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Cat diagnosed with rare cancer--not sure what to do
I took my approx. 12 year old tortie, Kitty, to the vet last Wednesday because she had vomited several times in the past 2 weeks. She has always been a vomiter but mostly due to eating way too fast. This was different. I expected the vet to tell me that she was diabetic or hyperthyroid because she is always ravenous. She was at the vet in Sept. due to weight loss and blood tests show that she had some pancreatic issues. Vet said to switch her to canned food. I actually thought that she had gained a little of her weight back since then. I was wrong. She had lost nearly a pound. (She is down 4 lbs since 2010) The vet squeezed her abdomen and thought he felt something. It was all downhill from there--x-ray then ultrasound, then biopsy. By Friday afternoon, I knew that Kitty had a mast cell tumor in her small intestine that had spread to an adjacent lymph node.
The vet said that there is no consensus on how to treat this type of cancer when it is in the intestines because there just aren't that many cases seen (mast cell tumors are more commonly on the skin or in the spleen). The options presented to me over the phone were surgery and chemo (have to also do chemo because it already started to spread), just chemo, or steroids only (this would just be a comfort measure). My initial thought was to go at this with both barrels blazing. The vet asked me to think about it over the weekend.
Kitty had a surgical consult today and it wasn't good. Apparently, the prognosis is 2-5 months with or without surgery. With surgery and chemo, Kitty may get as much as 12 months. He said that she may be able to get that with chemo alone, they just don't know. He said if it were his cat, he would have a really hard time making this decision (and he's a surgeon). What makes the decision really difficult is that Kitty is asymptomatic right now. She hasn't even vomited any since last week when I changed her food to Nature's Variety Instinct canned and cut her back to 1/2 can at each meal time (my husband had bumped her up to 2/3 a can because she was always wanting more, I think this is what made her vomit). She is acting like her normal self. The surgeon is concerned that surgery could go poorly and I will have missed out on the remaining good days I have with Kitty. I tend to agree. Also, I would really want a better prognosis than that before subjecting Kitty to such a serious procedure.
Tomorrow we have a consult with the oncologist. I will consider chemo if she thinks it will be of benefit to Kitty. I have already been told that there are no published reports of treating this type of cancer with chemo alone so they don't know what it may accomplish, if anything. If Kitty were to do chemo, I would almost certainly go the pill route other than taking her in to the vet for weekly chemo. I think the weekly version is more effective but the vet said that Kitty would have to be sedated for it because she is so squirmy. The vet didn't think weekly sedation was a good idea. I am wondering if anyone can share with me their experience with kitty chemo and if you thought the results were worth it for your pet? I want to have Kitty for as long as possible but I don't want to create a lot of stress on her trying to keep her with me a few months longer.
I would also greatly appreciate any other suggestions--dietary, supplements, etc that may help support Kitty's health right now.
Oh my gosh, I'm SO sorry you and Kitty are going through this! My heart goes out to you . I haven't had to deal with a cancer diagnosis in a cat, but I do know of other pet owners that have gone the chemo route for lymphoma. Cats usually tolerate chemo quite well (much better than people do). The other thing with at least trying it is that if the side effects do become too much to bear, you can always stop. As long as Kitty is okay with the process, it might give you a little extra time together without too much stress.
You're on the right track with her diet. Definitely low-carb (cancer cells feed off of carbs), and good quality ingredients. Maybe add some raw food in there as well if she'll go for it. I like to rotate brands and flavours of canned to keep the cats interested and to prevent any possible nutritional excesses or deficiencies.
As for supplements, you might want to look into something called Transfer Factor. It's derived from colostrum and can boost immune system health. The vet might also be able to suggest some things, like perhaps a multivitamin (I like NuCat).
And of course, the most important factor in all of this: your unconditional love. It's easy to get obsessed with a sick kitty's health and to focus too much on every little sniffle and sneeze. Try to take a step back now and then and just love on her, cuddle her silly, and appreciate her for the life lessons she's teaching you during this difficult time. Think of it as an amazing journey the two of you can share together.
All the best.
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Hi Mom2Kitty,
I can only share my experience with you, knowing full well that each pet owner and each pet is different.
Our experience started with a loose front right fang in August, and we didn't think much of it as we've had other cats who've lost teeth around 10 years old (and we had never had an experience with cancer or any other very serious illness). But our cat Pisica was given a "fairly certain" diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma in mid-November. We were told this was a very aggressive type of cancer (we never let her go back outside after this point). The vet told us the only treatment option was quite invasive facial surgery + chemo, and that this would only extend her life by a few months (2-5 months is what they told us), and that her quality of life would probably be poor because she'd be recuperating from these procedures. She weighed 10 pounds in August; she was down to 6 pounds by mid-November. We decided not to go the route of the medical treatment. The vet prepared us for the worst and within a couple weeks, by early December, she began having trouble breathing and eating; the cancer was destroying the right side of her face. By Dec 20th, the cancer had destroyed the whole right side nasal passage and she had paralysis on the right side of her face. We used small gauze pads + warm water to wipe nasal secretions and wash around her mouth. Because cats regulate their body temperature through breathing, she began spending more and more time sitting next to the baseboard heater, so I immediately purchased 2 small heating pads for her favorite sleeping spots and she loved always having a warm spot to go to. Throughout this entire time, she "acted normal"; she still expected her food on schedule, she still thought she could go outside (which she obviously couldn't), and she still tried to clean herself like she normally would (although this was difficult for her because of breathing problems), and she still wanted to cuddle with everybody and anybody she could. Around xmas time we had started giving her very mushed up poached salmon, but by new year's she was barely able to swallow any food. In the final 10 days, the vet gave us pain killer medication to be administered orally with a syringe (something akin to morphine), but our little trooper would have nothing of it. We said goodbye to her on January 9th.
Pisica was the most affectionate cat I've ever known; she wanted to be held and cuddled constantly, and we were lucky that circumstances allowed us to be with her nearly every minute in the last two months of her life. These were important considerations for us, and we don't regret the choice we made to not opt for the surgery and chemotherapy.
This is probably the most difficult part of our relationships with our pets. There isn't anyone who's in a better position or more qualified than you are to make the decision. Like another contributor told me, it's important not to second-guess yourself and simply be at peace with whatever decision you make.
Thank you both so much for your replies! Althe, your Pisica sounds like a brave little kitty. I loved the photos you posted on your other post about her brother mourning her.
Kitty and I had some good news (well, what passes for good news nowadays) today at our meeting with the oncologist. I was so much more hopeful after this visit. She said that she absolutely would get the surgery done if Kitty were her cat. She said the risks of the surgery are outweighed by the benefits. She said she would also recommend taking out the spleen while they are in there because this cancer is commonly starts in the spleen and moves to the intestine and Kitty doesn't need her spleen, so may as well take it out and not risk it. They will also take small biopsies of other organs and lymph nodes to make sure it has not spread (although she does not expect to see that it has spread).
