, ND this past April.
They listed the unit for $185,000 before reducing the price to $174,900.
Palin snapped up the house 90 days later.
The two-story, Southwestern-style home boasts a fenced-in backyard and a three-car garage.
The sunny chef-style kitchen is outfitted with sleek appliances, a glass backsplash, and oak cabinetry.
Other notable features include a formal dining room, 2.5 baths, double sinks, spa-tub and walk-in closets.
Situated on a palm-tree-lined street in the family-friendly subdivision Cobblestone Farm, the home has access to a community pool and playground.
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"Everyone likes 'The Office.' Everyone likes parties. Furthermore, everyone likes 'The Office' themed office parties.
If you're a sales manager, you can fund your office's next "the Office" themed office party and have lots left over. You just need to jump into using phone video recording and cloud video sharing to modernize your salesperson on boarding process. We'll come up with about $20,000 in savings for you – plenty of money to spend on expensive "the Office" themed gags. Of course, you'll probably spend it more responsibly, but that's up to you.
Not only can you save thousands out of your budget but you'll free up your own time to pursue bigger deals if you onboard sales people more efficiently.
Let's talk about how we came up with this idea of serious savings (for that party) and much more time for you. There's a simple answer: Less hand-holding! Some sales organizations have the budget to do this with a full-scale learning management system for sales onboarding, like Brainshark. It's an amazing product that includes a video coaching component, but you can get the benefits of video much more affordably with more basic video platforms.
Consider a sales department in a small to mid sized firm. A 30/60/90 day onboarding program for new sales people is standard industry practice, as Brian Groth details here. Some of that onboarding requires trainer and trainee to be in the same place at the same time. Organizing those meetings and sitting through them can be really painful. And expensive. So some sales teams have brought video into the equation.
During the first 30 days, new team members watch introductory videos on the industry and market, how to operate the firm's CRM, and so on.
In the next 30 days, videos might be customer case studies or learning the company's discounting policy.
In the last 30 days, trainees watch videos about red flags during a sale or how to manage their sales forecast. They might even be asked to watch video and then respond by writing up how they'd deal with sales objections.
But all this watching is pretty passive. How do managers know that the new people are actually learningfrom this. There's research out there that says passively watching video doesn't do much for learning. People need to engage cognitively with it to learn from it and they need to practice the stuff they're supposed to be able to do; your new salespeople are no exception. You need sales mastery, so your people need to watch briefly, engage with the video content through dialogue, and then practice repeatedly.
If your new recruit is watching a youtube video and has a question or five, they'll have to note it and wait until your precious meeting time to bring it up. Now imagine on-boarding five question-having, video-watching recruits at the same time!
Let's do some math. We assume your trainees have two questions per video, and you're simultaneously on-boarding 5 trainees.
We just calculated 25 hours of your manager's time just due to inefficiency. Let's think of that 25 hours in terms of money.
The average salary of regional sales manager in the USA is $79,847. Assuming your manager has a 40 hour work week and 48 working weeks (2 weeks vacation, 2 weeks sick), that's $79,847/ year = $1,663.10 / week = $41.58 / hr.
So without enabling dialogue right within the video delivery platform you'd be spending $1039.67 on the manager's hourly pay unnecessarily. But obviously, if you free up the manager to be productive for those 25 hours, and that's worth a lot more. An experienced sales manager working on deals might bring in about $10,000 on average in 25 hours.
So over $1000 of base savings. And then $10,000 more in sales revenue.
But there are more savings to be found. The improved flow of feedback due to fewer in person meetings means that the onboarding period itself can become shorter. Sales people will be trained better and get working faster.
How much money would you save if a good video solutoin decreased your onboarding time by just 5%? Let's do some math.
You'll be losing $375,000 in revenue.
What if the efficiency gain from your video solution made your on boarding process take 5% less time? So as opposed to 90 days, training would take 85 days. When your new people are working full time for those extra five days, they'll bring in close to $20,000.
That's just from using technology more effectively as the new hires watch and engage with the video.
But you may still wonder how much they retain long-term and how they'll react in real situations with customers and clients. It would be better to SEE them perform and react, right?
Many companies use simulations to see the new sales team member perform in a more realistic setting. But typically, sales simulations are done in-person with trainer and trainee. That's also a logistical challenge, and WOW is it expensive.
What if there was a way to use video to cut down the cost of your time AND make sure video is really solving your problems and training your people to be great performers?
Come up with the top ten sales objections encountered in your industry and with your products.
Prepare a rough script for each of these objections.
Find a team member who's good at acting as a customer, making these objections.
Have that team member record those objections on his/her phone.
Upload these objections to a video sharing platform or a WeVu team site.
Then your new sales people can watch these at the right time and record themselves answering the objections.
Managers and even consultant coaches can watch these responses and provide feedback tied to particular moments in the video.
The new hire can review the comments and try again.
What's great about this process is that no-one has to be in the same place at the same time to do it. It's not video AS a meeting, it's video to REPLACE meetings and training sessions.
With a two-way video platform for discussion and practice, your team will learn and practice the skills they need when it's convenient. Distributed teams can do this anywhere. Using WeVu to store and organize your team's self-recorded video, you and other managers can really coach them. The magic of smartphone video is that you don't have to be in the same place at the same time.


We currently have a Class A Delivery Truck Driver position open, starting in the morning, working Monday - Friday. You will be making multiple stops. You will be pulling a 53' dry van trailer 95% of the time, and using a lift gate & pallet jack. 5% of the runs will be pulling double trailers. Customer service is very important, this is a requirement for the position.
Our Local CDL route delivery truck driver position starts at $22.00 an hour, first raise after your probationary period goes to $25.37 an hour.
This is a Lease-to-Hire position, with a full time schedule. If you are looking for temporary or seasonal work, this is not the job for you.
You will be making multiple stops. You will be pulling a 53' dry van trailer 95% of the time, and using a lift gate & pallet jack. 5% of the runs will be pulling double trailers. Customer service is very important, this is a requirement for the position.
Safely operating a tractor trailer, making route deliveries to local stores on time, efficiently, and in a friendly manner.


