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"""
The ``container_quotas`` middleware implements simple quotas that can be
imposed on swift containers by a user with the ability to set container
metadata, most likely the account administrator.  This can be useful for
limiting the scope of containers that are delegated to non-admin users, exposed
to ``formpost`` uploads, or just as a self-imposed sanity check.

Any object PUT operations that exceed these quotas return a 413 response
(request entity too large) with a descriptive body.

Quotas are subject to several limitations: eventual consistency, the timeliness
of the cached container_info (60 second ttl by default), and it's unable to
reject chunked transfer uploads that exceed the quota (though once the quota
is exceeded, new chunked transfers will be refused).

Quotas are set by adding meta values to the container, and are validated when
set:

+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|Metadata                                     | Use                           |
+=============================================+===============================+
| X-Container-Meta-Quota-Bytes                | Maximum size of the           |
|                                             | container, in bytes.          |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
| X-Container-Meta-Quota-Count                | Maximum object count of the   |
|                                             | container.                    |
+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
"""
from swift.common.constraints import check_copy_from_header
from swift.common.http import is_success
from swift.common.swob import Response, HTTPBadRequest, wsgify
from swift.common.utils import register_swift_info
from swift.proxy.controllers.base import get_container_info, get_object_info

class ContainerQuotaMiddleware(object):
    def __init__(self, app, *args, **kwargs):
        self.app = app

    def bad_response(self, req, container_info):
        # 401 if the user couldn't have PUT this object in the first place.
        # This prevents leaking the container's existence to unauthed users.
        if 'swift.authorize' in req.environ:
            req.acl = container_info['write_acl']
            aresp = req.environ['swift.authorize'](req)
            if aresp:
                return aresp
        return Response(status=413, body='Upload exceeds quota.')

    @wsgify
    def __call__(self, req):
        try:
            (version, account, container, obj) = req.split_path(3, 4, True)
        except ValueError:
            return self.app

        # verify new quota headers are properly formatted
        if not obj and req.method in ('PUT', 'POST'):
            val = req.headers.get('X-Container-Meta-Quota-Bytes')
            if val and not val.isdigit():
                return HTTPBadRequest(body='Invalid bytes quota.')
            val = req.headers.get('X-Container-Meta-Quota-Count')
            if val and not val.isdigit():
                return HTTPBadRequest(body='Invalid count quota.')

        # check user uploads against quotas
        elif obj and req.method in ('PUT', 'COPY'):
            container_info = None
            if req.method == 'PUT':
                container_info = get_container_info(
                    req.environ, self.app, swift_source='CQ')
            if req.method == 'COPY' and 'Destination' in req.headers:
                dest = req.headers.get('Destination').lstrip('/')
                path_info = req.environ['PATH_INFO']
                req.environ['PATH_INFO'] = "/%s/%s/%s" % (
                    version, account, dest)
                try:
                    container_info = get_container_info(
                        req.environ, self.app, swift_source='CQ')
                finally:
                    req.environ['PATH_INFO'] = path_info
            if not container_info or not is_success(container_info['status']):
                # this will hopefully 404 later
                return self.app

            if 'quota-bytes' in container_info.get('meta', {}) and \
                    'bytes' in container_info and \
                    container_info['meta']['quota-bytes'].isdigit():
                content_length = (req.content_length or 0)
                if 'x-copy-from' in req.headers or req.method == 'COPY':
                    if 'x-copy-from' in req.headers:
                        container, obj = check_copy_from_header(req)
                    path = '/%s/%s/%s/%s' % (version, account,
                                             container, obj)
                    object_info = get_object_info(req.environ, self.app, path)
                    if not object_info or not object_info['length']:
                        content_length = 0
                    else:
                        content_length = int(object_info['length'])
                new_size = int(container_info['bytes']) + content_length
                if int(container_info['meta']['quota-bytes']) < new_size:
                    return self.bad_response(req, container_info)

            if 'quota-count' in container_info.get('meta', {}) and \
                    'object_count' in container_info and \
                    container_info['meta']['quota-count'].isdigit():
                new_count = int(container_info['object_count']) + 1
                if int(container_info['meta']['quota-count']) < new_count:
                    return self.bad_response(req, container_info)

        return self.app

def filter_factory(global_conf, **local_conf):
    register_swift_info('container_quotas')

    def container_quota_filter(app):
        return ContainerQuotaMiddleware(app)
    return container_quota_filter


WASHINGTON -- Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro said Wednesday she will "profoundly" question any move by the Obama administration to move some consumer-protection powers outside of the SEC. Ms. Schapiro's quick response to reports about Obama administration plans for a new consumer-protection agency suggested the turf battles that are likely to lie ahead for the effort. Ms. Schapiro said she doesn't believe the idea of a consumer-protection agency is a "concrete proposal" and she hopes "they will be refining it." A representative of the mutual-fund industry criticized talk of shifting regulation over mutual funds. "I think that it is going to be hugely expensive and highly inefficient to try and in essence re-create the Securities and Exchange Commission," said Susan Wyderko, the executive director of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum.
Let us keep in mind here that the discussion of a new super-regulator to take the SEC's place was not conducted with the SEC in on the conversation; during a dinner meeting yesterday, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner met with Obama Save-the-Economy Team Members Larry Summers and Paul Volcker to bat around the idea of passing the SEC's duties off to the Federal Reserve. I remind you here that of the 3 men, two are Federal Reserve alum. Worse, Summers' name has been mentioned more than once as a suitable replacement for current Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke at the end of his term in 2010. While I certainly agree with the Obama administration's scrutiny of the SEC (for obvious reasons, of which "Bernie Madoff" might ring a bell), I do not agree that the Fed would be the agency best equipped to take over. The Fed? Really? This is the best suggestion the administration could offer in the middle of a full-blown crisis? We need better. Less shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic and more viable solutions that lead to recovery. This particular suggestion leaves me wondering where "viability" comes in.
"Miles, it's ok, you can say it. Christopher Cox appeared to be deeply entrenched in some sort of political obligation as opposed to a true obligation to his agency's declared purpose as ultimate regulator.
Political parties change all the time - the corruption and ineptitude that permeate the sordid histories of agencies like the SEC (and the Fed), however, do not.
Same old same old, just different faces.
The Obama admin appears closest to understanding the problem. The Fed created this mess in the first place. They are the ones who allowed less capital requirements backing bank loans. They are the ones who have opted constantly to stimulate the economy thru greater debt and even at this point they think they can fix too much debt with more debt.
The SEC has loosened requirements for borrowing on margin to go from 50% of capital to 90%. The fact is that the governmental entities have actually caused the problem by removing the restrictions that were meant to prevent financial meltdown. The financial watchdogs have allowed the financial industry to create CDOs to sell of debt to unsuspecting suckers. Thank goodness that some banks got caught with this debt in their own portfolios instead of selling it to individuals who need the money to live.
The admin needs to tear down the existing governmental watchdogs to nothing and replace them from the ground up. Anything else will be absurd and give no confidence to any future system. Yes everyone was loving the long rallies and obviously politics changed to the whims of "endless" money in the form of credit but government and industry experts should have known better. If its not possible to develop and maintain a watchdog agency that works then just eliminate them all and let each individual watch out for himself. At least we know corruption doesn't exist within watchdog agencies that aren't there. Anything that reduces complexity and heirarchy within financial monitoring system is likely better.
"It is hard to say what happened within the SEC but one thing for sure is that the right stuff didn't happen i.e. monitoring the financial industry was inept beyond reason.
It is now without doubt that the financial industry must be monitored and controlled by some governmental entity (who else as this is what government is for). Undoubtedly the best approach is to create a completely new entity to do this one that lacks the corruption or lack of will within curent manpower to accomplish such. But there is no doubt that a complete rebuild is a minimum requirement for the SEC to mean anything.
It also is a requirement that at some level, and obviously high leadership, that there must be punishment for a complete lack of oversight otherwise what incentive is there to retain oversight in the future. AT a minimum all responsible or connected to corruption should get no further government employment and reduced or no pensions. In cases of corruption they should see jail time.


Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for the U.S. Cellular version of Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970). The new official firmware is now available as an Over-The-Air (OTA) update as well as through Samsung KIES.
Samsung Galaxy S4 (U.S. Cellular) SCH-R970 users who missed the OTA update notification or unable to access the update over Samsung KIES, may follow our step-by-step guide to install the update manually.
5. The Android 4.4.2 TYUFNAE KitKat firmware is compatible only with the U.S. Cellular version of Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-R970). Applying this to any incorrect variant might brick the device. Verify the model number of the Galaxy S4 by navigating to Settings >> About Phone.
Samsung Galaxy S4 (U.S. Cellular) SCH-R970 should be now updated with Android 4.4.2 TYUFNAE KitKat official firmware. Head over to Settings >> About Phone to verify the software version running on the device.
Note: If Galaxy S4 (U.S. Cellular) SCH-R970 stuck at booting animation after Step 10 then go to recovery mode (press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons together) and perform Wipe data/Factory Reset and Wipe Cache Partition task before selecting reboot system now function. In recovery mode use Volume keys to navigate between options and Power key to select the option. Please note, performing wiping task will erase your device internal memory data and not external SD card data.


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Ameex awarded the Quickest to Launch award at the 2020 Acquia Engage!
Ameex Technologies won the quickest to launch award in the builders' category by Acquia for launching Vermont Law School's new site at a lightning speed.
October 21, 2020 – Acquia Engage Awards are presented annually to recognize world-class digital experiences delivered by the organizations using the Acquia Open Digital Experience Platform (DXP).
The Winner
Vermont Law School was founded to develop a generation of leaders who use the power of the law to make a difference in communities. The school wanted to update or publish new content on time that needed to convince prospective students, faculty, staff, and alumni, etc. But their website platform was not flexible enough or user-friendly to do so.
Ameex took the lead on the new site starting the project engagement with a discovery questionnaire, understood their needs and expectations, and completed the site design and backend options at a lightning speed. Additionally, there were no errors or issues identified after the launch.
Key Results Achieved
New site was launched in 20 days
Time taken to publish a new page is now less than 10 minutes
Helped users to find relevant information quicker
Back-end and front-end processes made more user-friendly
Acquia Cloud Platform ensured security and smooth deployment of the site
"We're excited to receive an award from Acquia in the quickest to launch category. At Ameex, we continuously strive to serve our clients better and faster," said Ranga Srinivasan, President and CTO, Ameex Technologies. "Our human-centric problem-solving approach by our talented and innovative team, and outcome-driven based agile solutions have helped us build trusted relationships with our clients and deliver world-class digital experiences to their customers."
Dan Venkatesan, CEO and Managing Director of Ameex Technologies stated "We're honored to be awarded by Acquia for the third consecutive year. It's a testament to the talented team we have at Ameex and the great partnership we have with Acquia."
"This year, nearly every organization has needed to fundamentally and rapidly change the way they communicate with customers, making digital experiences more vital than ever," said Lynne Capozzi, Chief Marketing Officer at Acquia. "Our partners and customers are going above and beyond to use open platforms and technologies to support customers and employees. Acquia is proud to showcase this year's winners, who have truly risen to the challenge."
About Ameex
Ameex Technologies is a digital transformation partner delivering content and personalized commerce solutions, fueling the transformation in digital experiences. We help you build and deliver integrated, optimized user experience across all digital touchpoints, all audiences, with the customer at the center, and throughout the customer engagement journey.
Headquartered in Illinois, Chicago, we are one of the very few companies to be listed under Inc 5000 as the fastest-growing privately-held organizations in the US for seven consecutive years.
To know more about Ameex, Contact us or call (312)-340-7112
Acquia is the open digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with technology that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia, we believe in the power of community – giving our customers the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms. To learn more, visit acquia.com.
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Before you start your business, you must know who your market is. If you already have a product or service, you may already know who your potential customers are. These are your "audience", or a term you might want to familiarize yourself with, your personas. The problem you may now have is how to reach them.
Your persona does not refer to everyone in your target market. For example, if you are selling men's shoes, your audience probably won't be all men. You have to drill down the market to find the right prospects. If you sell Italian leather shoes, you probably don't want to connect with men looking for Jordan basketball sneakers, get it?
To drill down on your persona, find out everything you can about your best clients and create a fictional person out of the information.
What is the size in employees and revenue of your company?
How do you learn about new information?
My ideal customer persona is a man, probably between 18 to 50 years. The person loves class, has a white-collar job, is a high-income earner and lives in the United States. The is married, has 2 kids, drives a sporty car and wears his pants cut a little short so that his shoes show.
With this answer, we've defined our persona by answering questions about his gender, age, interest, employment, income level, and personal details. These factors will give you a firm start on defining your audience. From there, you can even further drill down the customers depending on what you are offering.


The Jazz have fallen into the trap of losing to the bad teams and winning against the good teams. For some reason, we have trouble playing against the lovable losers. First, it was the Kings on Friday. Now it was a loss to the Clippers last night. Somewhere in between, we played a glorious game against the Rockets, absolutely dismantling Houston with an offensive explosion. What then happened to us?
Something is wrong with Deron Williams. As great as he is, he hasn't played a consistent game for awhile. Bigger and stronger opponents have given him fits. Tyreke Evans had his way against him on Friday night, scoring 22 and dishing out 7. Deron only managed 10 with 13. Evan's length and strength were huge disrupters to him. Again last night, Baron Davis had a terrific game. While... Deron couldn't seem to find his rhythm, as evidenced by his late game miscues. Somewhere in between though, Deron exploded for 35 against Houston, displaying an unmatched arsenal of shots and scores that completely overwhelmed the Rockets. Smaller and lighter Aaron Brooks really had no chance. Deron blew up for 20 points in the first quarter alone. It's just too bad that the Jazz can't balance out the inconsistencies of our Star. As Deron goes... so go the Jazz. Hopefully the Jazz can get things back together. We can't afford to continue our losing ways against the lovable losers.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I've seen this movie before. Phenomenal February, followed by middling March in which we lose to teams we should not lose to. Sounds like the recipe for a 5 seed.


Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has accused Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega of harboring "terrorists," in reference to alleged members of a Colombia guerrilla group to whom Managua offered asylum after they survived a Colombian military attack in March.
"When an Ecuadorean judge ruled that they (the alleged Colombian guerrillas) should be captured as terrorists, the government you're talking about (Nicaragua) gives them asylum. It sent a plane to pick them up and deceived (everyone). It lied," Uribe told reporters.
The accusation was a shot back after heavy criticism from Managua over Uribe's intensions with leftist guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Ortega last week called the U.S.-backed Colombian leader a "terrorist" for ordering the bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador, which killed the militant group's No. 2 chief, Raúl Reyes, more than 20 guerrilla soldiers and university students.
Three young women, Martha Pérez, Doris Torres and Lucía Morett, survived and are now living under Nicaragua's protection.
"He says he's fighting terrorism but he's the terrorist," left-winger Ortega said, according to Reuters.


text:
import DefinitionCreator from "./definitionCreator/definitionCreator";
import DefinitionEditor from "./definitionEditor/definitionEditor";
import PathCreator from "./pathCreator/pathCreator";
import ParameterEditor from "./parameterEditor/parameterEditor";
import ResponseEditor from "./responseEditor/responseEditor";

export default angular
    .module("modals", [
        DefinitionCreator.name,
        DefinitionEditor.name,
        PathCreator.name,
        ParameterEditor.name,
        ResponseEditor.name
    ]);

// export default ModalsModule;

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Q: making of multilanguage web site? Kindly guide me how to make a site that support 2 languages. On joining the site use will select default language. If user select English all pages, button texts and email should be in English but if user select any other language site for him should be coming in that language. The following areas are language specific.

*

*Buttons, Labels, headings and all captions.

*Email texts and notifications

*All messages including error messages.

