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Texas' $23 million in appliance rebates is gone in hours
In less than eight hours, $23 million in rebates for energy-saving appliances was gone, pleasing tens of thousands of Texans who snagged the money-saving offers but also frustrating tens of thousands more, some of whom endured busy signals and blank Web pages for hours.
At the end of the day, the state had taken reservations for 38,864 rebates. An additional 59,600 went to consumers on a waiting list, who could receive rebates if those at the front of the line fail to complete their purchases in time.
Under the program's rules, those with a rebate reserved must buy a qualifying appliance between April 16 and 25 in most cases.
"Unfortunately, some people were not able to get on the reservation list," said R.J. DeSilva, a spokesman for the Texas comptroller's office, which runs the program. "We appreciate their patience, but one of the factors was there was a huge amount of demand for this set amount of funds."
Today, the comptroller's office is asking residents to comment on the program via a feedback form.
The comptroller's office began accepting reservations at 7 a.m. Wednesday as part of a program designed to help Texans make their homes more energy-efficient. The program, funded through the federal stimulus package, offers rebates of $45 to $1,600 on appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and water heaters.
But many were unable to get through the toll-free phone lines or Web site to reserve a rebate because of high call volume and Internet traffic. The Web site was shut down for 21/2 hours before being reopened shortly after noon to limited traffic.
DeSilva said the agency had 550 operators taking phone calls, which poured in at 1,000 a minute at the peak. The Web site received about 2,400 hits a second Wednesday morning and was overwhelmed.
One of those shut out was Keller resident Chris Dedera, who was on a business trip in Indiana but still hoped to secure a rebate for a new central air conditioner. Despite trying online and on the phone, as well as having his wife make attempts, he was unsuccessful.
"I didn't know if I would be able to get a rebate, but I also didn't expect to spend six hours trying," Dedera said.
After the Web site crashed, the phone lines offered the only way to reserve a rebate for several hours. As a result, the comptroller's office still had about $17 million left in the program at about noon.
But once the Web site was restored, the reservations began disappearing, well, efficiently. Through its Twitter page, the comptroller gave updates on how much money was available. The balance went from $11 million at 12:30 p.m. to $4.6 million by 1:30 p.m.
Ultimately, 32,283 reservations were made online and 6,581 through the phone bank.
Southlake resident Fred Halfpap was one of the lucky ones, securing not just a reservation but, he was embarrassed to admit, two. That was the maximum allowed per household.
"I'm sure I redialed over 100 times to try to get through," said Halfpap, who finally achieved success by having two browsers spend over an hour trying to reach the Web page. "Somehow my request got in, even when they took the Web site down."
Once all the available reservations were claimed, the comptroller's office said, it began accepting spots on the waiting list at around 3 p.m. But the list was full by 6 p.m., with nearly 60,000 people on it, DeSilva said. Wait-list rebates will be processed in the order they're received by the comptroller's office.
Texas is not the only state to have problems doling out the rebates. Iowa, which went through its full stimulus grant for energy-efficient appliances the first day it offered rebates to the public, also experienced busy phone lines and a crashed Web site.
The federal government issued each state a set amount of funds for energy-efficient appliances, but each state determined how to distribute the funds.
The comptroller's office is investigating a possible attack that may have flooded the reservation system, as one Internet address used nearly 75 percent of the available capacity, DeSilva said. That led to the state's Web site being taken down in the morning to address the problem.
After spending six hours trying to reserve a rebate online, Richardson resident Kyle Young finally got on the waiting list. He plans to buy a washing machine
"The whole process was frustrating and overly time-consuming," said Young, who also made over 100 calls to the toll-free number provided by the comptroller's office.
"It felt like I was calling a radio station trying to win tickets to a concert."


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Thousands of Spaniards rallied in Madrid yesterday against Israel's action in Lebanon. This account is from the Spanish blog Última Hora and by somebody who was there:
7000 people have protested Thursday in Madrid against Israel, summoned by the PSOE [Partido Socialista Obrero Español], the trade unions and other associations of the Left.
The tone of the manifestation could not have been more aggressive against Israel, with Palestinian and republican flags mixed with placards and shouts of insults against Israel, like terrorists, genocidals, assassins.
There were posters with as abject mottos as: "Nazi, Yankee and Jewish, no chosen people anymore". Also, the State of Israel was accused openly of genocide.
However, there was not a single placard against the terrorist acts that Israel suffers. Even worse, a citizen who "dared" to show a placard saying "Israel wants peace, those who vote for Hamas and Hezbollah don't", needed police protection, while the attendants of the Socialist rally shouted "Nazi" and "assassin" at him, among other improprieties.
The ambassador of Israel had already said hours before the rally that it would become "a premium for the terrorists". The leader of the PP [the conservative Partido Popular], Jorge Moragas, demanded, unsuccessfully, from Zapatero to revoke the authorisation for a march summoned by his party against a state who is an "ally and friend of Spain" and that could become "the prelude" of a "serious diplomatic crisis".
That are, mind you, the same people who are considering to award human rights to apes.
Incidentally, it was a Spaniard, the journalist Sebastian Villar Rodriguez who summed it up quite nicely:
We must admit that Europe, by relaxing its borders and giving in under the pretext of tolerance to the values of a fallacious cultural relativism, opened it's doors to 20 million Muslims, often illiterates and fanatics...
We also have exchanged culture with fanaticism, the capacity to create with the will to destroy, the wisdom with the superstition.
We have exchanged the transcendental instinct of the Jews, who even under the worst possible conditions have always looked for a better peaceful world, for the suicide bomber. We have exchanged the pride of life for the fanatic obsession of death. Our death and that of our children.
But it's even worse than that. We actively invited, to demonstrate how far we have ourselves removed from Nazi-intolerance and how tolerant we have become, the most intolerant and Jew-hating people existing, who are now threatening our entire civilisation.
Inside Europe: Iberian Notes offers an interesting bit of insight:
Note: Jews were not persecuted under Franco, nor were Jews who escaped to Spain during WWII sent back to the Nazis. One of the few semi-decent things that hard, cold old man did.Francisco, I apologise. I was wrong and you were right. Not always, but always when it mattered.
On which fpb commented:
More than that. Franco ordered that any Sephardi Jew with a connection with Spain, however remote (i.e. going back to the expulsions of the sixteenth century) should be issued with Spanish passports and offered passage to Spain. This saved tens of thousands and Jews, and allowed the Italian war hero Giorgio Perlasca - disguising himself as a Spanish diplomat and calling himself Jorge Perlasca - to save some five thousand Budapest Jews, sometimes literally taking them from the hands of raiding SS in the final days of the war. Perlasca, by the way, is also embarrassing because he was a Fascist, who had gone to Budapest on a commercial mission for Mussolini's puppet government, and who had learned his Spanish in the Civil War.
