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Substitute for HOUSE BILL No. 2754
2008 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2012 and
Section 1. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2005 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 66-2005. (a) Each local exchange carrier shall file a network in-
frastructure plan with the commission on or after January 1, 1997, and
prior to January 1, 1998. Each plan, as a part of universal service protec-
tion, shall include schedules, which shall be approved by the commission,
for deployment of universal service capabilities by July 1, 1998, and the
deployment of enhanced universal service capabilities by July 1, 2003, as
defined pursuant to subsections (p) and (q) of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-
1,187, and amendments thereto, respectively. With respect to enhanced
universal service, such schedules shall provide for deployment of ISDN,
or its technological equivalent, or broadband facilities, only upon a firm
customer order for such service, or for deployment of other enhanced
universal services by a local exchange carrier. After receipt of such an
order and upon completion of a deployment plan designed to meet the
firm order or otherwise provide for the deployment of enhanced universal
service, a local exchange carrier shall notify the commission. The com-
mission shall approve the plan unless the commission determines that the
proposed deployment plan is unnecessary, inappropriate, or not cost ef-
fective, or would create an unreasonable or excessive demand on the
KUSF. The commission shall take action within 90 days. If the commis-
sion fails to take action within 90 days, the deployment plan shall be
deemed approved. This approval process shall continue until July 1, 2000.
Each plan shall demonstrate the capability of the local exchange carrier
to comply on an ongoing basis with quality of service standards to be
adopted by the commission no later than January 1, 1997.
(b) In order to protect universal service, facilitate the transition to
competitive markets and stimulate the construction of an advanced tel-
ecommunications infrastructure, each local exchange carrier shall file a
regulatory reform plan at the same time as it files the network infrastruc-
ture plan required in subsection (a). As part of its regulatory reform plan,
a local exchange carrier may elect traditional rate of return regulation or
price cap regulation. Carriers that elect price cap regulation shall be ex-
empt from rate base, rate of return and earnings regulation. However,
the commission may resume such regulation upon finding, after a hearing,
that a carrier that is subject to price cap regulation has: violated minimum
quality of service standards pursuant to subsection (l) of K.S.A. 2001
Supp. 66-2002, and amendments thereto; been given reasonable notice
and an opportunity to correct the violation; and failed to do so. Regulatory
reform plans also shall include:
(1) A commitment to provide existing and newly ordered point-to-
point broadband services to: Any hospital as defined in K.S.A. 65-425,
and amendments thereto; any school accredited pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
1101 et seq., and amendments thereto; any public library; or other state
and local government facilities at discounted prices close to, but not be-
low, long-run incremental cost; and
(2) a commitment to provide basic rate ISDN service, or the tech-
nological equivalent, at prices which are uniform throughout the carrier's
service area. Local exchange carriers shall not be required to allow retail
customers purchasing the foregoing discounted services to resell those
services to other categories of customers. Telecommunications carriers
may purchase basic rate ISDN services, or the technological equivalent,
for resale in accordance with K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2003, and amend-
ments thereto. The commission may reduce prices charged for services
outlined in provisions (1) and (2) of this subsection, if the commitments
of the local exchange carrier set forth in those provisions are not being
(c) Subject to the commission's approval, all local exchange carriers
shall reduce intrastate access charges to interstate levels as provided
herein. Rates for intrastate switched access, and the imputed access por-
tion of toll, shall be reduced over a three-year period with the objective
of equalizing interstate and intrastate rates in a revenue neutral, specific
and predictable manner. The commission is authorized to rebalance local
residential and business service rates to offset the intrastate access and
toll charge reductions. Any remaining portion of the reduction in access
and toll charges not recovered through local residential and business serv-
ice rates shall be paid out from the KUSF pursuant to K.S.A. 2001 Supp.
66-2008, and amendments thereto. Rural telephone companies shall re-
duce their intrastate switched access rates to interstate levels on March
1, 1997, and every two years thereafter, as long as amounts equal to such
reductions are recovered from the KUSF Each rural telephone company
shall adjust its intrastate switched access rates on March 1 of each odd-
numbered year to match its interstate switched access rates, subject to the
(1) Any reduction of a rural telephone company's cost recovery due
to reduction of its interstate access revenue shall be recovered from the
(2) any portion of rural telephone company reductions in intrastate
switched access rates which would result in an increase in KUSF recovery
in a single year which exceeds .75% of intrastate retail revenues used in
determining sums which may be recovered from Kansas telecommunica-
tions customers pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2008,
and amendments thereto, shall be deferred until March 1 of the next fol-
lowing odd-numbered year; and
(3) no rural company shall be required at any time to reduce its in-
trastate switched access rates below the level of its interstate switched
access rates.
(d) Beginning March 1, 1997, each rural telephone company shall
have the authority to increase annually its monthly basic local residential
and business service rates by an amount not to exceed $1 in each 12
month 12-month period until such monthly rates reach an amount equal
to the statewide rural telephone company average rates for such services.
The statewide rural telephone company average rates shall be the arith-
metic mean of the lowest flat rate as of March 1, 1996, for local residential
service and for local business service offered by each rural telephone
company within the state. In the case of a rural telephone company which
increases its local residential service rate or its local business service rate,
or both, to reach the statewide rural telephone company average rate for
such services, the amount paid to the company from the KUSF shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the additional revenue received by such
company through such rate increase. In the case of a rural telephone
company which elects to maintain a local residential service rate or a local
business service rate, or both, below the statewide rural telephone com-
pany average, the amount paid to the company from the KUSF shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the difference between the revenue the
company could receive if it elected to increase such rate to the average
rate and the revenue received by the company.
(e) For purposes of determining sufficient KUSF support, an afford-
able rate for local exchange service provided by a rural telephone com-
pany subject to traditional rate of return regulation shall be determined
as follows:
(1) For residential service, an affordable rate shall be the arithmetic
mean of residential local service rates charged in this state in all exchanges
served by rural telephone companies and in all exchanges in rate groups
1 through 3 as of February 20, 2002, of all other local exchange carriers,
weighted by the number of residential access lines to which each such
rate applies, and thereafter rounded to the nearest quarter-dollar, subject
to the following provisions:
(A) If a rural telephone company's present residential rate, including
any separate charge for tone dialing, is at or above such weighted mean,
such rate shall be deemed affordable prior to March 1, 2007.