Important thing is that currently I want to make this site in 2 languages but later I may want to convert it to other languages.
Please guide.
thanks

A: Your basically looking to find out the options for Internationalization & Localization provided by .Net. These typically rely on a combination of language specific resource files & use of the utilities & locale information provided by the System.Globalization namespace. There is a very good step-by-step tutorial which guides you through this process here:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/locale/Internationalization_I18N.aspx
The tutorial is aimed at the construction of a desktop application however the vast majority of it's contents are applicable to a website/web-app. There are also some fantastic asp.net specific resources available here:
http://wiki.asp.net/page.aspx/55/internationalization/

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New Delhi: Narendra Modi continues to be the popular choice to be the next Prime Minister across a wide section of society, but the gap between him and Rahul Gandhi is thinnest among housewives.
An overwhelming 63.6 per cent of unemployed respondents in the latest CVOTER-IANS poll tracker survey preferred Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister. In the same category, only 26 per cent made Rahul Gandhi as their choice.
But among housewives, 43.3 per cent said they would like to see Modi as the PM against 37.2 per cent of home makers preferring Rahul Gandhi. The difference between the two leaders is narrowest among housewives.
For Modi, his popularity is also lowest among housewives compared to other sections. Government servants gave big thumbs up to Modi with 61.1 percent respondents in this section preferring him to be the PM and only 26 percent saw Rahul Gandhi taking up the top job.
Apart from housewives, landless agriculture labour and general labour are the sections where Rahul Gandhi's popularity is high but he is still no match to Modi here as well.
Among the voters from landless agricultural labor section, 35.4 percent preferred Rahul Gandhi and 48.2 saw Modi as their leader. Around 35 per cent of general labour saw Rahul Gandhi as PM as against 48.9 percent going for Modi.


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On February 10, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration and Wage and Hour Division announced a final rule implementing changes to the H-2B certification program for temporary nonagricultural workers. The H-2B program allows the entry of low-skilled, nonagricultural guestworkers into the United States on a temporary basis when qualified U.S. workers are not available, and the employment of those foreign workers will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers. The government may only issue 66,000 H-2B visas per year.
The changes to the H-2B regulations seek to give U.S. workers greater access to jobs and to strengthen worker protections by enhancing transparency throughout the employment process. The final rule creates a national registry for all H-2B job postings and increases the amount of time during which employers must attempt to recruit U.S. workers. Employers also must rehire former employees, if they are available. Further, new employer obligations, under 20 C.F.R. § 655 and 29 C.F.R. § 503, include the provision of the same rights, benefits, and wages to U.S. workers performing substantially the same work as H-2B workers. The new regulations also guarantee H-2B workers' hours equal to three-fourths of the work hours of the workdays in each 12-week period of the job order/certification period (or in each 6-week period if the job order/certification period is less than 120 days).
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Albion goalkeeper Mathew Ryan's World Cup dreams ended in the group stage with Australia for the second successive competition this afternoon.
The Socceroos needed to beat Peru in their final Group C game to have any chance of qualifying for the knock-out stage but went down 2-0 to finish bottom of the group.
A win for Australia would not have been enough in any case as Denmark got the point they needed to ensure a place in the last 16 with a 0-0 draw against France, who finished top of the group.
Andre Carrillo volleyed Peru into the lead after 11 minutes and Paolo Guerrero scored the second five minutes into the second half.
Australia had lost their opening game 2-1 to France and then drew 1-1 with Denmark.


The TIKI GODS needed our help to chase away the winter blues and we didn't disappoint them! Everyone had a great time at our Hawaiian Luau, Wednesday January 24th.
Pina Coladas, Limbo dancing, loud Hawaiian shirts and of course, Don Ho and his 'Tiny Bubbles' kept the party going all day!


Pump Systems Ltd (PSL) began its days in 1984 operating in the Canterbury region as a small industrial pump supplier and service agent to the local process industry and agricultural sector. Over the years, the company streamlined its operations to focus solely on the industrial and municipal markets and, through its efforts, played a key role in establishing various major pump and wastewater process equipment brands within New Zealand.
In 1993, PSL formed a relationship with Vaughan Company, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first chopper pump. Vaughan Co. was founded in 1960 by the late Jim Vaughan, who through an effort to find a better way of pumping solids-laden manure, invented and patented the Vaughan chopper pump. Ever since, Vaughan Co. has continued to develop the Vaughan chopper pump through a series of design and performance improvements. With more than 25,000 units installed worldwide, the Vaughan chopper pump has established itself as the market leader in clog-free pumping where conventional solids handling pumps fail to perform. Client feedback and product reliability over the past 50 years has allowed Vaughan Co. to also GUARANTEE the performance and non-clog ability of every pump sold.
PSL has actively worked to establish the Vaughan® and Rotamix® names throughout New Zealand and Australia and, in this time, has helped to solve some of the toughest pumping and tank mixing problems in these regions. Many major councils, water authorities and processing companies that once struggled to overcome pump operational problems due to pump clogging now rely on Vaughan chopper pumps as a critical part of their process. PSL has also been involved in various projects in Singapore and regularly supports Vaughan Co. in this area from a local standpoint.
PSL's expertise and proven ability to think outside the square has appointed the company an industry-leading reputation as a "problem solver" and THE SOLIDS PUMPING & TANK MIXING SPECIALISTS.