We are indeed going through a reversal of our moral values right now, of which the submission to Islam is only one aspect. Look at the comments' widget in the sidebar, too, to see fpb's other comments on older entries.
The pictures of the rally are not online anymore, but here is a short YouTube video.

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The Rantcor Pit #19 - Nutts For Hutts/
Welcome to another edition of The Rantcor Pit! This time we have set our sights on Tattooine's most famous gangster, Jabba the Hutt, as well as any others of his ilk that come to mind. Yes, Cole Houston and Eddie Medina truly go nutts for Hutts!
What's in a Hutt? Apart from a sizable crew of puppeteers, a whole lot, really. Your hosts are joined this time by Vegabomber of Do It Yourself for a discussion of Jabba, his kin, and other Hutts. The conversation also flows to everything from the puppet itself to merchandising and some pretty amazing off-topic drifts.
Get in on the laughs, the facts, and other crazy Huttese stuff with this unusual edition of the show. And if you're not careful, you just might learn something!
Listen to the latest episode here. Bo Shooda!


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Entertainment of Monday, 14 May 2018
Source: ghbase.com
The self-professed originator of Hip Life, Gyedu Blay Ambolley who's known for making controversial assertions has stated categorically that majority of artistes in Ghana don't deserve to be called musicians but rather composers citing Sarkodie and Tinny to buttress his argument.
In the rightful thinking of the veteran musician, a musician is someone who is able to put sounds together and create a message out of it for people to enjoy.
In simple terms, Gyedu Ambolley is trying to say that a musician should know how to play at least one music instrument. He goes on to cite Sarkodie, Tinny, et al. to dissociate them from the musician tag.
According to him, those two can best be described as rappers or better still composers but the word musician does not apply to them.
"Many a time, I see the media calling Sarkodie a musician or calling Tinny a musician. No!, they are rappers and not musicians. People who call themselves musicians, they have to go back to the drawing board. They have to go back to school to learn how to play instruments", Gyedu Ambolley said this in an interview with Accra-based Class 91.3FM
In Ambolley's estimation, artistes of Sarkodie's caliber are only good at putting words together but they're underdogs when it comes to musical arrangement. To him, such artistes are just recording their voices without any musical techniques. So, it's high time such artistes learn musical instruments so they can be seen as complete musicians.
"There are some people who can compose music, the idea will come, and a melodic idea will also emerge, so, they will meet somebody and sing it to him, but they cannot arrange the music, they cannot say: 'Guitar, you play that side or trumpet play this side'; they cannot do that, so, that person only becomes a composer but not a musician," he added.
On records, Gyedu Blay Amboley is the first musician from Ghana to formally incorporate rap forms into local High Life rhythms. He plays the saxophone and bass guitar. More importantly, he will be honoured by Oak Plaza Hotel on May 25, 2018 for his contribution to the music industry.


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I always respond "Thank you for your support". It is an equitable response and both sides walk away feeling good for a bit.
I have had that said to me now on several visits to the VAC office. That, really seems strange being trotted out.
I usually just smile and say hello to women and men in uniform.
When I am in uniform, the women usually smile at me...
Guys....take it with thanks and appreciation.....it sure beats being spit on and cursed....
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West Virginia: Avenue Eats
A particular shout out to the smoked gouda burger here. The cheese is paired with caramelized onions, garlic aioli and spinach, all atop a grass-fed beef patty. It sounds delicious, but it's hard to choose between that and the "breakfast" burger, which adds bacon and egg to the mix.


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- Research article
- Open Access
- Open Peer Review
Levosimendan limits reperfusion injury in a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model
© Hein et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013
- Received: 29 January 2013
- Accepted: 8 August 2013
- Published: 12 August 2013
Neuroprotective strategies in ischemic stroke are an important challenge in clinical and experimental research as an adjunct to reperfusion therapy that may reduce neurologic injury and improve outcome. The neuroprotective properties of levosimendan in traumatic brain injury in vitro, transient global brain ischemia and focal spinal cord ischemia suggest the potential for similar effects in transient brain ischemia.
Transient brain ischemia was induced for 60 min by intraluminal occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in 40 male Wistar rats under general anesthesia with s-ketamine and xylazine and with continuous monitoring of their blood pressure and cerebral perfusion. Five minutes before inducing reperfusion, a levosimendan bolus (24 μg kg -1) was administered over a 20 minute period. Infarct size, brain swelling, neurological function and the expression of inflammatory markers were quantified 24 hours after reperfusion.
Although levosimendan limited the infarct size and brain swelling by 40% and 53%, respectively, no effect on neurological outcome or mortality could be demonstrated. Upregulation of tumor necrosis factor α and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 was significantly impeded. Cerebral blood flow during reperfusion was significantly reduced as a consequence of sustained autoregulation.
Levosimendan demonstrated significant neuroprotective properties in a rat model of transient brain ischemia by reducing reperfusion injury.
- Experimental stroke
- Postconditioning
- Levosimendan
- Cerebral reperfusion injury
Reperfusion induced by systemic thrombolysis has become the standard therapy for reducing neurological injury after acute ischemic stroke. Severe side effects (e.g., cerebral bleeding), poor reperfusion rates, a limited therapeutic window and a delayed admission of patients to specialized units have resulted in an increased use of endovascular approaches, which include intraarterial lysis, thrombectomy and thromboaspiration [1]. Adjunct therapies are able to increase ischemic tolerance or limit reperfusion injury and thus may extend the therapeutic window or improve the efficiency of reperfusion therapy. Neuroprotective actions target the brain parenchyma itself or are mediated by vascular effects. For example, augmentation of collateral flow may be a promising option [2]. Hypothermia and several neuroprotective agents (e.g., glutamate antagonists, free-radical scavengers, calcium antagonists, potassium channel activators, GABA agonists, and opiate antagonists) have been investigated in preclinical studies, with none demonstrating efficiency in clinical practice [3, 4]. The inodilator levosimendan should, in theory, provide neuroprotection, as it has been shown to alter important processes in the biochemical cascade, such as the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase and mitochondrial ATP-dependent potassium (mKATP) channels which lead to apoptosis or necrosis following cerebral ischemia and reperfusion [5, 6]. In fact, levosimendan has been shown to reduce cell death and inflammatory responses and improve function after transient ischemia of the spinal cord in rabbits [7, 8]. While a dose-dependent protective effect in an in vitro model of traumatic brain injury could be demonstrated [9], levosimendan failed to improve brain metabolism or reduce glutamate release, inflammation and dysfunction of autoregulation in the initial phase after experimental global ischemic/hypoxic cerebral injury [10]. Its effect on focal transient ischemia has not been investigated in vivo in the brain as it has been in the heart [11]. Therefore, we investigated the application of levosimendan during ischemia and early reperfusion (postconditioning) in a rat model of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) by evaluating infarct size, inflammation, cerebral perfusion and neurological function.