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Home Trucking News Interstate 80 closed after pileup involving 7 semis
Interstate 80 closed after pileup involving 7 semis
Officials warn that the interstate may remain shut down for as many as eight hours.
Wyoming transportation officials were forced to close down both directions of I-80 following a chain reaction crash involving multiple semi trucks.
The crash was reported around 10 a.m. near mile marker 27 on westbound I-80 near Evanston, Wyoming.
The Uinta County Fire and Ambulance reports that seven semis and two passenger vehicles were involved in the pileup crash.
05-DEC-2018 11:49 – I80 Evanston – Exit 39, WY 412/414: Closed BOTH DIR due to crash at milepost 27.. As of Dec 05 at 11:47, the est open time is in 6 to 8 hours. #wyoroad
— Wyoming DOT (@WYDOT_I80) December 5, 2018
Four people were taken to the hospital for treatment of non life threatening injuries.
In images captured at the scene, you can see numerous cases of Bud Light beer that spilled out from one of the trucks onto the interstate.
It isn't yet clear what caused the crash, but slick roadways and limited visibility due to snow were reported at the time of the pileup.
Wyoming transportation officials aren't sure when the interstate will reopen, but warn that delays of as long as eight hours are possible.
The following footage of the scene was provided courtesy of reader Aaron Hubbard.
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Q: Can't change input language in any java application on windows I' m trying to switch windows input language by ALT+SHIFT from Russian to English but it doesn't in java applications. In windows it works fine but when I switch by ALT+TAB to one of java applications it doesn't work. To fix it I have to restart application, for example Itellij IDEA. But after some time it appears again. Can Anybody describe how to fix it?

A: Have a look at your java app keyboard preferences if it has its own shortcut-function bound to the ALT+SHIFT.
It may be so for IntelliJ IDEA.

A: AFAIK, the default language is decided at start-up, as you experienced. This allows to override the default language using some command line arguments.
I'm afraid, this is how it is. You will have to restart the application to get the changed default language from the OS.

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Q: How does my jre exceed its heap limits? I have a jvm whose actual memory use is well in excess of the limits with which it's being launched.  It's a Sun VM:
root@jira:/opt/atlassian/jira/jre# ./bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_26"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)

and it's been configured with a max heap of 768MB (-Xmx768m) and a max permgen of 256MB (-XX:MaxPermSize=256m) but the processes is going well past 1GB, currently at 1.7GB.
I'm used to Java apps with memory leaks killing themselves with OutOfMemoryErrors when they exceed their limits, not being killed externally when the Linux OOMKiller starts shooting processes.
From ps:
USER       PID %CPU %MEM    VSZ   RSS TTY      STAT START   TIME COMMAND
jira     23030  2.7 70.5 2181356 1457748 ?     Sl   Nov30  34:52 /opt/atlassian/jira/jre//bin/java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/opt/atlassian/jira/conf/logging.properties -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms256m -Xmx768m

There's 1.5GB and it's going to keep growing until the 2GB box starts to swap.
What am I misunderstanding about JVM memory limits?

A: The heap limit is the limit of the JVM heap presented to Java applications (no Java program can allocate more than that amount of space on the heap), but does not limit the size of the Java process (which includes the JVM heap that you're limiting, plus any items allocated by the JVM itself, plus the stack (for the JVM and your Java application), plus other stuff I'm almost certainly leaving out.
Normally you won't see much more than 10-15% bloat over the limits you set, but pathological cases probably exist, and there may even be a memory leak or other bug in the java runtime itself (good luck debugging that pig).
If you want to limit the size of the Java runtime at the OS level you should probably look in to the ulimit command.  The JVM may handle hitting those limits gracefully.

A: There's the off heap area which includes memory allocated by JNI code and Direct Byte buffers. You can control the last using -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize.


PS: I'm on twitter (@sharilow) and facebook!
Thank you so much for tracking down my website.
Details of all my books are on the next few pages.
My latest novel, With Or Without You, looks at those moments in life when one decision can change everything. Nate and Shauna have decided to separate on the eve of the new millennium, but when the time comes, Nate changes his mind. The story then splits into two strands, one following the couple if they stay together, the other if they part. Will they find true happiness with or without each other?
Also on the shelves is my first non-fiction book, Because I Said So. It's a funny collection of features I've written about family life over the course of the last fifteen years, from the nappy days, to waving my teenagers off as they leave home (not crying, just have something in my eye).
Whether parents are new, experienced, or soon-to-be, hopefully they'll love it, smile and relate to our endless stream of disasters, dramas, embarassing moments, childhood milestones, tear jerking nativity plays and chaotic summer holidays. And laughs. Lots of laughs.
I'm also one half of the writing duo SHARI KING, with my lovely chum, entertainment correspondent Ross King. Our novels Taking Hollywood and Breaking Hollywood are dark, scandalous thrillers set in 80s Glasgow and present day LA.
Click on to the Shari King page for the inside story!
I really hope you enjoy them and if you've got a spare minute please do drop me a line - I love to hear what you think.