What sold me on the surgery is that the oncologist said that if the tumor was not removed, the chemicals and histamines that it releases would cause ulcers to form in Kitty's intestine and the ulcers would eat through her intestine and cause a bowel leak. She said the poor prognosis of 2-5 months associated with this cancer is due to the fact that a lot of cats get diagnosed when these ulcers start causing them problems and there is not much to be done then.
If the surgery is a success, she recommended the once per week chemo for 4-6 weeks and then Kitty could take the chemo pill once every 4-6 weeks. She was hopeful that Kitty would not have to be sedated for the chemo because it is a fairly quick injection.
She said if things go well, Kitty could live another 12-18 months and have a good quality of life.
Kitty is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. It will not be the first surgeon I spoke to doing the surgery. I opted to have someone in the office with the oncologist do it. This surgeon lists "tumor removal" as one of her areas of special interest (the other surgeon had orthopedics listed). I will post an update after the surgery.
I felt so hopeless yesterday after the meeting with the surgeon, that I started to cancel today's appointment. It is still not sunshine and rainbows, but I feel a sense of hope now.
I'm so thankful that we found this in time to give Kitty a chance. I am so, so thankful that I took Kitty to the vet for that vomiting issue and so thankful that he squeezed around on her good and found that lump. I go to a very low-tech, old school vet near retirement age. Sometimes I get concerned that he doesn't have all the fancy equipment that the newer vets have but he always give my cats good care and doesn't try to oversell us on stuff. I will never doubt him again.
Now I just have to see if I can get Kitty in the carrier for the third day in a row tomorrow morning!
Wishing you and Kitty all the best tomorrow, Mom2Kitty! Keep us posted!
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Hi Mom2K,
That's great news for you to have what seems like a relatively positive prognosis. Like you, my primary vet is older and approaches most situations holistically and I absolutely adore him; I have a secondary vet "clinic" who has all the modern equipment, but who unfortunately falls short in the personal care dept.
My thoughts are with you and Kitty. It sounds like you're on the right track. I'll look forward to hearing how she's doing over the coming months.
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I'm sorry you are going through this, but I'm very happy to see some postivie news for you and kitty
I just went through the same with one of my boys, a 12 yr old Malamute/GSDx. He was diagnosed in Feb. of last year with Malignant Histiocytic Sarcoma, an extremely rare disease, had surgery on March 16 (a year ago tomorrow) to remove the bottom lobe of his left lung, then through a round of Chemo. His diagnosis was very poor. 30-120 days with or without chemo if the cancer was disseminated, up to 18 months with chemo if it was not disseminated. He did very well until Sept. of 2011 when we found 3 lumps. He had them removed and not even a week later had a couple more. We opted not to put him through anymore surgery. We started another round of Chemo, which didn't help or slow the growth at all. His cancer had become immune to it and was now disseminated. As fast as they were growing and spreading, he was only in the couple of months life expectancy, but made it for 6. We just lost him on March 4. One reason I believe we were blessed to have had him in our lives as long as we did after diagnosis is the Chemo and holistic treatment. He saw our regular vet for the chemo and a holisitic vet for immune support and a Chinese cancer fighting herb. Boosting the immune system is so important along with a low carb diet and filtered water. Cancer feeds on carbs/sugar. If you have a good holistic vet in your area, I'd highly recoemmend it for quality of life. The year we had may not seem like much to most people, but considering the form of cancer he had, it was a huge blessing to us. Good luck to you and your kitty
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Thank you so much everyone for taking time out of your day to offer me some comfort! Rgeurts, I will definitely check to see if we have a holistic vet. Thank you for that suggestion.
Kitty came through her surgery great today! The surgeon said the mass was kind of in the junction between the small and the large intestine. So she had to remove that junction and then a little bit of the small intestine and a little bit of the colon. She said that Kitty will have diarrhea for a couple weeks as her body adjusts to that change. Because the surgery wound up having to involve the colon, the risk of there being an infection went up. There were 3-4 enlarged lymph nodes in the area of the mass and she was able to remove them all. They took the spleen out but she said it did not appear to be cancerous. She said there was "granulation" in the liver but she did not seem to be concerned about it. I'm just going to wait for the biopsies they took of other organs to come back before I start worrying about what that means for her liver. I'm enjoying the first stress free night in over a week.
She hopes that Kitty will be back eating her regular food by the time she leaves there on Saturday.
Wonderful news, Mom2Kitty!! Stress free nights are valuable
Here's hoping and 'ing for good biopsy results!
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So glad to hear she did well, Mom2Kitty! Now for a good path report and speedy healing!!
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We were able to bring Kitty home today She does NOT like her cone but she seems to be adjusting to it. I bought a Comfy Cone for her but unless/until she gets this plastic cone off, we are not going to attempt to use it. We're afraid if we take off the cone she's wearing we won't be able to get the new one on. I went to the pet store to look at thunder shirts to see if I could use one of those instead of the cone. But, I need it to cover her whole tummy and it didn't look like it would.
We took all the regular height tables out of the living room so she wouldn't be trying to jump on them. My husband built her some nice wide steps with boxes so that she can get on a low end table that we put in front of the window for her. He also brought her favorite desk chair in the living room and positioned it so she can go directly from her window perch to the chair seat without jumping. Of course, she doesn't want to do it the easy way! She has a get appetite. She ate her amoxicillin pill that we put in her food with no issue. We just have to keep an eye on her in the coming days because in the first 2-7 after surgery is when there could be problems with the interior sutures
You sound like us--always moving the furniture around for the dogs' convenience!! I'm glad Kitty is doing so well!! And I think you made a wise choice about not changing the collar unless absolutely necessary.
Sending more for an effortless and swift recovery!
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Mom2Kitty,I just read all the post and I am so glad all went wellfor a speedy recovery for little Kitty..
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Kitty's biopsy results came back today. We got more good news They were able to get the whole tumor out of her intestine. Samples taken from both of her intestines were fine which means the cancer had not spread beyond the tumor. The spleen did have some cancer but that's okay because it was removed also. The liver and other organs were clear. I was really worried about her liver, so this was a big relief. We made an appointment to get her sutures out on the 28th and she will have her first chemo treatment that day if the surgeon says she is healed sufficiently. You would never know she just had this major surgery from the way she is acting. If it were not for the cone getting in her way, I think she would be back 100%.
Thank God I went to see that oncologist!!
That's such great news, Mom2Kitty!!!
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This is fabulous news Mom2Kitty
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Hello everyone, I just wanted to post an update on Kitty's treatment. Since having surgery, she has been getting chemo every 2 weeks. She switches back and forth between intravenous chemo (vinblastine) and pill form (CCNU) the next week. She has had 7 of 8 treatments. She is doing great!
The chemo has had very little effect on her as far as negative side effects go. She got nauseous and threw up one time. That has been about the extent of it.
She had an ultrasound when she was halfway through the chemo treatments and it did not show any new growths. She will have another ultrasound next time at her last treatment. The doctor said she could not be more pleased with how Kitty is doing.
