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/*
 * This code was generated by https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-java-client-services/
 * Modify at your own risk.
 */

package com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4;

/**
 * Service definition for AnalyticsReporting (v4).
 *
 *

 * Accesses Analytics report data.
 *

 *
 *

 * For more information about this service, see the
 * API Documentation
 *

 *
 *

 * This service uses {@link AnalyticsReportingRequestInitializer} to initialize global parameters via its
 * {@link Builder}.
 *

 *
 * @since 1.3
 * @author Google, Inc.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
public class AnalyticsReporting extends com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.json.AbstractGoogleJsonClient {

  // Note: Leave this static initializer at the top of the file.
  static {
    com.google.api.client.util.Preconditions.checkState(
        com.google.api.client.googleapis.GoogleUtils.MAJOR_VERSION == 1 &&
        (com.google.api.client.googleapis.GoogleUtils.MINOR_VERSION >= 32 ||
        (com.google.api.client.googleapis.GoogleUtils.MINOR_VERSION == 31 &&
        com.google.api.client.googleapis.GoogleUtils.BUGFIX_VERSION >= 1)),
        "You are currently running with version %s of google-api-client. " +
        "You need at least version 1.31.1 of google-api-client to run version " +
        "1.32.1 of the Analytics Reporting API library.", com.google.api.client.googleapis.GoogleUtils.VERSION);
  }

  /**
   * The default encoded root URL of the service. This is determined when the library is generated
   * and normally should not be changed.
   *
   * @since 1.7
   */
  public static final String DEFAULT_ROOT_URL = "https://analyticsreporting.googleapis.com/";

  /**
   * The default encoded mTLS root URL of the service. This is determined when the library is generated
   * and normally should not be changed.
   *
   * @since 1.31
   */
  public static final String DEFAULT_MTLS_ROOT_URL = "https://analyticsreporting.mtls.googleapis.com/";

  /**
   * The default encoded service path of the service. This is determined when the library is
   * generated and normally should not be changed.
   *
   * @since 1.7
   */
  public static final String DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH = "";

  /**
   * The default encoded batch path of the service. This is determined when the library is
   * generated and normally should not be changed.
   *
   * @since 1.23
   */
  public static final String DEFAULT_BATCH_PATH = "batch";

  /**
   * The default encoded base URL of the service. This is determined when the library is generated
   * and normally should not be changed.
   */
  public static final String DEFAULT_BASE_URL = DEFAULT_ROOT_URL + DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH;

  /**
   * Constructor.
   *
   *

   * Use {@link Builder} if you need to specify any of the optional parameters.
   *

   *
   * @param transport HTTP transport, which should normally be:
   *

   *
Google App Engine:
   *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.appengine.http.UrlFetchTransport}

   *
Android: {@code newCompatibleTransport} from
   *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.android.http.AndroidHttp}

   *
Java: {@link com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport#newTrustedTransport()}
   *

   *

   * @param jsonFactory JSON factory, which may be:
   *

   *
Jackson: {@code com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory}

   *
Google GSON: {@code com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory}

   *
Android Honeycomb or higher:
   *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.android.json.AndroidJsonFactory}

   *

   * @param httpRequestInitializer HTTP request initializer or {@code null} for none
   * @since 1.7
   */
  public AnalyticsReporting(com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport transport, com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory jsonFactory,
      com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer httpRequestInitializer) {
    this(new Builder(transport, jsonFactory, httpRequestInitializer));
  }

  /**
   * @param builder builder
   */
  AnalyticsReporting(Builder builder) {
    super(builder);
  }

  @Override
  protected void initialize(com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest<?> httpClientRequest) throws java.io.IOException {
    super.initialize(httpClientRequest);
  }

  /**
   * An accessor for creating requests from the Reports collection.
   *
   *
The typical use is:

   *

   *   {@code AnalyticsReporting analyticsreporting = new AnalyticsReporting(...);}
   *   {@code AnalyticsReporting.Reports.List request = analyticsreporting.reports().list(parameters ...)}
   *

   *
   * @return the resource collection
   */
  public Reports reports() {
    return new Reports();
  }

  /**
   * The "reports" collection of methods.
   */
  public class Reports {

    /**
     * Returns the Analytics data.
     *
     * Create a request for the method "reports.batchGet".
     *
     * This request holds the parameters needed by the analyticsreporting server.  After setting any
     * optional parameters, call the {@link BatchGet#execute()} method to invoke the remote operation.
     *
     * @param content the {@link com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsRequest}
     * @return the request
     */
    public BatchGet batchGet(com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsRequest content) throws java.io.IOException {
      BatchGet result = new BatchGet(content);
      initialize(result);
      return result;
    }

    public class BatchGet extends AnalyticsReportingRequest<com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsResponse> {

      private static final String REST_PATH = "v4/reports:batchGet";

      /**
       * Returns the Analytics data.
       *
       * Create a request for the method "reports.batchGet".
       *
       * This request holds the parameters needed by the the analyticsreporting server.  After setting
       * any optional parameters, call the {@link BatchGet#execute()} method to invoke the remote
       * operation.
 {@link
       * BatchGet#initialize(com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest)}
       * must be called to initialize this instance immediately after invoking the constructor.

       *
       * @param content the {@link com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsRequest}
       * @since 1.13
       */
      protected BatchGet(com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsRequest content) {
        super(AnalyticsReporting.this, "POST", REST_PATH, content, com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.GetReportsResponse.class);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet set$Xgafv(java.lang.String $Xgafv) {
        return (BatchGet) super.set$Xgafv($Xgafv);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setAccessToken(java.lang.String accessToken) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setAccessToken(accessToken);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setAlt(java.lang.String alt) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setAlt(alt);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setCallback(java.lang.String callback) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setCallback(callback);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setFields(java.lang.String fields) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setFields(fields);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setKey(java.lang.String key) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setKey(key);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setOauthToken(java.lang.String oauthToken) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setOauthToken(oauthToken);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setPrettyPrint(java.lang.Boolean prettyPrint) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setPrettyPrint(prettyPrint);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setQuotaUser(java.lang.String quotaUser) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setQuotaUser(quotaUser);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setUploadType(java.lang.String uploadType) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setUploadType(uploadType);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet setUploadProtocol(java.lang.String uploadProtocol) {
        return (BatchGet) super.setUploadProtocol(uploadProtocol);
      }

      @Override
      public BatchGet set(String parameterName, Object value) {
        return (BatchGet) super.set(parameterName, value);
      }
    }

  }

  /**
   * An accessor for creating requests from the UserActivity collection.
   *
   *
The typical use is:

   *

   *   {@code AnalyticsReporting analyticsreporting = new AnalyticsReporting(...);}
   *   {@code AnalyticsReporting.UserActivity.List request = analyticsreporting.userActivity().list(parameters ...)}
   *

   *
   * @return the resource collection
   */
  public UserActivity userActivity() {
    return new UserActivity();
  }

  /**
   * The "userActivity" collection of methods.
   */
  public class UserActivity {

    /**
     * Returns User Activity data.
     *
     * Create a request for the method "userActivity.search".
     *
     * This request holds the parameters needed by the analyticsreporting server.  After setting any
     * optional parameters, call the {@link Search#execute()} method to invoke the remote operation.
     *
     * @param content the {@link com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityRequest}
     * @return the request
     */
    public Search search(com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityRequest content) throws java.io.IOException {
      Search result = new Search(content);
      initialize(result);
      return result;
    }

    public class Search extends AnalyticsReportingRequest<com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityResponse> {

      private static final String REST_PATH = "v4/userActivity:search";

      /**
       * Returns User Activity data.
       *
       * Create a request for the method "userActivity.search".
       *
       * This request holds the parameters needed by the the analyticsreporting server.  After setting
       * any optional parameters, call the {@link Search#execute()} method to invoke the remote
       * operation.
 {@link
       * Search#initialize(com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.AbstractGoogleClientRequest)} must
       * be called to initialize this instance immediately after invoking the constructor.