My love for all things scary and the thrill I get from being afraid dates back to when I was a little girl. The house that I lived in for my first 9 years of life is the landmark for where it all began for me, the beginning of what would be a lifelong activity of seeking out the macabre.
It started in a closet. The closet was in my bedroom and it was like a tunnel, narrow and deep and it had a slanted ceiling and a wall made of brown bricks. There was a small children's table and chairs on one side with a little lamp that was the only illumination in the closet. In the very back of the closet there was a rod that my clothes hung from and on the floor was a litter of Barbies and stuffed animals and books. I spent a lot of time in this closet, it was like my own private fort that was too small for adults and big sisters so I was rarely ever disturbed.
I've been having strange dreams these past few weeks. And I'm not talking my typical run of the mill zombies and apocalypse strange dreams, these are a different strange. Like a David Lynch movie on acid. The most recent one was about a trip to the candy store. I was paying a visit to my home town and I wanted to make a trip to the old drug store called, Ben Franklin, where I used to buy all of my candy when I was a kid. They had bins of penny and nickel candy, old fashioned kinds and new sparkley kinds, I'd buy a paper sack full. So, in my dream I go to Ben Franklin and when I enter the doors the store is suddenly out in the middle of no man's land and it's kind of turned into a farm house/barn/drug store. There's loads of people mulling about and it's fairly dark and quite dirty. I ask some stranger where the candy stash is hidden and he laughs and tells me to see the old man at the hay stack. When I find the old man and tell him I'd like some old fashion candy he grins and tells me that I have good taste. As he's scooping candy from a large barrel he tells me that the effects will wear off after a few hours but in the hours anything could happen so be careful. I look around and see for the first time that the people aren't people at all but they're monsters. Mutated versions of themselves with tentacles and too many eyes, big heads, tails, claws for hands, reptile skin. Everyone is different and they're all eating candy by the fist full. I stumble around on the dusty floor, turning dark corners and running into partying monsters. For the most part they seemed harmless, still aware in a way that they were people, but some of them seemed lost within the folds of monster flesh and these creatures are eating more than just candy. I spot them, stolen away behind shelving or barrels, eating limbs and faces of other monsters. I call Adam on my cell phone and ask him to come get me, I'm lost and can't find my way out, he tells me to stay put, that he's on his way. As I'm wandering around I run into my friend Carl. He'd just eaten some candy and started to transform into something odd. Only he doesn't see it, doesn't feel it, thinks I'm crazy and tells me I'm lying. I ask him where Natalya is and he says she's in another room and that he'll take me to her. When we get to the room she's sitting on the floor watching TV, her back is to us but from what I can tell she looks perfectly normal. I call out to her and she turns around and her eyes are missing. In their place is static, like the kind you see on a TV screen when the channel isn't coming in clearly, and she smiles at me and mouths words but she has no voice. I scream and run out of the room, down some corridor, and run smack into an ex boyfriend. He looks normal enough but he smells funny, like secrets and desperation. He's trying to smooth talk me but forgets how I know he's a liar so I don't fall for it, he tells me that he has a different kind of candy, one that won't make me into a monster but will make me into something amazing, I tell him I'm already amazing (ah, it's good to retain my wit in dreams). He offers it to me anyways, with his flashy smile and hungry eyes, and I tell him it's really good to see him again as I tip over shelving and it falls on his head. I turn around and there's Adam, looking worried and fascinated and he takes my hand and I wake up.
Then there's the one where there's a swamp inside my childhood home and in the swamp are water dwelling beasts who try to glamor me and my family. The water is oily and my parents are young, in their early 30's, and my sister has been kidnapped by the Swamp Queen and it's up to me to rescue her. There's a big battle that rages between the swamp beasts and my family, complete with torches and archery and canoes. It's muddy and slimy and everyone's skin is porcelain white and flawless and we're all beautiful and fit and warriors. I eventually kill the Swamp Queen by realizing she can be defeated if your heart holds no fear, I invoke her powers and glamor all of the swamp beasts and set them all on fire and my parents smile and dance in the amber light of the flames.
Sleep. Me and sleep go way back. We've got history. A past. We understand each other in intimate ways, and we never judge each other's need for more attention. I love sleep. I experience it in odd ways. I'm always acutely aware of the posture of my body, the comfort level of the bedding based on whichever way it's bunched, how my pajamas are laying, the firmness of my pillow. My bedroom is fairly scentless but if there's ever a time when someone is cooking and I'm asleep, those are the best. The smell of food wraps around me like another sheet and it invades my dreams. The same goes for the window being opened and smelling rain or grass, I smell it in my sleep. And sound. I love going to sleep when someone is watching TV in a distant room or listening to music, I can't hear the words but the sound of life comforts me. I love falling asleep to the sound of traffic or heavy rains. I can feel every fiber and weight on and near me, every hair on my head. They say that sleep is when your body rests but I feel like my body is always at work when I'm sleeping, adjusting its form and struggling with the perfect body temperature, I often wake up sore as though I'd been exercising for hours. And dreams. My god. If there was some way I could broadcast my dreams for all to see, I might be the NEW Master of Horror. My sleeping mind if brutal. And now that I've fluffed up my love of sleep, allow me to darken the mood with the fear of waking up.
I rarely sleep through the night undisturbed. I often wake multiple times through the night, whether it be to a chirping head-butting Commodore, or a random noise outside, but mostly it's for no reason at all, and mostly it's around 3:00AM. 3:00AM is sort of a legend as it turns out. There is nothing concrete on the matter only hints and gossip on if and why the hour is significant. Many of you know that George Lutz from the infamous Amityville hauntings claimed that he woke up at 3:15AM every morning, later discovering it was also the time of the DeFeo killings that happened in his house. There's also the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose (loosely based on a true story) where the girl, Emily, is possessed by a demon at 3:00AM. It is explained in the movie that 3:00 AM is the demonic witching hour, which evil spirits use to mock the Holy Trinity. Significantly, it is the opposite of 3:00 PM, traditionally taken to be the hour at which Jesus died. In Swedish and Finnish folk religion it is the hour when most people die and are born. They believe it is the hour when the sleepless are haunted by their deepest fear, when ghosts, demons and nightmares are most powerful. The human spirit is supposed to be most vulnerable at this time.


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Ono's Farmer's Wife reopens
Chris Asroff
After a food safety inspection at the Farmer's Wife Restaurant in Ono, East Hanover Township, found the establishment out of compliance Tuesday due to at least 25 cockroaches being found, it's been reopened for business.
"The Farmer's Wife has been permitted to reopen," said William Nichols, a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture spokesperson, in an email. "The pest control company sprayed/baited two nights in a row and indicated on their report, no activity."
The department's Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services conducted the inspection as a result of a complaint filed by a patron who allegedly spotted a cockroach walking across a counter. Immediately following the inspection, the restaurant was forced to halt operations until they were found to be in compliance once again.
Cockroaches shut down Farmer's Wife
As of Thursday morning, according to an email from the owner, John Politsopoulos, the Farmer's Wife is back open and operating on a normal schedule.
"We are open until Christmas Eve at which time we will be closing at 6 p.m. and also closed Christmas Day in order to celebrate the holiday with our families," Politsopoulos said in the email. "We will be opening again on Dec. 26 at 6 a.m. after the holiday."


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package matchers

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/onsi/gomega/format"
	"reflect"
)

type MatchErrorMatcher struct {
	Expected interface{}
}

func (matcher *MatchErrorMatcher) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
	if isNil(actual) {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("Expected an error, got nil")
	}

	if !isError(actual) {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("Expected an error.  Got:\n%s", format.Object(actual, 1))
	}

	actualErr := actual.(error)

	if isString(matcher.Expected) {
		return reflect.DeepEqual(actualErr.Error(), matcher.Expected), nil
	}

	if isError(matcher.Expected) {
		return reflect.DeepEqual(actualErr, matcher.Expected), nil
	}

	return false, fmt.Errorf("MatchError must be passed an error or string.  Got:\n%s", format.Object(matcher.Expected, 1))
}

func (matcher *MatchErrorMatcher) FailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
	return format.Message(actual, "to match error", matcher.Expected)
}

func (matcher *MatchErrorMatcher) NegatedFailureMessage(actual interface{}) (message string) {
	return format.Message(actual, "not to match error", matcher.Expected)
}