Kitty has gained nearly 2 pounds since her surgery. She's starting to look like her old self again. I wish I could figure out how to post a picture.
Glad to hear things are going so well, Mom2Kitty!
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Good luck! I hope we get to see Kitty's pic soon.
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hi mom2kitty,
my cat, klaus, has recently been diagnosed with the same type of cancer. they found a mass in his intestines and said his spleen was enlarged from the ultrasound. they conducted surgery and removed the tumor from his intestines and also saw that a lymph node was affected and very large, but were unable to remove the lymph node since it was such a vascular area and there was potential for him to lose too much blood. i don't think they removed the spleen. they did a tissue biopsy of the lymph node and it came back as a mast cell tumor.
my vet has told me that chemo doesn't prove to be very effective against this type of cancer but that steroid treatment can stave off advancement very well, maybe even a couple of years. similar to your kitty, klaus has displayed minimal symptoms. he was throwing up frequently for a couple months (which is what brought me to the vet in the first place), and he would have periods of the day when he was lethargic and hiding under my bed. but he always seemed to snap out of it after a couple hours and was back to his energetic, playful self.
i've been scouring the internet for information on intestinal mast cell tumors and there's not a lot of information out there to help me figure out what the next step should be and what the prognosis may be. it seems not very hopeful for cats, but klaus is only 5 and i hope he can fight it off for a few more years at least.
i am also in NC (raleigh). i was wondering where you are and where you took kitty? and also if she is still doing well? thanks!
Sorry I'm just seeing this after being on vacation in a terrible place with no internet! Ugh, how do people live like that!
sr7628, I went to Carolina Veterinary Specialists in Greensboro. Kitty's oncologist is Dr. Suzanne Rau and she is absolutely wonderful! I highly recommend her. Kitty just went for her final chemo yesterday and had an ultrasound as well. She has no disease in her organs and 2 lymph nodes that were enlarged at the last ultrasound (done halfway through the chemo) are now shrunk to normal size Dr. Rau was ecstatic. She never suggested to me that chemo was not necessary or would not help. If it is not too far for you to drive, I would definitely recommend that you see her or at least get a second opinion from someone in Raleigh.
I REALLY could not be more pleased with Kitty's outcome. If you read all my posts, then you saw what a hopeless situation this seemed when it all started.
Has your vet prescribed Pepcid for Klaus? Mast cell disease causes the kitty to produce a lot of chemicals like stomach acid. Kitty takes a 10mg Pepcid everyday to combat that (she takes 1/2 of the tablet in morning and half at night). It is just regular human Pepcid.
I will also add that Kitty really had very little side effects from the chemo. The Vinblastine (which is the stronger I.V. form of chemo) twice made her a little nauseous a few days later. She threw up once or twice and for a day or so, didn't have much appetite. The first time she got sick, they adjusted her next treatment and gave her antibiotics to keep her blood count up. The second time she got sick it was much milder (we just kind of noticed that she wasn't running around as much and acting like herself). The pill form of chemo which the vet called CCNU had no side effects whatsoever. Kitty had 8 rounds of chemo. She went every 2 weeks and we alternated between the 2 kinds.
Kitty is doing absolutely great! She plays like a kitten still. I'm going to go try to post a picture now that I have instructions.
sr7628, I just wanted to add that there is not a lot out there about the efficacy of treating mast cell intestinal tumors in kitties because it is usually caught too late to do anything--I got this straight from the vet. The mast cell tumor spins out histamines and other chemicals that will cause ulcers to form in the intestines. Those ulcers will eat through the intestines and cause the bowels to leak--this is when most cats get diagnosed. It is really too late to do anything at that point. That is why this disease is reported to have such a poor prognosis. Please do not be discouraged by the poor survival/prognosis rate. It sounds like Klaus's disease, like Kitty's, was caught very soon.
Also keep in mind that the lack of information about how to treat mast cell could also be the reason that there is little out there to suggest that chemo is an effective treatment. The first surgeon I spoke to told me there was little point in operating to remove the tumor because the prognosis would still be 2-5 months. Out of desperation I went to see Dr. Rau about treating it with chemo. Dr. Rau told me about an unpublished paper that one of her colleagues from vet school had written which found that surgery is beneficial treatment for mast cell tumors. Dr. Rau said if it were her cat she would do surgery and chemo. I listened to Dr. Rau and here I am 4 months later with a healthy Kitty.
I hope you will get a second opinion on the chemo especially since Klaus still has that lymphnode with mast cell that couldn't be removed.
I can't remember if I mentioned it in an earlier post or not, but Kitty also takes a steroid everyday. I think it is called prednisolone.
How did Kitty do after chemo was done?
My cat Max is doing great 4 months post surgery from his intestinal mast cell and I am just wondering how your cat did and any advice from your experience. Thank you!
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One day after Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods went home, more top seeds followed Friday in the Match Play Championship until Masters champion Bubba Watson was the only seed from the top 10 remaining at Dove Mountain.
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Medical College of Wisconsin and Cellular Dynamics Awarded NHLBI Grant Using Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
CDI Will Generate 250 Stem Cell Lines and Differentiate Them into Heart Cells to Investigate Mechanisms Underlying High Blood Pressure
MADISON, WIS., July 5, 2011–The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) today announced receipt of a research grant award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to investigate the mechanisms underlying Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Commonly known as an increase of the size and weight of the heart, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy is a common and major risk factor for heart disease and heart failure due to high blood pressure or diabetes. The MCW and CDI will use the grant funds, totalling $6,255,632 over 5 years, to generate 250 induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from blood samples drawn from Caucasian and African-American families in the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN). All of these families have an elevated burden of high blood pressure and are at significant risk for cardiovascular disease. The iPSC lines will then be differentiated into ventricular heart cells for use in experiments to better understand the genetic mechanisms underlying this disease.
iPSCs are created from adult cells, such as blood or skin, which are reverse engineered to a stem cell state, from which point they can turn into any cell type in the body. iPSCs can be made from any individual and avoid the political and ethical issues surrounding embryonic stem cells.
An increase of the weight of the heart is a common precursor of serious disorders including myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. This grant will enable researchers to improve future methods for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of these conditions.
HyperGEN involves scientists from six universities and the NHLBI who seek to identify the genetic contributions to hypertension. HyperGEN is unique because it is family-based, includes both Caucasians and African-Americans and is one of the largest genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with extensive clinical data available.
"This grant builds on years of our research to identify genes for this disease. We now have the wonderful opportunity to capitalize on the latest stem cell technology to study human heart cells in the laboratory," said Ulrich Broeckel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine and Physiology at MCW and Associate Director at the Children's Research Institute. "This technology is truly revolutionary since each cell line stands for an individual patient, and we can now start to study the unique disease mechanisms and test new treatments and drugs based on each individual's unique genetic makeup. This grant also shows the strength of collaborations between academic investigators and a company which leads to cutting edge research."