All experiments followed the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals [12] and were authorized by the German governmental animal care and use office (Landesamt für Natur-, Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen, Recklinghausen, Germany, Protocol No. 8.87-50.10.37.09.258). Forty male Wistar rats (Charles River, Sulzfeld, Germany) weighing between 350 and 450 g (400 ± 27 g) [13] underwent MCAO according to a previously established model. For at least one week prior to surgery, the animals were housed in standard cages in a pathogen-free environment, with free access to food and water and with a 12 hour light/dark cycle. After induction of anesthesia with an intraperitoneal injection of 100 mg/kg s-ketamine (Ketanest S, Pfizer, New York, USA) and 10 mg/kg xylazine (Xylazine 2%, Medistar, Ascheberg, Germany), three ECG electrodes were placed to monitor heart rate (HR). Animals were orally intubated and mechanically ventilated in a pressure-controlled mode to maintain an end-tidal CO2-tension between 35 and 40 mmHg. Anesthesia was maintained by repetitive injections of 20 mg/kg s-ketamine if a positive reaction to surgical stress or intermittent tail pinch could be observed. Body temperature (BT) was adjusted to 37°C using an esophageal probe and a back-coupled heating plate (MLT1403 and TCAT-2 Controller, ML 295/R, Physitemp Instruments, New Jersey, USA). In the prone position, the left parietal bone was thinned, and a laser Doppler flow probe (VP10M200ST/P10d, Moor Instruments, Devon, UK) was fixed 5.5 mm lateral and 1 mm occipital of the bregma to measure cerebral blood flow (CBF). In the supine position, the left external jugular was cannulated to administer 3 mL kg-1 h-1 Ringer's solution. The left common and external carotid arteries were ligated and a pressure catheter (Micro Tip SPR G71/NR, Millar instruments, Texas, USA) was threaded into the descending aorta to measure the mean arterial pressure (MAP). The same incision was used to insert a filament with a smooth surface, blunted tip and constant diameter of 300 μm (No 270, VYGON, Aachen, Germany) into the internal carotid artery (ICA).
Experimental protocol
After stabilization and recording of baseline values for 20 min, the filament was pushed forward until a rapid drop of CBF to 20-30% of baseline values occurred. Animals were randomized into the levosimendan or the control group using a closed envelope system. Fifty-five min after induction of MCAO, the levosimendan group were treated with a bolus of 24 μg kg-1 levosimendan (Simdax, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland) and the control group was given an equal amount of saline over a 20-min period. Sixty min after MCAO, the filament was removed and parameters were recorded for an additional 30 min. After removal of the catheters, wound closure, administration of local anesthesia with 0.2% ropivacaine (Naropin, AstraZeneca, Plankstadt, Germany) and an intraperitoneal injection of 20 mg/kg metamizole (Novalgin, Sanofi Aventis, Frankfurt, Germany), the animals were extubated at the return of sufficient spontaneous breathing and the righting reflex. Twenty-four hours later, the animals were neurologically evaluated and euthanized with an intraperitoneal injection of 100 mg kg-1 thiopental (Trapanal, Nycomed, Konstanz, Germany). Serum samples were collected, and the brain was removed after transcardial perfusion with 100 mL ice-cold Ringer's solution.
All signals were continuously recorded with a data acquisition system (PowerLab®, ADInstruments, Spechbach, Germany). HR, MAP, CBF, BT and end-tidal CO2 were analyzed every 10 minutes. CBF values were normalized to baseline. The autoregulatory index (ARI) was calculated as the slope obtained by linear regression from the relative change in CBF and MAP approximately 20 minutes before and after MCAO.
Neurological injury
Deficits in basic motor and sensory function were tested 24 hours after reperfusion by a blinded examiner using a modified 24-point scoring system [14]. Coronal sections of the brain were stained with 1% 2.3.5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC, SERVA, Antwerpen, Belgium) for 15 min at 37°C to delineate the ischemic lesion amongst the viable tissue. The hemispheric and infarct volumes of the cortex and striatum were calculated by planimetry of corresponding areas for each slice and thickness (2 mm). Swelling corresponded to the differences between infarcted (left) and non-infarcted (right) hemispheric volumes and infarct volume was corrected for swelling as follows: corrected infarct volume = infarcted volume * (1 - swelling/volume non infarcted hemisphere) [15]. Whereas the corrected cortical and striatal volumes were detailed for each slice, the swelling data were reported as the sum of the segmental volumes. Samples from the cortical penumbra of slice number 3 were used for semi-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis (TaqMan, Applied Biosystems, Carlsbad, California, USA) as described previously [13]. Gene expression levels of interleukin-1ß (IL-1β), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) were calculated as a relative quantity (RQ) according to the ΔΔCt method, which reflects the differences in threshold for each target gene relative to the housekeeping gene hypoxanthin-guanin-phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) and six sham-operated animals. A previous study demonstrated, that TTC staining at 37°C does not constrict quantitative gene analysis [16]. The concentration of the brain-specific acidic protein S-100ß was determined in serum probes by a commercially available ELISA kit (YK151, Sceti, Tokyo, Japan).
Statistical analysis
Animals whose infarcted volume lacked cortical involvement were excluded from the analysis, as this phenomenon may be accounted for by residual collateral flow through the circle of Willis. CBF that did not exceed 50% of baseline values during reperfusion was classified as "failed reperfusion" and was excluded from the final analysis [13]. The data were displayed as the mean and standard deviation or as box-and-whisker plots with the 5th and 95th percentile. Differences between the groups were analyzed using an unpaired t-test and variance analysis for repeated measurements with the Bonferroni's post-hoc test. Welch's correction was performed if variances were significantly different between the groups. Effects on survival were evaluated using a chi-squared test. A one sample t-test was used to describe the changes in the RQ values relative to the sham condition (RQ = 1). Statistical significance was set as a p-value of ≤ 0.05 for all statistical analyses (Prism 6, GraphPad Software, La Jolla, California, USA).
Neurologic injury
This study is the first to demonstrate a neuroprotective effect of levosimendan in the rat brain using a model of transient MCAO. While structural injury was shown to be reduced, an improvement of neurological outcome could not be demonstrated. Postconditioning with levosimendan reduced infarct size, brain swelling, release of s-100ß, impairment of cerebral autoregulation and the inflammatory response 24 hours after reperfusion.