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Another childhood memory perverted
Episode 187 is out. Discuss.
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Best forfeit ever.
Tip for next time: Use real chairs and no stools. This bordered on musicla chair wrestle.
But BEST FORFEIT EVER!!!!!!
didnt like the forfeit. really couldnt see anything, looked more like a group of bodies laying on the floor.
and is it really a 'forfeit' when almost everybody has to do it? more like a porn shoot masquerading as a game.
i like it better when the loser is taking a real chance, and has an equal or better chance of not losing.
but the camera close ups were much improved. thanks for that.
CA Fan
The idea from realnot could axcully get used, also with guys,
Take 2 guys, tied them up, so they cant move, and blindfold them! They have too say stop, before they cum! take three girls, let them give handjob too the guys, i minut each time, the one who gets a stop win, and the loosers have too take something off.
When you have two loosers, you make them give the guys a blowjob, until one off them cum. The loosing boy(him who cums) and the loosing girl then gets a chastity belt on, and tied them and forced them too satisfeid the other 3. And let them have the belltson, for a week, and force them too another game!
From Playfull
Red, this is the guy who was emailing you back and forth and my email went into your spam, sent you two emails full of suggestions, did they go into your spam again?
-Youtube guy
I don't want this to be seen as a spoiler, I'm not saying whether Zayda won or lost, but she has consistently been a very competitive player. She seems to analyze a game and look for ways to get a (usually fair) advantage. For example, in this game the other ladies are going around the stools and having fun playing, but Zayda's making sure that there's lots of room behind her, and when the music stops she has lots of room to "aim her behind" at an available stool. If the player behind her had kept close, sandwiching her into a tight squeeze with the player in front of her, it would have been more or less impossible for Zayda to ever sit down.
What I'm saying, I think, is that it would be GREAT to find another female player or two that is super competive like Zayda and have them play a bunch of skill oriented games, with high stakes forfeits, of course, to make it even more competitive.
Myself said...
I did like the game very much, especially with a very competitive player who did her best to be a winner. Want to have more competition in the movies.
Forfeit : same conclusion as CA Fan wrote.
But as I read Pete thinks it's the best forfeit ever. You can't please everyone all the time, I guess ;-) Different people, different likings. You do your best to have lots of different movies on your site, and that's a good thing.
A longtime fan, I love your work. I can't wait for more Nicole/Taylor/Camilla games, but Ashton remains my alltime favorite.
Wondering if you've ever given thought to having a charity auction where you give away the chance to act as your assistant for a day's shooting? The winner gets to meet the girls and go behind the scenes for a day, maybe even have his idea made into a video. (The problem would be the winner getting himself to your shooting location.)
Yes, it might be more lucrative to auction off a spot "in the action," but I think more people would go for being behind the scenes. Anyway, keep up the awesome work!
Oh ve, behind the scenes sounds like a great fantasty for one real lucky winner, and a super turn off to the girls that trust Red as a professional. I would hate to think that the girls would have to consider a random wank-monkey in the sidelines. It's a neat idea but I dont' like it. (I'm attacking the idea, not you, E.)
But I completely agree with you about more Camilla/Taylor/Nicole. The thing about that trio, Camilla had the best enthusiasm, Taylor the cutest little face and body, and Nicole has those legs and that ass. I bought the first video for seeing Taylor, but bought the others cause Camilla's attitude about losing was fantastic. She was like "damn that cock is huge, I might as well enjoy it", and then gets herself off like a maniac. Best video on this site so far IMHO. -RamblingDummy
on this link
http://www.extremerestraints.com/fucking-machines_48/?a=fuckingmachines
you can find lots of funny toys for future forfeits.
I think this toy would be interessting for the asshole tickling forfeit.
http://www.extremerestraints.com/spreader-bars_228/locking-wrist-and-ankle-spreader-bar_3230.html
Lostbetsrules
@anon 10/29 8:55pm (please sign your posts): Thanks, man... but seriously, my ego's big enough. Compliments are great, and I appreciate them, but they're getting a bit embarrassing.
@Pete: Chairs rather than stools probably would have resulted in a fairer game. I picked stools because I thought they would make the players more visible. But as it turned out they really gave the advantage to the biggest, strongest girl. Lesson learned.
@CA Fan: First of all, I agree about the visibility. At one shoot, a cameraman remarked that professional porn producers must hire actors with large removable panels in their bodies because it turns out it's damn hard to get a camera in to film some of these acts. As for the 3 out of 4 doing the forfeit, all I can say is each of the girls wanted to be the winner who got to hold the camera on the losers.
@Playful: That's, um, an interesting idea, but I think it might need some work before it's ready to be used. Let me give it some thought.
@Youtube guy: Yes I did receive your email. Don't worry, it won't be going into my spam box anymore. However it sometimes takes me longer to respond to email. Please be patient. The best thing to do is to poke me if you don't hear from me for more than a week or so.
@Gordon: The saga of Zayda is far from over. I think you will find the next chapter very interesting, but you will have to wait a few weeks for that one.
@Myself: Thanks for the vote of confidence. Variety continues to be one of my main goals.
@E: I'd never thought of the idea of having a charity auction (or for that matter a for-profit auction) for the chance to be on the set during a shoot. However I am currently planning a shoot (dates TBD) that will be a big multi-day affair. It might be ideal for fans to drop by and catch some of the action. If I can help out a charity and/or fatten my own purse in doing so, so much the better. I'll have to think about it.
@RamblingDummy: Oh, I don't know... the girls have had to put up with spectators before. I wouldn't tolerate any seriously unprofessional conduct on the part of any spectators (this means no whipping it out, gents) and having some strangers sitting on the sidelines cheering them on (or taunting their defeats) might be a nice addition.
As for Camilla, Taylor, and Nicole, they've proved to be among my most popular players. I'm going to try to get in touch with them and bring them back.
@Betfan: Yeah, I've seen that page before. The hard part is picking out the right one... there are so many options to choose from, and I have no idea which would be best. Advice (from anyone) appreciated.
@LBR: Yup[, that looks like a pretty good spreader. I'll order one. Thanks.
For those in a previous thread suggesting a contest to allow a winner to be on set, I have a two word suggestion:
Studio Audience!
I love the game show format ones and hope you'll do more in the future.
you have no idea how much that warms my heart.
bring 'em.
pay them double, or something...
Oh, no problem with being patient :) i just wanted to make sure it hadn't went into spam, that was all.
hi red, sorry about the complement. i was just really in a euphoric state from how excited the clip left me. i'll refrain in the future, i didn't know it was upsetting you :( a thousand apologies. -RegretfulSpaz
As one who complained about the subscription site before, I just want to acknowledge that the duplicates have been replaced with new content and there have been regular updates recently.
I think this toys would be good for the orgasm quiz suggested. You ask questions to two tied up loosers (a vibrator is placed on each girls pussy) each time the girl gives a wrong answer the vibration is set one step higher.
The first girl who wants to stop the vibratio is the ultimate looser and has to do antoher forfeit.
http://www.extremerestraints.com/bullet-vibrators_81/the-7-function-vibrating-silver-egg_3411.html
http://www.extremerestraints.com/remote-control-vibrators_84/turbo-8-accelerator-bullet_4699.html
I think you could also find great pussy pumps there:
http://www.extremerestraints.com/nipple-and-pussy-pumps_221/
And with this connector you could pump two girls at once the girl who first wants it to stop has to do an extra forfeit.
http://www.extremerestraints.com/penis-pumps_62/pumping-buddy-t-hose-connector_251.html
Raven would be a great victim for the asshole tickling forfeit suggested. It would be great seeing her getting horny by the tickling. She is very cute.
Is there any chance getting her back.
If not where is she gone (I mean where can I see more stuff of her)?
@Charlie: I would love to do another shoot involving a studio audience, I'm trying to arrange it. Please be patient.