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Ava, a Pit Bull mix, with multiple liver shunts and reoccurring UTI and E-coli infection.
Ava is a Pit Bull mix, approximately 4 years old, and was surrendered to the Cumberland County SPCA in February 2015. On 4/21/15, she was vaccinated for rabies and tested heartworm positive. In late April 2015, Polished Pitbull Rescue pulled her from the shelter into their rescue program. She was a spunky, affectionate dog despite her previous life of neglect.
She was taken to the vet on 4/27/15 and weighed 46 lbs at that time. She was spayed at this time. She also had pyoderma (chin/inguinal area/abdomen). She was given Clavamox 250mg and Doxycycline 100mg and placed on a regimen with Doxycycline, Prednisone and Heartgard.
On 5/28/15, Ava returned to the vet because she had blood spotting from her vaginal area which was believed to be a UTI. It was also noted that the pyoderma continued. She was given a treatment plan with Cephalexin 500mg 2x/day and Zyrtec 10mg 2x/day for skin allergies. Her weight was 57 lbs.
On 7/7/15, she was brought to the vet for her first of three heartworm treatments including Immiticide injection, Prednisone and Robaxin. During this visit, there was still blood while urinating. She was again given Clavamox 250mg.
It was during this time that Ava had her first head tremor (see video). Though this one seemed an isolated incident at first, in October 2015, Ava began to have tremors regularly and consistently about an hour after she ate. She also began stargazing at this time.
On 8/19/15, Ava returned to the vet for heartworm treatments #2 and #3. Her weight was back down to 46 lbs. She was again given Prednisone, Robaxin and Immiticide injection. Staff noted she was uncomfortable and would not stand to eat; she was given Tramadol 50mg. On 8/20/15, her demeanor was happy and she urinated large amount with no visible blood and had normal bowel movement. She was given Prednisone and Robaxin, followed by Tramadol, and then Immiticide injection. She was discharged and sent home with Prednisone and Robaxin. The UTIs continued; Clavamox was not helping. UA showed rods and elevated pH; a culture and sensitivity test were done and Ava was put on Enrofloxacin 68 Mg.
On 9/12/15, Ava was brought to her vet for excessive urination and had a distended and tender abdomen. Ultrasound was ordered and performed on 9/14/15. The diagnosis was polycystic kidneys and incontinence. Also noted that she had a large left kidney.
9/30/15, foster parent noted her urine was dark and Ava's activity level was decreased. Still eating, but drinking less. On 10/1/15, a urine sample was provided and rods were noted. She was given Zenequin 100mg.
Despite her "minor" medical UTI problem, Ava was adopted in August. But as her health issues continued to be challenging, the family decided they could not bear the heartbreak of watching Ava's slow decline which appeared to be inevitable and decided to return her to the rescue.
10/26/15, urinary issues continue. NDSAID panel with urine. Ava was put on prescription kidney diet. Referred to Dr. Schelling for Ultrasound (reference VRC document, page 2). Diagnosis: multiple mesenteric, extrahepatic, portocaval shunts; E-coli infection involving left kidney. No treatment for UTI/E-coli, waiting for further testing/results.
11/25/15, Dr. Schelling performed a liver biopsy. Diagnosis: congenital as well as inflammatory components. Still no treatment for UTI/E-coli, waiting for further testing/results.
11/28/15, Ava was rushed to the vet, presenting with a temperature of 106, lethargy, lack of appetite. (Reference document: VRC Emergency Visit) Weight still holding steady at 46 lbs. Another U/A and culture were run. Results indicated E-coli at approximately 100,000 colonies/ml. Ava was placed on IV fluids and finally began treatment for the UTI/E-coli infection with Amikacin. Her prognosis at this time was bleak with a projected imminent death of 6-12 months, though less than that was more likely. She was sent home with a treatment protocol using Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole for the E-coli infection as well as Metronidazole and Lachilose. She also began a twice daily cleaning with a Chlorhexidine solution around her vulva.
Ava's condition continued to deteriorate during this time. Her coat was dry, coarse and thin. Her skin in general was dry, scabby, and raw/bleeding in some places. Her chin erupted with blisters and a bacterial infection. On 12/16/15, Ava was brought to a Doylestown Veterinary Hospital. Additional labs were run and she was placed on an Omega 4 supplement as well as Chinese herbs to support her kidneys.
On 1/5/16, Ava completed her course of antibiotics. On 1/12/16, she had blood in her urine again and Doylstown Vet was contacted. The blood resolved within 12 hours. On 1/18/16, the blood in her urine returned. On 1/20/16, per Ludwigs Corner, she began another six week round of TMS, and she continued the Chinese herbs for kidney support.
2/8/16, Ava returned to Ludwig's Veterinary. She had lost 10 lbs (more than 20% of her body weight) and was now at 37.5 lbs despite eating vigorously. Veterinarian believed her weight loss was due to her underlying disease process but would not rule out endocrine/parasitic/malabsorption diseases. U/A and culture were ordered; both negative, but Ava was currently on TMS. Thyroid tested at Michigan State – results were not supportive of hypothyroid but could not rule it out either.
Ava continued to lose weight and on 02/27/16, she took a dramatic turn for the worse and had an ataxic fall event while attempting to go upstairs. Her gums and eyes were pale; anemia suspected. She was given Floradix liquid iron and began a home-made diet; Ava rallied in energy but body was still deteriorating. TMS was immediately discontinued.
On 3/2/16, Ava had a recheck appointment with Doylsetown Vet. They prescribed Lactulose, Metronidazole, and Denamarin. Her foster, Kelly, began searching for dietary options to support Ava's end of life. On 3/5/16, she attended a seminar given by Jacqueline Hill of Answers Pet Food. Everything "clicked" in Kelly's mind and she immediately contacted Jacqueline about Ava.
On 3/11/16, Ava began her "raw milk diet" with Answers Pet Food. Her diet consisted of 20 oz Goat milk in am, 8 oz fish stock in afternoon, 13 oz kefir in evening based on 50 lbs, and she was on NO medications or supplements. This was eventually bumped up quantities to 24 oz goat, 8 fish, 16 kefir to better match her ideal weight of 55-60 lbs. Ava's body began to respond immediately although she was purging toxins through skin eruptions which continued for a while but ultimately resolved.
3/28/16 - Ultrasound guided cysto to obtained sterile urine sample. Results showed E-coli positive, resistant to all but Amikacin and TMS. Ava's foster declined any medications and chose to continue with the raw milk diet.
By the end of May, 2016, Ava's diet was changed to begin introducing Answers Straight Beef but was stopped within a couple of weeks due to PH issues. By July 2016, her foster began introducing small amounts of Straight Pork into her diet.
Ava has continued to grow healthier and stronger every day. She has not had a single reoccurrence of UTI since starting Answers.
October, 2016, from Ava's foster, Kelly: Ava is thriving today and the change is remarkable. She has been completely medication free since the end of February and shows no signs of slowing down. The shine has returned to her coat and the twinkle is back in her eye. She tap dances again and finally remembers what it should feel like to be a young and exuberant dog. We don't know where road will take Ava but I believe in my heart that the next chapter of her life will be the best yet. It is hard to imagine that a dog who spent the first few years of life nearly invisible has, through her indomitable spirit and endless capacity for love, won over so many hearts and brought together so many wonderful people who I am proud to call friends. It takes a village and oh my, what a miraculous, wonderful village have been there to carry Ava through her darkest days.
Update 8/11/17: Ava was adopted into her forever home in February 2017. From Ava's forever mom, Jenn: "When she came to us she was a bit stressed, down in weight, chin issues and skin eruptions. Now that she is adjusted and happy, we only have some summer allergy issues and occasional chin break-outs (mostly if she chews her bones too long). Her urine is normal and clear and she has normal, healthy dog poop! She will "leak" occasionally but from what I have been able to conclude it is when she gets overheated outside and drinks too much water. Her weight is good. Her current diet consists of ALL ANSWERS products!! She gets one patty of the raw meat, with kefir poured on top and then about 48 oz of raw fermented goat milk per day."
Ava's Full Lab Reports and Photos
Allie.
A dark brindle Plott hound with possible liver shunt.
When Holly found out about Allie being returned to a "kill shelter" by her month-long foster on April 26, 2016, she went to the shelter the next morning and adopted Allie. But Allie did not look or feel well at all. Recently spayed, with her incision still healing, Allie was emaciated, severely depressed and clearly in pain. Her malnutrition may have been lifelong as she also had musculoskeletal and dental abnormalities. Holly described Allie's severely depressed condition this way: "Allie was 'dead.' She just laid down in the corner all day with no desire even to stand. She refused all food. I had to lift her. She walked into walls like a weak drunk. She refused to allow the other dogs near her." Allie weighed just slightly over 34 pounds.
4/30/16:
Holly had Allie examined by her veterinarian. At the shelter, she had been spayed and had been given Bravecto and Drontal. Her spay incision was now swollen and infected. She had had her tail broken in two places at some point and she was Lyme positive (293 ul/ml on Idexx C6 test). She was put on antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication. She was given DAPP vaccine and a Lyme Vaccine. See buttons below for copies of Allie's fecal and Lyme tests.
Subsequently, since Allie would not eat, the veterinarian switched from Doxy to an injectable antibiotic, two doses, two weeks apart. Due to her emaciation, the veterinarian was challenged to find a suitable site for her injections.
Allie had a seizure. It was videotaped and her veterinarian thought it was a petit mal seizure. Allie vomited after eating what meals she would eat. She coughed after playing. She did not want to eat. She would not take the doxycycline, which was prescribed for the Lyme, so none was given. Her urine was an orange color and oily in appearance due to bilirubin content, and her feces were small and soft with mucous.
Allie returned to the vet due to Holly's concern about her vomiting, inappetence, coughing and weight loss. The veterinarian found tachycardia, and weakness. A fecal test was negative. Since Allie was afraid of Holly's other dogs, the veterinarian speculated that Allie's food refusal might be behavioral in origin. However, in order to be thorough, the veterinarian sent Allie's blood to the lab to run a chemistry panel and CBC in order to rule out physical causes (following good practice principles which include always rule out the physical before focusing on behavioral).
When the lab results were received, it was discovered that Allie has evidence of liver disease. See button below history for copy of labs.
High ALP (190)
High AST (303)
High ALT (826)
Low BUN (7)
Low cholesterol (120)
High RBC count with low MCV and MCH
The veterinarian then recommend a bile acid test. In the meantime, Allie was getting worse. She had decreased menace response, decreased visual acuity, and was stumbling with decreased proprioception in the rear. As Allie's physical issues worsened, Allie was becoming aggressive toward Holly's other dogs.
Allie's bile acids came back:
Pre-274
Post-330.5
See button below history for copy of bile acid test.
Further diagnostics were recommended to determine if Allie had a liver shunt or had been exposed to liver toxins, but regardless of further diagnostics, a poor prognosis was given. Allie was prescribed famotidine and given a second injection of an antibiotic (Convenia®).
Concerned about Allie's severely depressed and emaciated state, guarded prognosis and the aggression Allie demonstrated toward her other dogs, the local veterinarian recommended euthanasia. Finally, Holly reluctantly agreed euthanasia would be the kindest course for Allie. The Saturday morning Holly made her decision about euthanasia, her roommate, Lawrence, asked Holly if he couldn't take Allie to a holistic veterinarian for one last try at helping Allie. Holly was skeptical, but decided to give it try.
The holistic veterinarian weighed Allie at 34.2 lbs. Other than emaciation, no abnormalities on PE were noted. At this time, her owner had her on many supplements (including but not limited to vitamins, minerals, and milk thistle). The holistic vet prescribed a Standard Process product called Livaplex and suggested Allie start a liquid raw diet with Answers Pet Food products. Allie's diet now would be a liquid diet consisting of Answers Raw Goat's Milk, Raw Cow Kefir and and Fermented Fish Stock.
The additional supplements were stopped.
Allie responded remarkably to the new diet. Holly shared that "instead of refusing to eat, she runs and sings hound songs to eat." She no longer vomited her food. She started playing with Holly's other dogs (who did not trust her at first since previously she acted aggressively). The neurologic issues ceased. Feces and urine had a normal appearance (previously the urine had bilirubin and the feces were soft with mucous).
Did this diet help Allie?
Holly's reply: "Yes! I wish we'd taken pictures of the dying, fleshless skeleton that Allie was before this Answers diet. The difference is unbelievable and rapid. Even her eye color changed from vacant black to a warm brown iris. We need to shout about this from the top of every mountain!"
Allie eats 32oz goat milk, 32oz kefir and 8oz fish stock per day. She is playful with the other dogs. Holly put it this way: "Allie LOVES to play – she outruns everyone in tag outside, tosses elk bones into the air, rolls and plays with my roommate's dog for hours, squeaks the tennis ball in glee, and sings hound songs with joy. She's making up for her lost 'childhood."
Allie was retested for Lyme C6 and results went from almost 300 down to 93! Click on button below for C6 test result.
Allie continues to do well! She weighed in at 37.8 lbs.
Note: the original veterinarian recommended further diagnostics to confirm the diagnosis of a liver shunt including CT nuclear scans. They also recommend exploratory surgery +/- correcting the liver shunt, which would be a very invasive procedure, not without risk. Medical management is always preferred. Allie is doing fantastic on a diet change alone without these expensive and/or risky procedures.
Allie had a checkup including blood work. She weighed in at 41.4 lbs. and Dr. Pema reports she is clinically doing great despite the liver values on the attached lab work (see labs dated 9/10/16 below).
January 2017: Allie has been on the Answers liquid diet for 7 months now. Dr. Pema reports that Allie's labs still show elevated liver enzymes and evidence of a liver shunt on the bile acid tests. However, Allie's "mom and dad" report she is doing very well and loves to play. See Allie's January labs below. Allie now weighs 41.8 lbs.
05/27/17: One year! Allie has been on the Answers liquid diet for one year and has reached her goal weight. Her diet consisted of 36oz Kefir, 36oz Goat Milk and 8oz Fish stock per day but she was not eating all of it so was cut back to 28 oz Kefir, 28 oz of Goat Milk and 4 oz of fish stock. Dr. Pema reports that she found a heart murmur that was not there in January, and that her liver disease is stable and bile acid slightly improved. See labs below. Allie was titer tested for rabies; results were >/= 0.5 which is protective.
Allie's owner, Holly, says , "Allie is physically very strong, bright, happy and full of life. She's tall, muscled and bright-eyed, and full of play and dance, and loves teasing me to pull the squeaky tennis ball from her mouth." "You know I continue to totally believe the only reason she's alive, let alone so full of life and healthy, is solely because of the Answers "milkie" diet. My continued heartfelt thanks to all of you."
Allie's weight history:
6/4/16 34.20lb
6/14/16 33.80lb
2/7/17lb 42.20lb
11/2/17 (update from Allie's owner): She has not had any seizures and her energy is fantastic! Her joy and happiness overflow. She loves to play, and even roughhouses a bit. Tug of war, or keep-away with the tennis ball are favorites. Being a hound dog, she's very vocal – not just barking – she sings and talks. She is currently eating 16 oz of Answers raw goats milk and kefir, and 4 oz of turkey stock, twice daily. She is supplemented with Colostrum-LD Powder: ¼ tsp. at each feeding (2x/day); I capsule RX Vitamins 90 Formula CV for dogs (hawthorn berry) at each feeding to address the heart murmur detected by Dr. Pema. She will occasionally get into the cats food and when that happens, she gets one capsule of livaplex.
Just wish everyone with a beloved dog who suffers from disease could see what the Answers fermented diet has done for her life. Given her life back to her. It's just so compelling."
12/18/17 (update from Dr. Pema): She now weighs 45.6 lbs and Allie has grade 1.5/6 systolic murmur normal rhythm. She is still taking CV Formula and Colostrum supplements in addition to her all milk diet.
Allie was treated at Holistic Veterinary Healing in Germantown, MD by Dr. Pema. http://www.holisticveterinaryhealing.com/
Allie's Full Lab Reports and Photos
Maggie.
Maggie, a 15 year old Beagle/Daschund mix, with high liver values.
Maggie was adopted when she was about two years old and led a very active lifestyle - hiking, running, and long walks were favorite pastimes for her. Her diet consisted of dry kibble purchased at big box pet stores and treats like Snausages, Begging Strips and Milk Bones.
In 2008, Maggie (as well as her owner, Krista, and another adopted dog) was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. She was asymptomatic and the diagnosis was given based on results of her annual blood work. She was treated with Doxycycline 100mg/every 24hours for 30 days, and given a Lyme vaccination.
In 2013, Maggie tore an ACL. She did not undergo surgery for this, and was rehabbed by her owner, Krista. It was at this time, that Krista recognized the need to change her diet and made a switch to a commercial raw diet. In November 2015, Maggie began displaying symptoms and odd behaviors (swollen ear flap, excessive scratching). In December, her owner noticed a small bump on her rear leg. This was diagnosed as a mast cell tumor. She had a successful surgery in January 2014 and was placed on Chinese herbs for supportive care.
In May 2016, Maggie and her family moved to a new home. Shortly after, she began having urinary incontinence. Her new vet suggested that it may have been due to the stress of the move. No medications were given. In July 2016, her Chinese herbs were adjusted to better support her immune system.
In February 2017, Maggie presented with loss of appetite, vomiting, loose stools. Maggie's owner was able to clear this up with at-home care within a few days.
On April 10 2017, while on a walk with her owner, Maggie's rear legs gave out and she collapsed. After a few moments, she seemed okay and walked home. On 4/12/17, Maggie was treated with acupuncture to help with blood flow and it was suggested that she get blood work done. On 4/14/17, Maggie went in for her annual exam and blood work. As a result of that, she was placed on Denamarin for high liver values (ALP: 202 high; ALT: 245 high; AST: 82 high). She finished the Denamarin on 5/18/17. New blood work was completed showing continued high liver values (ALP: 175; ALT: 385; AST: 74) and Maggie was referred for an ultrasound as well as bile acid test. The ultrasound showed no masses but her liver values continued to be elevated (ALT: 356; AST: 78) . A biopsy was recommended and Krista was informed that Maggie had liver disease and would be on medications for the rest of her life. Not wanting to subject Maggie to additional testing or put her on life-long medications, Krista began researching alternatives and discovered Answers Pet Food.
Answers Raw Fermented Goat's Milk was added to Maggie's existing diet in June 2017. On 8/11/17, she started a 30 day fast. All medications and supplements were stopped (including fish oil, dasaquin, OraVet, frontline & heartgard). Week One - only raw fermented goat's milk. Week Two - Answer's Cow Kefir and Fermented Fish Stock were added. Week Three - Answers Fermented Cheese Treats were added. From Kristen, Maggie's owner: "Almost immediately, within 2 weeks, Maggie began was showing more interest in eating. Before Answers, she had lost her appetite; now she looks forward to her meals and always finishes. Before Answers, she would leave food in the bowl - that was especially bad for me because my other dog would then eat her leftovers & he gained too much weight!"
1/10/18 Update from Maggie's owner, Kristen: "Today, Maggie is wonderful!! She's healthy, happy, & has a great appetite for food & life! Maggie still eats Answers. After the 30 day cleanse, I slowly added Answers raw meat, turkey, to her fermented goats milk & cow kefir. And, after her amazing lab results showed perfect liver levels, I started adding in beef. Maggie gets 1/2 of her calories from goats milk or cow kefir and half of her calories from Answers turkey or beef."
Maggie's Labs
Cha Cha.
A young Chihuahua mix with demodex and elevated liver enzymes.
Cha Cha, an intact female Chihuahua mix, weighing 10 lb. 3 oz, first came to see Dr. Lisa Brienen, a holistic veterinarian at Mercy Veterinary Clinic on 12-27-13, when she was 16 months old.
Cha Cha had been suffering from generalized demodex (diagnosed via skin scraping) since she was 8 weeks old (2012). Before she came to see Dr. Lisa, she had been treated with two series of ivermectin treatments. However, post-treatment, Cha Cha developed elevated liver enzymes.
In May of 2013, her ALT ranged from 196 on May 4 to 377 on May 15 when her ALP 84 and her bile acids were 14 (pre) and 98 (post). The conventional practitioner she was being treated by at that time prescribed antibiotics. Below please see liver scan results completed prior to Cha Cha's first visit to Dr. Lisa. Additional lab results are also posted as well as a summary chart of liver values over time. Whereas liver toxicity is not a side effect commonly thought of from ivermectin, any drug can cause an idiosyncratic reaction.
Dr. Lisa noted Cha Cha appeared severely depressed. She described Cha Cha as "moribund, lying limp on her owner's lap." At that time her skin was normal, but there was concern about her reaction to the ivermectin treatments and the resulting liver damage. Dr. Lisa treated her mainly with homeopathy (first remedy was Nux vomica) and a liver tonic (low doses of dandelion, milk thistle and a few other herbs) but the herbs were discontinued when Cha Cha developed diarrhea. She was switched to Denamarin® (Nutramaxx) and she tolerated that.
But then the demodex came back...
Cha Cha had areas of alopecia and hyper-pigmentation of her skin. Her immune system must have been severely compromised.
Dr. Lisa has had success in the past treating demodex with homeopathic remedies, but homeopathic treatment is not a quick fix, it takes time to heal the body. For over a year, homeopathic remedies were given while Cha Cha's owner continued to try additional treatments such as herbs, acupuncture, and supplements from Standard Process plus ultimately an herbal shampoo. Additionally, homeopathy was successfully used for Cha Cha when she demonstrated clinical signs of lethargy, significant appetite loss or hemorrhagic diarrhea. Cha Cha's ALT liver enzyme remained high.
On December 10, 2015, Cha Cha's mom started her on the Answers Raw Goat's Milk cleansing diet. She decided to try this because, after taking Cha Cha to two conventional vets and three different holistic vets, Cha Cha still was suffering from demodex. Her mom told me "I was more than desperate as I refused to give her a 3rd dose of ivermectin, a neurotoxin." She heard about the benefits of a raw goat's milk cleansing diet from Lana Mack, an employee at Natural Pet Pantry in Kirkland, Washington and decided to try this with Cha Cha. Dr. Lisa provided veterinary oversight.
Answers Fermented Fish stock was added to the goat's milk in April 2016.
Dr. Lisa noted hair growth in March 2016. Cha Cha had one incident of depression and inappetence June 2, 2016 which Dr. Lisa treated successfully with one dose HP – Arsenicum album 30C. On June 7, 2016, Cha Cha had dark diarrhea but a negative fecal. She was treated with a few additional doses of Ars. Alb 30C – which treated her diarrhea and her energy return to normal.
At her veterinary visit on September 2, 2016, Cha Cha's liver enzymes were normal for the first time (8 months after starting on the cleansing diet). Please see lab work dated 9-2016 .
Cha Cha's diet at that time consisted of 24 oz goat milk and 4 oz fish stock and no other supplements. She still had topical shampoos. At her exam, Dr. Lisa noted her hair was almost completely grown back in (she only had one 3-4 mm hairless spot left lateral thigh). Dr. Lisa noted Cha Cha's hair was dry, but her skin had only slight hyperpigmentation on her abdomen and very few comedones. Her mom reported her stools overall were normal though on occasion she did have watery stools. Cha Cha showed great energy and has normal body condition. Her heart rate was 80 bpm with normal auscultation. Cha Cha had regular and normal heat cycles. She weighed 9 pounds 13 oz.
Cha Cha's Lab Reports


