在 ServiceModel 客户端配置部分中，找不到引用协定“TranslatorService.LanguageService”的默认终结点元素。这可能是因为未找到应用程序的配置文件，或者是因为客户端元素中找不到与此协定匹配的终结点元素。
There's a growing trend in doctor's offices, public waiting rooms, restaurants, public transportation, airplanes and movie theaters: oversized furniture. Plus-sized furniture is being put in place to accommodate our increasingly obese society.
I noticed the extra large chairs when visiting a different doctor. Thinking about it, I realized that I had seen these oversized chairs, about one half to twice as large as a regular chair, more frequently.
Michigan is the 11th fattest state and Detroit is the 12th fattest city. We've lost weight as a state, but we're still quite high. I wondered if I was seeing this trend in plus-sized furniture because I live in a state with a moderately high obesity rate.
In my regular doctor's office waiting room, the seats are bench-style seating. Some of the seats are regular-sized and others are loveseat sized. I wonder if these are designed this way to conceal the fact that they are essentially designed for overweight people.
Office chairs are increasingly larger and wider than they used to be, also. Oversized furniture is much more expensive that regular-sized seating. A basic oversized arm chair rated to hold 500 pounds costs two to three times as much as a comparably-designed regular size chair. One oversized waiting room chair costs about $1,000.
There is also a variety of chair called a "day chair." These are listed as suitable for 24-7 use. They have casters on them so that the obese person can push themselves everywhere. Hospitals use these chairs for long-term care patients. These are not designed for senior citizens so much as for sedentary, overweight people.
About five years ago, I took my daughter to see a movie. As we waited for the show to begin, we heard an usher address an obese woman who was taking up two seats. The usher politely explained that she could not have two seats (she had only paid for one). She became very angry and told him "I can't fit in these little seats". He informed her that if the show filled up, she would have to pay for the second seat. My daughter and I realized that she must been sitting with the arm between her legs.
I've noticed since that time that movie theaters now have plus-sized seats. Many are the best seats in the house, because they fall in the handicapped seating area. Many seats also have collapsible arms, that drop down to make one large seat out of two seats.
Many obese people qualify for handicapped status, too. They receive special parking passes. Sometimes Medicaid and insurance companies will pay for mobility scooters, like Hoveround for obese people. Other obese people get wheel chairs, walkers and handicapped-accessible vehicles. These vehicles and tools were designed for elderly, injured and disabled people; some of whom have trouble getting vehicles like this.
All of these costing taxpayers a great deal of money. They are also enabling an obese lifestyle. If we don't stop accommodating obesity with special vehicles, handicapped status and plus-sized furniture, the trend to obesity will go up, not down.
A life-long resident of "Pure Michigan", Marilisa Kinney Sachteleben, writes about people, places, issues and events in the Great Lakes State.
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