@RegretfulSpaz: No, no no, keep complimenting me all you want. That was just false modesty talking :-) Seriously, if you're excited enough about my work to want to post about it, I'm so glad. And I don't really mind hearing about it.
@anon 11/2 8:02 am (please sign your posts): Glad to hear it. Please let me know if there are any future problems.
@Betfan & Panther: Thank you for the toy suggestions. I will take a look at them and if I like them I will add them to my collection.
@Ravenfan: I prefer not to discuss other work a player may have done in public on the blog, for the sake of those who'd rather not know. But I'd happy to answer such questions over email. My address is red@lostbets.com.
Hey, Red. I have a couple of ideas.
Truth, Dare, Strip: You have a bowl of truths and a a bowl of dares (or only the dare bowl) and mixed in are strip cards. You pick a card, and do what it says. Either strip, or a dare.
Strip Say Uncle: Say uncle, but every time you say it, you strip.
Buying with Clothes/Forfeits: Simple, If the winner has clothes on, he/she can take them of for stuff. Say, a sex toy to make the forfeit better. Or, for the ones who love to do forfeits, she can do a forfeit, then get said sex toy.
I loved the Strip Draw-It. Another please.
Strip Yoga: Odd, but it could be good. One person does a pose, if the other can't, they strip, and it's their turn. Ifd they can, it still becomes their turn.
Yay, so glad you're working on putting together another studio audience game. Don't worry, I can be patient.
we want to see Zayda lost the return match of Snip Memory and be finger-fucked!
Two on two, followed by two on one
Showing her goodies in front of a crowd
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Called in to the restaurant for dinner on Monday evening as it was near to where I was staying. I wondered why it was called the Belle Vue, I soon found out, what an amazing vista of Belfast Lough and city from the windows! The food was very good, fresh veg, not frozen and at a very reasonable cost. All the staff were attentive and helpful and the service was quick.
old fashioned bar, very busy with locals. 2 guys on next table had burger and chips and we were amazed at the size of the massive burgers, but the men cleared their plates in good time so i"m sure they enjoyed them.We will be back !!!!.
Some people are very hard to please, the food is very good at a great price,(check out the daily specials) if you can get the same value for money in belfast take it. Went with my sister and her friend from Austraila and they both loved it.
Ate up in the restuarant and wasnt very impressed at all, waitresses all had faces on them and food wasnt great. Ended up going downstairs for a few drinks and felt like I was in a totally different place, staff were really friendly and chatty and took time to make you feel welcome esp the wee barmaid, dont know her name but she looked like katie perry lol. So they turned our experience around. Wont be going to the restaurant again though.
Drpped into my old regular watering hole after a 25 year interval living in the States. Food was great and the girl serving was very friendly and quick. Prices were decent also. Much changed but still a good experience.
i lv the belview but it is rather expensive agree the manager is rude.
The bar manager is very rude. I wouldn't go back there ever again!!!
I have always found both the food and service at the Bellevue to be excellent. However they do need to get a lift installed for disabled people. My brother is disabled and although we were offered seats downstairs, (not much fun sitting on bar seats or in an empty function room) this means you are excluded from the main restaurant and treated as a second class citizen.
The food awesome and service is 1st class also staff very friendly. Would go everyday if we could afford it.
Food average and over priced. Service very poor and to the point of being rude. Had to ask repeatedly for another drink (tea) and felt as if asking for something for the baby put the staff out. Won't be back!
Majik so it is. Mate.
Here, tell ye wa, that place is a dump so it is big man. Seriously like, I had the pie and chips one night, I said no veg and extra chips, sure didn't they bring me veg!! Terrible altogether so it is mate.
i think the bellevue has got really expensive they charge city centre prices for a bar restaurant on the antrim road i have been alot of times for different occasions and usually the food has been lovely,but the price of a steak in the bellevue is wild.and a bottle of wkd is £3.20 wats that all about you would think they would even do specials to draw people in there is a credit crunch on!
can you tell me if they use instant potatoes or mix them with the real spuds. Last time I visited I thought they had that powdery taste . My guests gave me a hard time like this was not normal in restaurants and I know lots of places do.
disgusting place, dirty plates and rough people. we came from balmoral on the way back from portrush, very uncomfortable place, i would honestly go to mcdonalds up the road!!
i work there, the birds on the bar are great!
I wonder if anyone can tell me if a couple of guys still play there at the weekends. They play Irish songs, with a couple of John Prine songs thrown in. They also play "Flower of Scotland". They used to play in Whites Tavern on Saturday afternoons. I'd love to see them again!
I was in the Bellevue on Mothers Day myself, it was also my 40th wedding anniversary. I definately do not have any complaints, both the food and staff were excellent. My meal was fantastic and the day was made even more memorable by the pleasent waiting staff, who were obviously under alot of pressure. One bad experience there would not dissillusion a regular customer like myself, i can honestly say every time i have gone there to eat it has been glorious.
I would go back if I was you. Give them a break as you know mother's day is usually madness wherever you end up going for a meal. It is the case at Christmas as I am sure you will know. Try going again for a meal sometime when it is less busy. Mother's Day cannot be treated as a normal day as all the restaurants are bunged. Good luck!
Good food great atmosphere and lovely friendly staff. Don't believe everything you read here. Excellent value for money too - I always leave totally stuffed!
Hi annon,I dont cook, my maid does it for me. Just had a glorious meal in the Bellevue last night. A new menu has been introduced and much to my husbands delight, the t-bone is back on. The meal was out of this world. Maybe you should give it a try, u might leave with your tail between your legs!
hi wee betty, u ever ask yourself y the t-bone was taken off the menu, and u musnt b a very good cook if ur husband loves that omg and how often do u go? do u cook?
To ANNON, dude learn to spell. Maybe your taste is as bad as your spelling, ever thought about that?? The food in the Bellevue Arms is excellent, the t bone is a favourite with my husband and we have been disappointed for several weeks as it hasnt been available due to a chance in their menu. Why didnt you complain on the night as i find the staff are always polite and helpful. Hopefully the enchiladas werent the only balls she got that night.
went to the bellevue for a romantic meal with my girlfriend, the food took ages to come out ant my T-bone was revolting. It was soooo bad I could not eat it, even looking at it made me want to be sick, my partner had chicken enchalatas (cannot spell) and she could have used them as bouncy balls. The bill was over £60 for slob we both could not eat. We do not like complaining, however we left so much on our plates we some how assumed the staff might have asked us why we did not finish our very expensive meal. Well the did not, they simpley scooped our plates sayn - yas finshd wt tat, then rushed us out . crap and i went for a green castle curry after and a bottle of wine.
I thought the Bellevue Arms was a great night out on Thursdays when they had the Dj a guy called Stuart. The staff were friendly and the food was great. Keep up the good work guys.
Enjoyed Lunch at the Bellvue looking over the sea, lovley garlic potatoes and the chicken and stuffing was beautfiul and also well presented, staff freindly and nice environment. def go back.
ask yourself,why the staff changed? because they needed to, i would never go back after my experience!!!! maybe you were at the zoo!!
Are some of the past people who have posted comments sure they were actually in the bellevue arms? Maybe they went to the zoo?? Or are just very hard to please!! I eat in the bellevue religiously every week, the food is beautifully presented and it is excellent value for money. The service is excellent, the staff have changed recently and always try to accomodate the needs of the customer. It is understandable mishaps occuring when taking large orders. I would say some of the people that have left comments have never had the "pleasure" of dealing with the public. Enough said. the bellevue is great you couldnt beat it with a big stick!!
Visited the Bellevue on saturday night and was worried having read a couple of the reviews below. They must have been unlucky, had a wonderful meal, very well priced and very yummy!!! Its the only place i have ever had mashed potatoes without lumps!!!!!!! Great value for money, will def be back!
Poor service followed by food poisening - nuff said!
