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A well-balanced diet contains sufficient iron to meet body requirements. About 10% of the normal 10 to 20 mg of dietary iron is absorbed each day, and this is sufficient to balance the 1 to 2 mg daily losses from desquamation of epithelia. Greater iron utilization via growth in childhood, greater iron loss with minor hemorrhages, menstruation in women, and greater need for iron in pregnancy will increase the efficiency of dietary iron absorbtion to 20%.
Iron is mainly absorbed in the duodenum and upper jejunum. A transporter protein called divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) facilitates transfer of iron across the intestinal epithelial cells. DMT1 also facilitates uptake of other trace metals, both good (manganese, copper, cobalt, zinc) and bad (cadmium, lead). Iron within the enterocyte is released via ferroportin into the bloodstream. Iron is then bound in the bloodstream by the transport glycoprotein named transferrin. Both DMT-1 and ferroportin are found in a wide variety of cells involved in iron transport, such as macrophages. (Fuqua et al, 2012)
Normally, about 20 to 45% of transferrin binding sites are filled (the percent saturation). About 0.1% of total body iron is circulating in bound form to transferrin. Most absorbed iron is utilized in bone marrow for erythropoiesis. Membrane receptors on erythroid precursors in the bone marrow avidly bind transferrin. About 10 to 20% of absorbed iron goes into a storage pool in cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system, particularly fixed macrophages, which is also being recycled into erythropoiesis, so there is a balance of storage and use. The trace elements cobalt and manganese are also absorbed and transported via the same mechanisms as iron. (Nemeth, 2008)
Iron absorbtion is regulated by:
Dietary regulator: a short-term increase in dietary iron is not avidly absorbed, as the mucosal cells have accumulated iron and "block" additional uptake.
Stores regulator: as iron stores increase in the liver, the hepatic peptide hepcidin is released that diminishes intestinal mucosal iron ferroportin release and the enterocytes retain any absorbed iron and are sloughed off in a few days; as body iron stores fall, hepcidin diminishes and the intestinal mucosa is signaled to release their absorbed iron into circulation.
The composition of the diet may also influence iron absorbtion. Citrate and ascorbate (in citrus fruits, for example) can form complexes with iron that increase absorbtion, while tannates in tea can decrease absorbtion. The iron in heme found in meat is more readily absorbed than inorganic iron by an unknown mechanism. Non-heme dietary iron can be found in two forms: most is in the ferric form (Fe+++) that must be reduced to the ferrous form (Fe++) before it is absorbed. Duodenal microvilli contain ferric reductase to promote absorbtion of ferrous iron.
Only a small fraction of the body's iron is gained or lost each day. Most of the iron in the body is recycled when old red blood cells are taken out of circulation and destroyed, with their iron scavenged by macrophages in the mononuclear phagocyte system, mainly spleen, and returned to the storage pool for re-use. Iron homeostasis is closely regulated via intestinal absorption. Increased absorption is signaled via decreased hepcidin by decreasing iron stores, hypoxia, inflammation, and erythropoietic activity. The 'set point' for hepcidin synthesis may also be infuenced by the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathway.
Storage iron occurs in two forms:
Iron is initially stored as a protein-iron complex ferritin, but ferritin can be incorporated by phagolysosomes to form hemosiderin granules. There are about 2 gm of iron in the adult female, and up to 6 gm iron in the adult male. About 1.5 to 2 gm of this total is found in red blood cells as heme in hemoglobin, and 0.5 to 1 gm occur as storage iron, mainly in bone marrow, spleen, and liver, with the remainder in myoglobin and in enzymes that require iron.
Laboratory testing for iron may include tests for:
The simplest tests that indirectly give an indication of iron stores are the serum iron and total iron binding capacity, with calculation of the percent transferrin saturation. The serum ferritin correlates well with iron stores, but it can also be elevated with liver disease, inflammatory conditions, and malignant neoplasms. The CBC will also give an indirect measure of iron stores, because the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) can be decreased with iron deficiency. The amount of storage iron for erythropoiesis can be quantified by performing an iron stain on a bone marrow biopsy. Excessive iron stores can be determined by bone marrow and by liver biopsies. (Fleming and Bacon, 2005; Crownover and Covey, 2013)
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HHC) due to mutations in the HFE gene is an autosomal recessive disorder of iron metabolism. The incidence for this form of HHC is between 1:200 and 1:500 for populations of Northern European, Caucasian descent. The genetic defect likely arose in a Celtic population in the early Middle Ages and may have provided a selective advantage to persons living under conditions in which iron deficiency was common and for whom the life expectancy was in the 40's. The gene frequency is as high as 1:9, or 11% of persons with this ancestry. However, cases of HHC can be found in other racial groups, and there is considerable variability in expression of the disease.
Most cases of adult HHC are the result of a single faulty gene on chromosome 6 that codes for a protein called HFE. The HFE protein binds to the transferrin receptor and reduces its affinity for iron-bound transferrin. The two most common mutations are missense mutations, designated C282Y and H63D. The C282Y mutation, a single point mutation with substitution of tyrosine for cysteine at position 282, accounts for most cases of HHC. The exact mechanism for development of HHC is not known, but there appears to be interaction of HFE with transferrin and movement of iron across epithelial surfaces. The mutant HFE does not bind properly to transferrin receptor.
Additional genetic mutations affecting iron absorption include transferrin receptor 2 (TFR2) and hemojuvelin (HJV). Persons with a juvenile form of hemochromatosis often have HJV mutations. The three genes - HFE, TFR2, and HJV - all encode for proteins that affect hepcidin.