(B) If a rural telephone company's present residential rate, including
any separate charge for tone dialing, is below such average: (i) Such rate
shall be deemed affordable prior to March 1, 2003; (ii) as of March 1,
2003, and prior to March 1, 2004, a rate $2 higher than the company's
present residential monthly rate, but not exceeding such weighted mean,
shall be deemed affordable; (iii) as of March 1, 2004, and prior to March
1, 2005, a rate $4 higher than the company's present residential monthly
rate, but not exceeding such weighted mean, shall be deemed affordable;
and (iv) as of March 1, 2005, and prior to March 1, 2006, a rate $6 higher
than the company's present residential monthly rate, but not exceeding
such weighted mean, shall be deemed affordable.
(C) As of March 1, 2007, and each two years thereafter, an affordable
residential service rate shall be the weighted arithmetic mean of local
service rates determined as of October 1 of the preceding year in the
manner hereinbefore specified, except that any increase in such mean
exceeding $2 may be satisfied by increases in a rural telephone company's
residential monthly service rate not exceeding $2 per year, effective March
1 of the year when such mean is determined, with the remainder applied
at the rate of $2 per year, but not to exceed the affordable rate.
(2) For single line business service at any time, an affordable rate
shall be the existing rate or an amount $3 greater than the affordable rate
for residential service as determined under provision (1) of this subsection,
whichever is higher, except that any increase in the business service af-
fordable rate exceeding $2 may be satisfied by increases in a rural tele-
phone company's business monthly service rate not exceeding $2 per year,
effective March 1 of the year when such rate is determined, with the
remainder applied at the rate of $2 per year, but not to exceed the af-
fordable rate.
(3) Any flat fee or charge imposed per line on all residential service
or single line business service, or both, other than a fee or charge for
contribution to the KUSF or imposed by other governmental authority,
shall be added to the basic service rate for purposes of determining an
affordable rate pursuant to this subsection.
(4) Not later than March 1, 2003, tone dialing shall be made available
to all local service customers of each rural telephone company at no charge
additional to any increase in the local service rate to become effective on
that date. The amount of revenue received as of March 1, 2002, by a rural
telephone company from the provision of tone dialing service shall be
excluded from reductions in the company's KUSF support otherwise re-
sulting pursuant to this subsection.
(5) A rural telephone company which raises one or more local service
rates on application made after February 20, 2002, and pursuant to sub-
section (b) of K.S.A. 66-2007, and amendments thereto, shall have the
level of its affordable rate increased by an amount equal to the amount of
the increase in such rate.
(6) Upon motion by a rural telephone company, the commission may
determine a higher affordable local residential or business rate for such
company if such higher rate allows the company to provide additional or
improved service to customers, but any increase in a rural telephone com-
pany's local rate attributable to the provision of increased calling scope
shall not be included in any subsequent recalculation of affordable rates
as otherwise provided in this subsection.
(7) A uniform rate for residential and single line business local service
adopted by a rural telephone company shall be deemed an affordable rate
for purposes of this subsection if application of such uniform rate gener-
ates revenue equal to that which would be generated by application of
residential and business rates which are otherwise deemed affordable
rates for such company under this subsection.
(8) The provisions of this subsection relating to the implementation
of an affordable rate shall not apply to rural telephone companies which
do not receive KUSF support. When recalculating affordable rates as pro-
vided in this subsection, the rates used shall include the actual rates
charged by rural companies that do not receive KUSF support.
(f) For regulatory reform plans in which price cap regulation has been
elected, price cap plans shall have three baskets: Residential and single-
line business, including touch-tone; switched access services; and miscel-
laneous services. The commission shall establish price caps at the prices
existing when the regulatory plan is filed subject to rate rebalancing as
provided in subsection (c) for residential services, including touch-tone
services, and for single-line business services, including touch-tone serv-
ices, within the residential and single-line business service basket. The
commission shall establish a formula for adjustments to the price caps.
The commission also shall establish price caps at the prices existing when
the regulatory plan is filed for the miscellaneous services basket. The
commission shall approve any adjustments to the price caps for the mis-
cellaneous service basket, as provided in subsection (f) (g).
(f) (g) On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall issue a
final order in a proceeding to determine the price cap adjustment formula
that shall apply to the price caps for the local residential and single-line
business and the miscellaneous services baskets and for sub-categories, if
any, within those baskets. In determining this formula, the commission
shall balance the public policy goals of encouraging efficiency and pro-
moting investment in a quality, advanced telecommunications network in
the state. The commission also shall establish any informational filing
requirements necessary for the review of any price cap tariff filings, in-
cluding price increases or decreases within the caps, to verify such caps
would not be exceeded by any proposed price change. The adjustment
formula shall apply to the price caps for the local residential and single-
line business basket after December 31, 1999, and to the miscellaneous
services basket after December 31, 1997. The price cap formula, but not
actual prices, shall be reviewed every five years.
(g) (h) The price caps for the residential and single-line business serv-
ice basket shall be capped at their initial level until January 1, 2000, except
for any increases authorized as a part of the revenue neutral rate rebal-
ancing under subsection (c). The price caps for this basket and for the
categories in this basket, if any, shall be adjusted annually after December
31, 1999, based on the formula determined by the commission under
subsection (f) (g).
(h) (i) The price cap for the switched access service basket shall be
set based upon the local exchange carrier's intrastate access tariffs as of
January 1, 1997, except for any revenue neutral rate rebalancing author-
ized in accordance with subsection (c). Thereafter, the cap for this basket
shall not change except in connection with any subsequent revenue neu-
tral rebalancing authorized by the commission under subsection (c).
(i) (j) The price caps for the miscellaneous services basket shall be
adjusted annually after December 31, 1997, based on the adjustment
formula determined by the commission under subsection (f) (g).
(j) (k) A price cap is a maximum price for all services taken as a whole
in a given basket. Prices for individual services may be changed within
the service categories, if any, established by the commission within a
basket. An entire service category, if any, within the residential and single-
line business basket or miscellaneous services basket may be priced below
the cap for such category. Unless otherwise approved by the commission,
no service shall be priced below the price floor which will be long-run
incremental cost and imputed access charges. Access charges equal to
those paid by telecommunications carriers to local exchange carriers shall
be imputed as part of the price floor for toll services offered by local
exchange carriers on a toll service basis.
(k) (l) A local exchange carrier may offer promotions within an
exchange or group of exchanges. All promotions shall be approved by the
commission and shall apply to all customers in a nondiscriminatory man-
ner within the exchange or group of exchanges.
(l) (m) Unless the commission authorizes price deregulation at an
earlier date, intrastate toll services within the miscellaneous services bas-
ket shall continue to be regulated until the affected local exchange carrier
begins to offer 1 + intraLATA dialing parity throughout its service terri-
tory, at which time intrastate toll will be price deregulated, except that
prices cannot be set below the price floor.