Transient cerebral ischemia led to an extension of the infarct core despite reperfusion therapy. Although reperfusion restored the energy supply to the neuronal cells of the penumbra, this effect is limited due to the occurrence of secondary energy failure, impairments of the blood brain barrier (BBB), abrogated autoregulation of perfusion and inflammation (reperfusion injury) [3]. Thus, neuroprotective agents may target the neurons or the vasculature of the brain. Activation of mKATP channels before ischemia (preconditioning) should preserve energy status. In fact, pretreatment with levosimendan has been shown to reduce neuronal injury in traumatic brain injury in vitro [9] and in the rabbit spinal cord in vivo [8]. Postconditioning with levosimendan also improved function and reduced neurological injury in the spinal cord of the rabbit [7]. A similar effect could be achieved with diazoxide in the rat brain after transient ischemia. The reduction of the infarct size was associated with a partial inhibition of mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening, a key mediator of reperfusion injury, without any effect on oxidative phosphorylation [17]. Accordingly, levosimendan failed to improve restoration of metabolism after transient global ischemia in the rat [10]. Thus, improvement of secondary energy failure would not account for the postconditioning effects of levosimendan.
As cerebral injury affects both the integrity of the BBB and autoregulation and because the extent of flow during reperfusion is correlated with neurological injury [18], the current findings that CBF was limited during reperfusion by intact autoregulation may partially explain the neuroprotective properties of levosimendan. A similar effect has previously been demonstrated for nimodipin [19] and magnesium sulfate [20]. KATP channels have also been shown to play a major role in the autoregulation of CBF [21] and ischemic reperfusion injury has been reported to reduce N-methyl-D-aspartate mediated vasodilatation, which could be prevented by diazoxide [22]. Thus, levosimendan should be able to prevent regional no-reflow and hyperperfusion. Moreover, studies have demonstrated an improvement in cerebral perfusion in critically ill infants with low cardiac output syndrome [23] as well as the prevention of vasospasm in an animal model of subarachnoid hemorrhage [24]. However, improved collateral perfusion by levosimendan could not be demonstrated during ischemia in the current investigation, which may indicate that effects on autoregulation during reperfusion play an important role in this model. However, it remains unclear whether preservation of the external carotid artery may influence these results [25]. Although long-term effects of levosimendan on global hemodynamics, which may influence CBF, cannot be excluded, such effects are rather unlikely after such a short infusion time and have only been described for dosages higher than 36 μg/kg [26].
Additionally, the activation of KATP channels should reduce the permeability of the BBB and thus reduce cerebral edema and inflammation [3, 27]. Indeed, the results show that levosimendan reduced brain swelling and the expression of TNFα and ICAM-1. This effect could not be demonstrated after transient global cerebral ischemia [10]. As brain injury triggers the inflammatory response and aggravates the injury [28], the decreased expression of TNFα and ICAM-1 indicate a diminished progression of injury. Cytokines such as TNFα will stimulate expression of ICAM-1, leading to leukocyte adhesion and extravasation [29].
In summary, it is difficult to determine which mechanism mediates the neuroprotective action of levosimendan. Although only low tissue concentrations will have reached the brain with a single bolus of 24 μg kg-1 levosimendan [10], it is reasonable to assume that it has a direct effect on neuronal cells, as expansion of the infarct core from the lateral cortex and lateral striatum reflects the early stages (4–8 hours) after untreated MCAO [30]. It is nearly impossible to distinguish whether the vascular effects of levosimendan are a consequence of reduced brain injury or a primary effect. The inconsistent effects of levosimendan reported in different studies may be explained by the differences in the pathomechanisms and in the extent of neuronal injury [10]. The aim of the current protocol for levosimendan was to reach the highest possible serum concentrations during early reperfusion with limited hemodynamic side effects. In contrast, a delayed and extended application may result in higher effect-site concentrations and pronounced differences.
In the current investigation, postconditioning with levosimendan led to a 46% reduction in infarct volume, which concurs with the findings of other studies (hypothermia = 40%, ischemic postconditioning = 40%, diazoxide = 54%) [3, 17]. This effect may be too small to allow for the detection of functional effects. Nevertheless, several studies have demonstrated significant effects of neuroprotective interventions on functional recovery [31–33], and a review article reported that at least 80% of the integrity of the ipsilateral hemisphere should be preserved to provide partial or complete neurologic recovery [34]. This range could have been closely approximated by the inhalation of the noble gas xenon [35]. However, the Stroke Therapy Industry Roundtable (STAIR) recommends that a longer observational period of at least three days along with repetitive sophisticated testing is more important in describing neurological deficits [36]. Even pronounced recovery within this first week in untreated animals should be noted [37].
Several limitations related to the study design warrant mention. No tissue samples were collected to analyze protein expressions and no further techniques were used to quantify cell death in the cortex and the hippocampus. The exclusion of 24 animals by the predefined criteria resulted in a small number of animals per group. The high mortality rate deserves further discussion. A current review calculated the average mortality in rat stroke experiments as 15%, with a range between 0% and 60% [38]. SAH and failed reperfusion, which could lead to larger infarcts, may account for the high mortality rate observed in the current study and may be related to the shape of the filament.
Further studies are needed to determine the sites of action and the feasibility of levosimendan as a neuroprotective agent. Possible targets may include the reduction of cerebral injury after resuscitation, ischemic stroke or cerebral vasospasm [24]. The cardioprotective properties may also be of interest as brain injury may induce heart failure [39].
In conclusion, the application of levosimendan during ischemia and early reperfusion limited cerebral reperfusion injury. Although infarct size, brain swelling, inflammation and impairment of autoregulation were reduced, no effect on mortality or neurological function could be observed.
This work was supported by the Medical Faculty RWTH Aachen (START grant number 10/2010). We would like to specifically thank Renate Nadenau and Christian Beckers (Department of Anaesthesiology) for their help in our laboratory.
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The idea of starting our synagogue began in the summer of 1953. High holiday services were held that September under a tent at the southeast corner of South Oyster Bay Road and Woodbury Road where Bed Bath and Beyond currently stands. In October a meeting was held with 60 families in attendance at the Shaari Zedek synagogue in Hicksville. It was at this meeting that the decision was made for the new congregation to affiliate with the Conservative movement. Rather than Orthodox or Reform, members chose the "middle way" which gave birth to the name of the synagogue that would be called Midway Jewish Community Center. Soon after Community was dropped from the name.
The first year monthly meetings were held at the Israel Community Center in Levittown. In the summer of 1954 a plot of land was purchased at 330 South Oyster Bay Road in Hicksville (it wasn't until 1962 that the area was rezoned into Syosset) that included a house and two barns on the property. One of the barns was converted for use as the synagogue and the other was space for teenagers while the house was utilized as classroom space for the Hebrew school. The congregation was growing and before too long the space was no longer sufficient. A mortgage for a new building was obtained thanks to 20 members who agreed to sign contracts where they would be held personally responsible for the loan. Ground breaking on the new synagogue took place on December 2, 1956. Less than a year later the building was sufficiently ready to hold High Holiday services in 1957 but was not completed and formally dedicated until May 4, 1958.