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Robert J. Hartsuiker
Robert J. Hartsuiker is professor of Cognitive Psychology at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University. He is the President-Elect of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology. He was the editor in chief of the Journal of Cognitive Psychology and an associate editor of Psychological Science. His research focuses on language production and comprehension, control and monitoring of speech, and multilingualism. He has published more than 100 journal papers on these topics in a wide array of journals, including Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science, Cognition, and Cognitive Psychology.
Keynote lecture
When are syntactic representations shared across languages?
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Cross-linguistic structural priming effects suggest that proficient late bilinguals share syntactic representations across their languages (e.g., Hartsuiker, Pickering, & Veltkamp, 2004). Such priming can occur even when the syntactic structures are not fully identical in the two languages. The shared representations must therefore abstract across such differences. What then determines whether representations are or are not shared across languages?
In my keynote I will discuss results from cross-linguistic structural priming studies (sometimes combined with artificial language learning) with respect to two factors: second language (L2) proficiency and word order overlap. Studies that considered L2 proficiency showed stronger priming stronger in more proficient participants, suggesting that learners start out with separate representations and start sharing them as they go along. I then turn to word order, and argue that the field sometimes incorrectly assumes that structures can only be shared across languages (and hence prime each across languages) if they have the same word order in each language.
In fact, there are several counterexamples to that generalization in the literature. Instead, I will propose the syntactic preemption hypothesis, according to which a structure S in one language and a counterpart S' in another language can only have a shared representation if neither language distinguishes between S and S'. Thus, priming can occur between a passive with SVO structure in one language and one with SOV structure in another language, but not if either language allows both word orders. In that case, the need to distinguish between different word orders preempts the formation of an abstract, word-order independent representation for the passive.
I will discuss structural priming studies using picture description, translation, and artificial language learning tasks that are consistent with the syntactic preemption hypothesis. I will conclude with suggestions to further test this hypothesis.
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I can't help but walk away from the Sundance Film Festival amazed each year at what an incredible and wonderful thing it is. And not just the festival but the entire Sundance organization. This year it even expanded to go beyond the movies and the labs, to include the exhibitors too (I have written enough about the Art House Convergence for you to already know what I am talking about).
Although the infinite web of Sundance wouldn't exist without many many people, I just can't help but get all impressed by what Robert Redford has done. Although the media seems to still love to debate about what the festival is or isn't, the simple fact that Sundance is the greatest cultural institution for Indie Film (and maybe it doesn't need that qualifier) that there is in this country (and probably the world) can not be expressed enough. It truly is mind-boggling in the best way what Redford has given us.
I started making films just as Sundance was revving up. I probably would have gone into one of my alternative career paths (armed revolutionary, bank robber, toy inventor, or community organizer) if they, American Playhouse, and the IFP weren't around to rescue me and give me a glimmer of hope that truly free filmmaking was possible. As much as I have benefited from a whole industry and community of support, it is Sundance that holds it all up and continually expands it, demanding us to reach higher. Wow. Thank you, Mr. Redford.
Yet each year I wonder the same thing: why is Robert Redford such a singular example? Why is everything else in this business driven solely by short term self interest? I was invited on to the Sundance Panel "The Panic Button: Push or Ponder?" and after participating, I am more ready than ever to push that button. Unless others follow Redford's example and start giving back, we are sure to have a film culture of extremes: the super low-budget self-financed personal expressions and farm-league calling cards and other industry-backed economically-safe re-imaginings of yesterday's hits.
And it has to start with those with the most power. We all need to ask and then act on what we can do to build this culture, allow it to become sustainable, and make it obtainable for all who are willing to work. We have a long way to go.