"Funding of this grant will enable Cellular Dynamics to generate an unprecedented 250 human iPSC lines as well as heart cells derived from those lines," said Emile Nuwaysir, Chief Operating Officer of CDI. "Until now, functional studies for left ventricular hypertrophy have been limited because human primary cardiomyocytes, or heart cells taken from living tissue, were not available for functional analysis. Human iPSC technology provides a solution to this problem. CDI's human iPSC-derived heart cells, iCell® Cardiomyocytes, exhibit properties highly similar to human primary cells and thus are a relevant model system for the required functional analysis. In addition, CDI is the only company with the capability to manufacture iPSCs and differentiate them in large numbers and at high quality and purity from a typical, standard blood draw, thus enabling MCW to perform this series of experiments. We are particularly excited about this project because we see it as a harbinger of the next big scientific wave: the linking of genotype to phenotype through iPSC-derived terminal tissue cells."
About Medical College of Wisconsin
The Medical College of Wisconsin is the state's only private medical school and health sciences graduate school. Founded in 1893, it is dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, patient care, research and service. Approximately 1,200 students are enrolled in the Medical College's medical school and graduate school programs. A major national research center, it is the largest research institution in the Milwaukee metro area and second largest in Wisconsin. In FY 2009-10, faculty received approximately $161 million in external support for research, teaching, training and related purposes, of which $148 million is for research. This total includes highly competitive research and training awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Annually, College faculty direct or collaborate on more than 2,000 research studies, including clinical trials. Additionally, more than 1,250 physicians provide care in virtually every specialty of medicine for more than 400,000 patients annually.
About Children's Research Institute
Children's Research Institute advances state-of-the-art pediatric health care practice through dedicated laboratory and clinical research. Based on the concept of translational research, the institute is designed to take clinical problems from patients' bedsides to study in the laboratory. Laboratory discoveries are then converted into new treatments, preventions, therapies and cures for patients. Children's Research Institute is affiliated with Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and is a member of Children's Hospital and Health System. The health system is able to fulfill its mission thanks in part to philanthropic gifts and support from members of the community. For more information, visit the website at www.chw.org/research.
About Cellular Dynamics International, Inc.
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. (CDI) is a leading developer of stem cell technologies for in vitro drug development, in vivo cellular therapeutics, and stem cell banking. CDI harnesses its unique manufacturing technology to produce differentiated tissue cells in industrial quality, quantity and purity from any individual's stem cell line created from a standard blood draw. CDI was founded in 2004 by Dr. James Thomson, a pioneer in human pluripotent stem cell research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. CDI's facilities are located in Madison, Wisconsin. See www.cellulardynamics.com.


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Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan (LDP), also spelled Liberal Democratic Party, Japanese Jiyū Minshutō, Japan's largest political party, which has held power almost continuously since its formation in 1955. The party has generally worked closely with business interests and followed a pro-U.S. foreign policy. During nearly four decades of uninterrupted power (1955–93), the LDP oversaw Japan's remarkable recovery from World War II and its development into an economic superpower. The party largely retained control of the government from the mid-1990s, the main exception being the period 2009–12, when the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) was in power.
Although the LDP was formally created in 1955, its antecedents can be traced back to political parties of the 19th century. These parties formed before Japan even had a constitution, a parliament, or elections and were primarily protest groups against the government. One of these was the Jiyūtō (Liberal Party), formed in 1881, which advocated a radical agenda of democratic reform and popular sovereignty. The Rikken Kaishintō (Constitutional Reform Party) was a more moderate alternative, formed in 1882, advocating parliamentary democracy along British lines. Party names and alliances continued to be fluid after the first elections in 1890, eventually leading to the creation of Rikken Seiyūkai (Friends of Constitutional Government) and Seiyūkai's main rival, which operated under several names: Shimpotō (Progressive Party), Kenseikai (Constitutional Party), and finally Minseitō (Democratic Party). With the rise of militarism in Japan, however, the political parties lost influence. In 1940 they disbanded, and many of their members joined the government-sponsored Imperial Rule Assistance Association (Taisei Yokusankai).
The Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945 was followed by a decade of political confusion. New parties were formed from the remnants of the old ones: the Liberal Party built on the old Seiyūkai, whereas the Progressive Party drew on factions of both the Seiyūkai and the Minseitō. The party system was highly fluid, with parties frequently merging or dissolving. For example, from 1945 to 1954 the Progressive Party changed its name four times, becoming the Democratic Party in 1947, the National Democratic Party in 1950, the Reform Party in 1952, and finally the Japan Democratic Party in 1954. In 1947–48 this party also joined with the Socialist Party to form a brief coalition government under the auspices of the U.S.-led occupation of Japan (1945–52).
Other than this coalition government, it was common for two or three conservative parties to dominate Japan's political scene in the first postwar decade. This decade ended on November 15, 1955, when the Democrats and the Liberals formally united to form the Liberal-Democratic Party. With this merger, the LDP established itself as the conservative alternative to the growing power of the socialist and communist parties.
Two cleavages were important in the first years of the party. The first pitted LDP politicians who previously had worked in the national bureaucracy before becoming LDP candidates against those who had served as politicians before and during World War II. The bureaucratic group had a powerful protégé in Yoshida Shigeru, an ex-bureaucrat who served as leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister of Japan during most of the occupation. The ex-bureaucrats filled the gap left when the occupation authorities banned nearly all former politicians from active participation in politics. As these bans were lifted in the late 1940s and early '50s and these politicians returned to politics, however, the conflict between these two groups led to a power struggle within the LDP.
The second cleavage centred on the tension between conservative and nationalist party leaders who advocated a revision of some elements of Japan's new constitution (which had been drawn up by occupation authorities and included prohibitions on waging war and maintaining a military) and those who defended the new constitutional framework. This specific issue divided the party, but its foreign policy corollary—the question of Japan's relations with the United States—divided the LDP from its socialist and communist opponents. These debates reached a fever pitch with the massive public protests in 1960 against Japan's ratification of the main security treaty between the United States and Japan. The party forced the ratification through the lower house of the Diet (legislature) in a special midnight session after police had removed opposition politicians who were blocking the session's opening. Public outrage precipitated the resignation of Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke, and his successors set aside the divisive issues of constitutional reform and foreign policy and focused instead on an agenda of economic growth.
Although the LDP maintained its majority in the 1970s, its support began to waver, and opposition electoral successes led the LDP to adopt two positions central to the opposition's platform: pollution control and an improved social welfare system. Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei also established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and implemented massive new public works projects, many of which generally benefited LDP supporters in rural areas (including in Tanaka's home prefecture) by shifting public works spending to those areas. Tanaka was subsequently charged with taking kickbacks from companies that benefited from his policies, and he resigned as prime minister in 1974 and was arrested two years later. Nevertheless, he continued to rule the LDP's largest faction by strategically directing politicians loyal to him and was often able to dictate who became prime minister. Scandals regularly plagued LDP governments, but the party lost power only in 1993, when several groups of LDP representatives defected from the party to form new conservative political parties. In elections held that year, the LDP lost its majority in the House of Representatives and—for the first time in its history—control of the government.