The normal total body iron stores may range from 2 to 6 gm, but persons with HHC have much greater stores because they absorb dietary iron at 2 to 3 times the normal rate. Persons with HHC accumulate iron at a rate of 0.5 to 1.0 gm per year. Eventually, their total iron stores may exceed 50 gm. Persons heterozygous for the C282Y mutation have increased levels of transferrin saturation, but rarely have organ damage. Persons homozygous for C282Y are at high risk for HHC. Compound heterozygotes for C282Y/H63D have a milder form of HHC than homozygotes for C282Y. Persons homozygous for H63D are unlikely to develop HHC.
Symptoms of HHC usually develop after 20 gm of iron has accumulated in the body. Thus, men tend to become symptomatic in middle age (40's) and women (because of increased iron loss from menstruation in reproductive years) after menopause (60's). Alcohol consumption can accelerate the effects of iron overload. Persons who abuse alcohol can exhibit hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis almost twice as frequently as non-alcoholic men. It is interesting to note that about 10% of alcoholics with cirrhosis have extensive iron deposition, and this is roughly the frequency of heterozygosity for HHC. The iron deposition associated with chronic alcoholism, however, is typically limited to the liver and not seen extensively in other organs.
Iron deposition in many organs occurs. The excess iron affects organ function, presumably by direct toxic effect. Excessive iron stores exceed the body's capacity to chelate iron, and free iron accumulates. This unbound iron promotes free radical formation in cells, resulting in membrane lipid peroxidation and cellular injury. The major affected organ with complications of HHC are:
All of these complications are much more commonly seen because of other diseases in the population, so without a family history or genetic testing, HHC will not be suspected. It should be noted that, throughout most of human history, the average lifespan was not great enough to allow manifestation of HHC, so the appearance of persons with complications of HHC is a relatively modern phenomenon.
The diagnosis of HHC can be made by screening for transferrin saturation, the most sensitive laboratory test for evaluation of body iron stores, using a cutoff of 45%. Serum ferritin is a good indicator of the amount of storage iron in the body, and gives an indication of liver damage, but lacks specificity because many inflammatory conditions increase ferritin as an acute phase protein. Confirmation of HHC is made by testing for the mutant gene with a blood specimen.
The treatment of HHC is simple: therapeutic phlebotomy to remove excess iron. The most common causes of death in individuals with HHC are hepatocellular carcinoma associated with cirrhosis, hepatic failure, and cardiac failure. There appears to be a subgroup of young patients who present with severe cardiac involvement and in whom outcome is poor as a result of congestive heart failure if they remain untreated. In one series of patients who presented with cardiomyopathy associated with hemochromatosis, therapeutic phlebotomy improved the prognosis in 70%; untreated patients had a worsening of their condition and mean survival of only one year.
The gene associated with HHC is located on chromosome 6. This locus is associated with the HLA A-3 antigen. Seventy percent of HHC individuals have the HLA A-3 genotype, whereas it is present in only 25% of normal individuals. HFE gene testing for the C282Y mutation is a cost-effective method of screening relatives of patients with herediatary hemochromatosis. Measurement of transferrin saturation and ferritin are less specific methods of screening. Early diagnosis and institution of therapeutic phlebotomy can prevent the above manifestations and normalize life expectancy, but once organ damage is established, many of the manifestations are irreversible. (Crownover and Covey, 2013; Kanwar and Kowdley, 2014)
The following images illustrate findings with hereditary hemochromatosis:
The most common dietary deficiency worldwide is iron, affecting half a billion persons. However, this problem affects women and children more. A growing child is increasing the red blood cell mass, and needs additional iron. Women of reproductive age who are menstruating require double the amount of iron that men do, but normally the efficiency of iron absorbtion from the gastrointestinal tract can increase to meet this demand. Also, a developing fetus draws iron from the mother, totaling 200 to 300 mg at term, so extra iron is needed in pregnancy. An infant requires formula with 4 - 12 mg/L of iron. Iron in breast milk is more readily absorbed.
Of course, hemorrhage will increase the iron need to replace lost RBC's. Aside from trauma, the most common form of pathologic blood loss is via the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal lesions that can bleed include: ulcers, carcinomas, hemorrhoids, and inflammatory disorders. Also, ingestion of aspirin will increase occult blood loss in the GI tract. A disease that could impair iron absorbtion would be celiac disease (sprue). Hence, in adults with iron deficiency, endoscopic procedures may be indicated to find the gastrointestinal source of bleeding.
The end result of decreased dietary iron, decreased iron absorbtion, or blood loss is iron deficiency anemia. This anemia is characterized by a decreased amount of hemoglobin per RBC, so the mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH). There is reduced size of red blood cells, so that the mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is lower. Hence, this is a hypochromic microcytic anemia . Also, the serum iron will be decreased, while the serum iron binding capacity is somewhat increased, so that the percent transferrin saturation is much lower than normal--perhaps only 5 to 10%. Serum soluble transferrin receptors will increase (though persons living at the altitude of Denver, Colorado [the 'mile high' city] or above and persons of African ancestry have slightly higher values, too). (Andrews, 1999; Clark, 2009)
The following images illustrate findings with iron deficiency:
This is the most common anemia in hospitalized persons. It is a condition in which there is impaired utilization of iron, without either an absolute deficiency or an excess of iron. The probable defect is a cytokine-mediated blockage in transfer of iron from the storage pool to the erythroid precursors in the bone marrow. The defect is either inability to free the iron from macrophages or to load it onto transferrin. Inflammatory cytokines also depress erythropoiesis, either from action on erythroid precursors or from erythropoietin levels proportionately too low for the degree of anemia.
Inflammatory conditions release cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) that stimulate hepatic production of hepcidin. Iron absorption is reduced when hepcidin levels increase. Hepcidin also decreases release of iron from stores in macrophages.
The result is a normochromic, normocytic anemia in which total serum iron is decreased, but iron binding capacity is reduced as well, resulting in a somewhat decreased saturation, but increased ferritin. Serum soluble transferrin receptors will be unaffected by chronic disease states. Anemia of chronic disease is addressed by treating the underlying condition. (Cullis, 2011)
Disease processes that may lead to anemia of chronic disease can include:
Excessive iron can accumulate acutely or chronically.