I had the misfortune to go there on Mother's day and certainly won't be going again. My meal grew cold waiting for a serving of mash, the staff treated me as if I was a nuisance and the gentleman we addressed our complaint to, just shrugged his shoulders. If my Mom had not been there I would not have let the matter drop so easily. Also main entrance and stairs are really shabby and out of keeping with the rest of the pub and restaurant.
I'm an Irish ex patriot living in Sydney Australia.I visit my family when I can and when I'm home it's an immediate visit down to the Bellevue for a fantastic meal. Always recommended to my aussie friends.
i would recomend The Bellevue to anyone! the food is excellent with very generous portions... my compliments to the chef!! the service was also fantastic, every waitress was happy to assist which made the meal so much more enjoyable. we then proceded to sit in harrys bar and the service again was excellent. the bars decor was beautiful and was made to feel very welcome. the waiting staff in particular, but also the bar staff, the management and even the door men were so polite which made our night out that bit better. i would definatly recomend the bellevue to anyone and i cant wait to go back!!
20 of us went to the Bellevue for my mums birthday in December and the service wasnt very good at all. The food was nice but I though it was a bit over priced. The views were stunning.
I would go back again to give it another chance.
I am always a satisfied customer when i go to Bellevue. The food is fantastic, the service is absolutely excellent, couldnt complain about it! The staff are always smiling which gives the place a happy and enjoyable environment to be in. I would recommend anyone to go to the Bellevue.
Have been to the bellevue a few times always nice. Unfortunately after goin back on sun the 17th sept i will not be going back. The service was a disgrace the waitress never listened to our order properly and therefore the wrong starters were brought which ended in the unprofessional manager telling us we would be paying for two starters,even though we didnt order the first one. His attitude was very degrading have never been treated this way in a restaurant before,will never be back.
On arriving at the Bellevue Arms with my family for a special occasion I thought the restaurant was of good decor and quite spacious as we were accompanined by a child until I came across the service. I have never been treated so badly at an establishment ever. The waitress was unable to do her job of taking our order and after a half hour wait we were brought the wrong starter. When we asked for the starter we had ordered we were told we would have to pay for both. The maitre d' then approached the table and told us it would be added to the bill even though we did not get it and we would have to wait at least another 10 minutes for our meal. When we did order the meal we requested that the child's meal be brought out with the starters. After around 15 minutes we approached the maitre d' again and asked for the child's meal and we were told no it would be served with the main courses as requested which of course we hadn't. We expressed to the matre d' that we felt this was a very unprofessional approach and he told us he felt he had done nothing wrong and believed his waitress had taken the order down correctly and we had changed our minds about the order which did not happen. We told him we would be complaining and he was very rude and told us that he was glad and went on to give his name. We have used the Bellevue Arms on many occasions and have never came across such rude staff in particular a gentleman who is to overlook the running of a busy restaurant. I will not be recommending this to anyone in future, I will be putting this is writing to the manager and I will never be back!!
I've been to the Bellevue Arms a few times and would certainly recommend it to others! the food is gorgeous(very generous with their portions you get loads!!!) and they have a great selection on their menu to choose from! The service is excellent and our dinner came within 10 minutes. staff were also very friendly and helpful!
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Americans need a healthier lifestyle
Byron McNutt, DHI Media
Saturday, June 29, 2019 6:00 AM
By Byron McNutt
DHI Media
Research company RAND Corporation recently issued a report that says 42 percent of Americans have multiple chronic medical conditions. That means they have physical or mental health conditions such as diabetes, obesity or high blood pressure that lasts over a year and requires ongoing treatment.
Twelve percent of Americans have five or more chronic conditions, generating 41 percent of the total health care spending in the U.S. As the population ages, the numbers will continue to grow.
Robert Kaplan of Stanford's School of Medicine, author of the book More Than Medicine, acknowledges that the U.S. spends a massive sum on health care but he has concluded that it would be wiser if people would make behavioral changes and commit to healthier living to bring down costs.
There is more to be gained from a greater focus on preventing illnesses than from spending enormous sums after they strike. Americans have a responsibility to live healthier. But, do they have the willpower?
The U.S. spends more on health care (18% of GDP) than Western European nations (about 10%) but has a higher infant-mortality rate and a slightly shorter life expectancy than most other developed nations.
Kaplan says America's soaring spending is the product of a sicker population, a higher intensity of care and the over-medicalization of care at the end of life.
Americans need to change their behavior. In 2014, 35 percent of Americans were deemed obese; the average is 17 percent among other nations that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Obesity contributes to a greater prevalence of the most expensive medical problems, such as diabetes, heart disease and strokes. People can't say no to bad eating habits and are doomed to a future of medical problems which they hope will be fixed by doctors and pharmaceutical companies ... at a very high cost.
The notion of eating healthy and the reality of people's everyday food choices are often at odds. Since 80 percent of cardiovascular disease is preventable, why aren't we making simple changes to our diets to be healthier?
There are social determinants of health. Like behaviors associated with poverty such as problems as chronic disease, poor diet, substance abuse, lack of access to care and exposure to environmental hazards.
Kaplan says throw in quality of life. Bodies that have been abused for 20, 30 and 40 years by bad diet choices cannot be fixed solely by costly medicines and surgeries. They may extend life expectancy by a few years but the quality of those years may be debatable.
Are you living and eating like a person that wants to live into your 80s and 90s without serious medical issues? If not, you better have good health insurance and a plan for assisted living care.
His fans say he's a great guy and maybe the best baseball player, ever. Or, the professional sports world is just crazy.
About a month ago, Mike Trout, 27, a seven-time All-Star for the Los Angeles Angels, signed a 12-year, $426.5 million deal that includes a no-trade clause and no-opt-outs. If he plays 162 games a year, that comes to about $225,000 per game.
Because he has two years left on his current contract, the new deal is for an additional 10 years at $360 million. Is that crazy money? Well, baseball observers say Trout is worth the money as a player, person and teammate.
About two months ago, the Philadelphia Phillies rewarded outfielder Bryce Harper with $330 million for 13 years and the San Diego Padres gave Manny Machado $300 million for 10 years. When will we know these contracts are just too much?
For the 2019 season, Trout will take home $36 million. Arizona pitcher Zack Greinke will make $34.4 million for working every fifth day. At least six other major leaguers will be paid $30 million, or more. They also collect a per diem and have trainers and medical people to care for them.
The Census Bureau says by 2050, the U.S. will have a majority-minority population. Currently, more than half of the country's population is white. By 2044 minorities will make up the majority and by 2060 minorities will be 56 percent of the population.
These predictions are the result of a new Pew Research Center survey and analysis by the Census Bureau. Pew reports that 25 percent of white Americans say having a majority-minority country would be a good thing, as do more than half of blacks and Hispanics (53% and 55%, respectively).
Almost half of white Americans (46%) say the U.S. becoming a majority nonwhite nation would weaken American customs and values. Pew says 25 percent of Hispanics and 18 percent of blacks agree with these concerns while 40 percent of blacks and 46 percent of Hispanics believe the shift would strengthen those customs and values.
Pew did not define "American customs and values" or "American culture" for the survey.
Roughly 40 percent of Americans say the shift to a majority nonwhite country wouldn't be good or bad, and more than one-third say it would be good. The survey found that more than half of Americans believe a majority nonwhite population would lead to more racial and ethnic conflict.