       *
       * @param content the {@link com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityRequest}
       * @since 1.13
       */
      protected Search(com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityRequest content) {
        super(AnalyticsReporting.this, "POST", REST_PATH, content, com.google.api.services.analyticsreporting.v4.model.SearchUserActivityResponse.class);
      }

      @Override
      public Search set$Xgafv(java.lang.String $Xgafv) {
        return (Search) super.set$Xgafv($Xgafv);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setAccessToken(java.lang.String accessToken) {
        return (Search) super.setAccessToken(accessToken);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setAlt(java.lang.String alt) {
        return (Search) super.setAlt(alt);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setCallback(java.lang.String callback) {
        return (Search) super.setCallback(callback);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setFields(java.lang.String fields) {
        return (Search) super.setFields(fields);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setKey(java.lang.String key) {
        return (Search) super.setKey(key);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setOauthToken(java.lang.String oauthToken) {
        return (Search) super.setOauthToken(oauthToken);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setPrettyPrint(java.lang.Boolean prettyPrint) {
        return (Search) super.setPrettyPrint(prettyPrint);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setQuotaUser(java.lang.String quotaUser) {
        return (Search) super.setQuotaUser(quotaUser);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setUploadType(java.lang.String uploadType) {
        return (Search) super.setUploadType(uploadType);
      }

      @Override
      public Search setUploadProtocol(java.lang.String uploadProtocol) {
        return (Search) super.setUploadProtocol(uploadProtocol);
      }

      @Override
      public Search set(String parameterName, Object value) {
        return (Search) super.set(parameterName, value);
      }
    }

  }

  /**
   * Builder for {@link AnalyticsReporting}.
   *
   *

   * Implementation is not thread-safe.
   *

   *
   * @since 1.3.0
   */
  public static final class Builder extends com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.json.AbstractGoogleJsonClient.Builder {

    private static String chooseEndpoint(com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport transport) {
      // If the GOOGLE_API_USE_MTLS_ENDPOINT environment variable value is "always", use mTLS endpoint.
      // If the env variable is "auto", use mTLS endpoint if and only if the transport is mTLS.
      // Use the regular endpoint for all other cases.
      String useMtlsEndpoint = System.getenv("GOOGLE_API_USE_MTLS_ENDPOINT");
      useMtlsEndpoint = useMtlsEndpoint == null ? "auto" : useMtlsEndpoint;
      if ("always".equals(useMtlsEndpoint) || ("auto".equals(useMtlsEndpoint) && transport != null && transport.isMtls())) {
        return DEFAULT_MTLS_ROOT_URL;
      }
      return DEFAULT_ROOT_URL;
    }

    /**
     * Returns an instance of a new builder.
     *
     * @param transport HTTP transport, which should normally be:
     *

     *
Google App Engine:
     *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.appengine.http.UrlFetchTransport}

     *
Android: {@code newCompatibleTransport} from
     *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.android.http.AndroidHttp}

     *
Java: {@link com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport#newTrustedTransport()}
     *

     *

     * @param jsonFactory JSON factory, which may be:
     *

     *
Jackson: {@code com.google.api.client.json.jackson2.JacksonFactory}

     *
Google GSON: {@code com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory}

     *
Android Honeycomb or higher:
     *        {@code com.google.api.client.extensions.android.json.AndroidJsonFactory}

     *

     * @param httpRequestInitializer HTTP request initializer or {@code null} for none
     * @since 1.7
     */
    public Builder(com.google.api.client.http.HttpTransport transport, com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory jsonFactory,
        com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer httpRequestInitializer) {
      super(
          transport,
          jsonFactory,
          Builder.chooseEndpoint(transport),
          DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH,
          httpRequestInitializer,
          false);
      setBatchPath(DEFAULT_BATCH_PATH);
    }

    /** Builds a new instance of {@link AnalyticsReporting}. */
    @Override
    public AnalyticsReporting build() {
      return new AnalyticsReporting(this);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setRootUrl(String rootUrl) {
      return (Builder) super.setRootUrl(rootUrl);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setServicePath(String servicePath) {
      return (Builder) super.setServicePath(servicePath);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setBatchPath(String batchPath) {
      return (Builder) super.setBatchPath(batchPath);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setHttpRequestInitializer(com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequestInitializer httpRequestInitializer) {
      return (Builder) super.setHttpRequestInitializer(httpRequestInitializer);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setApplicationName(String applicationName) {
      return (Builder) super.setApplicationName(applicationName);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setSuppressPatternChecks(boolean suppressPatternChecks) {
      return (Builder) super.setSuppressPatternChecks(suppressPatternChecks);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setSuppressRequiredParameterChecks(boolean suppressRequiredParameterChecks) {
      return (Builder) super.setSuppressRequiredParameterChecks(suppressRequiredParameterChecks);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setSuppressAllChecks(boolean suppressAllChecks) {
      return (Builder) super.setSuppressAllChecks(suppressAllChecks);
    }

    /**
     * Set the {@link AnalyticsReportingRequestInitializer}.
     *
     * @since 1.12
     */
    public Builder setAnalyticsReportingRequestInitializer(
        AnalyticsReportingRequestInitializer analyticsreportingRequestInitializer) {
      return (Builder) super.setGoogleClientRequestInitializer(analyticsreportingRequestInitializer);
    }

    @Override
    public Builder setGoogleClientRequestInitializer(
        com.google.api.client.googleapis.services.GoogleClientRequestInitializer googleClientRequestInitializer) {
      return (Builder) super.setGoogleClientRequestInitializer(googleClientRequestInitializer);
    }
  }
}

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	GenericCrud = require('./GenericCrud')

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	req.db = db(dbName)
	return next()
})