Iron Poisoning: Acute iron poisoning is mainly seen in children. A single 300 mg tablet (or 11 of the more commonly sold 27 mg tablets) of ferrous sulfate will contain 60 mg of elemental iron. Toxicity producing gastrointestinal symptoms, including vomiting and diarrhea, occurs with ingestion of 20 mg of elemental iron per kg of body weight. If enough iron is ingested and absorbed, about 60 mg per kg body weight, systemic toxicity occurs. Toxicity results when free iron not bound to transferrin appears in the blood and leads to formation of free radicals that poison cellular mitochondria and uncouple oxidative phosphorylation. This free iron can damage blood vessels and produce vasodilation with increased vascular permeability, leading to hypotension and metabolic acidosis. In addition, excessive iron damage to mitochondria causes lipid peroxidation, manifested mainly as renal and hepatic damage.
Early signs of iron poisoning within 6 hours include vomiting and diarrhea, fever, hyperglycemia, and leukocytosis. Later signs include hypotension, metabolic acidosis, lethargy, seizures, and coma. Hyperbilirubinemia and elevated liver enzymes suggest liver injury, while proteinuria and appearance of tubular cells in urine suggest renal injury.
Chronic Iron Overload: This can occur in patients who receive multiple transfusions for anemias caused by anything other than blood loss. Patients with congenital anemias may require numerous transfusions for many years. Each unit of blood has 250 mg of iron.
Ineffective Erythropoiesis: Increased iron absorbtion can occur in certain types of anemia in which there is destruction of erythroid cells within the marrow, not peripheral destruction. This phenomenon signals the erythroid regulator to continually call for more iron absorbtion. These conditions include: thalassemias, congenital dyserythropoietic anemias, and sideroblastic anemias. (Madiwale and Liebelt, 2006)
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The Gorchakov Fund took part in a discussion about problems of young compatriots living abroad during forum "Eurasia"
A public meeting of the intergovernmental Council for Youth Affairs under the Governmental Commission for Compatriots Living Abroad was held during International Youth Educational Forum "Eurasia" as part of the session "The Community of Young Russian Compatriots Living Abroad".
Press Secretary of the National Youth Council of Russia Natalia Marchan informed about that event.
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Forum "Eurasia" is taking place on September 4-10 in Orenburg. The goal of the forum is to develop an international communications platform for friendly, professional and humanitarian cooperation among young people from countries of the Eurasian continent united by ideas of the Russian world.
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Hair Balls traveled to a high school football game this weekend with a native Pennsylvanian to see how high school football in that state matches up against high school football in Texas. We went to Rosenberg to watch a Saturday night match up between the B.F. Terry Rangers and the Bay City Blackcats.
In our first 4-A game of the year, Terry beat a struggling Bay City 17-0 in a fairly uneventful night. But the game was Terry's homecoming and, apart from our first week in Katy, it was the largest home crowd we've seen at a game, surprising for a Saturday night.
We were told that the game play didn't look much different than an average game in Pennsylvania. (It might not mean much, but there are more professional football players from one high school in Pittsburgh than any one high school in Texas. Pennsylvania, however, doesn't crack the Top 10 in professional players per capita, where Texas is ranked ninth.) But, judging from Saturday night's game, there were several areas where things don't match up.
1. Stadium. The game was at Guy K. Traylor Stadium, a 12,000-seat facility in Rosenberg. It's a little bigger than most stadiums in Pennsylvania, but not much. Our companion, however, had never seen anything like Ken Hall Stadium in Fort Bend County. The differences were that tracks around the field aren't common in Pennsylvania, and fans there are allowed to watch the games from the grass surrounding the field, in front of the stands. Also, "I've never seen a concession stand under the bleachers."
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2. Halftime. Both Terry and Bay City put on nice halftime performances, complete with large bands, drill teams and flag corps. Apparently, that's not the norm at every high school in Pennsylvania. "All we have are cheerleaders and a band," we were told.
3. Homecoming. Terry's homecoming wasn't the most outlandish we've ever seen, but there were plenty of gaudy mums and garters hanging from dresses and button-up shirts. We can't speak for every high school in Pennsylvania, but at Pennridge High School outside of Philadelphia, there isn't a homecoming dance and they don't wear mums or garters. "It looks like a lot more money goes into all this."
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However, we noticed that when we would visit certain families our children came home wired. Or if they watched certain programs on TV they would be hyper. They were not usually hyper in anyway nor did we encourage it. What we began to realize was that because the children were wide open to outside influences, their behavior mirrored the children we visited or the program they watched.
The solution to having the children back to normal is simple. We discovered the word "renounce". What a great word!! The dictionary definition of renounce means to give up ownership of. In Matthew 16:24 Jesus said to his disciples that we should renounce self; in Luke 14:33 we are told to renounce all we have. We are to renounce ungodliness, shameful ways and all wickedness. Titus 2:11,12 says: "For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age." The grace of God actually is training us to renounce. We need to train our children up in the way they should go and when they are old they will not depart from it!
Therefore, we would have the children renounce the children, or the TV program and the spirit of disobedience, rebellion and hype. Then we would bind the spirits and command then to leave the kids. Then we would loose peace and obedience and ask the Holy Spirit to fill them.
This practice became routine for us when the children were young. We would literally leave a place, get in the car and say to the children repeat after me..."I renounce..." Your children need you to protect their spirit, as you should your own. Children are vulnerable. Just like there are predators in the natural there are in the spirit. You want to maintain a clean and sweet spirit in your child, one that is open to the Holy Spirit working in their lives. If these thing are unchecked, your child can be harassed and be exhibiting behavior that is not normally who they are.
This principle of renouncing is true for people, places and things. Jesus said to his disciples that they needed to renounce themselves and follow him. What does that mean. How can I give myself up? You are giving up your desires, your life and saying God you know better than me what's best for me.