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Multi-level Governance
Conceptual Challenges and Case Studies from Australia
A. Daniell, Katherine (editor)
Kay, Adrian (editor)
Important policy problems rarely fit neatly within existing territorial boundaries. More difficult still, individual governments or government departments rarely enjoy the power, resources and governance structures required to respond effectively to policy challenges under their responsibility. These dilemmas impose the requirement to work with others from the public, private, non-governmental organisation (NGO) or community spheres, and across a range of administrative levels and sectors. But how? This book investigates the challenges—both conceptual and practical—of multi-level governance processes. It draws on a range of cases from Australian public policy, with comparisons to multi-level governance systems abroad, to understand factors behind the effective coordination and management of multi-level governance processes in different policy areas over the short and longer term. Issues such as accountability, politics and cultures of governance are investigated through policy areas including social, environmental and spatial planning policy. The authors of the volume are a range of academics and past public servants from different jurisdictions, which allows previously hidden stories and processes of multi-level governance in Australia across different periods of government to be revealed and analysed for the first time.
policy; multi-level governance; Accountability; Australia; Council of Australian Governments; Thomas Hobbes
10.22459/mg.11.2017
Australia and New Zealand School of Governance (ANZSOG),
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Accountability - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accountability; Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia; Council of Australian Governments - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Australian_Governments; Multi-level governance - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_governance; Thomas Hobbes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes