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Vitamin— A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to remain healthy but that the body cannot manufacture for itself and must acquire through diet.
and is intended to provide weight loss at a moderate pace.
The Richard Simmons diet follows guidelines for a balanced, healthy diet and moderately paced weight loss. It emphasizes fruits and vegetables, with a minimum of seven servings of fruits and vegetables each day. The minimum daily number of calories on the diet is 1,200. This is generally thought to be a healthy number of calories per day for adults trying to achieve weight loss. The diet includes about 60% carbohydrates , 20% fats , and 20% proteins. Also included each day are 2 servings of low or non-fat dairy products.
Richard Simmons provides a number of different tools to help people follow his diet more easily. One of these is known as the Deal-A-Meal, which provides cards in a wallet. Each card represents one serving of a food group, and during the day as the dieter eats the cards are moved from one side of the wallet to the other. Once there are no cards left the dieter knows that he or she has eaten all of the allotted food for that day. A more recent version of this tool is the Food-Mover, which is a tool designed to fit easily into pockets or purses. As the day goes by the dieter closes a tab for each serving of proteins, carbohydrates, and other food groups as they are eaten. It also includes windows for water and exercise, aswellasmotivational messages.
Many different cookbooks are also available, which include a wide variety of recipes designed to be eaten while on Simmons' diet. Also available is a food diary so that the dieter has an accurate way to record not only how many servings of what food groups were eaten, but which specific foods, and any other information the dieter wants to record.
The Richard Simmons diet is designed to be done with one of his exercise routines. He has many different routines and is known for pairing upbeat music with moderately strenuous exercises. Simmons designs his exercise programs so that they are safe and effective for almost anyone to do, including the very overweight and seniors. Some of the titles of his exercise videos and DVDs include "60s Blast Off," "Richard Simmons Dance Your Pants Off!," and "Richard Simmons Super Toning." He also has specialty videos for some groups such as "Richard Simmons and the Silver Foxes" a work out routine designed for seniors that features various celebrities who played moms and dads on television. His DVD "Sit Tight" is designed for people who, for any reason, cannot exercise standing up. It is designed to give a dieter a full workout all from a sitting position.
Richard Simmons provides motivation to dieters following his plan in many different forms. On his website, www.richardsimmons.com, dieters can join his clubhouse, for a fee, and get access to many helpful tools. There are discussion boards where dieters can share their frustrations or encourage others, and a daily motivation message from Simmons. He also frequently chats live to members and to give them even more motivation. His exercise DVDs are filled with up-beat music and encouraging words.
Simmons' website provides information about when he can be seen on any of the many television shows on which he appears as a guest. Additionally, there are also many opportunities for dieters to be motivated by Simmons, in person. He travels an average of 250 days per year, according to his website, and visits places as diverse as senior citizens centers, schools, and shopping malls. When he is not traveling he still regularly teaches exercise classes at his health and fitness club "Slimmons". He also organizes a cruise from New York to the Caribbean each year that dieters can sign up for. The cruise is designed for people following his program and includes special meals, motivational talks by Simmons, and exercise.
The Richard Simmons diet is intended to help people lose weight at a healthy, moderate pace, over time, and to help the dieter keep the weight off after the desired weight loss has been achieved. Simmons intends the diet for all dieters, even those who are disabled by their obesity. He also believes that it can be effective for senior citizens, or others who need a more moderate pace of exercise.
There are many benefits to losing weight, being more healthy, and being more fit. The benefits of weight loss can be very significant, and are generally considered to be the greatest for people who are extremely obese. People who are obese are at higher risk of type II diabetes, heart disease, and many other diseases and disorders. The risk and severity of these disorders is generally greater the more overweight a person is. Weight loss, if achieved at a moderate pace through a healthy diet and regular exercise can reduce the risk of these and other obesity-related diseases. Increased exercise can also reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. An additional benefit of the Richard Simmons diet is that his motivational messages are intended to help dieters get through the trickiest times of dieting without giving up, and can help lead the dieter to an more positive outlook overall.
Anyone thinking of beginning a new diet or exercise regimen should consult a medical practitioner. Requirements of calories, fat, and nutrients can differ significantly from person to person, depending on gender, age, weight, and many other factors such as the presence of any disease or conditions. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should be especially cautious because pregnant and breast feeding women have different needs of vitamins and minerals, and deficiencies of can have a significant negative impact on a baby. Exercising too strenuously or beginning a rigorous exercise program too suddenly can have negative effects on the body such as an increased risk of injury.
Is this diet the best diet to meet my goals?
At what level of intensity is it appropriate for me to begin exercising?
Does diet or exercise pose any special risk for me that I should be aware of?
Would a multivitamin or other dietary supplement be appropriate for me if I were to begin this diet?
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safely, although some risk of injury still exists as with any exercise program. Injuries during exercise can include as strained or sprained muscles, and proper warm up and cool down procedures should be followed to help minimize these risks. It is often best to begin with light or moderate exercise, and increase the intensity slowly over weeks or months.
Richard Simmon's diet has not been the subject of any significant scholarly research. However, moderately limiting caloric intake, eating a diet low in fats and carbohydrates and high in vegetable and plant products is generally accepted as a healthy diet for most people. The Richard Simmons diet follows the United States Department of Agriculture's MyPyra-mid guide recommendations for healthy eating.
As of 2007, the U.S. Center for Disease Control recommended a minimum of 30 minutes per day of light to moderate exercise for healthy adults. Following Richard Simmons' program would meet this minimum recommendation. Many studies have shown that even this amount of exercise can have significant health benefits including reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Studies have also shown that exercise is a very important part of any weight loss plan, and diet and exercise combined are more effective for long term weight loss and weight maintenance than either diet or exercise alone.
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Anorexia spiked during the pandemic as adolescents felt the impact of COVID restrictions
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we live, go to school or work, and socialize. It has also increased mental health concerns, with a rise in levels of distress, anxiety and depression.
Adolescents have been particularly affected. The shift to online learning and limitations on catching up with friends have disrupted both their educational and social routines, and many have missed important milestones.
Some young people have also changed their eating and exercise habits. This includes those with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, a restrictive eating disorder that affects mainly adolescent girls.
We've seen an increase in the number of adolescents seeking treatment for anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders, including a 63% jump at our clinic in Melbourne.
What are the complications?
Anorexia nervosa is often associated with ongoing physical and mental health problems.
Decreased bone density can leave people at risk of fracture, altered blood vessel properties may predispose them to heart disease, and fertility problems may be detected when patients attempt to have children.
Many people continue to battle with negative thoughts and feelings towards food even if they're able to reach a healthy body weight. This can cause high levels of stress and anxiety on a daily basis.
Treatment for anorexia nervosa aims to address both the physical and mental health components of the illness.
Rise in presentations mirrored restrictions
My research, published recently in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, shows presentations to the Royal Children's Hospital eating disorder service increased by 63% during 2020 compared to the previous three years. Presentations went from an average of 99 in 2017–2019 to 161 in 2020.
The clinic mainly treats restrictive eating disorders, which affect the person's ability to get enough nutrients to sustain the key functions of their body; anorexia nervosa accounts for 70–80% of patients each year. Patients range in age from nine to 18 years and more than 80% are female.
The increase in anorexia nervosa presentations in 2020 closely matched the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions. There was a rapid surge from May, which meant patients had to go on the waiting list for treatment. Numbers then started to decline from September, with the easing of restrictions.
We're yet to analyze the numbers for 2021, but these are expected to be higher again.
The role of COVID
Restrictions play a key role in many individuals' eating disorders.
Some 40% of anorexia nervosa patients at the Royal Children's Hospital eating disorder service in 2020 reported COVID restrictions were the trigger for their disordered behaviors.
A further 13% of existing patients relapsed during lockdown.
Past research has shown isolation, loneliness and boredom are key triggers for disordered eating.
In our study, COVID restrictions resulted in feelings of isolation and loneliness in one-third of the 2020 patients, and one-quarter reported boredom.
People who develop eating disorders typically have strict thoughts and feelings in relation to food and/or exercise. When they encounter external stressors, they revert to these behaviors as a means of control.
One-quarter of the patients in our study recognized changes to their normal routine during COVID restrictions contributed to developing an eating disorder.
Patients and their families also commonly voiced about fearing the "expected weight gain during isolation" and being "worried about getting fat and losing fitness."
This may have contributed to initial weight loss, which is a another trigger for developing restrictive eating disorders.
But disorders weren't more severe
Despite an increase in anorexia nervosa presentations during the pandemic, there has been no increase in the severity of illness. Anorexia nervosa presentations throughout 2020 were actually less severe than in previous years.
There was also no change in the number of patients presenting to the eating disorder clinic experiencing depression or anxiety.
We've also seen similar increases in patient presentations for disordered eating and exercise behaviors in other parts of Australia during the pandemic.
What does this mean for the future?
The foundations for mental well-being are formed during adolescence, so access to timely, quality health care for emerging mental health problems is vital.
Since COVID restrictions can be a trigger, families should keep an eye on their children and adolescents to identify disordered behaviors.
Early and intense treatment is often crucial to recovery and maintaining this long-term. With restrictions on social interactions, families play a much bigger support role and should be empowered to assist the young person during this time of uncertainty.
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The campground has 34 tent/RV sites and 25 lean-to sites. There are restrooms with flush toilets and hot and cold running water, and two of the three restrooms include coin-operated hot showers. A sanitary dump station is available, but there are no hookups. There are play areas, hiking trails, and swimming beaches in the campground. A swimming beach and an additional restroom is available at the day use area.
The park also has a picnic pavilion that can be rented. The pavilion seats up to 35 people and has a fireplace, picnic tables, and a restroom nearby. There is no electricity, but the pavilion is universally accessible. The cost is $100 to rent (Fri - Sun) and FREE Mon - Thu.