Recognition of the new synagogue building was bestowed by politicians from Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John J. Burns who attended the dedication to President Dwight Eisenhower who sent a letter of congratulations.
In September 1958 Midway had 400 members. Just four years later a fund was started to expand the synagogue and construct a Youth Building. Over the next three years fundraising efforts continued until the groundbreaking of the Youth Building was held on April 26, 1964. The space would include 12 new classrooms on the lower level and an all purpose room on the upper level that eventually became a gym with a full size basketball court. The Youth Building was completed and dedicated less than six months later on October 4.
With ample space for educating the children synagogue membership grew to 650 member families by November 1965, but only students beginning in kindergarten could attend religious school at Midway. A nursery school program began in 1977 in the split-level house located on the synagogue property that was previously used as the Rabbi's residence. Expansion of this property and a renovation of the nursery school building occurred in 2004.
In 2007 Midway merged with Bethpage Jewish Community Center, a traditional Conservative congregation located at 600 Broadway in Bethpage. BJCC was founded on September 6, 1955 and opened their synagogue building in April 1960. A fire destroyed much of the synagogue on October 25, 1969 but was rebuilt and rededicated on April 23, 1972.
While merger proceedings were going on there was also a Kesher campaign that had begun with the intention of raising funds toward renovating what was now a building that was over 50 years old. Features of the renovation included the installation of an elevator, conversion of the gym into more usable space and a central lobby entrance area. Construction on the new facility was completed in May 2012.
In 2015 the final phase of the Kesher campaign was completed with a total renovation of the sanctuary that was rededicated on July 31.
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by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© December 2018, L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Warning: Over 200 medical drugs have depression and suicide as a side effect. Taking medical drugs is causing an epidemic of suicide.
Among the worst classes of drugs are anti-depressants, heart drugs, birth control pills and anti-acid drugs or acid blockers. These are all best avoided!
Suicide is becoming more common. The use of anti-depressant drugs is a major cause today. You will rarely hear this on the television nightly news, however.
Other causes, according to medical research, include inflammation, genetics, low cholesterol, low omega-3 fatty acids, low level of vitamin D, and low lithium in the body.
Nickel. Elevated hair nickel is associated with suicidal thoughts. This is either a nickel level above about 0.03 mg% or as a hidden nickel toxicity, which is revealed by a very low nickel level less than about 0.02.
Low energy. This can also predispose a person to suicidal thoughts. On a hair mineral test, this may be indicated by a very slow oxidation rate, a low sodium/potassium ratio in the hair, and possibly a four lows hair analysis pattern. When these are corrected, at least 100 people have told me that they have "a new attitude", "opened their eyes", "renewed their interest in life", and it has "given them hope". They also said they don't want to kill themselves any more.
This is the basic message of this article. The remainder is more details about suicidal thoughts, in general, how to notice them in your children or in anyone, and more about nutritional balancing programs to get rid of suicidal thoughts.
NOTE: Please be extremely careful with any drugs if you have any history of suicidal thoughts. Also, if you take a drug and feel worse, stop the drug immediately.
The reasons may be:
· It is not a nice or pleasant subject to discuss.
· Most families who have been through it do not want to discuss it at all. In fact, many refuse to talk about it due to their pain, shame or sadness.
· Medical, psychological and psychiatric personnel have little idea how to predict suicide attempts. No definitive medical or psychological tests exist to predict it.
· Medical and psychological personnel often do not know what to do about suicidal thoughts. Drugs, counseling and hospitalization are used, but often with poor success.
Some causes for suicidal thoughts are chronic pain, sleep deprivation, relationship breakups, isolation, alienation, guilt, and even thrills or other causes. However, nutritional balancing research indicates that these causes may be secondary to more subtle internal biochemical imbalances.
The outer causes act as triggers, but are not necessarily the underlying problem. This is why they do not cause suicidal thoughts in everyone. Most people have enough adaptive energy or vitality to handle many crises or stressors.
MOST PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED, DEPRESSED AND VERY UNHEALTHY TODAY. The problem arises when vitality and brain function are not good enough. This makes it hard for a person to cope, think clearly about a situation, and to obtain help, if needed. Their brains have too many toxic metals such as nickel, cadmium and arsenic, and missing good minerals like zinc, chromium and selenium. These nutritional problems can actually cause suicidal thoughts.
This is where nutritional balancing can help a person with suicidal thoughts to regain mental clarity, adaptive energy, vitality and an improved ability to cope and adapt to life's challenges. In most cases, it works amazingly well.
Another cause of suicide are negative thoughts. I call them the suicide lies because every one of them is false. So watch out for them! They often take the form of negative statements such as the following.
1. No one loves me.
2. No one cares about me.
3. I'm such a burden to my family or to others.
4. Life is a big accident anyway, and nothing really matters, so it doesn't matter if I take my life.
5. God doesn't exist, and even if he does, he must hate me.
6. My problems are too big for God or Jesus to solve.
7. I have no other options but death.
8. I will never feel better.
9. I'm such a loser.
10. There is no hope for me.
11. The world would be better off without me.
12. Stop the drama and just kill yourself.
13. Suicide will end my pain.
14. I wonder if anyone will even notice if I die.
15. I won't have to pay if I commit suicide.
16. People will be relieved if I'm gone.
17. I am condemned and guilty.
18. I have a curse. I just know it.
19. I am unlovable.
20. I've made too many bad decisions. No one can help me.
21. I have asked for help too many times.
22. I will never find love.
23. The future is bad, so why bother living.
24. I am unique and terrible.
Remember – these are all lies and nothing more.
1. Correct and prevent internal biochemical imbalances: At the very least, go to bed by 9 PM, or 9:30 to 10 PM at the latest, each and every night, and sleep a full 9 to 12 hours most nights. If you do not get enough sleep for any reason, try to take a nap the next day.
Also, at the very least, eat a diet without any sugar, soda pop or junk food, and one that is very low in fruit and fruit juices. Also, vegetarian diets are deadly in some teens and adults. Some animal protein every day, including some red meat like beef or lamb, and plenty of cooked vegetables daily, are essential for health. Do not just live on fruit and salads. These are not good enough. Cook the vegetables for better absorption of minerals, and do not listen to the raw food people. They are wrong! Read Raw Foods on this website for more information.
Also, most fruit is not healthful today and I would avoid it all, although I know this is the opposite of what many doctors teach. You don't need it, and you can get all your anti-oxidants and other nutrients from loads of cooked vegetables.
