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Phenotypic heterogeneity of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults identified by body composition analysis
© Pes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014
- Received: 3 November 2014
- Accepted: 4 November 2014
- Published: 25 November 2014
In patients with Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) a lower body mass index was reported compared with classical type 2 diabetes (T2D), and was found to be associated with a faster progression to insulin-dependence. In this study we determined the body composition in a cohort of LADA patients from Sardinia, Italy, and compared it with age– and gender–matched patients diagnosed as having adult-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) and non-autoimmune T2D.
In 210 LADA patients, 210 T2D patients and 30 adult-onset T1D patients of Sardinian origin we assessed total and segmental body composition (weight-adjusted percent fat mass and lean mass) by using Dual Energy X-rays Absorptiometry (DXA).
In the whole cohort of LADA patients total fat mass was significantly smaller compared with T2D patients (p < 0.0001), while no difference was found between LADA and T1D patients. In LADA men fat depletion involved all body segments, while in LADA women it was observed only in the truncal segment (p < 0.0001), as in the upper and lower regions fat deposits were larger compared to T2D (p < 0.0001). However, LADA women showed a significantly elevated truncal fat compared to T1D women (p < 0.004), whereas no difference was detected in the extremities.
Body composition in LADA patients shows substantial difference, in a gender-dependent way, compared to classic T2D. In women fat deposits tend to accumulate in peripheral regions rather than centrally, whereas in men the distribution is more homogeneous. In addition, central fat depletion in LADA women appears to be a significant predictor of faster progression to insulin dependence. Thus, routine assessment of body composition may help the physician identify LADA patients who require early insulin treatment in order to delay beta-cell exhaustion, as well those with increased CV risk due to excess truncal adiposity.
- Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults
- Body composition
- Insulin dependence
Approximately 5-10% of patients initially diagnosed as having type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus show markers of autoimmunity against pancreatic beta-cells, such as serum antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADAb), tyrosine phosphatase–like protein (I–A2Ab), and islet cell cytoplasmic antigen (ICA) [1]. This form of diabetes, referred to as "latent autoimmune diabetes in adults" (LADA) is often considered a slow-developing form of type 1 diabetes (T1D) [2, 3]. However, many clinical features of LADA, including onset in adult life, absence of ketoacidosis and slower progression towards insulin dependence, resemble more closely T2D than T1D. Similarities with T2D were reported also as regards anthropometric and metabolic data, although literature data are not entirely consistent. Family studies such as the Botnia Study in western Finland [4], which investigated a large cohort of GADAb-positive diabetic patients, reported that average body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, and frequency of hypertension were lower – and the level of HDL cholesterol higher – compared with antibody-negative T2D patients. In contrast, the Diabetes Outcome Progression Trial (ADOPT) study did not find any significant difference between LADA and T2D in regard to BMI, blood pressure, glycated hemoglobin and lipid profile [5]. However, in this study the average waist circumference and the frequency of metabolic syndrome were significantly lower in LADA than in T2D patients, a finding also reported in a survey of T2D patients from five European countries, including Italy [6]. Besides these phenotypic differences between LADA and T2D, a number of studies revealed a considerable clinical heterogeneity even within LADA itself, often reflecting underlying immunological diversity (e.g. presence of single or multiple antibodies, variability in GADAb titers). Lohmann and coworkers reported that diabetic patients with elevated GADAb titers, or presence of multiple antibodies to beta-cells (defined as "LADA–1 patients"), have lower mean BMI values and a lower prevalence of long–term complications compared with patients with a single antibody positivity and/or low titers of circulating antibodies (defined as "LADA–2 patients") [7]. In line with these findings, we recently reported, in a LADA cohort from Sardinia, a lower mean value and larger variability of BMI in comparison with T2D patients of the same ethnic origin, and we provided evidence that a BMI value below 28 kg/m2 is a strong predictor of progression towards insulin-dependence within 4 years [8]. This finding raises the general question as to whether a particular distribution of body fat in this form of diabetes can influence the clinical outcome. Only relatively few investigations have described the distribution of BMI in LADA [4–8] and no systematic studies were focused so far on body composition (BC) in this form of diabetes, using appropriate and validated instrumental procedures such as Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [9]. Moreover, since central obesity is a well recognized risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease, the assessment of the relative amount of fat and its distribution into the body compartments might help the physician identify sub–groups of patients with increased CV risk, thereby improving the prevention of long–term complications in this form of diabetes. The aim of the present study was to determine the BC, in a previously recruited cohort of LADA patients from Sardinia, by using DXA scan which is currently considered the clinical gold standard for BC assessment, and to evaluate the fat and lean mass distribution in comparison with two control groups, i.e. antibody-negative T2D patients and adult-onset (> age 30) T1D patients. Finally, we evaluated the impact of BC on the progression towards beta-cell failure.