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Amazon widens private labels with electronics gear
By RACHEL METZ , AP Technology Writer
(AP) -- Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp. Now, the online retailer wants shoppers to check out stuff that carries Amazon's own brand name, too.
Seattle-based Amazon.com Inc. is beginning to sell a line of electronics accessories called AmazonBasics this weekend. It includes audio and video cables, computer networking cables and blank DVDs.
Amazon would not give price details ahead of the launch, but Paul Ryder, vice president of consumer electronics, said the items will cost "significantly less" than similar products on the site.
Amazon already sells its Kindle electronic reading device, along with a variety of products under private label brands. For instance it offers a line of outdoor furniture called Strathwood and home and garden items that carry the Pinzon name. In choosing the name AmazonBasics, Ryder said the company hopes customers will associate it with high-quality, low-price items.
It's common for retailers to offer their own private-label products alongside brand-name ones: The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for example, sells goods under its Great Value store brand.
BWS Financial analyst Hamed Khorsand doesn't believe Amazon's private-label goods will really contribute much to its sales in the long run, though.
"I think they're just trying to have their own brand out there as more marketing than anything else," he said.
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When you click analyze, it should override the previous BPM, but it wont if you have manually edited it.
This is in 1.8.0 beta 2 under debian linux.
Thanks for the report. This is actually intentional because we didn't want to manually over-ride what the user entered b/c, for example they might have spent a bunch of time hand-tagging their BPMs and we'd rather not destroy their data if possible. If you set the BPM to 0.0 then it will re-detect it via manual analysis. What would be better here is if via the analyze GUI you could say which analyzers you'd like to run on the song.


3. Displays the maximum of the N entered numbers.
The program should read the numbers from the keyboard.
The program must display a number on the screen.
The class must have a public static void main method.
Don't add new methods to the Solution class.
The program should display the maximum of the N entered numbers.
N is supposed to decide how many times should the program loop and then the n inside the loop will provide the numbers to decide which one is the greatest.
Am sorry i don't get you at this, so should i stop using int count and use n++ instead?
No. It should be While(count < n) Also, setting maximum to 0 is bad. If the user enters all negative numbers your code will display 0 instead of the maximum of the user input. Set maximum to Integer.MIN_VALUE. You will need another variable inside the loop for the user input, then check if that is greater than the current maximum. If it is then set maximum to that user input. Get rid of the break in the loop. Also, hit reply under my comments. It doesnt notify me if you just start a new comment. You may ask something and I will not answer because I will have no idea you asked.
The loop should only run N number of times, but Line 5 only increased the loop count if the entered number was greater than the maximum. So if the the number entered for N was 5, this means that 5 numbers should be entered and the maximum of those 5 should display. In those 5 numbers the first number will set maximum, and count would increase by 1. If the second number was less than the first then count would not increase and you would have 6 loop cycles now instead of 5. And if the next number was not greater than maximum you would have 7 loop cycles. This would continue until 5 numbers are entered that all are the maximum at that time. If you entered the maximum that an integer could be, your loop would become infinite. So you ended up fixing it yourself by moving that count++ line outside of the if statement so it increased count every loop cycle and limited the amount of loops to only N.
The task is asking that your first input, n, is the amount of numbers that the user will enter to determine the maximum. So if n = 5, then the loop should ask for 5 numbers and output the largest of them: like -35, -2, 5, 8, 0, and the maximum would be 8.