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Here at the Clinic, we specialize in restoring functions to your injuries, whether it be an old injury or a new injury. We not only take care of the spinal injuries, but also every joint in your body. Our goal is to ensure that your spine and the rest of your body are working harmoniously. To do so, we will help you develop a proper rehabilitation plan for you.
At Dr Chris Chiropractic Care, we teach our patients how to perform special "blueprint" exercises which can help strengthen and correct the irregularities in their body which may be causing pain. Many of these corrective exercises can actually be performed in the comfort of your own home to help improve the effectiveness of your chiropractic care and spinal correction plan. In addition to skeletal misalignment, you may be experiencing pain that is caused by muscles and connective tissues which are out of their proper place. Other types of pain such as back pain, neck pain, and headaches are caused by muscles and tissues that are being used improperly, causing injuries over time. In each case, targeted corrective exercises and stretches from our experienced chiropractor will help you feel good while also helping your body achieve balance and health.
What does nutrition have to do with chiropractic care? The goal of chiropractic care is to help patients achieve total health and balance with their body, and as part of that goal we provide specific recommendations on nutritional supplements and healthy food choices. Nutritional counseling by our experienced chiropractic health professionals can assist a patient on their return to optimal health. Do you know which supplements and vitamins are good for you? Do you know how these supplements and vitamins interact with one another? At our Sherman Oaks chiropractic clinic, we can provide each patient with a structured nutritional program that is based on their individual needs.
There is a saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Your spinal health is no exception. Posture and spinal screenings by a trained and experienced chiropractor such as Chris Tsai can help reveal important health information, unlocking the door to improved health and well-being. In order to help the Sherman Oaks community, we provide screenings at area malls, community events, health fairs and places of employment. Contact us today at 818-538-4580 to arrange a screening at your event or workplace.
Sports participation and recreation is a major part of today's society which results in many weekend warriors and frequent sports related injuries. Dr Chris specializes in sports injuries and rehabilitation by obtaining his certification in sports chiropractic as well as certification in Rocktape. Dr Chris Chiropractic Care uses multiple researched based instruments including Graston and Bian Stones to help recover from sports injuries. He currently serves as the team chiropractor for both development football and soccer teams.
Clinic, we evaluate and rehab not only the injured region, but the root of poor biomechanics of the regions of the body.
Sports Chiropractic is a sub-specialty of chiropractic. As a sports chiropractor, Dr. Tsai has extensive experience in diagnosis of concussions, on-field emergency medicine, and treatment of spinal & extremity conditions.
Cranial facial release is an advanced endo-nasal "Balloon Assisted" cranial adjusting technique that has been used quite successfully in the treatment of various neurological and structural disorders. It is a specialized technique that was derived from an earlier form of endo-nasal cranial adjusting called Bilateral Nasal Specific (BNS) pioneered by chiropractor Richard Stober in the 1960's and 70's. The objective of CFR technique is to unlock cranial fixations and induce mobility in the cranial system - primarily targeting the sphenoid bone, with the purpose of facilitating normal cranial respiratory motion and normal cranial function.
is a very popular technique that gives patients a great deal of relief.
stress, or old injuries. This can be the result of strained muscles or pulled tendons or over use. It also reduces restrictions by elongating connective tissue. This effectively changes the structure of the tissue in order to improve function.
If you are curious about The Graston Technique, please reach out to us today. We would be happy to speak with you and discuss the many benefits of this technique.


Network Ten has denied it is "padding" its audience for Family Feud by refusing to release a channel-by-channel audience breakdown for the gameshow which is being simulcast across its three channels for its launch week.
On Monday, Ten announced it would air the revived gameshow across all of its channels, Ten, One and Eleven, for the first week of broadcast in a bid to gain as much exposure as possible for the show, which is hosted by Grant Denyer, with the show rating with 690,000 viewers on its Monday debut, rising to 719,000 on Tuesday and then recording an audience of 657,000 last night.
Media buyers who spoke to Mumbrella welcomed the strong performance for the show, but some questioned the decision by the network to use just one code with OzTam across the channels making a breakdown of audience numbers for each of the channels impossible.
Yesterday news website Crikey criticised the move with TV writer Glenn Dyer arguing: "It's not against the rules, but it is poor form", and noting that other channels, such as the ABC, do not generally use one Oztam code when they simulcast while TV Tonight had questioned whether the move runs the risk of being "overkill" on audience promotion.
Ten's chief programming officer, Beverley McGarvey today rejected these criticisms saying: "There is no 'padding' of numbers at all. That is ridiculous. We are simulcasting Family Feud across Ten, Eleven and One, and the OzTAM numbers show many people are watching the show.
"Network Ten has always been known for its innovation. The innovative scheduling of Family Feud this week at the same time across our three broadcast channels gives us a way to bring this exciting new show to as many people as possible.
All the media buyers who Mumbrella spoke to welcomed the uplift in audience, which has seen the station lift its main channel above the 300,000-400,000 mark that Modern Family had been achieving in the slot, although the precise extent of the rise will not be clear until Tuesday when the first non-simulcast broadcast numbers are released.
Group media investment director at Aegis Media Alex Pekish echoed these remarks arguing that simulcast was a clever strategy.
PHD's Sydney managing director Toby Hack said Ten should be commended for breathing new life into an old format. "Ten has done quite well (this week) and I think they should be please with what they have achieved, he said.
"I think they should be applauded for trying to reestablish this well known brand, it is a well known brand and format that has been reinvented.
Other buyers were optimistic but cautious and eager to see the full non simulcast numbers next week.
"Ten are not the dominant station and so they have to pull out all the tricks. They don't have the continual one million plus audiences to continue to promote their shows," said one media buyer, who also declined to be named.
"It's not a bad tactic to show people what is on the station," said another buyer, "But it feels like a case desperate times call for desperate measures but sometimes that brings about innovative solutions.
TV programme debuts live and die on trial. This 'enforced' trial is clever (as long as it remains trial and they revert to normal programming). I bet this tactic is quickly copied.
How about "canned" laughter and applause?
One observation: Network Ten's wardrobe department needs a major overhaul.
Another observation: a couple of toilet cubicles and the lunch room could do with a bit of a paint.
What a joke – Ten is obviously scared of releasing the numbers.
By comparison – Seven and Nine probably have 1.8 and 2.0 million viewers in the timeslot respectively if they add their three channels.
I assume that Ten are giving advertisers free and equal weight on both Eleven and One – otherwise this is just "trickery" !!