(m) (n) On or before July 1, 1997, the commission shall establish
guidelines for reducing regulation prior to price deregulation of price cap
regulated services in the miscellaneous services basket, the switched ac-
cess services basket, and the residential and single-line business basket.
(n) (o) Subsequent to the adoption of guidelines pursuant to subsec-
tion (m) (n), the commission shall initiate a petitioning procedure under
which the local exchange carrier may request rate range pricing. The
commission shall act upon a petition within 21 days, subject to a 30-day
suspension. The prices within a rate range shall be tariffed and shall apply
to all customers in a nondiscriminatory manner in an exchange or group
of exchanges.
(o) (p) A local exchange carrier may petition the commission to des-
ignate an individual service or service category, if any, within the miscel-
laneous services basket, the switched access services basket or the resi-
dential and single-line business basket for reduced regulation. The
commission shall act upon a petition for reduced regulation within 21
days, subject to a suspension period of an additional 30 days, and upon a
good cause showing of the commission in the suspension order, or within
such shorter time as the commission shall approve. The commission shall
issue a final order within the 21-day period or within a 51-day period if
a suspension has been issued. Following an order granting reduced reg-
ulation of an individual service or service category, the commission shall
act on any request for price reductions within seven days subject to a 30-
day suspension. The commission shall act on other requests for price cap
adjustments, adjustments within price cap plans and on new service of-
ferings within 21 days subject to a 30-day suspension. Such a change will
be presumed lawful unless it is determined the prices are below the price
floor or that the price cap for a category, if any, within the entire basket
has been exceeded.
(p) (q) The commission may price deregulate within an exchange
area, or at its discretion on a statewide basis, any individual service or
service category upon a finding by the commission that there is a tele-
communications carrier or an alternative provider providing a comparable
product or service, considering both function and price, in that exchange
area. The commission shall act upon a petition for price deregulation
within 21 days, subject to a suspension period of an additional 30 days,
and upon a good cause showing of the commission in the suspension
order, or within such shorter time as the commission shall approve; pro-
vided that no such petition shall be filed prior to July 1997, unless the
commission otherwise authorizes. The commission shall issue a final order
within the 21-day period or within a 51-day period if a suspension has
been issued.
(q) (r) Upon complaint or request, the commission may investigate a
price deregulated service. The commission shall resume price regulation
of a service provided in any exchange area by placing it in the appropriate
service basket, as approved by the commission, upon a determination by
the commission that there is no longer a telecommunications carrier or
alternative provider providing a comparable product or service, consid-
ering both function and price, in that exchange area.
(r) (s) The commission shall require that for all local exchange carriers
all such price deregulated basic intraLATA toll services be geographically
averaged statewide and not be priced below the price floor established
in subsection (j) (k).
(s) (t) Cost studies to determine price floors shall be performed as
required by the commission in response to complaints. In addition, not-
withstanding the exemption in subsection (b), the commission may re-
quest information necessary to execute any of its obligations under the
(t) (u) A local exchange carrier may petition for individual customer
pricing. The commission shall respond expeditiously to the petition within
a period of not more than 30 days subject to a 30-day suspension.
(u) (v) No audit, earnings review or rate case shall be performed with
reference to the initial prices filed as required herein.
(v) (w) Telecommunications carriers shall not be subject to price reg-
ulation, except that: Access charge reductions shall be passed through to
consumers by reductions in basic intrastate toll prices; and basic toll prices
shall remain geographically averaged statewide. As required under K.S.A.
66-131, and amendments thereto, and except as provided for in subsec-
tion (c) of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2004, and amendments thereto, telecom-
munications carriers that were not authorized to provide switched local
exchange telecommunications services in this state as of July 1, 1996,
including cable television operators who have not previously offered tel-
ecommunications services, must receive a certificate of convenience
based upon a demonstration of technical, managerial and financial via-
bility and the ability to meet quality of service standards established by
the commission. Any telecommunications carrier or other entity seeking
such certificate shall file a statement, which shall be subject to the com-
mission's approval, specifying with particularity the areas in which it will
offer service, the manner in which it will provide the service in such areas
and whether it will serve both business customers and residential custom-
ers in such areas. Any structurally separate affiliate of a local exchange
carrier that provides telecommunications services shall be subject to the
same regulatory obligations and oversight as a telecommunications car-
rier, as long as the local exchange carrier's affiliate obtains access to any
services or facilities from its affiliated local exchange carrier on the same
terms and conditions as the local exchange carrier makes those services
and facilities available to other telecommunications carriers. The com-
mission shall oversee telecommunications carriers to prevent fraud and
other practices harmful to consumers and to ensure compliance with
quality of service standards adopted for all local exchange carriers and
telecommunications carriers in the state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2008 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 66-2008. On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall
establish the Kansas universal service fund, hereinafter referred to as the
(a) The initial amount of the KUSF shall be comprised of local
exchange carrier revenues lost as a result of rate rebalancing pursuant to
subsection (c) of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2005 and amendments thereto
and subsection (a) of K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2007 and amendments
thereto. Such revenues shall be recovered on a revenue neutral basis. The
revenue neutral calculation shall be based on the volumes and revenues
for the 12 months prior to September 30, 1996, adjusted for any rate
(b) The commission shall require every telecommunications carrier,
telecommunications public utility and wireless telecommunications serv-
ice provider that provides intrastate telecommunications services to con-
tribute to the KUSF on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis. Any
telecommunications carrier, telecommunications public utility or wireless
telecommunications service provider which contributes to the KUSF may
collect from customers an amount equal to such carrier's, utility's or pro-
vider's contribution, except that before January 1, 2000, no such carrier,
provider or utility shall collect from customers an amount in excess of
8.89% of its intrastate retail revenues as provided in commission docket
no. 190-492-U but such carrier, provider or utility may collect a lesser
amount from its customer.
Prior to January 1, 2000, with respect to wireless telecommunications
service providers, an equitable and nondiscriminatory rate shall be an
amount equal to the rate of contributions of wireline telecommunications
service providers, as determined by the commission, reduced by the per-
centage minutes of usage initiated and terminated entirely over the wire-
less network as determined by the commission. The commission shall
establish such rate for wireless telecommunications service providers no
later than December 31, 1998. Any contributions in excess of distributions
collected in any reporting year shall be applied to reduce the estimated
contribution that would otherwise be necessary for the following year.
(c) (b) Pursuant to the federal act, distributions from the KUSF shall
be made in a competitively neutral manner to qualified telecommunica-
tions public utilities, telecommunications carriers and wireless telecom-
munications providers, that are deemed eligible both under subsection
(e)(1) of section 214 of the federal act and by the commission.