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Love this. What better way to land in a new country than halfway through a book.
This is impressive! Good luck with all the book pre launch work.
Problem is, once the flight takes off, I sleep the ENTIRE way!!! I kid you not.
It's incredible that you manage to write in such a long 15 hours flight and manage it that well.
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He's coming home: Red Wings scheduled to announce Steve Yzerman as new GM
April 19, 2019, 7:21 AM | Tom Mitsos
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home
Let the rain wash away
All the pain of yesterday
The Detroit Red Wings early Friday morning gave fans the best early Christmas gift they could have ever asked for.
JUST ANNOUNCED: The #RedWings will hold a press conference today at 3 p.m. EST with Christopher Ilitch, Steve Yzerman and Ken Holland.
Watch live on https://t.co/JeI97PrF2L, the Detroit Red Wings Facebook page and the Detroit Red Wings Twitter page.
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) April 19, 2019
That's right, Steve Yzerman is making his return to the Motor City as general manager.
According to MLive.com's Ansar Khan, Ken Holland, the club's GM since 1997, will remain as the team's senior vice president.
Yzerman, 53, was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning since 2010 before announcing just prior to the 2018-19 season that he would be stepping aside to take an advisory role with the Lightning so he could spend more time with his family in Detroit.
This, of course, led to speculation the 20-year captain of the Red Wings from 1987-2006 wanted to become the GM in Detroit.
Yzerman played in 1,514 games for the Red Wings over 22 seasons, winning three Stanley Cups. He had 692 goals and 1,063 assists.
He was with the Red Wings for four seasons after his retirement, serving as an assistant to Holland.
Yzerman was credited with handing out team-friendly deals to many of the superstars on the Lightning, helping the team remain competitive in the salary cap era.
Everyone and their mother knows the Red Wings have struggled with handing out lucrative deals to mediocre players, and fans are hoping Yzerman can curb that as Detroit heads into a new era.
Not to mention, the hiring of Yzerman should make the Red Wings more attractive in free agency. Ever since the team "missed" out on Ryan Suter and Zach Parise in the summer of 2012, Holland and Co. haven't been able to land any top-name free agents.
They've been able to sign depth pieces such as Daniel Alfredsson and Frans Nielsen, but any top-pairing defenseman, or in the case of 2016, missing Steven Stamkos, has hurt the team's ability to speed up the rebuild.
Now, free agents are going to see Yzerman leading the Red Wings and remember the success he had in Tampa Bay. Does this put them over the hump to land Erik Karlsson. Do they even want Karlsson with his recent injury woes?
I have to imagine Tampa Bay's first-round exit at the hand of the Columbus Blue Jackets played a major role in Yzerman joining the Red Wings this summer. Granted, you could make the argument if the Lightning win the Stanley Cup this season, he leaves on top, ready to return his former team to glory.
I'm a bit surprised Yzerman didn't want to stay with the Lightning until he got that Stanley Cup, but the opportunity to bring the Red Wings back to prominence, as well as be close to family, must have been too much to pass.
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Chargers TE Gates returns to practice, leaves 'incredibly sore'
Published: Nov 25, 2010 at 08:30 AM
Antonio Gates, the San Diego Chargers' All-Pro tight end, was in pain as he tried to practice in a limited role Thursday.
Gates missed the Chargers' previous two games -- the first time he has sat out in his eight-year NFL career -- because of a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. He said Wednesday that he wanted to practice in the days leading up to Sunday night's game at Indianapolis to gauge his progress.
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Thursday was Gates' chance, as he participated in individual drills and a select number of team plays.
"I wanted to see how I would respond to defenders being in the way and making unexpected cuts in the flow of a route," Gates said. "Everything has been controlled to this point. I didn't finish, but I'm incredibly sore."
Gates clearly was in pain after practice, grimacing through an interview session. He said was able to move well, but he wasn't optimistic. He said he'll wait until Friday to determine if he truly took a positive step toward playing against the Colts.
"I did this kind of running last week and then I couldn't go for two days," Gates said. "I couldn't even walk on a treadmill. I don't know what my response is going to be, but I feel like I'm making progress. But it's so painful, and I have to figure out if I can play through that."
Gates also must factor in the artificial turf at Lucas Oil Stadium, which could be a deterrent. Gates hopes little steps like Thursday's practice will expedite his rehabilitation and get him back on the field, whether it's this week or in the future.
"The soreness is going to be there, and I have to deal with it," Gates said. "I'm trying to speed this process up as much as I can by working through the soreness, so I can get back on the field as quickly as possible."
Gates has 40 catches for 663 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
Gates' potential return comes just as Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson is preparing to make his season debut after being activated off the roster exempt list Tuesday. Wide receiver Legedu Naanee, who missed the previous five games with a hamstring injury, took part in Wednesday's practice and was a limited participant Thursday.
The Chargers will be without wide receiver Patrick Crayton, who underwent surgery on his left wrist just days after he was hurt during Monday night's 35-14 victory over the Denver Broncos.
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Stefan Simchowitz was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Johannesburg, South Africa, and brought up on three continents—Africa, Europe, and North America. At the age of 11 while attending a Jewish day school in Johannesburg, Simchowitz, being younger and physically smaller than other boys, was bullied and assaulted by his classmates who broke his leg in four places. They stole his lunch every day. Determined to have his revenge, Simchowitz removed the wrappers from store-bought pork pies and put them in his lunch box. At the end of the school year, he left the label on for the boys to realize that they had done the unthinkable: eating the most unkosher meat there is (for the record, Simchowitz himself doesn't mind eating pork).
For a few years after his graduation from Stanford with a degree in economics, Simchowitz treaded water in Hollywood, producing several films including Darren Aronofsky's Requiem For A Dream (2000). He then ventured into the business of collecting and dealing art, financing artists, and sponsoring institutions. His ambition eventually gave birth to Simcor LLC, a company that has ten employees on the payroll and which generated nearly 150 million dollars in sales in 2016.
Today, Simchowitz, who considers himself an American rather than a South African, lives in Los Angeles with his wife and business partner Rosi Riedl and their son Morris. His controversial business model, obstinate personality, omnipresence on social media, and big mouth have consistently earned him a spot at the center of heated and polarized debates about his policy of aggressively stockpiling emerging artists' work so as to compete with galleries and dealers for their market share. This isn't unusual for collectors. The only things separating Simchowitz from others are his voluntary transparency and his stubborn will to disrupt the system.
Stefan Simchowitz in front of the installation of his collection at ICM (photo by author)
Danielle Shang: How does having grown up in South Africa influence your taste in art?
Stefan Simchowitz: South Africa was not under the influence of Warhol or Lichtenstein's pop art, because mass media were suppressed in the '70s and '80s, and nobody cared about celebrities. The lens through which I look at art history is different. I'm not fixated with the pre-fixed menu of Warhol, Ruscha, Kapoor, Condo…which is like a stock portfolio. Coming from a different geographical environment gives me an opportunity to observe things from a more diverse perspective.
The problem with New York-centric Western art is that the lens focuses only on this geographical standpoint and the timeline of the postwar period. But if we look beyond that, Warhol might not be so important; instead, Goya becomes more important, or Chinese ink painting becomes more important. We need a broader platform on which things can be historically equalized.
DS: Why are you focusing on only young and emerging artists?
SS: Because I believe in it. I want to be involved with the culture of my time. I don't want to be a real estate broker who represents and resells something that's been there for a long time. And it's more exciting to see a piece of land that has not been explored; five years ago, I thought Africa was interesting, so I googled contemporary art in every country in Africa.
DS: Why Africa?
SS: Because I think we need a new voice; and because I hypothesize that Africa, by the year 2050, will be the biggest economy in the world. I saw an image by Ibrahim Mahama on Instagram and contacted him. I saw images of Serge Attukwei Clottey in a performance in Ghana. I called him up.
DS: How many artists are you currently backing?
SS: I manage five artists fully. And I support several other artists directly and indirectly.
DS: How did you discover Oscar Murillo, Parker Ito, and Sterling Ruby?
SS: I saw Murillo in a group show at Nicodim Gallery, I bought all of his works. I found Parker Ito on a website called Nasty Nets prior to Facebook. I contacted him. He had no money. He wore a hazard mask and painted oil wrecks. He drove to my house and pulled out paintings from the trunk of his car. I paid him $10,000 for everything. He was ecstatic and introduced to me his friends, including Artie Vierkant. I was at Metro Pictures in 2006 and bought a few pieces that I liked. I asked who the artist was, and they told me it was Sterling Ruby.
Oscar Murillo installing works at Nicodim Gallery, 2011 (courtesy of the artist and Nicodim Gallery)
DS: Do you credit yourself for discovering them or putting them on the map?