When we have moved cities or nations and left people and places we love behind how can we get on with what we are called to do in the new place? We renounce them as we leave. We thank God for each one and the wonderful blessing they are but then we renounce them, i.e., give up any ownership of them and give them back to God. We want God to work to will and do of his good pleasure in their lives and so we pray that.
One time one of our kids came home from university. After being back for about two weeks they spoke to us and said they were having real difficulty settling back into their home city, work and church. After praying they realized they had not renounced the city, university and church from the other city. Once that was done they were able to say now I take hold of everything God has for me here at this time. With that revelation and prayer the longing for the one place left and the joy of being home returned.
This is a powerful principle that Jesus taught his disciples. We use this truth most days of our life. We want people to be free from us and us from them. When we are grateful for who they are, bless them and give them back to God, we are free!
Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower." (Luke 14:33) So therefore whomever of you who doesn't renounce all that he has, he can't be my disciple. (WEB ASV RSV)


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Ramrock Red Records are delighted to introduce Waterson; a multi-faceted artist, producer, songwriter, composer and bon viveur par excellence who teams up here on the 'Ego' EP with legendary music producer/remixer, Ashley Beedle. With over 4 million streams of his 2015 'Tell Me' dance classic, Waterson is currently enjoying massive BBC Radio1 exposure on Annie Mac + Nemone's radio shows with his collaboration with remix giant KDA and their track 'Scars'.
'Ego' is Waterson's first single, taken from a selection of new musical outings with Ashley Beedle - he explains, "this track is about the battle between ambition and inner peace. I became interested in the idea of having to drop my own ego to move forward with my craft, dispensing with the 'false self' and allowing the 'real me' to evolve - the lyrics developed during this process".
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So you don't have any clue about the industry you're about to step into or maybe you've never run your own business before. You want to cut some corners so you start asking anyone and everyone for help and advice.
All of a sudden everyone has an opinion or some nuggets of advice to share with you. I'm talking about your uncle, mother, neighbour, friend of a friend, or guy on the bus.
I remember not knowing where to start when I wanted to get my home kitchen registered to safely bake cupcakes and sell them at the markets. So I started asking around… to the wrong people. I was getting answers such as, "Oh I heard it's really hard to get your home kitchen registered and it will cost tens of thousands of dollars," and, "I think you don't need to register your home kitchen if you make less than a few hundred dollars a week." WRONG. Boy would I have been in some deep poop if I had listened to people that had never done it before!
Not satisfied with any of the advice I was receiving, I decided to do my own ground work and called up the local council. It was actually quite a surprise when I found out that it wasn't all that hard and it didn't cost me tens of thousands of dollars. I also would have been in a pickle if I didn't register my home kitchen and decided to sell my baked goods anyway. After that experience, I decided that I would no longer ask for advice to those that have never been there, done that. It would be a waste of their breath and a waste of my time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't talk about your idea or your business with people around you. I'm just saying, if you need really solid advice, go to people who you know are complete experts in that area. Also don't underestimate the power of finding the answer for yourself.
Here are a few of strategies that might help when you're stuck with not knowing what to do.
1. Google is your friend.
Okay, so this may sound like a no-brainer but sometimes you need to point out the obvious. Do your research, call up the council, do your reading and don't be lazy.
2. Ask someone who is an expert.
This means someone that hasn't just only done it once, but over and over again. This also might be tricky as highly skilled people are often highly sought after. Being only human, they only have 24 hours in a day, so it might be hard to convince them why they should spend an hour telling you their life's learnings when they could be having fun on their yacht. There is a certain skill you need to have when you're asking for their time.
Firstly, you need to know what etiquette is and make sure that you really value their time. Know the questions you want to ask them and come prepared. Ensure you make it as easy for them as possible to meet up with you – meaning that it should be up to them for the date/time/location. Oh, and if you invite them for a coffee, make sure you offer to pay for it. Be grateful for their advice and keep them updated on your progress. It makes it easier for them to know you really value their advice and they'll be more willing to provide you with more words of wisdom.
3. Remember you are unique and you need to fail.
You don't need to ask for advice to find the answer and if no one has encountered the problem before and documented it on Google, it doesn't mean that you're doomed. Every person is unique and every situation is different. So do what you can, fail and try again. The worst thing you can do is not do anything at all.
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Robert Barnwell Rhett
Nickname: "The Great Secessionist"
Barnwell Rhett, as he preferred to be called, was so radical that John C. Calhoun and ogh:Augustine Smith Clayton urged him to abandon his inflammatory political rhetoric in favor of a peaceful settlement during the Nullification Crisis. Unlike Calhoun, Rhett had claimed that South Carolina had but two choices, resist or submit. Calhoun was trying to work out a solution where the Union was preserved, as was state's rights.
Born Robert Barnwell Smith in Beaufort, South Carolina, Rhett changed his name in 1837, when he decided to seek election to national office because Rhett was more aristocratic than Smith (it was also the name of a sometime slave trader in his ancestry). He was raised on his father's plantation and learned to read and write thanks to his grandmother. Although he started college he did not finish - his father needed help running the plantation. He began a law firm with his cousin, Robert Barnwell, in Colleton District. In 1826 he was elected to the South Carolina legislature and shortly thereafter married.
One of his first exposures to radical thinking was in a series of essays by South Carolina nullificationist Robert Turnbull titled The Crisis. Another major influence was Thomas Cooper, a lawyer, scientist, and philosopher who left England because of his radical views. He found a comfortable home in Charleston (and became President of South Carolina College), where his views were openly discussed.
Even before Calhoun sparked the Nullification Crisis, Barnwell Rhett was stirring the sedition pot claiming protective tariffs were illegal under the U. S. Constitution. Rhett, a strict constructionist, believed that any power not specifically granted to the federal government in the Constitution remained with the state. He narrowly interpreted the government's right to tariff to raise money as not including protective tariffs.