(d) (c) The commission shall periodically review the KUSF to deter-
mine if the costs of qualified telecommunications public utilities, tele-
communications carriers and wireless telecommunications service provid-
ers to provide local service justify modification of the KUSF. If the
commission determines that any changes are needed, the commission
shall modify the KUSF accordingly.
(e) (d) Any qualified telecommunications carrier, telecommunica-
tions public utility or wireless telecommunications service provider may
request supplemental funding from the KUSF based upon a percentage
increase in access lines over the 12-month period prior to the request.
The supplemental funding shall be incurred for the purpose of providing
services to and within the service area of the qualified telecommunica-
tions carrier, telecommunications public utility or wireless telecommu-
nications service provider. Supplemental funding from the KUSF shall
be used for infrastructure expenditures necessary to serve additional cus-
tomers within the service area of such qualifying utility, provider or car-
rier. All affected parties shall be allowed to review and verify a request
of such a qualified utility, carrier or provider for supplemental funding
from the KUSF, and to intervene in any commission proceeding regard-
ing such request. The commission shall issue an order on the request
within 120 days of filing. Additional funding also may be requested for:
The recovery of shortfalls due to additional rebalancing of rates to con-
tinue maintenance of parity with interstate access rates; shortfalls due to
changes to access revenue requirements resulting from changes in federal
rules; additional investment required to provide universal service and en-
hanced universal service, deployed subject to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 66-
2005, and amendments thereto; and for infrastructure expenditures in
response to facility or service requirements established by any legislative,
regulatory or judicial authority. Such requests shall be subject to simpli-
fied filing procedures and the expedited review procedures, as outlined
in the stipulation attached to the order of November 19, 1990 in docket
no. 127,140-U (Phase IV).
(e) Prior to June 30, 2006, for each local exchange carrier electing
pursuant to subsection (b) of K.S.A. 66-2005, and amendments thereto,
to operate under traditional rate of return regulation, all KUSF support,
including any adjustment thereto pursuant to this section shall be based
on such carrier's embedded costs, revenue requirements, investments and
(f) Additional supplemental funding from the KUSF, other than as
provided in subsection (e) of this section (d), may be authorized at the
discretion of the commission. However, the commission may require ap-
proval of such funding to be based upon a general rate case filing. With
respect to any request for additional supplemental funding from the
KUSF, the commission shall act expeditiously, but shall not be subject to
the 120 day deadline set forth in subsection (e) (d).
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 66-2005, 66-2008, 66-2012 and 66-2016
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved May 29, 2002.
Date Composed: 10/10/2002 Date Modified: 10/10/2002


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The majority of laboratory and office facilities for faculty in the Department are located at the College Park campus in the Plant Sciences Building. Well-equipped laboratories for chemical, physical, and mineralogical determinations of soil and plant properties are located in both buildings. Controlled-temperature storage and growth chambers provide facilities for post-harvest and environmental control studies. Laboratory instrumentation provides for chromatography, spectrophotometry, elemental analysis, tissue culture, genetic engineering and transformation, gel electrophoresis, radio-labeling, x-ray diffraction and fluorescence, and other procedures. Greenhouse facilities on campus are available for research with turfgrass, floricultural and ornamental plants, and are used for research in crop breeding, crop production and protection, and weed control.
Education and Research Centers
The Maryland Agriculture Experiment Station operates research and education centers across the state. Orchards for research with fruits are located at the Western Maryland Research and Education Center near Sharpsburg. Crops, horticulture and soils research is also conducted at this center and at four other Research and Education Centers that are strategically located throughout Maryland. The Central Maryland Research and Education Center includes the Clarksville Facility, Turfgrass Research and Education Facility (Beltsville), Beltsville Field Unit (Laurel), and the Southern Maryland Research and Education Facility (Upper Marlboro). At this center a variety of agronomic, horticultural and environmental research is conducted. East of the Chesapeake Bay agronomic, horticultural and environmental studies are conducted at three locations: Wye Research and Education Center (Queenstown), and the Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center (Poplar Hill and Salisbury Facilities). In addition to the experiments at the Research Centers, many experiments are conducted with cooperating laboratories at USDA-Beltsville, cooperating farmers, and industry throughout the state.
Federal Agencies
The University of Maryland is located between Beltsville, Maryland and Washington D.C. Thus, it is located near the headquarters and principal laboratories of several federal agencies. The National Agriculture Library is only three miles from the campus and is readily available to graduate students. Scientists from the USDA at Beltsville, the Geological Survey, the National Academy of Sciences, NASA, National Institute of Health, Department of Energy, Smithsonian, National Park Service, as well as other agencies, have cooperated with the Department's faculty on various projects. Scientists from some of these agencies have adjunct appointments in the Department, have taught special courses at the University, and participate on graduate committees. Cooperation with these agencies also provides opportunities for consultation with leading scientists and financial support of graduate studies. Some students obtain part-time work at these agencies which can be a valuable part of their training.
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Thresholds for disk space calculations to reflect the view of a non-root user.
Most filesystems reserve 5% of file system space for root use only, so that there is some ability to move things and copy them if the filesystem gets full. This percentage is generally tunable on file system creation, but we assume the default of 5%.
The reason LogicMonitor reports the file system capacity from the perspective of a non-root user is to prevent the situation where LogicMonitor shows that there is 5% free space, when a non-root user would experience a file system full error. You can change this if you just want the absolute usage numbers. The math for these datapoints are specified as (StorageUsed/(StorageSize*0.95)*100), you would remove the .95 factor.


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Monday, December 1, 2014
Day 12 – Vishnagar; Took a REAL BATH!!!!, Saji sick, left him for ½ day, went to UniqYou International School, did presentations for 4 classes, played marbles, saw Gandhi Ji's Guru's Ashram, up on the hill, Vadnagar: Victory arches, Buddhist monastery ; Slept at Dr. Harshad Patel's house in Palanpur,
I woke up this morning in a very nice bedroom in a beautiful Indian home. It was owned by the Father-in-Law of Kamini Patel, one of the Counselors at iRYLA. I had slept in the Master Bedroom, I think, because I heard someone come in very quietly, very early in the morning, to get some clothes from the closet.
At breakfast I met Kamini's Father-in-Law who turned out to be a Diamond Merchant. That explains the gorgeous house with the fancy bathroom! I told him the motivational story: 'Acres of Diamonds' by Russell Conwell, which was was the first personal development stories I ever heard. My father had played the RECORD ALBUM of that speech to me when I was around 8 years old and had gotten into some serious trouble. I still tell that story at RYLA sometimes.