Within a year the LDP had returned to government as the largest party in a coalition with the Social Democratic Party of Japan (formerly the Japan Socialist Party) and the small Sakigake Party. The LDP wooed the Social Democrats into this coalition by giving the office of prime minister to the Social Democrats' leader, Murayama Tomiichi. Following Murayama's resignation in 1996, the LDP once more took control of the prime minister's office. However, the party's fortunes again declined during the brief and unpopular tenure (2000–01) of Mori Yoshiro as prime minister, exacerbated by a serious economic downturn. His successor, Koizumi Junichiro, promised political and economic reform and won election as party president despite the opposition of many LDP parliamentarians. Koizumi subsequently led the LDP to victory in several national elections, including a landslide victory in 2005 that was the LDP's second best performance in its history. Koizumi fought this election against members of his own party who had defeated his plan to privatize the Japanese postal system (a large government agency that also sells insurance and provides private banking services). Koizumi expelled opponents of this reform from the LDP and contested the election on this reform proposal, winning an emphatic public endorsement.
In 2006 Koizumi left office because of LDP term limits, and he was succeeded by Abe Shinzo. Over the course of the following year, Abe's personal popularity and the party's standing dropped, traced in large part to public anger over the government's loss of 50 million pension records and the resulting problems associated with handling public inquiries. In elections to the House of Councillors (the upper house of the Diet) in July 2007, the LDP suffered one of its worst defeats, winning only 37 of the 121 seats contested and losing the majority it enjoyed with its partner, New Kōmeitō (a Buddhist-oriented smaller party), to the DPJ and its allies. It also lost its status as the largest party in the House of Councillors for the first time since the LDP had been founded. In the wake of this defeat, Abe stepped down as prime minister in September and was replaced by Fukuda Yasuo, who, frustrated by the DPJ's ability to thwart legislation in the upper house, lasted a scant year in office. His successor, Asō Tarō, was faced with growing voter dissatisfaction. In the historic August 2009 lower-house elections, the DPJ won an overwhelming victory. The LDP, suffering its worst-ever defeat, was swept from power, and in mid-September Asō resigned as prime minister.
The LDP constituted the main opposition in the Diet during the DPJ's less than three and a half years in power, which included, midway through its tenure, the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The LDP did achieve significant gains in the July 2010 upper-house elections, which made it harder for the DPJ government to pass legislation. Opposition to DPJ rule mounted in 2012, especially after the government of Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko pushed through the Diet a controversial bill to raise the national consumption (sales) tax in three steps. LDP pressure forced Noda to dissolve the lower house in mid-November, and in parliamentary elections for that body, held on December 16, LDP candidates scored an overwhelming victory, garnering 294 seats and a majority. The party, in coalition with New Kōmeitō, achieved a supermajority of more than two-thirds of the membership. On December 26 the LDP-controlled chamber selected Abe Shinzo—who had been elected party leader in September—to succeed Noda as prime minister. The party then secured complete control of the reins of government with a strong showing in the July 2013 upper-house elections, during which its candidates, combined with those of New Kōmeitō, won enough seats to reach a majority in that chamber.
Abe's government initially enjoyed strong popular support, as its policies (dubbed "Abenomics") produced strong economic growth in 2013 and early 2014. Following the implementation of the second raise in the consumption tax in April 2014, however, the country's economy declined and was in recession by autumn. The popularity of Abe and the LDP dropped considerably, and, in an effort to obtain another mandate, he dissolved the lower house and called for early parliamentary elections. The polling, held on December 14, was another LDP landslide. The party won 291 seats and, with its partner New Kōmeitō, maintained a two-thirds supermajority in the chamber. Voters, however, were apathetic and turned out in record-low numbers. Abe was elected to a second consecutive term as head of the party in September 2015.
Policy and structure
The LDP can best be described as conservative to moderate in its political ideology. It has a broad appeal similar to the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States; just as there are conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans in the United States, the LDP embraces a wide spectrum from right-wing nationalists to relatively liberal, progressive politicians. Splits within the party on such issues as the constitution, the military, and foreign policy are often generational, with younger politicians supporting some form of constitutional reform and older politicians expressing a more cautious attitude.
The party has focused on providing a favourable environment for business, endorsing low taxes, and supporting the development of Japanese industry through government subsidies and protectionist trade policies (particularly from the 1950s to '70s). In foreign affairs, the LDP has been a strong and consistent ally of the United States, though tensions have arisen over the specifics of the security alliance (e.g., over U.S. military bases in Japan, the presence of nuclear weapons, relations with China, and Japan's military contributions to East Asian security) and over economic relations. By the late 20th century a consensus within the LDP had emerged in favour of revising Japan's constitution to allow the Japanese military to play a more significant role in international peacekeeping.
For much of its history, the LDP was built on a system of factions based on personal ties between politicians and faction bosses rather than ideology. Tanaka, notably, used massive amounts of money to attract prospective politicians to his faction, thus giving him a strategic advantage in battles for LDP leadership positions and, ultimately, control over who became the country's prime minister. In periods of scandal or crisis, however, LDP leaders have turned away from factional battles and have selected politicians with greater public appeal in order to burnish the party's tarnished reputation. Miki Takeo in 1974, Kaifu Toshiki in 1989, and Koizumi in 2001 were all made party president not because they led the most powerful faction but because they possessed reformist credentials that would help boost LDP popularity. Koizumi's reforms considerably weakened the faction structure of the LDP, though the question remains as to whether the factions will reemerge as important features of the LDP's internal politics.
Koizumi also tried to reform the LDP by forcing changes in the party's traditional campaign methods. LDP politicians traditionally have won victories by building personal support organizations (koenkai), which were nurtured by large amounts of money, intimate constituency service, and extensive public works projects built in the districts of LDP politicians. LDP electoral success was also built on the support of agricultural households and small shopkeepers, and the party was popular with certain new religions and with military, veterans', business, and construction groups. By the last decades of the 20th century, the relative size of these groups had begun to decline, however, and the number of unaffiliated voters had grown. Koizumi's reforms thus targeted unaffiliated urban voters by promising to cut back on so-called pork-barrel spending and by reviving the economy through deregulation and privatization. Such reforms tended to alienate some traditional LDP voting blocs by reducing the benefits that they customarily accrued from the political system. Thus, the LDP found its support stagnating or declining in rural areas, its traditional power base, and increasing in urban areas, areas historically the stronghold of the opposition.
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39,000ft OVER THE WEST — For some reason, I doubt that most of the folks reading this post will be anything but familiar with the week-long aviation festival from heaven known as Oshkosh. I'd be willing to bet, too, that a number of folks are not just familiar with but are seasoned veterans of the show, able to count off the years or even decades they've made the pilgrimage to Wisconsin. Being a pretty big aviation fan myself, I have for years dreamed of making the pilgrimage and attending my first AirVenture, as the show is officially called. For various reasons I've never been able to make it; most of the excuses having something to do with the lack of money and the rest with lack of time. But this year, this year, opportunity came a knockin'.