SS: The action of discovery of an artist belongs to everyone. It is not singular. I'm not Lewis & Clark. But it is not just the action of discovery that matters, also how to actualize that discovery to provide resources to that artist so that they can fulfill their potential. I look for talent, not the final product. I enter when they are at the early stage of their career.
DS: But then you and Mahama took turns suing each other.
SS: That's fantastic! I sued him and made him even more famous.
DS: What happened with Oscar Murillo?
SS: His gallery is nervous because he sold me too much material early on, so they constructed a narrative against me.
DS: Are you worried about your relationship with the current artists whom you work with, for example Petra Cortright or Kour Pour?
SS: Petra and I have a very transparent and trusting relationship. It's been successful for her. You know Petra dressed like me on Halloween. People warned her not to be associated with me. But Petra says, "Everything this guy says, he has delivered." Many artists have surrounded themselves with people who are competitive, who want to represent the artists themselves, therefore they are quick to demonize me in order to fight for a plate at the dinner party.
DS: On more than one occasion, you have lamented that artists are disloyal, greedy, selfish, narrow-minded…
SS: I say it because we have an illusion that artists are holding a higher moral standard. Ai Weiwei trades on that currency because he understands the mythology of artists in society, and how easy it is to manipulate it. The West, which loves the mythology of morality, has provided a perfect structure for him to climb into and ascend the staircase. He is an important artist from the West's perspective; that's why to Westerners he is worth collecting. But is his role as a moral artist real? I'm not sure. Maybe he is just a Chinese guy who didn't pay his taxes. A lot of artists, curators and art world people would happily step into this position if it were provided to them.
Ibrahim Mahama, "Untitled", 2013-14, jute coal sacks, 96 x 48 in (courtesy of the artist & Stefan Simchowitz)
DS: How did you become blacklisted by Blum & Poe?
SS: I like Darren Bader's work, which is not easy to sell, but the gallery refused to sell me his works. So I sent over a young female consultant, and the gallery offered her everything. I walked into Jeff Poe's office and told him the truth. Jeff got upset.
DS: Why did you have to tell Jeff? Is this the pork pie revenge?
SS: I like to challenge them, just like I challenged the guy who broke my leg: because it was stupid. Why should people play games? I then realized that these businesses tried to create an illusion. Galleries would tell me that there is a line of museums waiting, or it's sold out. Then I send someone else in and buy the whole show.
DS: Do you circumvent galleries to approach their artists?
SS: 100%! I love doing it. I have no license not to. But I won't if the gallery is good, like Nicodim Gallery, who introduces to me many young artists; some are Chinese. Mihai (Nicodim) is a solid guy—he is sensible, doesn't play games. Also some other galleries like François Ghebaly, Redling Fine Art, China Art Object, Roberts & Tilton, Hauser & Wirth, Gagosian Gallery, etc.—I don't bypass them, because I enjoy working with them.
Simphiwe Ndzube, "Torchbearers", 2016, acrylic, garment, & mixed media, canvas size: 72 x 96 in (courtesy of the artist & Stefan Simchowitz)
Serge Attukwei Clottey and his work, "Friutfulness II", 2016, plastics, wire & oil painting, 127 57 in (courtesy of the artist & Stefan Simchowitz)
DS: What is your relationship with the Depart Foundation? Do you rotate your artists there?
SS: No. I give them money; I give them suggestions and provide resources. Same with the Mistake Room. I introduced Cesar Garcia to Murillo and Korakrit Arunanondchai, who both ended up having solo shows there. I like to support small institutions because I believe in them, and they need support. I gave works to many institutions this year: MOCA, the Hammer, the Brooklyn Museum, etc. But I don't claim to be a generous philanthropist and a moral human being. Because that's bullshit! It's convenient for the cultural industry to valorize collectors because the industry depends on them financially. People join the boards of the royal opera or ballet after living lives filled with savage business careers and ruthlessness. I call it the cultural dry clean of the world. This valorization and the mythological structure are there to create a false narrative.
DS: What is your personal economic view of the market?
SS: Economics is a social science. It's the study of mankind and its relationship to money and exchange. I give you an example: why did Art 021 bring paintings by Adrien Brody to Shanghai? By the way, listen up, if you buy Brody's paintings for social status, you are making bad decisions. Watch his movies, but don't buy his art. Don't think of him as a handbag by Louis Vuitton. Buying his painting is a social behavior; it has nothing to do with art. Before you analyze art, like finding a diamond in the mud, you have to cut away all the disgusting feces of emotion, greed, morality, and ego. At the end you have this shiny rock. Put all the bullshit aside, Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds and the marble doors are beautiful objects. At the core, there is the greatness. But the greatness is the greatness of the West that mythologizes him for his "moral role." He is a good artist without the baggage of morality and Western art history, because he understands the object and the decorative nature of art.
DS: You love the topic of morality!
SS: I'm fixated with two things. One is morality, which is a behavioral subject that we use to relate to art for economic means and for status; on the other is the current distribution system of art. I want to break the rhythm. I want to turn the aircraft carrier around. And I'm turning it, single-handedly, I may add. [A big grin on his face] Actually, artists should be the ones being fearless, but they are too encumbered with the system and too scared to speak their minds, because they are afraid to alienate curators and their dealers.
Sterling Ruby studio (courtesy of Stefan Simchowitz)
Petra Cortright, (still image from) NIKI, LUCY, LOLA, VIOLA, 2015 (courtesy of the artist & Stefan Simchowitz)
Zhou Yilun, "Respect", 2015, mixed media installation, 113 x 174 in (courtesy of the artist & Stefan Simchowitz)
DS: How do you want art to be distributed?
SS: The postwar period has been defined in a linear hierarchy; America dominates the postwar narrative, and New York is the center. But now other economies are growing: China, Africa, India…Then comes the internet: people connect through it and distribute images, so the distribution of art changes from a linear model to more diverse modes. The distribution of art becomes inseparable from the production and exhibition of art. If you talk about art, you can't avoid talking about artist distribution. A transformation occurs when the collector becomes the artist—not just in the Duchampian sense that a collector becomes a speculator transmuting the art from its raw state to a refined state. And we end up in a system where the linear hierarchy is replaced by a nonlinear hierarchy that sporadically changes according to the circumstances, which themselves are random and non-linear. The complete redefinition of the postwar art system was laid out by Duchamp with a urinal in a museum. We have to revisit this concept, because this is the radical shift in the art industry.
DS: How do you see yourself in this radical shift?
SS: I see myself as the architect of this order, reconstructing not only a new business model but also reclassifying what it is to produce and distribute art in the 21st century. I think people overlook my intellectual strategy in this mission. I have the intention to create an ideological structure for the reformation of art and its processes of integration into the global system.
DS: You made it into the [Art Review magazine] "Power100" list last year.
SS: Well, they took me off this year because they wanted to hold on to the same linear thing. It's an example of them not accepting the change. So I'm putting together my own list called "Simco's 100 List". It's coming out on December 31st.
DS: You use the terms "production" and "distribution" a lot. These are terms used in the film industry. Do you see parallels between the art business and the film business?
SS: Absolutely. They both are about generating content. In the post-internet and social media era, the physical object becomes documented and itemized as content online first, and then commoditized. However, during the transformation of art into cyber content, the physical object still exists in its original form.
DS: What can we learn from the film world?
SS: The film world does a good job building a distribution system. It's able to localize and differentiate those distribution systems for the same product. For example, they market Star Wars in China differently from in Africa.
At the end of the day, I believe in creating a formal, established, controlled market by building a proper supply chain and not having the power resting in galleries who are essentially retailers. I see myself as a wholesale financier. Right now, there's not a proper supply chain; art is not evenly distributed.
Simchowitz with artist Jeff Koons (left) and actor Orlando Bloom (right) (courtesy of Stefan Simchowitz)
DS: I know you love social media for disseminating information and images. What content do you decide to put on which platform?
SS: I just started to use WeChat. I haven't figured it out yet. Instagram is about pictures that I like and artists I want to show. Facebook is more complicated. It's my diary.
DS: Does your Facebook page reflect your view of the world?
SS: Absolutely. Politically and socially I'm very liberal. Economically, maybe not so much. [Another big grin on his face]
DS: You once said "My ideal operation will more closely resemble the CIA." Can you elaborate on this analogy?
SS: I want to build an engine to finance, wholesale, produce, distribute, and organize artists. The CIA is invisible; you don't know what they are doing and how they are doing it. It's not particularly a moral organization, but they are very good at making you hear things from different corners: when one person is singing, you hear a choir. The culture industry needs an underlying intelligence structure to support art's distribution.
DS: So the CIM (International Creative Management, a talent and literary agency) project is your way of being the CIA?
SS: Absolutely. Instead of spending millions of dollars to fund a museum, I decorate an institution with 400 works by 90 artists from my collection. I call it Museum 2.0. 400 people come in and out on any given day. Meetings with Hollywood shakers and makers take place there. From Samuel Jackson to Ellen DeGeneres, Katie Holmes, and Emmanuel Lubezki—the best cinematographer in the world, who was responsible for The Revenant. They all engage with the art.