Also, most people are very dehydrated. Take several bottles of spring water with you to school or work each day. Never drink soda pop, as it is absolute junk, and so are fruit juices – too much sugars! Also, never drink reverse osmosis water, or "purified water" or "drinking waters", as these are made with reverse osmosis water, as are many "designer waters". Read Water for Drinking for more information on why these are very bad for you.
More things to feel better. The next level of prevention is to read and follow all the suggestions in the article on this website entitled The Healing Lifestyle.
This adds more dietary suggestions, a few nutritional supplements that most everyone needs, and other procedures such as sauna therapy and colon cleansing that are extremely helpful to remove toxins, renourish and rebuild the body.
An even more powerful approach is to contact a nutritional balancing practitioner that I have trained. Then send in a hair sample and begin a complete nutritional balancing program. This can be done with any child, teen or adult at any age.
2. What to do about negative thoughts. Replace them with positive ones as much as possible. Say the 23rd psalm 20 times a day, for example. Read uplifting books or articles. Read the articles on this website. Help others, even if it is just as a distraction from your own problems. Doubt the negative thoughts: Just say – "I hear the thoughts, but I am really not sure about the truth of them".
3. Social prevention. Parents need to keep in close communication with all teen and pre-teen children, and watch and listen carefully to their children. This also means monitoring web sites your child visits, phone conversations, and all media your child is exposed to such as movies, music and others.
Try to develop hobbies and other activities that keep your interest and are fun for you. Some people use sports, but hobbies are even better for many people. It can be almost anything, but not something that is dangerous or toxic.
Get a dog. You could have a cat or other pet, but dogs are probably best. They are friendly, and they heal people at deep levels.
Also, if you are a good friend, you need to monitor your friends, and others, to look for the following indicators. Never minimize or ignore any of the following warning signs of suicidal thoughts:
· Talk of death or suicide, in general.
· Talk of "going away".
· Talk of feeling hopeless or helpless.
· Pulling away or withdrawing from friends and family.
· Loss of interest in favorite things or activities.
· Trouble concentrating or thinking clearly.
· Changes in eating or sleeping habits.
· Self-destructive behaviors such as driving too fast, too much interest in sex, masturbation or pornography, or taking up drugs, alcohol or other bad habits.
· A change or decline in school grades.
· Withdrawal, in general.
4. What to do if you notice these signs in yourself or in another person. Here is what to do immediately. Do not wait, please:
· Ask a lot of questions. Do not be afraid to ask if a child has had suicidal thoughts because you are afraid this may trigger the problem. This is not the case, in almost all instances.
· Watch and listen even more to stay on top of things.
· Keep the lines of communication open at all times. This means to make time for communication, and always express your love, concern and support.
· Ask for help, if needed, from anyone your child interacts with such as teachers, coaches, even his or her friends and friends' parents.
· Begin a nutritional balancing program immediately, as this can do a lot to end the thoughts.
· Take all statements and confidences your children share seriously. Never minimize or discount any emotion or thought your child has by saying things like "Oh, that is silly", or "That is not true", or "That is ridiculous". Such statements tend to halt deep communication. If your child or anyone thinks something is true, then it is true for him or her. You must allow the person to have his or her ideas in order to keep communication going. So never shut a person down by saying he or she is just wrong or silly. Only with communication can you change things.
· If your child is not comfortable communicating with you or you don't know what to do, suggest he or she speak with someone else who is trained and experienced with suicidal thoughts. For example, suggest speaking with a trusted friend, or a relative, clergyman, doctor, coach or counselor.
· Always follow up. Suicidal thoughts may come and go, and it is tempting to skip counselor appointments or stop a vitamin program if your child seems to be doing better. This is not wise, as anyone who has ever had suicidal thoughts often will have others in the future.
· Conflicts between parents and children are dangerous in this situation, as they often worsen communication. Therefore, parents must seek help for themselves if they are not able to handle their own emotions and conflicts with their children. Often, a nutritional balancing program for a parent is as helpful as one for a troubled child, as it helps the parent to function better mentally and emotionally, and thus assists the child function better as well.
The following are important questions to ask, even if some are very difficult to ask. Just ask gently and perhaps explain why you are asking these questions. Asking the questions is no guarantee that you will get truthful answers, but it is a start and often reveals critical information to help you work with a child, or anyone else. Also, it demonstrates your level of concern and that you are taking the situation very seriously. Here are the tough questions that may need to be asked as soon as a child, teen or adult admits to suicidal thoughts or attempts suicide:
· Have you taken any sort of pills, drugs or even vitamins to kill yourself? If so, rush the person to an emergency room immediately. Don't waste any time. Many who are just "experimenting" with pills or want to attract attention do not realize that taking an overdose of pills that seem harmless, like Tylenol or aspirin, can kill you.
· What is your plan, if you have one, to end your life?
· What has brought you to this decision or desire to end your life?
· Have you ever attempted suicide in the past?
· Has anyone else in your family discussed suicide or attempted suicide?
· Have you ever used alcohol or drugs?
· Have you recently experienced any type of loss, problem or disappointment?
· Are you currently taking any over-the-counter, prescription or even herbal remedies?
Other preventive measures that are controversial - Mental Prevention. Find out what your child or friend has been doing and learning in school, and from friends and other adults. Public schools, especially, are often out of control today as far as what they teach. Sometimes bullying and other crimes also occur that make a person want to commit suicide. Girls sometimes get raped, and even boys can experience rape, torture or other serious problems.
Instead of the schools teaching about heroism, love and healing, they teach that dressing sexy is fine, that mankind is ruining the earth, that white people are villains, that freedom is silly and outdated, and capitalism, free enterprise and business are bad. This is all garbage or worse.
Even worse, they teach that the Bible, religion and the US Constitution are just old relics that are not "relevant". They often teach moral relativism, the deadly doctrine that there is no right or wrong, and truth is just what each person believes is true. They also teach on TV and in school that life is not that great, and suicide is fine. This is also a terrible lie. It is not fine.
I believe this is a big cause of suicidal thoughts today, along with bad diets, medical and other drugs, and just unhealthy bodies and unhealthy lifestyles – particularly lack of sleep and bad food.
Also, make sure your child and you read spiritual books like the bible, and not just school textbooks. If possible, make sure that you and any child or teen understands the horror of the liberal, socialistic, progressive agenda taught in schools and in the media, so he or she can resist it better.
While most of this article is devoted to suicidal thoughts in young people who are apparently healthy, the problem occurs to a lesser degree in middle-aged and older people, as well. Often they do not take their lives, but just think and talk about it. However, it can be lethal, especially in those that have access to sleeping pills and other drugs.