By 1830 Rhett had begun openly comparing Southerners as slaves to an out of control federal government and advocating secession to remedy the problem. When a state convention was called to determined the course of action for South Carolina, Calhoun asked Rhett to tone down his rhetoric. Although the fiery orator did, it was only for a short period during the convention. Faced with a lack of support from other southern states, a federal threat of invasion backed by the presence of Winfield Scott, and a Compromise Tariff then winding its way through Congress the South Carolina convention voted to disavow nullification.
Within a year Rhett was again advocating Revolution with statements like "What, sir, has Carolina ever obtained great or free, but by Revolution?" He also argued that only slaveholders understood what it was like to be "the creature of the will of others," which echoed well in the ears of his supporters, coastal plantation owners. Later Barnwell Rhett would claim he converted to secessionist in 1844, however, as early as 1833 he was calling for an independent South.
When Rhett entered the U. S. House in 1836 radical Anti-Slavery societies had begun presenting abolitionist petitions to northern congressmen. At the time, constituent petitions were read to Congress, but the abolitionist petitions were becoming burdensome. Originally simply a House resolution, the gag rule regarding these anti-slavery petitions became a rule in 1840 and continued as House Rule 21, House Rule 23 and House Rule 25 until 1844, when the ban was lifted.
Among his earliest political efforts was an attempt to take slavery out of the national political arena. He called for an amendment restricting federal authorities from making laws on slavery for Washington D. C. and new territories. A second amendment would extend west the line established by the Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820). Finally, he proposed a ban on the discussion of slavery at a federal level.
When all three died a quick death, Rhett again called for disunion. Rhett's star would continue to grow. Calhoun had come to respect the radical views of Rhett, as had some other southerners. His brother-in-law became editor of the Charleston Mercury and a colleague, Franklin Elmore controlled the South Carolinian in the state capital, Columbia.
Rhett's popularity in his U. S. House district did not translate into popularity in the South Carolina state assembly. When John C. Calhoun resigned his Senate seat in 1842 (effective date March 3, 1843) to run for President, the South Carolina senate voted not to replace him with Barnwell Rhett but Daniel Elliott Huger, who opposed nullification. Although Barnwell did return to the House, many viewed his career as being over.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Calhoun, unable to secure a Senate seat for Rhett, chose him as campaign manager. As the convention grew close, Democrats eschewed both Calhoun and Martin Van Buren in favor of James Polk. Once Calhoun had lost, Rhett once again took aim at the federal government. One of the facets of solving the Nullification Crisis was the so-called Compromise Tariff of 1833, hammered out by Calhoun and Henry Clay. In 1842 the Whigs, aided by some Northern Democrats, managed to pass the Tariff of 1842 (Rhett and many southerners called it the Black Tariff) and convinced President John Tyler to sign the bill. On July 31, 1844 Barnwell Rhett, speaking to 500 people beneath what is known to this day at the "Secession Oak," called for the nullification of the act or secession from the United States in Bluffton, South Carolina.
John Calhoun was unwilling to support the movement and it quickly died. Rhett unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1844, when he returned to Congress, became noted as one of a few in the House that voted against James Polk's resolution to go to war with Mexico. The Election of 1848 saw Calhoun and Rhett go their separate ways. Calhoun supported eventual winner Zachary Taylor while Rhett supported loser Lewis Cass because Taylor, according to Rhett, had little to interest the Southerner. Rhett became convinced that the election of Taylor meant an end to slavery.
When Taylor openly backed the admission of California it seemed as if Rhett's dire prediction had come true. Then in March, 1850, John Calhoun died. Barnwell Rhett decided to try an entirely different tact, remaining virtually silent at the Nashville Convention. He did pen the Address of the Convention, accusing the North of meddling with slavery for 14 years. And although the convention decided to support the Union, he believed that it moved the South in the direction of secession.
After leaving the convention Rhett tried to unite secessionists under the common banner of a political party. In August, 1850, Rhett formed the short-lived Southern National party in Macon, GA, but failure turned to victory when the South Carolina assembly elected Rhett to the Senate. His changing rhetoric included attempts to brand abolitionists as degrading to a Southerner's dignity and claiming that South Carolina was "ruled by the North." He began to sense that the Compromise of 1850 was moving South Carolina away from secession and asked the governor to seize federal forts. Wisely, the governor refused.
That October, in an election for a state convention, the cooperationists won an easy victory. When the convention completed the following April it declared that South Carolina had a right to secede but it would not. The findings made Rhett resign his Senate seat and devote full time to the cause of secession - but don't call it that. The pro-Union fervor sweeping the nation had swept through South Carolina and only a few men wanted to be known as secessionists.
The early 1850's were a strange time for Rhett, combining bad, worse and better in a strange elixir that he was forced to partake. His wife Elizabeth died in December, 1852, but he was blessed to find his second wife Catherine a few years later. His namesake son ran into several bad years on his plantation. A cancer on his nose was misdiagnosed and not removed. Through it all he continued to espouse the right of secession.
Kansas and Nebraska developments intrigued the former Senator. Rhett supported the bill, but by 1856 it was just another reason for secession as Southerners were murdered by Unionists (note the switch from abolitionists). Once his son's plantation woes were in the past, Rhett purchased the Charleston Mercury and let the son run it. Young Rhett was little different from Barnwell Rhett, Sr. in his stand on secession. One thing Young Rhett did do was deny other fire-eaters access to the newspaper.
Rhett warned it would be impossible for the North to leave the South in peace on July 4, 1858. He felt that an independent South held the best future for the Southern states and he proposed extending the borders of the nation further south to include the Caribbean and Brazil. He also pointed out that the North would try to impose its will on the South. When John Brown struck at Harper's Ferry Barnwell Rhett's words seemed prophetic.