DS: What do you think about the market and artists in China?
SS: I don't know enough about China. But I have collected a few, such as Liao Guohe and Zhou Yilun. But in general, Chinese artists' prices are too high, and are not accessible for the Western audience.
DS: You have met Wang Bing, Tian Jun and Qiao Zhibing. What do you think of them?
SS: I like them. They are smart and ambitious. I'd love to visit them in China. China is the future. I want to have a Chinese audience. But I also want to make my world the center for anyone to visit. I want to be the rock of the foundation, the visiting point, the point of access. My place is open to everyone.
Los Angeles, December, 2016
Stefan Simchowitz, Morris Simchowitz, & Rosi Riedl (courtesy of Stefan Simchowitz)
Simchowitz with artist Tong Kunniao (left, courtesy of the artist) and collector Qiao Zhibing (right, courtesy of Stefan Simchowitz)
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Maple Leaf recalls hotdogs on listeria concerns
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Maple Leaf has issued a voluntary recall of nine wiener products on fears they may be tainted with traces of listeria monocytogenes.
The products, usually sold as hotdogs, were made under the Hygrade, Shopsey's and Maple Leaf brands at the company's plant in Hamilton, Ontario.
The company said that the recall was a precautionary measure and that it was in full compliance with Canada's new listeria policy. National health authorities said there had been no reported illnesses linked to consumption of the sausages.
"After last August's tragedy, Maple Leaf is being ultra-cautious about Listeria," said Dr. Randall Huffman, Chief Food Safety Officer for Maple Leaf Foods.
He added: "The Hamilton plant has a very strong food safety testing and sanitation program, and the Listeria monocytogenes found in random product samples is at very low levels.
Huffman said the company's listeria-testing regime was more rigorous than required by regulations, which meant it was "finding it more and acting whenever there is a potential and even remote food safety risk."
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To me, this is outrageous. I am a CEO too, and I know how much time, effort and energy growing my business consumes. I deserve to get paid well for my leadership and decision-making. However, while winning is an integral part of any definition of success, I cannot imagine how I could ever justify creating such a gigantic disparity between what I earn and what I pay my team. To me, the team is integral to my business's success. If I win, then my team wins. If my team wins, then my clients win. When my clients win, then the entire business ecosystem wins.
I strive to create a supportive environment with my team, and I have found that we win more often when I place an emphasis on personal happiness.
Happy teams can achieve productivity increases of up to 20%, according to Daniel Sgroi of the Social Market Foundation, who authored a 2015 study which looked at the relationship between happiness and productivity. The researchers chose workers at random and provided materials that would make them feel happy, including comedy videos, drinks and snacks.
Many people assume that businesses are focused on profit at all costs, including the cost of workers' well-being. But I'd like to suggest that you can build a business, make it successful and also care about your team's happiness.
When we all win, we become happier. That happiness leads to a nurturing environment that encourages productivity. It's the opposite of a vicious cycle: it's a positive cycle!
"The more you nourish employees, the more a business flourishes," says Lord Mark Price, former Trade Minister in the UK Conservative government.
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the yogurt company Chobani, believes that nurturing employees is the best way to create a positive work environment. Ulukaya, the Yogurt King, grew up in the mountains of Turkey, but sought a different life. He moved to New York and eventually used his experience to create the Greek-style yogurt brand Chobani. Founded in 2005, Chobani currently holds a 20% share of the U.S. yogurt market.
Every year, each employee receives a turkey and a bucket of feta cheese during the holiday season. In 2016, Ulukaya gave 10% of his company to his employees in the form of shares. For some long-term workers, that was a million-dollar gift.
"Now they'll be working to build the company even more and building their future at the same time," he said in 2016 in an interview with the New York Times.
For those who believe business is only profit-oriented, the idea of gifting that much of a self-built company might sound like a recipe for disaster. Ulukaya believes the opposite is true. He has built his highly successful brand by encouraging employee ownership. It is a process every business owner can follow.
When employees feel engaged in the success of the organization they work for, their sense of ownership creates a collaborative environment which offers robust levels of productivity. It is evidence that business isn't an individual game, but a team sport. We all win.
Many organizations use an ESOP, or an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, to create a team environment. For startups or SMBs, introducing an ESOP may not be the best solution. It might not even be possible. But there are still effective ways to encourage employees to take pride in their company.
Provide regular feedback that encourages worker skill growth.
Be willing to listen when workers are struggling with a personal or professional issue.
Look for ways to expand the role of top producers within the organization, since a promotion or a raise can be an excellent motivational tool.
I may not be able to offer a million-dollar ESOP to my team, but I can nurture them by encouraging an environment where we can all be proud of our work. When that pride is present, a winning attitude often follows.
That is how business can—and, I would argue, should—also be about caring. By nourishing others, we feed ourselves.
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The Pequot Water Company was a soda and spring water bottling company where I grew up in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Pequot soda came in a long list of flavors, like orange, root beer, and lemon-lime. Trucks came directly to our door to deliver the specific flavors my mother had ordered.
The glass bottles with a cork-lined cap were transported in heavy wooden crates, with 12 bottles per crate. When the soda bottles were empty, the truck returned to take the crate of empties back to the bottling plant to be reused.
The Pequot Water Company was started in 1916 by the Roser family, of Glastonbury. The water used to make the soda was from an onsite spring that was purported to have magical powers by the local Indians. Pequot soda was delivered on trucks from the early 1960s into the 1970s.
The company has since closed, and the building stands empty, having been recently sold. But the name of "Pequot soda" brings a smile to my face as I remember how great it tasted and how much by brothers and I enjoyed it as kids.
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An undisclosed Guantanamo Bay prisoner died over the weekend after guards at the US detention facility found him unconscious in his cell. The prisoner died in solitary confinement, in Camp 5, that holds those who have violated prison rules.
The prisoner was placed in solitary confinement after splashing a guard with a "cocktail," a mixture of food and bodily fluids, said Navy Capt. Robert Durand, a spokesman for the prison.
The Navy also confirmed that the deceased had been on hunger strike, which he ended on June 1st. At that time the prisoners weight was 95 percent of his ideal body weight and 6 kilos heavier than when he came to Guantanamo, the spokesman said.
Duran has also added that the departed was not one of the high-profile detainees currently being tried by the military commissions at Guantanamo.
The US government is in the process of notifying the prisoner's family, while an investigation into the cause of death has been launched by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
But Ryan Dawson a journalist and co-writer of Why Peace told RT that the true cause of the prisoners death may never be known, "whether this person died of suicide or not, we're not going to know because he's categorized as an enemy combatant, which is essentially a human being without rights".
A mortuary team will wash and place the body in a shroud in accordance with Islamic burial rites, before it is shipped back to the prisoner's homeland, he said.
The news came the same day the US transferred control of the notorious Bagram military detention facility in Afghanistan to local authorities. The US handed over 3,082 detainees to Afghan control but the transfer of about 600 prisoners who were detained after the handover agreement was signed on March 9, this year, is still in process.
This weekend's death became the ninth such occurrence since Guantanamo opened its doors in 2002. The military has said two of those deaths were by natural causes and six were declared suicides.
The most recent death was in April 2011, when a 37-year-old Afghan prisoner died in an apparent suicide. Two Saudis and a Yemeni prisoner were found hanging in their cells in June 2006 in what the military determined was a coordinated suicide.
In 2009, President Obama signed an executive order to close Guantanamo. But a decision on the specifics of such a plan was postponed and in 2011, he issued an executive order permitting the indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainees.
The notorious prison began operations to hold suspected terrorists, linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, following the 9/11 terror attacks.
With indefinite detentions and documented use of torture, Guantanamo has put a black mark on America's already spotty human rights record. Within the last decade of the War on Terror, about 800 people have passed through the camp.
At the moment the prison houses 169 detainees, about half of whom were cleared for release but have few prospects of obtaining freedom due to a ban on transfers from Guantanamo. As for the rest of the captives, some of them have a shot at a military hearing, but most of them do not have even that chance because the government says they cannot be tried for one reason or another, while the US Supreme Court keeps refusing to take up Guantanamo detainees' petitions.