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That knock came about a two weeks ago, when, due to a strange series of events, AirlineReporter asked if I would fill in for him at Southwest's second annual sponsorship of Oshkosh's "Super Saturday". In addition to other activities through the day, the airline sends one of their trademark 737-700 aircraft up from Chicago for the day bringing employees, contest winners and a few media folks along for the ride. They even provide travel (which we accepted) to and from Midway on their dime: score!
A little over a week later I found myself bound for Chicago Midway on Southwest 1295. After arriving in the late afternoon and getting settled into the Midway Marriot (provided by Southwest), I took the opportunity to head downtown to the Loop. Taking in the sights of Chicago was fun, and I had planned to trek on foot from the Roosevelt area (old Meigs Field), nearly up to the Gold Coast. I quickly realized this was far too ambitious, and cut it short after coming across a free show put on in Millennium Park. Arriving back at the hotel pretty late I charged my batteries, cleared my cards, and packed my camera bag for the coming day.
Arriving back at Midway for the crisp hour of 6am, I checked in, got my ticket – which listed our destination, oddly, as Vegas -, and proceeded to the gate. Bright yellow Southwest shirts flooded the boarding area, and once on board, reflected a soft golden yellow hue throughout the plane. The flight departed on time and made a nice pass over downtown Chicago (of course I picked the wrong side to sit on), then trekked due north-ish.
Ferry flights are always fun for a few reasons: first, there's hardly anyone on the plane. Second, nearly everyone on it actually wants to be there. Third, you're flying a route that usually doesn't normally exist, which for a commercial airline nerd is just, well, awesome. The mood was good and the flight short and smooth. Before we knew it the farms of the Wisconsin country-side were taking up more and more of the window and then, in the distance, a runway.
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A gentle landing and quick taxi trip later we all deplaned, donned our wristbands, and headed out to see the show. If you've never been there before it can be described as an enormous aviation wonderland, filled with more than you could ever possibly imagine. Aircraft ranged from Wright Replica's to the newest in electric planes; TriMotors to a 737; B29 to F/A-18's; Citations to the HondaJet. The flight line stretched for what felt like forever. It took nearly 20 minutes at a brisk pace to walk from the ultralights on one end to Warbird Alley on the other. I thought I knew my planes, but I regrettably had to admit I saw far too many things that I could not positively ID. The pictures will show them, and perhaps you can help us all out and let us know what they are!
And then there was the flying, oh yes, the flying. I could not believe the volume and frequency of traffic. I had heard about the legendary split runway action, and was thrilled to finally see it happening in front of me. 27 was constantly alive with activity; there was never a dull a moment. 18 functioned as the main runway and was generally kept intact while 27 often bounced between single and split. P-51's with their iconic sounding Merlins buzzed the crowd while T-6s/ SNJs flew formations out into the North Central skies. L-39's and T-45 Goshawks landed in between huge flying boats and tiny Bonanzas. And this wasn't even the air show yet!
And there were the crowds. Being mainly a photographer, crowds are both one of my favorite and least favorite parts of every airshow I will ever go to. They are my least favorite because they prevent me from easily accessing the porta-potty or acquiring another burger in less than two hours time, but much more so because they get in the way of my static shots (can I hear an "amen" photogs?). Nothing screams ruined more than someone's head cutting off a nose cone, blocking an intake, or obscuring the entire right third of the photo. But at the same time, the crowds offer tons of unsuspecting targets to bring the story together. Let's be honest, who hasn't stood in line to get on board something cool, or spent time talking with a crew member? I did it multiple times throughout the day, and getting a chance to see and capture individuals interacting and experience aviation is sometimes better than watching the show itself. I only said sometimes though. Speaking of getting on board, I checked out the B-29 Fifi, a Department of Homeland Security Dash-8 (super, super cool interior plus the crew's titles were "Air Interdiction Agent" – how bad ass sounding is that??), US Navy Super Stallion, Piaggio Avanti-180, A-26 Invader, TriMotor, Breezi, P-51D, and more. Some of the lines, particularly for the B-29 and our Southwest 737, stretched quite long.
The air show itself was a bit of a mixed bag. A Navy heritage flight consisting of the only remaining Helldiver combined with one of the retro CoNA F/A 18's flew a moving demo to open it up. By and large the rest of the show consisted of Warbirds. Everything from T6/SNJ/Harvards to P51's, B25 Mitchell to Trojans, a Huey to the venerable C47 took the skies over the course of two hours. The show appeared to be cut short, however, by weather moving in. A strong wind storm wreaked havoc during a demo by Sean Tucker, eventually forcing the airport to close. For the folks on the Southwest ferry flight like myself it was just as well, as we had to be back to the plane for departure right around the time the storm hit, anyway.
Boarding was smooth and straightforward, and once the field reopened we were towed up to the taxiway, helped along by folks waving us off from the crowd. The flight back to Chicago was again short and sweet, clocking just shy of half an hour. I was lucky enough to get a very nice window seat, with a view to die for. Perhaps at a later point I'll be able to elaborate a bit more on that, but let's just say it was a good ride back to Midway; a very good ride.
The rest of the day was spent working up photos (over 1,000 of them) and getting some much needed sleep. The flight back to my home city on Southwest 762 the next day gave me some time to think over the show, and I came to the following conclusions:
First, it's huge. Yeah, I know, this one is obvious, but it deserves saying it again. There was just no way I, or anyone, could have seen it all in one day: not even close. The show was so large, the planes so numerous, the talks so intriguing – one can't do it all. I've heard from folks who go for the week who can't even get around to see it all. Next time, I'm going in with a plan.
Second, and much more importantly, it's about airplanes, yes, but much moreso it is about community. News reports since the show have quoted that as many as twelve thousand aircraft visited the show over week and hundreds of thousands flooded the grounds over the week. Let's be honest, maybe a few hundred, at most, of that 12,000 actually flew as a part of the official airshow; the rest were folks who were there to bask in the community that is aviation. At the end of the day, airplanes are really about people: the people who build them, the people who fly them, and the people who admire them. Friendships are made and strengthened, stories are shared, and new stories are made to tell at future AirVentures.
And now, I get to add mine.
In the spirit of full and clear disclosure NYCAviation/AirlineReporter was offered and accepted round-trip tickets from Seattle to Chicago Midway and a two night accommodation at the Chicago Midway Marriot, free of charge. We thank Southwest for the offer and their hospitality.
This story was a joint venture between NYCAviation and AirlineReporter.


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FRISCO, TX: The Museum's Santa Fe Tower 19 now has the distinction of being the first piece in the collection to arrive in Frisco. The Tower was moved onto the site at 1:15am today following a nearly 3 ½ hour trek from Fair Park. The intermediate and top floors moved one behind the other on separate sets of bogies along streets through East Dallas, North Dallas, and finally up Preston Road to the Frisco city limits. They then traveled west along the 121 service road and finally north along the Dallas North Tollway service road to Cotton Gin Road.