It also seemed to be destiny that the 1860 Democratic National Convention was scheduled to be in Charleston. Rhett believed that the only way to form an independent South was to have a "Black Republican" elected. He felt that with Seward (he was the leading candidate at the time) as President at least three southern states would secede and set out to influence others, specifically William Porcher Mills and William Lowndes Yancey to do the dirty work. Rhett wrote Mills and openly declared the goal of the fire-eaters should be to splinter the Democratic Party. Mills agreed and began working to that end.
Yancey resurrected his Alabama Platform, a southern response to the Wilmot Proviso first introduced at the Democratic Convention of 1848, and had it passed by the rules committee making it the majority platform. When it reached the floor Douglas supporters voted the platform down, which was enough to send Yancy storming out of the convention with delegations of 7 southern states behind him. Rhett served as a member of the South Carolina delegation to the Richmond Convention. Delegates in Richmond decided to return to a new Democratic Convention that June in Baltimore and see it anything had changed. The Alabama Platform was rejected and once again Southerners walked out. They selected John C. Breckinridge as the Southern Democratic candidate in Richmond later in June.
No one could have been happier with the outcome of The Election of 1860, nor with the reaction of South Carolina than Rhett. Soon six states had seceded and decided to meet in Montgomery, Alabama. The Convention of Seceding States had Rhett in an unusual position. With the exception of the Georgia delegates (Alexander Stephens, Howell Cobb and Robert Toombs), Rhett was the best known man at the convention. He held that the state had not given the delegation the authority to create a country.
Although he lost that battle (even his own cousin, South Carolina delegate Robert Barnwell, disagreed) he proposed a series of changes to the Confederate Constitution. Each was rejected in turn. When discussions turned to who would be President of the Confederacy Rhett's name was one discussed, but his radical fire-eater views made him unacceptable to many. In the end, the new Confederacy had very little of Robert Barnwell Rhett in it.
Rhett did continue commenting on the Confederacy, and of course, Jefferson Davis. A purist on all things Confederate, early in the war the Senate voted to appropriate money to build an important link in the railroad system. In Rhett's mind, that was not a function of government but of free enterprise.
Returning to South Carolina, Rhett began to discover that the new country really didn't need his radical views. He ended his political career in June, 1862. Following his retirement he attacked the Confederate government as he had the United States. His most frequent target continued to be Davis. After the war he tried to continue writing, but little was ever published. In 1876 he succumbed to cancer, that had spread from the small tumor on his nose to throughout his body. After his death in Louisiana his body was returned to Charleston, where it is buried today in an unmarked grave.
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ORLANDO, Fla. — With Mr. McMahon Appreciation Day approaching very quickly this coming Monday night on a special three-hour Raw, the WWE Chairman's apparent descent into madness reached a new dark depth on Friday Night SmackDown. And unfortunately for the SmackDown Superstars, no one was safe.
The Chairman's night of nervous prostration began on his first-ever appearance on the World Heavyweight Champion's controversial talk segment, The Cutting Edge. The Rated-R Superstar appeared a little uneasy about his guest selection as Mr. McMahon began speaking in bizarre tongues of "evil" and "valleys of the shadow." Nonetheless, the patronizing, sycophantic host sided with the Chairman and stroked his billion-dollar ego. (WATCH)
"The reason I am in this ring is because of you…You still have your empire. You still have all your money. In the squared circle of life, Mr. McMahon, you…are a World Champion," Edge stated as he strew the World Heavyweight Championship onto the boss' suited lap.
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Perhaps the most appalling display of his increasing dementia was his encounter with Ashley in the locker room area. Moments before Matt Hardy's Handicap Match against WWE Tag Team Champion Deuce & Domino, Mr. McMahon spoke with Hardy about the former World Tag Team Champion's strenuous week (thanks to the Chairman). Mid-conversation, the coffee-sipping Chairman was accidentally crashed into by Ashley as she attempted to chase rival Diva Jillian in the halls of the Amway Center. (WATCH)
"I feel terrible," Ashley repeated as she offered to even get the mad billionaire's clothes dry cleaned.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The Air Force has notified Congress that it plans to do away with a group of transport planes based at Fort Bragg.
The 440th Airlift Wing flies C-130 aircraft that support training at Fort Bragg, but military leaders said they can meet training requirements for 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers without having a dedicated fleet of planes at the post's Pope Airfield.
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The Air Force first targeted the 440th Airlift Wing for deactivation two years ago, but members of North Carolina's congressional delegation put up a stiff fight to keep the unit in operation. On Friday, Republican U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis blasted the decision to remove C-130s from Fort Bragg.
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"I am surprised and deeply disappointed with the Army's decision to acquiesce to the Air Force's strategy for how they will complete training at Fort Bragg," Tillis said in a statement. "Now, the burden is on the Fort Bragg commanders to demonstrate to Congress and the Fayetteville community that they have not jeopardized the needs of the Global Response Force to placate the reckless desires of budget cutters in the Pentagon."
The move means the majority of Air Force Reserves members in the unit will have to find jobs at other military installations and move their families to those locations.
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Removing Outstanding AR Balance after 90 Days
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Is it possible to create logic in Zuora that when a customer is delinquent for longer than 90 days that this balance is ultimately written off using an Invoice Item Adjustment automatically. Unfortunately, this is a very manual part of our business - writing off balances each week, and I would like to find a way to automate if there is a solution that anybody knows about.
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- That Obama "robbed" Medicare of $700 Billion: Mostly False.
First things first: Neither Obama nor his health care law literally cut a dollar amount from the Medicare program's budget.
Rather, the health care law instituted a number of changes to try to bring down future health care costs in the program. At the time the law was passed, those reductions amounted to $500 billion over the next 10 years.