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McNeese Cowboys Picked to Finish 5th in Southland Conference
Courtesy Matt Bonnette MSU
I believe there will be college football games played this fall in Louisiana. The logistics of how those games will be played and who will be allowed to watch those games is the part I am uncertain about. But whether or not there will or won't be football hasn't stopped the preseason prognosticators from dropping their two cents on how the season will go.
In the Southland Conference, all eyes seem to be focused on Central Arkansas. After all, they are the defending co-champions of the conference and they bring a lot of talent back for the upcoming season. At least that's the majority consensus of Southland Conference football coaches and Sports Information Directors.
In that same poll that picks Central Arkansas to be the team to beat there was also a lot of support for Sam Houston State. They were picked as the second-place team by those offering an opinion in this survey. Nicholls State and Southeastern Louisiana were the number three and four choices and coming in at number five were the McNeese Cowboys.
So, basically the coaches and SIDs of the Southland have the Cowboys as a midpack team. I can't say I can argue with that opinion. The Pokes have had their offseason issues but sometimes a little adversity can energize and strengthen a program from within. I believe the Cowboys can take those negatives and maybe turn a few heads when and if we get the teams back to school back to practice and back to playing football this fall.
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From the jungles of Haiti and Peru to the tumultuous political climate of Egypt, from a monastery in Japan to the streets of the most glamorous cities of Europe, the Wild Cards are in for an eye-opening trip. While some are worshiped as actual gods, those possessing the most extreme mutations are treated with a contempt that's all too familiar to the delegates from Jokertown. New alliances will be formed, new enemies will be made, and some actions will fulfill centuries-old prophecies that make ripples throughout the future of the Wild Cards universe.