The move went off without a hitch – the product of much planning and preparation by all parties involved. H. D. Snow & Son did an outstanding job of moving the Tower for an unprecedented third time in its long life. With a motorcycle escort, four vehicles occupied the full width of most Dallas streets as it moved northward during the cool evening hours. The Dallas Morning News accompanied us for the entire route, gathering documentation through photographs, video, and interviews. There was a feeling of exhilaration and great accomplishment as this historic structure arrived in a community that has long anticipated the relocation of the Museum. This move will undoubtedly be the last as the Tower takes its place at its new, permanent home in Frisco.
The structure's upper two floors have been temporarily positioned in close proximity to where they will be placed on a permanent concrete foundation that will faithfully replicate the first floor. The stairway side of Tower 19 will ultimately face the Museum's lead track and BNSF's main line to the east. The full-windowed side of the Tower will face west, providing a panoramic view of the new Museum. This orientation is in keeping with the Tower's original configuration along the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe / Missouri- Kansas-Texas of Texas lines, its original builders in 1903.


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In Black and White: 10 Famed Literary Jailbirds
The internet has been hopping this past week with the news that Lil' Wayne is set to release Gone Till November, a memoir based on the journals he kept during his eight month stint at Rikers Island, this fall. Weezy's transformation to memoirist got us to thinking about other famous literary jailbirds — whether they wrote in jail, wrote after coming out of jail, or were imprisoned for their writing. As you might imagine, going to prison seems to be almost a rite of passage for a canonical author — at least it used to be — so it looks like Weezy is heading down the right path. Click through to read our list of ten famed literary jailbirds.
The Marquis de Sade
The libertine of all libertines spent about 32 years in prisons and one insane asylum during his life, including ten years at the Bastille, and wrote most of his novels behind bars — possibly in large part to pass the boring, lady-less time. He was arrested several times for acts of blasphemy, indecency and alleged abuse, and only was able to publish any of his writing in his relatively brief periods of freedom. Even so, in 1801, when Napoleon Bonaparte himself called for the arrest of the anonymous author of Justine and Juliette, Sade was thrown back in jail right away, before being declared legally insane in 1803 and moved to the asylum at his family's petition.


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I knew it! Baseball is a healthy, positive outlet that is good for people -- and their marriages. Business Week reports that a recent study sponsored by the University of Denver Center for Marital and Family Studies concludes that cities that wanted, and got, major league baseball teams had a 28 percent lower divorce rate than cities that wanted but didn't get teams.
Here's an example: In 1990, Denver's divorce rate was six divorces per 1,000 people. By 2000 -- seven years after the Colorado Rockies arrived in Denver -- the divorce rate had declined 20 percent to 4.2 per 1,000 people. (During the same period, the national divorce rate dropped only 15 percent.) Similar results were found in Tampa Bay (17 percent drop following the Rays' arrival) and Phoenix (30 percent drop when the Diamondbacks took up residence at the BOB).
Howard Markman, a psychology professor at the University of Denver, thought the correlation might be because "[g]oing to a baseball game and not talking about relationship issues, but rather having fun and talking as friends, is one of the ways to protect and preserve love."
I never heard it better told -- and maybe this is one reason my parents just celebrated their 50th anniversary. For me, it's just one in a long list of reasons that I say, take me out to the ball game!


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Blackouts and Geolocation – Who is responsible for your location?
With the first game of the 2015 Major League Baseball season came a wave of sign ups for MLB.TV as fans looked to digital platforms to watch their favorite team. What makes this interesting in the new world of OTT and TVE is that sports leagues rely heavily on home territories to negotiate TV or distribution rights of their video (FCC mini-site on Blackouts). Last night I had two direct experiences with the confusing world of blackouts to the average consumer.
1) Blackout Definition Confusion – The first is a little less technical and really a marketing problem for the sports leagues. Someone I knew signed up for MLB.TV in hopes of catching the Giants game here in the Bay Area. The Giants were playing in Arizona AND the game was being televised locally on CSN+ which is pretty tough to find and deep down on the programming guide. To this user it meant that it wasn't a locally televised game and they therefore should be able to watch it via MLB.TV without blackout concerns. Unfortunately that's not how it works out and he did eventually find it on CSN+.
2) Technical Blackout Hurdles – This second instance is a bit more troublesome in that the foundation that these rules are built around may not be that solid. Someone I know lives down on the Central Coast which is pretty much smack dab in the middle of CA. Luckily, as he is a Bay Area baseball fan, their region is "owned" by the LA markets of the LA Dodgers and LA Angels of Anaheim. Last year he signed up for MLB.TV and watched the entire A's season without issue via the Roku application. Fast forward to 2015 and he happily hands over his $129 and settles in for his first A's game. One Problem: BLACKED OUT. After digging in on some research and calling Charter it was discovered that his geolcation and IP was placing him in Redding, CA which is back in the Bay Area market. Redding is a 6h drive from San Luis Obispo, not really an accurate picture of this user's location. After arguing with Charter he was offered a static IP at an additional cost which would accurately set his location in San Luis Obispo. They didn't budge and basically noted that it is what it is.
So the question is – who is responsible for accurately reporting your location given that many services utilize this information for new services? I'm looking into any cases or precedence for this in the recent past. Also it would be interested to find out if this is covered in the cable services Terms of Service (TOS). I'll update back if/when I find out more.


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When the time comes and you have to drive Maria to the hospital, make sure you don't go through yellow lights as you have to get her there in one piece.
Your Dad drove me very slowly when it was my time and it's good to go for a trial run to see how long it takes obeying all the lights!
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Hope accounting senior Erin McIntyre of Munster, Ind. has been selected to receive a $10,000 scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), a national organization established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and the public interest by promoting informative, accurate and independent audit reports.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 provided that funds generated from the collection of monetary penalties imposed by the PCAOB must be used to fund a merit scholarship program for students in accredited accounting degree programs to provide a source of funding to encourage outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to pursue a career in auditing.
There were 52 scholarships granted nationwide for the 2011-12 academic year. Hope College established a Professional CPA Program specifically for students pursuing careers in public accounting and auditing.
McIntyre will graduate in May of 2012. She completed an audit internship with the Rehmann Group last spring where she was responsible for conducting audit planning, audit research, compliance testing of internal controls, and various other audit procedures necessary to complete independent audits.
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Join Dolores Hydock and Bobby Horton of Three on a String for a collection of stories, songs and sing-a-longs sure to entertain! Hydock will share a collection of stories that will make you laugh, make you think and make you remember home, while Horton will provide a soundtrack of new and familiar holiday tunes and lead sing-a-longs of your favorite carols! This unique event will take place in the Linn-Henley Lecture Hall on Sunday, December 9 at 2 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.bbgardens.org/southerntales. Check out photos from last year's event!