Causes of suicidal thoughts in middle aged and older people. Common causes include:
1. Acute or chronic pain. Pain, especially when it continues and there appears to be no help available for it, is a common cause for suicidal thoughts. Medical professionals who deal with pain are often aware of the devastating consequences that chronic pain, in particular, can have upon a person's mind and even body. It interferes with one's sleep, thinking, feeling, digesting and every other aspect of life. It is horrible, in a word.
2. Chronic fatigue. This is not commonly understood. Most of the young people who have contemplated suicide that we work with have a very low sodium/potassium ratio and/or a very slow oxidation rate. Many have a hair analysis pattern called a bowl pattern. These patterns are associated with very low cellular energy production, which makes a person tired all the time. This interferes with school work, occupational performance, thinking and cognition, and every other aspect of life.
It can be subtle, because it is not diagnosable with standard blood, urine or other medical tests. It is frustrating because most have tried anti-depressants and other medication without success. They have also used caffeine and other stimulants, which often work only marginally and actually make the problem worse. So they decide that life is just not worth living.
For this cause of suicidal thoughts, nutritional balancing offers a wonderful and permanent correction. Usually, the thoughts go away quickly as a person realizes that the problem is his or more likely her body chemistry.
3. Divorce, death of a loved one, or other relationship loss. Regardless of the exact cause, the effect is that the person feels unloved, unappreciated, confused, and often abused, even if this is not the case. This can cause an emotional person to feel that he or she must end one's life to end the suffering, humiliation, perhaps guilt and often intense confusion that one feels.
Here, once again, nutritional balancing can be helpful. It will not resolve the relationship issue, but it can help a person to think far more clearly and to reason out the problem and take the needed corrective action. A corrective healing program that includes the diet and lifestyle will often bring one back to reality and help them cope by giving them far more energy, and by clearing the fog from the mind.
4. Job loss or other loss. Loss is a real and powerful reason for suicidal thoughts. Loss can be of anything, from a pet to one's money, house, job, friend, partner, parent, child or even just the loss of an icon or hero or something else.
Loss means that one feels and actually believes that a part of oneself has been stripped away, never to return. In a sense, this is true. If you love someone a lot and the person leaves you or dies, you will feel a little incomplete or lonely. If you identify strongly with your job, career, health, location, home, money, even a pet and that is taken from you somehow, never to return, one can easily feel so upset that suicide can seem attractive.
5. Medical disease. This is the name I have coined for a very common condition in Western society. Usually the person has gone to a number of doctors, often for a simple problem such as joint pain or fatigue. The doctors have not been able to help the problem, and have made things even worse.
The doctors, nurses and others health care workers have essentially told the patient that 1) they are "getting old", even if they are only 40 or 50 years old, 2) there is no help available other than maybe some drugs with bad side effects, 3) therefore the person should consider just dying to get things over with. None of the three statements above is literally uttered to the patient. However, many people come away with this message.
Nutritional balancing is a real answer and a godsend for this group of people. Many of these people can restore their health. For more, read Medical Disease on this website.
6. The infirmity of old age. This is harder to deal with. As we age, life for many becomes less enjoyable. Many cannot work or have retired. Children have grown up and now don't have time to spend with you. Friends die off and even the world can seem foreign and strange as your favorite TV actors, programs and even technologies all seem to have gone away or changed. This is an area in which counseling, especially spiritual counseling, is helpful for some. Moving into a more spiritual view of life is essential for some of these people, as their physical lives are literally beginning to fall apart.
Nutritional balancing may still significantly improve health in older people, especially if vitality is still good. It can help reduce the number of medications one takes, which are sometimes making the problems worse, and may even restore one's faith that answers to old age problems may be possible.
Nutritional balancing science, an important topic on this website, offers much hope for those with suicidal thoughts. The basic premise of this method of healing is that the cause of suicidal thinking is, at least in part, due to specific biochemical or nutritional imbalances that can be corrected using this science.
These biochemical imbalances are often easy to see on a test of the mineral levels in the hair tissue. This test is discussed in several articles on this website. One must also perform the test properly and know how to interpret the test. For example, especially with children, the hair must not be washed at the laboratory for proper interpretation.
Hair test findings. Any pattern may occur because suicide is a complex phenomenon. Among the most common patterns are:
· Nickel toxicity. This is a nickel level of about 0.07 mg% or greater. This is often associated with a type of depression that can lead to suicidal thinking. When the nickel is removed, the suicidal thoughts also often subside, amazingly.
A low sodium/potassium ratio or a four lows pattern. These both indicate chronic stress on the
body and often in the brain as well.
These are also called reversal patterns. A
reversal is a kind of backward-thinking pattern. Suicide is definitely a reversal symptom.
A low sodium/potassium ratio is a profound electrical imbalance in the body. Four lows is a sub-oxidation pattern that feels like having one's car stuck in a ditch with the wheels spinning, getting nowhere and using up all one's energy at the same time.
· Moderate To Extreme Slow oxidation. This indicates great fatigue and chronic stress, too. It is also a milder reversal pattern. If the oxidation rate is very slow, as it often is, it is a more pronounced reversal.
· Other toxic metals such as mercury, copper, cadmium and others. These heavy metals interfere with brain activity in many subtle ways that can make a person more depressed, moody and with a negative attitude.
All of these patterns can be corrected, often quite easily, with a better diet and a few carefully chosen nutritional supplements. Correction is not costly and does not involve complex regimens of supplements or other complex treatment. All nutritional balancing methods are non-toxic, inexpensive and actually heal the entire body at the same time as they remove toxins and balance mineral ratios in the body.
How nutritional balancing ends suicidal thoughts. Patients report the following effects of a nutritional balancing program:
· Eliminating toxic metals such as nickel.
· Renourishing the body with zinc, selenium and other vital minerals that actually help a person to think more deeply and more positively.
· Helping people get off anti-depressants and certain other medical drugs that can cause suicidal thinking.
· Restoring the body's energy production. Energy is needed for all of life's activities, from school to work to relationships and more. Low energy is a common cause of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and many other emotional problems.
· Improving clarity of thinking. Clear, logical thinking requires or at least benefits from a stable blood sugar level, adequate nutrition of the brain and nervous system, and the removal of toxic metals, hundreds of toxic chemicals and many chronic and often low-grade infections such as yeast infections of the brain and elsewhere that most people have in their bodies to some degree.
· Helping to balance the emotions. Learning to control and balance the emotions is made much easier when the brain and the entire body function better biochemically. This can take a while to correct, but a person often feels better within a few months of changing the diet, living a more healthful lifestyle with more rest and sleep, drinking plenty of healthful water, and taking several nutritional supplements to help rebuild and balance the body and brain.
· Other subtle changes. Many people report to us that they are emotionally stronger, happier, brighter and generally feel much better when their body chemistry becomes balanced. This can occur in as little as a few days to a week, while in other cases it can take a few months or more if more imbalances are present.