After breakfast we talked about Indian vs. American kitchens. I had now poked my nose into several Indian kitchens and I noticed something they all had in common: They ALL contained a group of identical canisters (sometimes made of glass, but more often made of aluminum or tin) arranged in a perfectly neat row, with NO MARKINGS on them!
Saji was still sick, so he slept in again. He would meet up with us later.
While Saji rested, Jitu & I drove to Idar to visit the UniqYOU International School, out in the forest area near Idar. He created this school with Dr. Yogesh Patel 2 ½ years ago. Running it is their full-time job. So far, they have poured lots of money into it, and haven't taken anything out. True Rotarians!
At the school we met with Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Idar and also from the nearby town of Vadali.
I met members of the school staff, then I taught some public speaking lessons to several high school classes. I asked them to come to the front of the class and tell everyone what they wanted to do for a career and why they wanted to do it. Then I critiqued their presentation skills and asked them to do it again. Everyone showed great improvement and it was wonderful to see that the methods I had developed for the Speak Up! public speaking course would be equally effective half-way around the world.
Then played some games with the Kindergarteners. They didn't speak much English so this was a lot more challenging. Before I attempt to lead games in another country again, I'm going to come up with some that don't require any explanation.
Then played with the middle-school kids. First we played marbles and I discovered that they had a completely different set of rules. They had two different 'shooting' styles that were both very different from the American style. One was a 2-handed technique involving the index of the shooting hand and the palm of the other hand (I can't remember it any better than that). The 2nd technique involved standing up, several feet away from the circle of marbles, and THROWING the marble into the circle! After that, we started to take some nice pictures, but somehow things got out of hand and the kids ended up picking me up by my arms and legs and dragging me around for a while!
From there we drove to Vadnagar and looked (very briefly) at a pair of 12th Century Victory Arches. I never did find out who had a victory over what, but apparently, one side won a battle and celebrated with these pretty arches.
From there we went to Vadnagar, where after a lot of wrong turns and asking directions from many people, we finally met up with a retired historian...and SAJI!
We were there to look at the excavation of an 1800 yr old Chinese Buddhist Monastery. Besides being a place where Chinese Buddhists lived and prayed, for 500 years it was also an important way station for Chinese pilgrims that traveled from China to India to see the birthplace of the Buddha. Can you imagine the difficulties that those pilgrims must have endured during such a long trip?!
The monastery had two votive stupas and an open central courtyard around which initially nine cells were constructed. The arrangement of cells around the central courtyard creates a swastika-like pattern.
Then we drove to Palanpur, where we first visited a school in Kanodar, which is heavily supported by the Rotary Club of Palanpur Diamond City. When we arrived there was a marching band playing for us!
There were trumpets and drums and banners. They gave us the traditional Talikha welcome,
...placed scarves and garlands of flowers around our necks, put bouquets of flowers in our hands, then little girls showered us with rose petals!
Finally, they released 2 live doves in our honor!!!
We visited many individual classrooms then they brought the entire school out and we did some sort of assembly with everyone. There seemed to be some sort of presentations, possibly to some exceptional students and/or exceptional classrooms.
At one point we handed out a bunch of packets of crackers. I have no idea why.
For some reason I decided that I needed to tell the students the story that my Past District Governor Ken Garrett had told so many times:
We slept that night at the beautiful home of Dr Harshad Patel, who is a Gynecologist.


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The 'University of Florida Campus (General) Oral History Collection' holds more than 300 interviews, dating from the late 1960s. The series includes two on Samuel Proctor, founder of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at UF. The interviewees include former presidents and deans, current and former departmental chairmen and faculty members, prominent alumni, service employees, directors of student organizations, and minority student leaders. Almost every department and college is represented in these interviews.
The range of topics covered is diverse: ongoing construction, changing Gainesville, campus life, sororities and fraternities, black issues, segregation and integration, minority faculty, sports, student demonstrations, future of education, academic freedom, changes in student body, school accreditation, politics and Tallahassee, and a multitude of other subjects.
The 'University of Florida Oral History Collection' is part of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is an affiliated program of the University of Florida's Department of History. Its collections include approximately 4,000 interviews and more than 85,000 pages of transcribed material, making it the largest oral history archive in the South and one of the major collections in the country. The transcribed interviews are available for use by research scholars, students, journalists, genealogists, and other interested groups. Researchers have used our oral history material for theses, dissertations, articles, and books.
Digitization of the collection has been funded in part by the generous donation of Caleb and Michele Grimes.


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The Washington University Internal Medicine Residency is based at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the John Cochran VA Hospital. At these facilities, our residents gain experience in caring for primarily non-private ward patients, and confront clinical problems ranging from chronic medical conditions to the most highly specialized tertiary referral care. They become proficient in providing efficient, cost-effective medical care in both ambulatory and inpatient settings, and are well prepared for their roles in the rapidly changing environment of clinical practice.
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We will accept up to five residents into the track this year. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to both the categorical and PCIM tracks; application to both tracks will neither help nor hurt a candidate's chance of matching at Washington University and Barnes Jewish Hospital.
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Applicants interested in one year of Internal Medicine training prior to a specialty residency may enter Washington University's preliminary year program. The preliminary internship is similar to the categorical program and includes experiences in the following areas:
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There are also electives which can be used to prepare for specialty residency or to expand their knowledge of internal medicine or other disciplines. The preliminary intern is exposed to common medical procedures which will be useful during specialty training.
The Oliver Langenberg Physician Scientist Training Pathway in the Department of Medicine is intended to train physicians in academic medicine. The key objectives for the pathway are:
To develop a flexible training program of combined clinical and research training which addresses each trainee's particular needs
To link trainees during residency with a postgraduate research mentor to facilitate the transition from clinical to basic science training. The program's affiliation with the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University provides depth and breadth of potential research interests.
Participants in the program may avail themselves of the Clinician-Investigator Pathway (i.e., short-tracking) as defined by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Applicants who are eligible include trainees with both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees. M.D.'s with a Master's degree and/or other substantial research experience will also be considered.
Applicants must complete a supplementary application. A letter from the applicant's Ph.D. mentor is required.
Specific employment policies of the Barnes-Jewish Hospital/St. Louis Children's Hospital/Washington University School of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Consortium may be found on their web site. These policies include but are not limited to selection of residents and fellows, their evaluation and promotion, due process and the memorandum of appointment (contract). Applicants are encouraged to read through this information.