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Join Date: May 2007
Location: in the middle of colorado
Age: 31
the lost files from The People's Republic of Kugistan
well more like the lost folder from my main external Hard Drive which I had named "People's Republic of Kugistan". to get to the point, it seems that due to some software corruption in my picture folder on my external, (with the CHKDSK utility that almost always comes up at start up) my picture folder ( with about 40+ GB's of material) disappeared after I started up with the annoying CHKDSK scan procedure) now, considering I've been collecting the stuff in that folder for years with the occasional DVD back-up's and such, I think some of the manga files started getting corrupted or something ( or the area/partition/etc.. of my external HDD that they where being stored on) well I wouldn't exactly say my picture folder that I have mention actually completely disappeared, as shown here
though the files vanishing on me like a ghost kind of confuse me, and there's the fact that they still leave a noticeable footprint on my External Hard Drive, which leads me to believe that I'm going to have to resort to really tricky measures to bring them back into existence as they once where.
any help will be greatly appreciated on me getting those files back
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Good-Natured Asshole.
Join Date: May 2007
Age: 30
Now why would you place your valuable assets in such unstable locales? Do you know how many revolutions these places have, on and off?
Jokes aside, I might move the surviving files out of there.
I don't know much about file recovery, but here's a freeware app. I'm going to hope that the file system tables aren't screwed, and if so you're out of luck, but go ahead and give it a shot.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
If it was just an error in the ntfs file table, then there should be a generic $folder with $files inside. One would have to rename all these files so that they can be used as picture files again.
If CHKDSK just made the folder disappear completely I would question the consistency of the whole hdd as is. Even if you can recover files, then I would never again store something on that hdd (chances are you loose data again - broken hdds don't have a habbit to magically fix themselves physically).
Anyway a good file recover tool is Active@ File Recovery. Admittely the tool is not freeware. But I rescued a lot of data from screwed drives of PCs of relatives of mine with it. It is easy to use and supports all major windows file systems.
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Metal Gear SSSPAAARRRTAAA
Join Date: May 2007
Location: in the middle of colorado
Age: 31
well I found this log containing this message:
Checking file system on F:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is People's Republic of Kugistan.
One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Cleaning up 15 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 15 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.
Cleaning up 15 unused security descriptors.
976760000 KB total disk space.
476857532 KB in 276916 files.
104324 KB in 6627 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
379796 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
499418348 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
244190000 total allocation units on disk.
124854587 allocation units available on disk.
Internal Info:
40 55 04 00 a2 53 04 00 68 81 07 00 00 00 00 00 @U...S..h.......
51 1c 00 00 00 00 00 00 2d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Q.......-.......
28 3b 01 14 00 00 00 00 68 f8 bc a5 00 00 00 00 (;......h.......
18 0a d3 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c 7a 13 d0 00 00 00 00 .........z......
90 8f 7a a6 00 00 00 00 88 39 07 00 b4 39 04 00 ..z......9...9..
00 00 00 00 00 f0 12 b1 71 00 00 00 e3 19 00 00 ........q.......
ok.... unused entries? what exactly would that mean?
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Location: Fürth (GER)
Age: 38
|2009-09-04, 19:18
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C:\Documents and Settings\Tom>chkdsk /L The type of the file system is NTFS. The current log file size is 65536 KB. The default log file size for this volume is 65536 KB.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Age: 38
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Permanent retirement from raws-hunting
Age: 33
Active@ Partition Recovery is also quite nifty, too - I once succeeded (I still don't know how, but I managed to trace the source to a certain DVD region code removal program that seemed to have tampered, for no understandable reason, with the partition table) in making ALL of my HD partitions disappear and A@ PR got them back up.
The only problem, indeed...is that neither of them are freeware. But the results are worth the investment IMHO.
Otherwise, there's TestDisk that is reportedly good and free but otherwise not that user friendly.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mega-retailer Wal-Mart violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee with a disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. The EEOC also charged that Wal-Mart later fired the worker because of his disability and in retaliation for asserting his civil rights.
According to the EEOC's investigation, David Gallo worked at the Walmart in Placerville, Calif., starting in June 2003. During his six years at the store, Gallo's successful performance was reflected in promotions from overnight stocker to manager of the store's tire lube express bay. Gallo has atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that causes shortness of breath and difficulty walking. In March 2008, the new store manager barred Gallo from parking in the handicap parking spaces and any spaces close to the front of the store, despite the company's knowledge that Gallo had a disability. Gallo filed a charge with the EEOC for Wal-Mart's failure to accommodate his disability in September 2008. Eight months later, he was fired allegedly for an error made by a subordinate, even though the subordinate and the inspector who had reviewed his work were not discharged.
"Letting me park closer to my job was a little thing for Wal-Mart, but would have made a big difference to me," stated Gallo. "The store manager made me move to the back of the parking lot, even after I showed him my handicap placard. I asked for a simple accommodation, and I lost my job over it."
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits treating workers unfavorably because they have a disability and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. The ADA also prohibits retaliatory actions against employees for requesting an accommodation or filing a charge with the EEOC. After first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through conciliation, the EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 2:11-AT-01806) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, and seeks monetary damages on behalf of Gallo, training on the ADA and other steps to prevent future discrimination.
EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo said, "In December 2001, the EEOC reached a $6.5 million settlement with Wal-Mart. That consent decree was in effect for four years, resolved 13 different cases of disability discrimination against the company throughout the U.S., and required Wal-Mart to hire an ADA coordinator. Nevertheless, it appears that some store managers still do not understand their obligation to accommodate people with disabilities."
EEOC San Francisco District Director Michael Baldonado commented, "Wal-Mart could have easily accommodated Mr. Gallo, but despite his repeated requests, nothing happened until he filed his EEOC charge. Wal-Mart compounded its mistake by firing him in retaliation. The EEOC will defend employees' rights to ask for an accommodation for their disabilities and to report discrimination when employers fail to respond properly to their requests. "
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As seen on the exhibition: new Sunlight readable displays for explosion-protected HMI systems
No more glare…
The poor readability of displays in outdoor environments, in particular those under direct sunlight, is a common, but often underrated problem. Poor readability may cause input errors, and as a consequence may lead to faults in production processes. Increasing the screen brightness will increase the power consumption, attaching enclosure shields may throw shadows on the screen, and both do not really solve this problem.
With the innovative polarization filter system, STAHL HMI has now developed the optimal solution: the intelligent polarization filter system consists of a package of filters and deflects the sunlight, while backlight intensity and image quality remain almost unchanged. This new system offers very good screen readability for outdoor displays, and thus ensures more safety for the system and process control.
Certified for hazardous gas and dust explosion zones 1, 2, 21 and 22, the Open HMIs are fitted with low-energy CPUs from the Intel Atom series and consist of explosion-protected modules. These touch screen systems can be operated in rugged environments and even at continuously extreme ambient temperatures between -30 °C and +50 °C.
Unlike any standard filters used so far, this filter pack hardly affects the image display for viewers: although the sunlight readable displays can be adjusted to up to 1,000 cd/m², they are already easily readable even in direct sunlight with a luminescence of 700 to 800 cd/m².