The characteristics of LADA patients have been described in our previous study [8]. Of the original cohort of 251 patients, 210 (118 women and 92 men, median age 54 years, range 35-65 years) agreed to undergo a full BC assessment and their clinical characteristics were representative of the original cohort. All LADA patients did not receive insulin therapy over the next 6 months after diagnosis. The duration of diabetes lasted from no less than 8 months to no more than 5 years, and none of these patients at onset presented with ketoacidosis and/or significant weight loss. Two control groups were also recruited: (i) 210 age – and gender–matched T2D patients who were demonstrably GADAb–negative; (ii) 30 T1D patients whose diabetes had developed after the age of 30 but had displayed ketoacidosis and/or had received insulin treatment in the 6 month after diagnosis. In this group of patients the sudden onset and the immediate requirement of insulin replacement therapy were considered sufficient to warrant the diagnosis of T1D, therefore GADAb antibodies were not determined.
All study participants were of Sardinian origin for at least two generations and none of them showed signs of severe liver or kidney disease. The study was approved by the local Ethics Committee (University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy), and all participants provided a signed informed consent to participate in the study.
In all study participants body height (m) was measured using a stadiometer and body weight with an electronic balance with accuracy up to 0.1 kg. BMI was calculated as weight/height2 (kg/m2). Waist circumference (cm) was measured at the iliac crests in the upright position.
Whole-body and segmental DXA scans were carried out in all study participants to assess percent fat mass (FM) and lean body mass (LBM) by using a QDR 4500 W–Explorer (Hologic Inc, Bedford, MA). Densitometric data analysis was performed by the software "Subregion Whole Body" which generates values in kilograms and percent of FMs and LBM for the whole body as well as for distinct body segments (upper limbs, trunk, lower limbs). The instrument radiation exposure during an examination of DXA was relatively low (1 mSv/d, micro-Sievert) according to the manufacturer.
During the insulin-free period LADA patients were treated with nutritional therapy, although in 58/210 patients (28%) oral hypoglycemic agents (OHA) were also added in order to improve the metabolic control. Insulin treatment was considered whenever patients displayed one of the following conditions: (i) early appearance of ketosis; (ii) significant body weight loss in spite of the usual diet; (iii) postprandial glucose level above 180 mg/dl despite maximum allowed dose of OHA.
Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS statistical software (version 16; SPSS, Chicago, IL). The values of anthropometric and DXA variables were expressed as means ± standard deviations. Differences between categorical variables were analysed by the Pearson χ2 test, whereas differences between scalar variables were tested using two-tailed Student's t test for independent samples or ANOVA when more than two groups were compared. All comparisons were adjusted for age at recruitment and duration of disease. P-values ≤0.01 were considered statistically significant.