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) has clarified HR Standard 1.20 to provide that hospitals are required to screen trainees in the same manner as staff employed by the hospital if the trainees work in the same capacity as staff who provide care, treatment and services. Housestaff are required to successfully pass all screening requirements including a drug test and criminal background check prior to beginning their training at this institution. All Consortium policies and procedures are available on the GME website.
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Pakistan's 'mad scientist' keeps mum on nuclear riddles
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — On leafy Hillside Road, tucked against the Margalla Hills, commandos behind sandbag bunkers guard the villa of a scientist who's exalted in his homeland as the "father of the bomb" but scorned abroad as a "nuclear jihadist."
Automatic weapons at the ready, the guards study every vehicle that passes the ivy-covered estate of Abdul Qadeer Khan, who ushered Pakistan into the nuclear age and ran a virtual bazaar of nuclear technology and know-how for "rogue" nations such as Iran, Libya and North Korea.
For the past four years, Khan has been under house arrest for confessing to selling nuclear-weapons secrets. Some Pakistanis, who revere Khan as a hero, say it's time to let him go free and recover from his recent prostate cancer in peace.
Khan still holds the solutions to many riddles of an increasingly alarming global nuclear age. Some of his knowledge could embarrass Pakistanis in power, but also could shed light on the extent of nuclear programs and weapons dealers in the world's dark alleys.
Some things about Khan's life also remain mysteries.
Whom are the sentinels outside his villa guarding against? Are they protecting Khan from foreigners who might abduct him to jump-start their own nuclear programs? Do some former colleagues want to do him in? Or are the guards there to keep a lid on Khan, who reportedly boils at allegations that greed — not loftier goals — drove him to sell nuclear secrets, and now may want to spill the beans?
What's certain is that A.Q. Khan knows much more than he's said about how he, an ambitious metallurgist living in Holland, managed to connive and steal enough secrets to build a flourishing nuclear program in Pakistan, turning his state laboratory into a virtual nuclear Wal-Mart or "Nukes 'R' Us."
"I don't think the whole story has been told, even with a dozen books about him," said Shahid ur-Rehman, a local journalist and author who said he'd interviewed Khan 20 to 25 times for a not-yet-published account.
Despite rampant charges over the years that Islamabad has sold its nuclear know-how, Pakistan stonewalls all foreign requests to speak with Khan. It asserts that its own interrogators questioned Khan over a two-year period, that he acted as a ringleader of a group with no broad links to the state and that all pertinent information was released.
"It is a dead horse that has been beaten, flogged, many times over," said retired Lt. Gen. Khalid Kidwai, the chief of Pakistan's nuclear-weapons program.
Disbelieving U.S. and European lawmakers have pressed Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to permit investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency to interrogate Khan. The Bush administration, which considers Musharraf a key ally in the war on terrorism, largely has avoided the issue.
"We have basically accepted President Musharraf's argument that we cannot have access to A.Q. Khan because it would further destabilize his government," said Jon Wolfsthal, a nuclear expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a center-right policy institute in Washington. "The political decision has been made that we need Musharraf . . . more than we need to get access to Khan."
That frustrates some experts, who say that Pakistan has whitewashed the Khan case to hide its continued involvement in black-market procurement and sale of nuclear materials. Pakistan also blocks potential leads into whether nations such as Syria have nuclear programs and whether North Korea sought to enrich uranium as well as make bombs from plutonium.
"I don't think anyone feels confident the A.Q. Khan network was put to sleep. We can't trust the Pakistanis to be forthcoming on this issue because they haven't been," said Christine Fair, a South Asia analyst at the RAND Corp. research center.
Fair said that Khan's secrets, if revealed, would shed light on the companies and brokers who helped Pakistan's military supply and maintain its nuclear arsenal to this day.
"He's got 30 years-plus not as a rogue actor but as a state actor. So they are not going to let anyone talk to him," Fair said, adding that Pakistan's military chiefs don't want Khan revealing "everyone who's in the nasty network."
Khan rose from humble origins. His Muslim family fled from Bhopal, India, to Pakistan after British India was partitioned in 1947. In the early 1960s, Khan made his way to Europe, where he studied metallurgy, eventually obtaining a job with a subcontractor to a uranium-enrichment facility that provided fuel for European nuclear reactors.
He married a South African-born Dutch woman and had two daughters, and eventually returned to Pakistan to persuade its leaders that he could help them build a nuclear weapon — a national obsession — to counter nuclear rival India.
A towering man, Khan's outsized personality helped him win supporters.
"He's a very good conversationalist. He has a lot of wit," ur-Rehman said.
Khan was driven by a desire to empower Islam, which he saw as the only faith without a nuclear punch, and he became the architect of the first Islamic bomb.
"He thinks the whole world is against Pakistan, against Muslims getting empowered. That is his mental makeup," ur-Rehman said.
Other observers see less charitable traits at work.
"Khan is a braggart and a liar. He wouldn't have been successful if he weren't those two things," said David Albright, a physicist and proliferation expert who heads the Institute for Science and International Security, an advocacy group in Washington.
A member of Khan's extended family, who spoke on condition of anonymity lest he face reprisals, described the 71-year-old scientist as in fairly good spirits and recovering from prostate surgery in September. After a recent encounter, he said that Khan complained only of "a little leg pain."
Khan isn't a virtual prisoner. Six to eight friends are allowed regular visits with him, his wife, Henny, and a granddaughter who lives with them, several acquaintances said. Khan also is permitted to visit Karachi on occasion to see his siblings.
If the armed forces sponsored Khan's network, that may be why Musharraf's regime is so eager to keep him silenced, some analysts said.
"There are reports that he has already prepared a manuscript which he's given to his daughter to release if anything happens to him. There are also reports he's made a video," ur-Rehman said. "It would exonerate him from the allegation that he did it alone and he did it for money."
In his extensive interviews with Khan, ur-Rehman said, he learned such things as the identity of the fourth country — never identified — to which Khan and his supporters sold nuclear secrets. He declined to identify the country.
"This is something I can't write or talk about," he said. "I am frightened."
Some of Pakistan's highest-ranking retired military officers, among them strong nationalists with long-standing ties to Islamic militants, are pressing for Khan to be set free, saying that Pakistan has the right to sell nuclear know-how to anyone it pleases and can be open about it.
"We never signed the NPT (nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). We don't belong to the NPT. Why are they arm-twisting us?" said retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul, a former intelligence chief who helped arm the Taliban to fight the Soviet Union in neighboring Afghanistan.
Ur-Rehman said Khan had too much knowledge ever to walk freely again.