What kind of spending reductions are we talking about? They were mainly aimed at insurance companies and hospitals, not beneficiaries. The law makes significant reductions to Medicare Advantage, a subset of Medicare plans run by private insurers. Medicare Advantage was started under President George W. Bush, and the idea was that competition among the private insurers would reduce costs. But in recent years the plans have actually cost more than traditional Medicare. So the health care law scales back the payments to private insurers.
- That Ryan includes the same reductions in his budget plan: True.
Does Ryan's budget keep the reductions in Medicare spending? The short answer is yes.
Here's what Ryan said in an interview with George Stephanopolous of ABC News in June, before his selection as Romney's running mate:
Stephanopoulos: "You know, several independent fact-checkers have taken a look at that claim, the $500 billion in Medicare cuts, and said that it's misleading. And in fact, by that accounting, your budget, your own budget, which Gov. Romney has endorsed, would also have $500 billion in Medicare cuts.
Ryan: "Well, our budget keeps that money for Medicare to extend its solvency. What Obamacare does is it takes that money from Medicare to spend on Obamacare. ..." (Read the full exchange.)
So Ryan has confirmed his budget includes the Medicare savings.
August 16, 2012
Now, On That $716 Billion
4 comments:
- Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...
I remember back in the 90s when the Republicans tried to reduce the rate of increase in the budget and the Democrat demagogued it as cuts.
Laughing now that the shoe is on the other foot.
- August 16, 2012 at 8:39 AM
- EdHeath said...
HTTT, you mean the nineties when Bill Clinton ran surpluses?
Are you saying healthcare costs should be increased? Are you trying to contribute anything useful to the discussion? Next time you whine about police unions, I will remind you when you laughed at the idea of the idea of adding to the national debt, 'kay?
- August 16, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™ said...
you mean the nineties when Bill Clinton ran surpluses
when he had a Republican Congress. And the Democrats screaming we have a surplus, we can spend more on Social Programs.
As for police unions, do you support banning people from suing the Police for misconduct to save Police departments money paid out in settlements?
- August 16, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- EdHeath said...
So apparently the Republicans did more than just "try" to reduce the rate of increase, they apparently succeeded. And the Democratic President signed the budget into law, so not all Democrats "screamed".
As for police unions, I have never, ever said anything about banning people from suing police departments for the misconduct of one or more of their officers. As usual you make shit up.
What I don't support is the banning of trade unions, both public and private, which when I have asked you in the past about you have pretty said that is what you support. That and the elimination of all benefits for police and a reduction in their pay (probably to minimum wage, if you had your way). Because the people who were/are willing to run into the burning twin towers, many to their death, are blood sucking union leeches who are trying to take money from the rich, the real true patriotic Americans. According to you.
- August 17, 2012 at 12:15 PM


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Senate passes Farm Bill with energy programs intact
The U.S. Senate passed its version of the Farm Bill in a 64-35 vote on June 21 after considering more than 70 amendments and completing the floor debate in a timely fashion not often experienced in Congress as of late. The bill offers a reason for biofuel stakeholders to celebrate, at least temporarily, as the Senate agreed to retain energy title programs and provide mandatory funding for those programs for the next five years as passed earlier this year in the Senate Agriculture Committee's version of the bill.
Agriculture Energy Coalition released a statement applauding the Senate for reauthorizing energy title programs, which include the Renewable Energy for America Program, the Biorefinery Assistance Program and the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, and said their continued funding will continue to expand rural economies and create jobs. "These programs have been successful in supporting the growth of new renewable industries, creating markets for U.S. agriculture and saving energy," the group said in its statement. "We urge members of the House, which is currently considering energy legislation, to quickly take up and pass the Farm Bill and its energy title."
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said the Senate's Farm Bill provides the most significant reform to farm programs in decades. "This bill was developed through bipartisan collaboration, passed committee with broad bipartisan support, and we have now passed a bipartisan bill that supports 16 million American jobs," she said in a statement. "It is heartening to earn support from both sides on a major bill that cuts spending and helps create jobs. Passage of this bill shows that when people come together, Congress can still get things done."
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- Biorefinery Assistance Program - $150 million annually
- Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels - $20 million per year
- Rural Energy for America Program - $20 million per year. Any funds remaining in the repealed Repowering Assistance Program will also be transferred to REAP.
- Biomass Research and Development Initiative - $30 million annually
- Biomass Crop Assistance Program - $20 million annually
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Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., is a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and co-sponsored the amendment that restored energy title funding to the 2012 Farm Bill. A co-author of the two previous Farm Bills, Conrad praised his fellow senators for passing a fiscally responsible bill that reduces the deficit by $23 billion. He shared the responsibility for retaining energy title funding with committee member Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., who co-sponsored the amendment. "We are spending almost a billion dollars every day importing foreign energy," Conrad said in a statement. "We should instead be investing that money in developing new ways to produce energy right here at home."
Farm Bill attention now turns to the House, which has yet to markup its version of the bill. A bipartisan group of representatives sent a letter to leaders of the House Committee on Agriculture to request that they retain energy program funding, but it is unclear whether the majority of committee members support those programs, or when the committee will produce its bill. Once the House committee has finished its mark-up session, the bill will be brought to the House floor for debate and then deliberated in conference committees before it can be passed into law. The current Farm Bill expires on Sept. 30.


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Yo Yo Honey Singh: A vulgar obsession or our own creation?
(WARNING: Post contains graphic language. Reader discretion is advised. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author, and not necessarily of Thomson Reuters)
The gang rape and death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi this month has sparked debates on many things from an Indian society centered on the well being of men to the tendency of Bollywood films to portray women largely as mothers or sex objects. Now, some of that criticism is sticking to Punjabi rap star Honey Singh.
Singh, whom the Indian media have called a youth icon, is facing calls for a ban on his New Year's Eve performance at a hotel in Gurgaon, the massive suburb southwest of Delhi — and as this blog post heads out the door, NDTV reports that the show indeed has been cancelled.