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Our Pipe Talk started off with a discussion of the upcoming UK Pipe Show on May 26th. We'll be sending a care package to their show with some of our favorite pipe tobaccos. If you would like to show your support any small pipe tobacco pouches would be welcome. No tins. They must be here by May 12.
Keeping the UK in mind, we also discussed the differences between UK and American pipes and tobaccos including their different laws and taxes and how that effects the consumer.
With a show of hands the specs were chosen for the first annual NEOFOPS (Northeast Ohio Fellowship of Pipe Smokers) group pipe. It's going to be made by the Peirsels of Crappy Pipes (I know, I smiled too the first time I heard it). The pipe will be a Bent Dublin Sandblast Dark with a Champagne stem. If you are interested in ordering one of these lovely pipes a $25.00 deposit is needed by April 10th. It will take a couple of months for the pipes to arrive. Total cost is $50.00 including a pipe bag.
A good time was had by all but we sure missed Art(the Magnificent) and his wonderful, goofy, funny songs.
Just over 100,000 rainbow trout will be released this spring at 66 Ohio public lakes and ponds.
Rainbow trout releases will take place across Ohio from March 8 – May 19 as long as areas are ice-free and accessible to anglers. Stocking of these public lakes and ponds are excellent opportunities for families to fish together. Fishing for catchable-sized trout is a great way to introduce young people to the outdoors. Rainbow trout are raised at state fish hatcheries and measure 10-13 inches before they are released by the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The daily catch limit for inland lakes is five trout.
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We started the evening by Craig introducing the new sample tobacco Mac Baren HH Balkan. It was enjoyed by many throughout the night. Afterwards we all took a moment to raise our pipes in silence for the anniversary of the passing of the president of the NEOFOPS (North East Ohio Fellowship of Pipe Smokers), a great friend, and a truly wonderful person, Jim Epling. Bill Kreiling then discussed our overseas friend "Tokin" Tommy and their upcoming pipe show in England. He also discussed creating an original pipe for the NEOFOPS, details to follow. Regis McCafferty then spoke about the pipe show here in Dublin, OH in August. Then our friend Rick Stoltz told us about his accepting a position on the board of (NASPC) The North American Society of Pipe Collectors, Membership is $21.00/year. If interested check out http://www.naspc.org/ . We all signed a thank you note to Erik Stokkebye for taking the time from his busy schedule to come down to our Pipe Talk last month and for sharing his knowledge and for his generosity. We missed our friend and entertainer Art "The Magnificent" this evening due to a prior engagement. DON'T SIGN ANYTHING WITHOUT A LAWYER ART! Overall it was a really nice evening. Mingling and talking throughout the evening. New folks and old friends asking questions and sharing knowledge. Thanks everyone.
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News Release 14-Jun-2010
Stanford study first to show antibodies involved in nerve repair in injuries
STANFORD, Calif. — Antibodies — warrior proteins the immune system makes to defend the body against invading pathogens such as viruses and bacteria — have a gentler side nobody knew about until now: They function not only as soldiers but also as nurses. And researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine now think antibodies' absence in the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord) may be a key part of the reason why nerve damage there doesn't get naturally repaired in humans. That insight could someday lead to new treatments for stroke and spinal-cord trauma.
In a new study conducted in mice, to be published online June 14 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Stanford scientists show for the first time that antibodies are critical to the repair of nerve damage to the peripheral nervous system — nervous tissue that extends outside the brain and spinal cord, such as the sciatic nerve, where circulating antibodies have access. The study also shows that some, but not all, antibodies get the job done. Harnessing those proteins' unanticipated nurturing qualities may lead to new ways of repairing damage from stroke or spinal-cord injury, as well.
"Nobody has known why, but nerve cells in the central nervous system fail to regenerate after injury whereas those in the peripheral nervous system regenerate robustly," said senior study author Ben Barres, MD, PhD, professor and chair of neurobiology. So his group was intrigued by one major difference between the two nervous systems: Antibodies, which are large bulky proteins, have limited access to the brain and spinal cord (these organs are surrounded by an interface called the blood-brain barrier or, in the spinal cord, the blood-spinal cord barrier), while they have ready access to the peripheral nervous system.
Nerve cells convey electrochemical impulses over long distances by means of long, tubular projections called axons. These axons are typically wrapped in an insulating layer of a fatty substance called myelin.
"After nerve injury, the degenerating myelin downstream from the injury is rapidly cleared in the peripheral, but not the central, nervous system," said Barres. "In fact in an injured human brain or spinal cord, the degenerating myelin just sits there for the rest of the person's lifetime. But after injury to, say, the sciatic nerve, the degenerating myelin is cleared within a week or less."
The two first authors, Mauricio Vargas, MD, PhD, a former student in Barres' lab, and Junryo Watanabe, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, wondered whether antibodies to components of degenerating myelin might play a role in that clearance. The researchers obtained mutant laboratory mice that can't make antibodies, and demonstrated that, in those mice, repair of injury to the sciatic nerve is substantially impeded, as is the removal of degenerating myelin downstream from the injury site. Simply injecting the injured mutant mice with antibodies from healthy, uninjured ones restored both myelin removal and sciatic-nerve repair capability in the mice.
While antibodies have been found to play a role in the disposal of aging red blood cells, this is the first time they've been implicated in injury repair, said Vargas, now in his internship at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles pending the start of his residency in ophthalmology at UCLA.
What's more, the investigators threw light on the way in which this happens. "We showed that antibodies grab onto degenerating myelin downstream from the site of the nerve injury, coating the myelin and tagging it for clearance by voracious immune cells called macrophages," Vargas said.
The word macrophage roughly translates from Greek as "big eater." These roving gourmands are especially prone to gobble up antibody-tagged bacteria and diseased cells. "It's analogous to spreading cream cheese on a bagel," said Vargas.
Using various standard laboratory tools, including special staining techniques, the study's authors observed that macrophages do indeed chew up antibody-tagged degenerating myelin downstream from the nerve-injury site. Myelin clearance in the antibody-lacking mice was substantially enhanced when antibodies from healthy mice were provided.
Surprisingly, it made no difference whether the antibodies came from normal mice that had suffered similar injuries or mice that had suffered none. This suggests that the antibodies binding to degenerating myelin and flagging it for demolition by squads of macrophages are already present in uninjured mice, rather than summoned into service only after injury. These "off-the-shelf" natural antibodies save the week or two that it would have taken the body to generate the more sophisticated, precisely shaped antibodies that are produced in response to a particular viral or bacterial infection.
In an additional experiment, the Barres team injected the injured mice with a dose of an antibody that specifically targets a protein known to occur only on myelin. Doing so restored nerve-injury repair, whereas administering antibodies that bind to targets not associated with myelin didn't help. This proved that not just any antibodies, but rather antibodies that associate with degenerating myelin, are the ones that expedite nerve repair in the peripheral nervous system.
It wouldn't be helpful if naturally occurring antibodies were unable to distinguish between working and worthless myelin — this could result in debilitating autoimmune disease. But, Barres said, degenerating myelin has structural features on its surface that are quite different from those exposed to the immune system on the surface of functioning myelin.
Although these findings all involve the peripheral nervous system, they offer a tantalizing hint as to a possible way to instigate repair to damaged nerve cells in the central nervous system after, say, a stroke or spinal cord injury. "One idea," said Barres, "would be to bypass the blood-brain barrier by delivering anti-degenerating-myelin proteins directly into the spinal fluid. We're hoping that these antibodies might then coat the myelin, signaling to microglia — macrophages' counterparts in the central nervous system — to clear the degenerating myelin." That might, in turn, jump-start the regeneration of damaged nervous tissue, he added.
"This is really important, elegant work," said Zhigang He, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School whose lab focuses on the intrinsic regenerative ability of nervous tissue and who did not participate in the study but is familiar with it. "Everybody's trying to understand what accounts for the difference between the capacities for repair in the peripheral versus the central nervous system. Now we have a possible mechanism, so we can start to think about some kind of strategy to speed up myelin clearance in the brain."
The work was supported by funds from the National Eye Institute, the Adelson Medical Research Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Other co-authors are Simar Singh, then working on his undergraduate thesis in the Barres lab, and William Robinson, MD, assistant professor of immunology and rheumatology.
More information about Stanford's Department of Neurobiology, which also supported the work, is available at http://neurobiology.stanford.edu/.
The Stanford University School of Medicine consistently ranks among the nation's top 10 medical schools, integrating research, medical education, patient care and community service. For more news about the school, please visit http://mednews.stanford.edu. The medical school is part of Stanford Medicine, which includes Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. For information about all three, please visit http://stanfordmedicine.org/about/news.html.
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Q: Using Reflection To fill out PDF Form- ItextSharp I am trying to fill out a pdf form using reflection as below:
// Get the form fields for this PDF and fill them in!
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This works fine for first property, but on second iteration it say Collection was modified; enumeration operation may not execute.
Should I create another collection of fields, or can I avoid this?

A: You are modifying the formFieldMap inside the foreach loop which is the base for iteration . Thats the reason it stops iterating for second time. So you have to maintain a separate variable to collect those values inside the loop and append it to formFieldMap once you are done with looping.

A: You are referencing the list you are enumerating through inside the enumeration.
You don't need to get formFieldMapy[fields.Key] because you already have access to it, so you could simply do:
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The above does the same thing, it just doesn't directly modify what you are enumerating.