"I think he won't come out alive from his detention," he said. "His story is so revealing that he won't be allowed to come out."


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Student Success - Student Activities on Campus
Student Government and Phi Theta Kappa
Student Government Association (SGA)
The Student Government Association's purpose is to create an atmosphere conducive to learning, to promote cooperative relations with each other and to provide the proper means of interaction with SPC administration and faculty. The association seeks to communicate student rights and responsibilities and to respond to student concerns. Representatives come from five campuses:
Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
An internationally recognized honor society for two year college students whose goals are scholarship, leadership, service, and fellowship. Membership requirements include: 3.25 GPA or higher, completion of 12 college-level credit hours at SPC, and payment of one time membership dues.
The purpose of PTK is the promotion of scholarship, the development of leadership and service-locally, regionally and nationally, and the cultivation of fellowship among students. PTK chapters can be found on the Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, Seminole, and St. Petersburg/Gibbs campuses.
Clubs with a Critical Thinking Bent
- Chess: Tarpon Springs and Clearwater campuses
- Downtown Delegates is group of students at the Downtown Center that meets monthly to discuss upcoming student activities, local volunteer opportunities, leadership development and more.
- Ethics: Seminole Campus
The Honors College
The mission of The Honors College is to provide an exemplary education and build an intellectual community that encourages creativity, deeper understanding, leadership qualities, and critical thinking skills for our most talented and motivated students. We believe in strength and necessity of outstanding undergraduate education and go above and beyond to support excellence, educational commitment, intellectual depth, and cultural awareness of our students.
Critical Thinking Programs
To keep track of student organization events and activities, and to help meet the QEP Goals and Measures, please add your event to the Critical Thinking Programs/Events form. Also, to obtain feedback from students, please distribute the Critical Thinking Program/Event Student Survey handout, or announce to students to complete the survey online.
Fall 2010
Date: October 8
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: Seminole Campus, Digitorium UP 160
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Fall 2009
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver was the book selected for the 2009 SPC Reads/One Book, One College program. The author recounted her family's move to a rural town and how they strived to spend one year buying only food raised in their own community. It is a story about how even small alterations to our everyday habits can lead to an even greater benefit to our environment. This book presented many opportunities to integrate with subjects such as math, science, sustainability, and wellness, among others.
Check this book out from an SPC library, or download the audio version.
Critical Thinking activities related to this book were held on campuses college-wide.
SPC Midtown
Heather Disler, Librarian, led a discussion at Midtown on April 8, 9:30-11:30 a.m. The Hooker Tea Company served a couple of varieties of hot tea and their delicious homemade bread pudding.
SPC Downtown Center
Heather Disler, Librarian, led a discussion at the Downtown Center on Wednesday, April 7, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Erin Senack, Communications instructor, led the discussion at the Downtown Center on Thursday, April 8, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Downtown afternoon and evening event featured food catered by Margaret Ann's Catering. Margaret Ann served recipes from the book:
SPINACH LASAGNA (page 61)
Seminole Campus
Watch, Think, Discuss!
A One Book, One College event
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Spring 2009
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
This is the book chosen the SPC Reads/One Book, One College for 2008. Critical thinking activities related to the book were conducted on campuses.
- College-Wide - "Digiku" Contest (digital photo and accompanying haiku poem on the topic "wilderness")
- Clearwater Campus - Panel Book Discussion, "Into the Wild" Display, Wilderness Event
- Downtown Center - Book Club and Round Table Event
- Seminole Campus - Book Discussion, Essay Contest, Moose Tracks Ice Cream Social
- SP/Gibbs - Book Discussion, Quad Events and Games, Movie Viewing
Resources for activity organizers:
- Tips on Leading a Book Discussion
- The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools, particularly pages 3, 5, 10, 11, and 17
- St. Petersburg College Library Blog
Leadership Workshops "Critical Thinking" sponsored by the SP/Gibbs Student Government Association were held on 1/21, 2/4, and 3/25.
Fall 2008
The Great Debate 2008
An interactive debate focusing on national campaign platforms presented by SPC Faculty, Student Organizations, and Student Activities.
Leadership Workshops "Critical Thinking" sponsored by the SP/Gibbs Student Government Association were held on 9/10, 10/15, and 11/5.


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Snoods are the perfect mix of function and fashion. They are the ultimate winter accessory- both classic and feminine. I like them because they really do keep your neck warm. (it's freezing out!) And since I'm not a huge accessories gal, a snood is the piece that really makes a winter outfit- in my opinion, at least. Minimal and chic? Oh yes!
If you're wondering what the heck a snood is, well, it's basically a scarf. Whilst searching online for these four fab picks, the word "infinity scarf" was used interchangeably. Whatever you call them, you need one this season, trust me. They range from casual to elegant and comfy to glam. You can easily dress up or dress down your outfit in a flash. I love that.
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A Des Moines metro religious leader was in Polk County Court Thursday morning to set a date in his sexual abuse trial.
Forty-year-old Nermin Spahic is charged with one charge of third-degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.
A Johnston woman claims Spahic, who is an imam at the Des Moines Islamic and Cultural Center Bosniak, molested her and her daughter while performing a ceremonial ritual.
A pre-trial hearing in the case is scheduled for October 31st and Spahic's trial is set for December 2nd.
Spahic has already pleaded not guilty and is out on bail. A no contact order is in place requiring him to stay away from the alleged victims.


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I shall assume it has heated seats and mirrors?
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Another Card, found this one on Dannie's blog (her details are on the side bar, to check out what she did and her tutorial). I have seen it on other blogs but I followed Dannie's instructions. Cute little card to put with a pressie for Mum.
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Making Sense of Mange
Mange in Dogs
"Doc, we looked online and saw pictures of mange. We're so afraid this is contagious red mange and all our other dogs are going to get it," said the American Pit Bull Terrier, Hailey's mom.
Demodex & Sarcoptic Mange
You may have read many websites that describe mange and you're more confused than ever. First, go to a veterinarian. A simple skin scrape cytology test will find demodectic mange, or demodex. Demodex is a cigar-shaped long, thin insect too small to see without a microscope. It is believed to be passed from mother to puppy during birthing. After that original transmission, it is not contagious!
Demodex: Easy to find, Difficult to treat
Sarcoptes: Hard to Find, Easy to treat
The other dog mange is sarcoptic mange, also called "red mange" in some parts of the United States. Sarcoptic mange is a fat little round insect too small to see without a microscope. It is highly contagious between warm-blooded animals. It lives deeper in the hair follicles of the skin and only comes to the surface 25% of the time when a skin scrape cytology is performed.