· Development. This is an unusual concept, but an important one. Nutritional balancing appears to help develop parts of the brain that are often dormant. This alone helps a person to think more clearly, behave more logically and discover one's special gifts and talents.
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I came to a realization. It is one of those moments when you feel like you just woke up from a different world and you are finally in the present. One of those moments where you forget everything you believed up until now and start building a whole new plan for the future. What was the realization and where it came from? It came from working a full week on a grape factory and making less than my monthly rent *150 euros. Pretty common? Sure! What I realized was how mindlessly I spend my money. I had a conversation with my mum about 1-2 hours ago...
I woke up mum I said
You? From what? she replied sounding anxious
Woke up and realized that I worked my butt off for a week and only made my rent (aka 150 euros). I continued If I knew I wouldn't have mindlessly spend everything I made through blogging which is quite the sum (almost 2 years of blogging). I made that working from home and doing something I love. Three 'work' days of my blog equal to seven days working my ass off in a factory, improving someone else's business. I have to take orders from people and always reply 'yes' when I am asked to do something.
she let out a sign and said; I told you that.
But...but I din't realize just HOW real this is. I made 150 euros in June on my blog through writing articles. (**If you are not a full-time blogger, blog money are not a fixed price each month. You can make from 30$ to 200$ depending on the month) It only took 3 articles and 3 days. Three days of researching and writing about something I am passionate about. Three days and 2-3 hours per day. I work a full 8-9 hours every day for a week and made the same money and less. How unfair does this sound?
It is unfair. I told you that too. Some people work more and get paid even less. You have to experience this yourself. Once you realize it -like you did today- you will be able to get your shit together (she did not say the last part as written here but it was something like; now you know, control your earned money right).
When did you realize the value of your hard earned money? If it was hard earned that is!
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Now what: For quite some time, GameStop has been a company on the decline, but the pace is staggering at this point. The game-console cycle and a lack of blockbuster games are hurting results, and by the look of the forecast, management doesn't expect it to get better. Shares trade at less than six times the current year's estimates, but I'm not falling into this trap today. A retailer in decline isn't a good bet, and as much as I like games, I don't see a turnaround in GameStop's fortunes.
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Daschle Confirmation Hinges on Ties in Senate
Sunday, February 1, 2009
As he ducked into the Capitol late Monday evening, Thomas A. Daschle ran into one of his closest friends, Sen. Tom Harkin (D), the populist from Iowa who had just voted against Timothy F. Geithner's confirmation as Treasury secretary because he could not forgive his failure to pay taxes he owed.
Daschle and Harkin embraced and then huddled together for several minutes as Harkin asked about the health of the former Senate leader's ailing brother.
Now, as Daschle tries to win confirmation as health and human services secretary, he must tap such personal relationships, which he cultivated over 18 years representing South Dakota in the Senate, even as Harkin and his colleagues face the same question on Daschle that confronted them with Geithner: Should tax problems derail the nomination?
Daschle owed more than $128,000 for unreported income from a private equity firm over a three-year period, Senate documents revealed Friday. He paid the tax bill, and $12,000 more in interest, just six days before his first Senate confirmation hearing last month.
Harkin has not spoken about Daschle's tax controversy, but yesterday other friends of the nominee began a campaign to defend him.
A group of Senate Democrats issued a series of statements praising Daschle, citing his expertise in health care as indispensable at a time when more than 45 million Americans are uninsured.
David Axelrod, President Obama's senior adviser, led a conference call yesterday to coordinate the message of Democrats appearing on today's news talk shows -- a message that focused in part on defending Daschle. According to participants, the senators on the call agreed on a central theme: "Go fight for him."
Early reactions from the Senate have shown little need for much of a fight. No Senate Republican has stepped forward to criticize Daschle for what he said was an honest accounting mistake, while Democrats yesterday credited him for discovering the tax errors himself and taking the steps to correct them.
Senators also cited their personal knowledge of Daschle in justifying their willingness to dismiss the tax issue.
"I've known Tom Daschle for years, and he is a man of great character and integrity who will do a superb job in helping us fix our healthcare system," Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) said in a statement. Kerry is a member of the Finance Committee, which will vote on Daschle's nomination.
Daschle's confirmation, once considered the easiest among President Obama's Cabinet nominations, rests to some degree in his ability to rely on his old friends within an institution renowned for its clubby atmosphere. In the history of Cabinet confirmations, the Senate has voted down only one current or former colleague, John Tower (R-Tex.), and that came after the former senator was accused of excessive drinking and extramarital affairs during his 1989 confirmation hearings to be defense secretary.
Once Daschle left the Senate, after his 2004 defeat to Republican John Thune, he remained prominent in senatorial circles.
Senate Democrats named the headquarters of their campaign committee after him, and in March 2005, on the day that he signed a $1 million-a-year contract to join InterMedia Advisers, a private equity firm, almost every Senate Democrat turned out to a 400-person party at the National Building Museum in Daschle's honor.
"I got in the car to come over here tonight," Daschle said at the party, "and then a few minutes later, Linda got in the car. We sat there a couple of minutes. Then Linda said, 'If this car is going to get us there, you better get in the driver's seat.' "
Daschle has become a major financial backer of Democratic campaigns. Last year he wrote more than $40,000 worth of personal checks to benefit Senate candidates. He and his wife, Linda Hall Daschle, donated over the past two years to at least 14 senators who will be tasked with voting on his confirmation.
On Jan. 6 -- four days after he paid the back taxes -- Daschle was on the Senate floor for swearing-in day. He even buried a political hatchet by making his first public appearance with Thune since the 2004 campaign, as both men escorted Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) down the aisle to be sworn in for his third term.
And on Monday, when Daschle walked into the Capitol, he was treated like a returning hero. As he headed to a meeting with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) pulled him aside for a private conversation lasting several minutes. A line of senators -- having just voted on Geithner's nomination -- were leaving the building but stopped to greet Daschle, including Harkin, Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).
Few, if any, knew what Daschle had just endured that afternoon: a 2 1/2 -hour grilling by bipartisan Senate Finance Committee staff members investigating his tax issues.
Sources said Daschle was "cool as a cucumber" during the interview. With his accountant on speakerphone from South Dakota, Daschle explained how he realized that his use of a car and driver provided by the private equity firm he works for might be construed as a financial benefit.
As Daschle was being interviewed by the staff, 34 senators opposed Geithner's nomination, including Harkin and three other Democrats -- the largest number of votes against any of Obama's nominees thus far.
Like most of those voting no, Harkin issued a statement that said he could not look past Geithner's "serious errors of judgment in failing to pay his taxes."
Staff writer Joe Stephens contributed to this report.