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Amey consortium to provide switch and crossing renewals for UK railway
A consortium comprising Swiss rail construction firm Sersa and Amey, a subsidiary of Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial Servicios, has been selected as the preferred bidder for a UK railway improvement contract.
The contract is valued at approximately £550m and Amey has a share of roughly €385m.
The scope of the contract includes the refurbishment of railway switches and crossings for Network Rail over ten years.
Improvements will be implemented across the company's network in Scotland, north Wales, east Midlands, as well as the north-east and north-western areas of London.
By reducing the impact on rail traffic and the associated costs, the approach adopted by the consortium is expected to complete switch and crossing renewals in eight hours.
"The contract forms a part of Network Rail's £25bn investment programme to expand and improve UK railways."
The contract forms a part of Network Rail's £25bn investment programme to expand and improve UK railways.
Network Rail has also awarded a contract worth £400m to Colas URS for switches and crossings renewals in Anglia, Kent and Sussex, Wessex and Wales.
In addition, the UK rail operator has selected Babcock, Carillion and Colas for a conventional track renewal system across various parts of the country during the next five years.
Network Rail track programme director Steve Featherstone said: "Our full-time, professional high output track renewals workforce is fundamental to delivering a safe, reliable railway. By creating a single team within Network Rail, we can make step changes in training and development, in order to further improve safety and productivity within this key part of the industry."
Image: Amey, Sersa to renew switches and crossings in Britain railway network. Photo: courtesy of Ferrovial.
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Are there pitfalls in condominiums?
More and more people are buying condominium units these days-- most with great success.
Nobody is saying that it's easy to find a job these days. In fact, the work market is so tight that it's imperative to plan your strategy as carefully as possible. Here are some time-tested tips from a variety of professionals in the job-finding business.
One great way to capitalize on a pack-rat penchant is to display your finds on a kitchen wall. As you can see from the examples below, what counts is not what you have but how imaginatively you display it. If you happen to collect kitchen utensils, you'll find they're handier out in the open.
Can you save with a heat pump?
With the continuing emphasis on energy conservation, manufacturers have been vigorously promoting the efficiency and economy of the heat pump. Is this new wave of advertising just another gimmick? Maybe not.
Tired of looking at that shabby armchair? Then why not re-up-holster it yourself? To guide you, here are step-by-step instructions for refurbishing a fully upholstered armchair.
Hair may be beautiful to many Americans (especially young Americans), but when it grows where it's not wanted most adults elect to strike back at Mother Nature.
Will a thief peddle your bike?
This summer, an estimated 67 million cyclists will take to the road, and thousands of them will lose their bikes to thieves.
Persian shield is a real jewel. The toothed leaves are iridescent green, blue, and amethyst; undersides are purplish red. It all adds up to a luminous effect that would be hard to beat.
With the popularity of knit and lingerie fabrics, it's almost essential for every home sewer to know how to handle elastic.
Whether you rotate the tires on your car every 6,000 miles, as tire makers recommend, or wait until signs of uneven tread wear appear, you should follow the new switching pattern developed by tire engineers. The old practice was to move the front tires straight back, and cross-switch the rear tires to the front.
How safe is that motorcycle?
Any type of personal transportation offering up to ten times the gasoline mileage of the average V-8-engined auto means impressive economy. This fact helps explain the fast-rising sales of motorcycles, since even the biggest and fastest of them can travel nearly three times as far as a standard-sized automobile on a given amount of fuel.
Without buying a single stick of new furniture, you can give any room a new personality simply by changing the floor covering. The kind of personality your room exhibits-- and whether it looks bigger or smaller after you're through-- will depend not only on the color, pattern, and texture of the floor covering you choose, but also on whether you use wall-to-wall carpet, room-size rugs, area rugs, or a combination.
Yesterday's rustic backyard storehouse-- the springhouse, the toolshed, the smokehouse-- handily sheltered a good share of our grandparents' daily chores. That same outbuilding concept, rejuvenated for the way we live now, can serve just as admirably today.
Sewing is a great way to save-- as anyone knows who's beaten the cost of custom draperies by making her own. But if you've never gotten the hang of needle and thread and sewing machine, all is not lost! Our two window treatments are stitchless wonders.
Don't let a dreary, dark-ages kitchen get you down. These three sunny success stories could lead you out of the dungeon into a cheery kitchen of your own.
Toss out the rule book and let yourself grow! Our mixed-bag planting strategy lets you translate that small space into a huge harvest of flowers and fruits and vegetables. You can splash crazy-quilt colors in a planting bed, mingle bright annuals and summer bulbs, flatter a walk with roses, grow food among the flowers. So dream, if you must, of full-blown orchards and beds set aside for perennials; these are great for large areas. But if your lot is small, here's how to use it.
Cereal box readers have been aware of nutrition labeling, of a sort, for years. Even if you're a casual reader, you've probably noticed a change in the format. The old Minimum Daily Requirements (levels of nutrients recommended to prevent disease) have given way to the more usable '75 version, the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (levels of nutrients recommended to maintain good health).
A kitchen "office" can put an end to the frustrating search for favorite clipped recipes, bills, unanswered letters, and instruction booklets. Your planning center can be as simple as a niche in an idle corner or a portion of a kitchen peninsula. In a yard of space, a desk can also provide a handy spot for children to study.
Rain or shine, April is prime time for gardeners. Make use of every nice day to get new trees and shrubs in the ground. And when welcome rains come, take shelter in the garage or basement and get your tools in shape for the gardening season ahead.
Does housebreaking have to be a hassle? Not necessarily-- and that's fortunate since it's the most important step in your dog's training. Obviously, if he doesn't learn where he is supposed to relieve himself, he'll never be welcomed as a full-fledged member of the family.
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I wasn't sure what to expect at one of these outer suburb super pubs. I was there early for a gig so I thought to myself "why not have a parma?" The chicken was thick and juicy, the ham on top was shredded thickly and nicely mixed in with the sauce.. The salad was mainly greens with a small amount of dressing, but we're not here to judge the salads now, are we? My only complaint is that I ate it too quickly and had to have another beer to kill time before the gig.


"We always want to keep the shows fresh," she explains, when discussing what's ahead for Season 13.
Fans of The Real Housewives of Orange County have already heard the news that Meghan King Edmonds, Peggy Sulahian, and Lydia McLaughlin will not be joining the other 'Wives for another season. It leaves one to wonder what other surprises are in store for the remaining women in Orange County. Kathleen French, Senior Vice President for Current Production at Bravo, stopped by The Daily Dish podcast's "News and Booze" episode and told hosts Megan Segura and Rachael Roberts what the latest is for the O.C. ladies for Season 13.
"There will be new faces on Orange County and I'm going to leave it at that," French revealed.
"We always want to keep the shows fresh and we always want to introduce new friends," French added. However, if you're looking to become a Housewife, you may be out of luck if you're not already besties with any of the current ladies. French explained they find their new 'Wives by checking out the returning Housewives' already-established circle of friends: "[We] always look for people who are organic to the group."
Find out what other qualities make Housewife potentials stand out to producers by listening to the full interview on The Daily Dish's "News and Booze" episode above.


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Hope you get power back soon; ours was restored yesterday afternoon, though we still are without telephone service.
So glad I had a chance last week to see the Gormley and terrific Johns exhibitions (I plan to go back) just before the music event, which was wonderful.
The museum was a wonderful refuge for many over the weekend without power, including myself!


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Q: Auto Update a piece of text depending on position Right now i am using the awesome flexible-nav
to display the current subtopic i am at in my post.
Additionally to that I was wondering whether I could take this current // string and display it on top of the page in my actual navigation bar. So that the text would change as i scroll and as the flexible-nav changes.
Thanks in Advance

A: You need to append some code to flexible-nav.js, I suggest you make modification in expanded one and minify it later.
After the line 208 of flexible-nav.js (i.e. closest && closest.node.addClass('current');) add these lines of code.
var doc_title = closest.node.html();
$("title").html(doc_title);

This code changes Title as you keep on moving down the scroll. I wasn't able to figure out call back function in the script (presuming if they have any) but this should work just fine.
You can add any of jQuery selector of your wish instead of $("title") in the code.