Singh's detractors say that some of his songs are misogynistic and promote a permissive and casual attitude to sexual assault.
I happen to agree. Here's a sample:
Aja teri ch**t maroon
Tere sir se chu***y ka bhoot utaroon
Cho***ey key baad tujhe jutey maroon
Tere mooh main apna lo** dey key mo** maroon (yeah)
Loose translation of this in English would be:
Come let me f**k you,
Let me get lust off your head
Let me beat you up with my shoes after f**king u
Let me come in your mouth
Why would a democracy ban artistic expression? I know that we have a censor board for film and television, but banning the artist doesn't diminish the market's desire for the product. Opposing the attitude toward women in Singh's lyrics means asking for a refund for your ticket to his show, or simply not showing up. It means not buying more of his music or watching films in which it appears.
I tried to contact Honey Singh via Twitter and e-mail to know what he thinks about the ongoing controversy. However, the requests remain unanswered at the time of posting this blog.
But more significantly, I want to know why this is coming up today. Indian kids have been grooving to songs like "Ch**t" ("Cu*t") for years. Did it take a woman being raped, beaten and partially disemboweled to wake up these kids, many of whom are protesting the attitude of millions upon millions of people who think about as much of a woman as the title of that song? Did anyone ever think that nearly seven years of that message seeping into the ears of the people, especially men who harass women, was doing slow damage on its own?
A recent local media report said Singh's was the most popular music on YouTube. Another website said he received 7 million rupees (more than $127,000) for a Bollywood song, apparently the first singer ever to be signed for such a high fee.
This is because the people with the paycheck have made a bet, and not all that risky a one, that people like you and I want to hear him. That's true. He's a celebrity because lots of people like his work. They think it's fun to dance to. Here's a sample.
Maybe the Indian public is having its version of a "Sister Souljah moment".
Some of the talk on Twitter suggests that people should spend their time looking at other ways to deal with the problem of how India treats women. Ashish Shakya (@stupidusmaximus) tweeted "You guys are giving Honey Singh way too much importance. He's inconsequential. Let's talk about something else. Muffins?"
"Honey Singh is the new Sachin Tendulkar," said Saurabh Malhotra (@CricMS). To be blamed for everything totally irrelevant to him".
Honey Singh, above all else, is one more piece of the puzzle that India must solve to radically and quickly update its fundamental views toward women. One of the ways to do that is to think about why we can separate our desire for social justice from our desire to listen to songs called "Ch**t."
It might be a good question for Singh to ask himself. Here's his tweet from Dec. 29 about the rape case: "#RIPDAMINI – ashamed to be an Indian where the BIGGEST democracy in the world can't PROTECT our women!!" The artist has discovered irony.
Jan. 1
Following angry reactions to offensive lyrics of the track "Ch**t", Honey Singh's lawyer issued a statement Monday on the singer's behalf.
"Honey Singh wishes to clarify through this notice that he has no connection whatsoever with the said songs. My client has already written to various digital platforms to immediately take down the video/songs and is also considering appropriate legal action for defamation, loss of reputation and violation of privacy". (Read here)
Left unanswered in the coverage that we've seen so far is whether Singh and his team are saying that he didn't even sing the song. We're trying to find out, and will update as soon as possible.
Jan. 2
Singh, meanwhile, says he's making a new kind of honey. The rapper tweeted, "
#HoneySinghIsInnocent – trend if you're with me! I've admitted that my past was a wrong choice but now I deliver completely different music!"
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The sad truth is that the majority of women being raped are ethnic minorities: Tamils, Nepali's, Tibetans, Muslims, etc…The majority Brahmin Hindu class make sure to oppress those of different races or religions.
Nepali, Tibetan, and Muslim people have no rights in India and their women are easy targets for rapists.
Hey honey singh but u have to think bot ur family too tomorrow u too ll have daughters and if sumone sings ur song in front of them wont u mind that.
Do you have statistical data to support your assertion? Your implication is that the "majority" Brahmin class is responsible for responsible for these terrible crimes against women. First, is this true?
Second, Brahmins are not, and never have been, in any sort of majority. According to a study done by India's Center for the Study of Developing Societies, presumably based on the 2000 census, Brahmins constitute 5% of India http://online.wsj.com/article/SB11988938 7595256961.html
Ravi, wheresmolly said that the Brahmins are prejudiced against minorities… so you are off base. While it is wrong to broad brush any group for the sins of a few, if higher caste are using this "class system" to rape with impunity, their culpability is deserved.
A system that makes any man or woman the lesser is the problem here. India lacks humanity and compassion for their fellow man. That happens everywhere but is more pronounced in a caste system.
The disgusting misogyny that many rap singers display is a problem everywhere. This young man's expressions of innocence are laughable, but in this world of hate, our icons are not just less than perfect heroes…or misguided fools… many are manifesting evil.
comparing honey singh with sachin tendulkar is such a bullshit sachin far better than any other indian


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NICE's guidelines on unstable angina and NSTEMI: early management (CG94), myocardial infarction: cardiac rehabilitation and prevention of further cardiovascular disease (CG172) and myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation: acute management (CG167) are being combined and updated. The new guideline will be titled acute coronary syndromes when published.
Guideline development process
How we develop NICE guidelines
This guideline updates and replaces NICE guideline CG48 (May 2007). It also updates recommendation 1.3 in NICE technology appraisal guidance 80 (July 2004).
This guideline was previously called acute heart failure: diagnosing and managing acute heart failure in adults.
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The recommendations in this guideline represent the view of NICE, arrived at after careful consideration of the evidence available. When exercising their judgement, professionals and practitioners are expected to take this guideline fully into account, alongside the individual needs, preferences and values of their patients or the people using their service. It is not mandatory to apply the recommendations, and the guideline does not override the responsibility to make decisions appropriate to the circumstances of the individual, in consultation with them and their families and carers or guardian.
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