Any attack on the skin will irritate and change the skin. Redness, heat, pain, and swelling are the body's hallmarks of inflammation. Whether an insect, like a flea or mite, bacteria, fungus, or yeast attacks the skin, the damage will look similar. Any of the infections can mimic each other, because they are attacking the same skin system. Tests performed by your veterinarian, along with experience, and the tenacity to look for typical signs and patterns will nail the diagnosis for you.
One last thing to remember: just because you think you know what is wrong with your puppy, the battle doe not end there. Hailey's mom figured her skin was sore from fleas. And it was. But she did not seek help for over three weeks. During those weeks, the sore skin allowed the demodex to grow and bacteria to set in. A smaller problem grew much more complicated because of the delay.
Typical Patterns
Clown Face of Demodex
Usually, demodectic mange starts as a "clown face" look of baldness around the eyes. Sometimes even conjunctivitis for no reason at all is the first sign that the demodex is at the edge of the eyelids and bothering the puppy. That's what happened to Hailey.
"The animal shelter gave her ointment for conjunctivitis."
"Did she have an upper respiratory infection?" asked Doc Truli.
"What do you mean?"
"Has she had any sneezing or coughing?"
"No. not at all," said Hailey's mom.
That's strange. Any time something doesn't "fit," Doc Truli is suspicious that we don't have the picture. Puppies usually do not get conjunctivitis for no reason. She could have been stressed, or been in a dirty environment before the shelter. Or she could have hidden demodex on the edges of her eyelids, where we can't perform the skin scrape test.
Any time something doesn't "fit," Doc Truli is suspicious that we don't have the whole picture.
Doc Truli advised Hailey's parents to watch for baldness or thinning of the fur. Sure enough, 1 week later, she returned with demodex lesions showing all over her face and legs.
Bald Tops of Paws and Toes
If your puppy's toes are bald on the tops of the knuckles, get checked for mange. But what about older dogs? Juvenile demodectic mange is common. After the age of 1 1/2, it is very unusual for a dog to develop demodectic mange for the first time. This demodectic mange is called adult onset. Adult onset mange indicates a problem with your dog's immune system. Your veterinarian can check for hypothyroidism and can evaluate your dog's history for allergy patterns which would suppress the immune system and allow mange to grow.
Mange in Unexpected Cases
Doc saw a 5-year-old German Shepherd Dog with an open, bleeding skin infection at the base of his neck, in between the shoulder blades. The Shepherd already finished two powerful and long courses of antibiotics. Why didn't the antibiotics work?
Proper Skin Diagnostic Tests
- Skin Scrape Cytology – find and count mites & fungus deep in the hair follicles
- Skin tape Cytology – find and count bacteria & yeast colonizing the surface of the skin
- Dermatophyte fungal culture – make sure there's no zoonotic, contagious ringworm fungus
- Check those ears! After all, the ear canal lining is just special skin in a sunless damp hole in the head!
A skin scrape cytology test revealed demodex mange mites mixed with the infection. Mange mites and bacteria work together to alter the pH acid-base balance of the skin and they release enzymes to make each other happier. So, if you treat the bacteria and not the mange, then the problem never cures. Once the Shepherd received treatment for both the infection and the mites, his sores went away and he felt comfortable again!
Demodectic Mange Treatment
Demodex is considered a normal commensal on dog skin. This means that some demodex is natural and does not cause disease. Anything that is natural, but growing out of control, is far trickier to control than an unnatural, foreign invasion infecting the skin – like sarcoptic mange.
Demodex takes a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of up to a year or longer to control, or cure.
Treatments for Demodectic Mange
- Treat bacterial infections
- prescription medicated shampoo
- systemic antibiotics
- Support nutrition and healing
- Good quality dog food
- Omega 3 Fatty Acids & Vitamin E (ask for Vet Rx)
- Kill demodex
- Only FDA approved treatment: Mitaban dips
- "Off-label" treatments:
- Oral daily ivermectin
- Promeris topical drops
- daily milbemycin (Interceptor brand) tablets
Hailey's system did not take well to the prescription FDA-approved Mitaban dips. She experienced lethargy, vomiting, and some diarrhea. She switched to Promeris topical dewormer and felt much better. So far, she is 2 weeks into treatment and you can see in the slide show, her fur is starting to fill in!
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
A close shave.. or was it?
We heard voices and that was when I wondered whether our Electricity Board officials/workers, whoever they send for such issues, have enough safety equipment. They would had to wade through knee-deep water by then. I should probably go ask the EB officials when we go to pay the bill next time.
The power came back after a couple of hours. And this morning, as I looked out of the window, there are almost no traces of the rain last night. The roads are near dry.
7 comments:
- Maha said...
Oh..! Thank God and goodness that you both are safe! i just cannot even imagine your being in that situation..Take care akka and be safe!
- Sunday, June 22, 2008 1:39:00 PM
- Srini said...
my 5 paisa worth
during rain, if u r inside a car
and electricity has touched ur car's outer side
you will not get a shock on the inside of ur car
this is called "The Globe Effect"
But any way
great to see ur moral responsibility
- Sunday, June 22, 2008 2:38:00 PM
- Chinmayi said...
thanks srini.. Good to get an answer but Like my mom says better safe than sorry.
- Sunday, June 22, 2008 4:11:00 PM
- Aswin said...
I guess the motorists weren't blind, but it's just that they didn't care. :) It's just kind of 'normal' to many. What say?
- Monday, June 23, 2008 5:59:00 PM
Hai akka,
Its really a horrible thing to imagine.Thank god u r safe.Nothin will happen to u ever, bcoz we r ur fans always praying for ur success and for ur carrier.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:01:00 PM
- Vasanthan said...
there should have been a circuit breaker system that could automatically shut out the electric supply when similar events occur.
- Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:43:00 AM
- butt0ns said...
Hi Chinmayi,
I watched your interview with Manothodu Mano recently in Malaysian Channel, and just thought of looking up your fan page; and came upon yr blog. Haha, you have one BIGGGG funny bone :-D hehehe.. couldnt help laughing at the part where u said u'd thought that all of you were going to be electrocuted Anniyan style! :-D funny to think that u'd remember anniyan at times like this :) hope u see any big pot of oil during Diwali season :-D or anniyan would be visiting your imaginative mind again :))
anyway, just want to wish you Good Luck in your career as a singer. I really enjoyed the songs you have sung. And moreover your interesting writes. God bless u with these and more in days to come :) Take Care!
Rebecca Hemalatha, Malaysia
- Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:45:00 AM


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