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Nacque il 17 gennaio 1551 a Serravalle. Dal 1567 la famiglia lo mandò per qualche anno da suo zio Andrea Minucci, che era arcivescovo di Zara. Si laureò in diritto canonico all'università di Padova.
Nel 1573 divenne segretario delle delegazioni apostoliche a Innsbruck, Salisburgo e Monaco di Baviera. Incominciarono gli stretti rapporti con la casata di Wittelsbach. Dopo la morte del nunzio divenne il segretario del cardinale Ludovico Madruzzo, principe vescovo di Trento. Con lui Minucci viaggiò verso la Dieta di Augusta nel 1582.

È particolarmente conosciuto un suo volume sulla storia degli Uscocchi, che vivevano sulla costa dalmata al tempo di Minucci.

Il 7 febbraio 1596 fu eletto arcivescovo di Zara e fu consacrato vescovo il 10 marzo dello stesso anno.

Morì nel 1604 durante un breve soggiorno a Monaco di Baviera e fu sepolto nella chiesa di San Michele.

Fondazione Minuccio Minucci
A Vittorio Veneto, "per espresso lascito testamentario" del commendatore Giacomo Camillo De Carlo, è stata istituita la Fondazione Minuccio Minucci.

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Note: This test review was published by BPS on 5th February 2010
Description of the Test
The Global Personality Inventory (GPI) is designed as a cross-cultural measure of work-based personality dimensions. It is intended for use mainly with professional employees, particularly middle managers and executives. It has been designed for selection, development, coaching and feedback purposes. It is primarily aimed at multi-national organisations who want to use a common personality questionnaire to assess candidates and employees internationally. In line with this, it is available in a number of different languages. The GPI measures 37 facets of personality which are grouped into 9 performance factors. Most of these facet scales are unidimensional trait constructs. However, the inventory also includes 'trait composite' scales, which are considered to be multidimensional scales which reflect derailing syndromes that can lead to management failure. The scales and factors measured by the GPI are: Thinking factor: Thought Agility, Innovativeness/Creativity, Thought Focus, Vision. Planning & Execution factor: Attention to Detail, Work Focus. Facilitating Leadership factor: Taking Charge, Influence. Derailing Leadership factor: Ego-Centered, Manipulation, Micro-Managing, Intimidating, Passive-Aggressive. Interpersonal factor: Sociability, Consideration, Empathy, Trust, Social Astuteness. Motivation factor: Energy Level, Initiative, Desire for Achievement. Individual Work Orientation factor: Independence, Competitiveness, Risk-Taking, Desire for Advancement. Collective Work Orientation factor: Interdependence, Dutifulness, Responsibility. Self-Management factor: Adaptability, Openness, Negative Affectivity, Optimism, Emotional Control, Stress Tolerance, Self-Confidence, Impressing, Self-Awareness/Self-Insight. The facet scales were developed using the Five-Factor Model as a starting point, along with a review of major personality inventories. The performance factors used to group the scales are based on a model of job performance developed by PDI through their own organisational research. The GPI was developed through a coordinated international effort involving representatives from 14 different countries. The development process focused on identifying work-related personality constructs that could be measured effectively across a range of different cultures. The country teams all had input into the development of the facet scale concepts, contributed ideas for inventory items, and conducted trials of the inventory so that the results could be compared across cultures. The inventory contains 300 items and takes in the region of 50 to 60 minutes to complete. It is administered online, under controlled unsupervised or supervised conditions. Respondents rate each item statement on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. Three different reports can be obtained once a respondent has completed the inventory. All reports present the inventory results on a 1-10 sten scale. Two reports are aimed at qualified users (i.e. Level B Intermediate Certificate holders): a profile report containing the results for the 37 facet scales and a competency report containing the aggregated results for the 9 performance factors. An additional report is available for managers who are not trained to use the inventory, which provides narrative interpretation and suggested behavioural description interview questions.
Authors: M. J. Schmit, J.A. Kihm, C. Robie
Test Publisher: Previser (ASE)