Clinical characteristics of study participants
GADAb-negative T2D
Adult-onset T1D
Number of patients
n.s.§; n.s.#
Age at onset (years)
55.1 ± 10.6
57.7 ± 10.1
46.6 ± 7.9
n.s.§; <0.0001#
Body mass index at onset (kg/m 2 )
28.1 ± 5.3
30.8 ± 6.1
25.0 ± 3.5
<0.0001§; 0.0002#
Waist circumference at onset (cm)
95.2 ± 10.0
101.1 ± 12.1
86.3 ± 10.6
<0.0001§; 0.0002#
Metabolic syndrome (%)
88 (42%)
182 (87%)
3 (10%)
<0.0001§; 0.0008#
Whole body DXA
Whole body composition in LADA, T2D and adult-onset T1D patients
GADab-negative T2D
Adult-onset T1D
Fat mass (%)
21.6 ± 4.7
27.2 ± 5.9
21.3 ± 4.9
<0.0001§ ; n.s.#
33.8 ± 5.5
37.1 ± 6.1
30.3 ± 6.8
0.0001§; n.s.#
Lean body mass (%)
75.2 ± 4.5
70.4 ± 6.5
75.6 ± 4.8
<0.0001§; n.s. #
63.5 ± 5.3
59.7 ± 6.9
66.8 ± 6.6
<0.0001§; n.s.#
Segmental DXA
Segmental body composition in LADA patients and control groups
GADab-negative T2D
Adult-onset T1D
Upper limbs FM (%)
21.5 ± 5.3
29.7 ± 10.6
21.6 ± 5.8
<0.0001§ ; n.s.
40.9 ± 6.9
31.2 ± 10.4
37.3 ± 11.8
<0.0001§ ; n.s.
Upper limbs LBM (%)
73.9 ± 5.3
66.4 ± 10.5
74.0 ± 5.6
<0.0001§ ; n.s.
55.3 ± 6.8
64.9 ± 10.3
58.7 ± 11.3
<0.0001§ ; n.s.
Trunk FM (%)
21.0 ± 6.0
24.5 ± 6.5
20.0 ± 6.4
0.0002§ ; n.s.
30.8 ± 8.0
38.1 ± 7.8
25.5 ± 6.8
<0.0001§ ; 0.005#.
Trunk LBM(%)
78.0 ± 6.0
74.8 ± 6.5
79.2 ± 6.4
0.0006§; n.s.
68.5 ± 8.0
58.0 ± 7.8
73.8 ± 6.7
<0.0001§ ; 0.004#.
Lower limbs FM (%)
22.0 ± 4.4
27.0 ± 4.0
23.2 ± 4.8
<0.0001§; n.s.
38.9 ± 5.3
28.5 ± 8.3
38.7 ± 9.2
<0.0001§ ; n.s.
Lower limbs LBM (%)
73.8 ± 4.3
69.5 ± 4.0
73.0 ± 4.8
<0.0001§; n.s.
57.9 ± 5.2
67.6 ± 8.4
58.3 ± 9.0
<0.0001§; n.s.
Progression of LADA patients towards insulin dependence according to BMI and BC parameters
The influence of BMI and BC parameters on the progression of diabetes was investigated by subdividing LADA patients into subgroups according to the median values of BMI, whole body FM and truncal FM. The proportion of LADA patients who became insulin-dependent after 4 years of follow up was 55% among those with a BMI below the median value (26 kg/m²) and only 30% among those with a BMI above this cut-off (p = 0.0001). The proportion of LADA patients with insulin dependence within 4 years was higher in patients with truncal fat below the median value (57% vs. 37%, p = 0.004), whereas no difference was observed when subgroups were defined according to the median value of the whole–body percent FM (52% vs. 43%, n.s.).
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults accounts for roughly 10% of all cases of diabetes. The largest LADA cohorts analyzed so far [4–7] revealed a significant degree of heterogeneity of this form at the immunological level, whereas the existence of clinical heterogeneity is relatively less documented, especially for anthropometric and BC parameters. In this study we have analyzed the distribution of BMI and BC in a large cohort of LADA patients from the genetically homogeneous population of Sardinia [8], and compared the results with GADAb-negative T2D patients and T1D patients with onset after age 30.
Our data shows that the average BMI in the whole cohort of LADA patients is nearly 10% lower than in antibody-negative T2D patients and it displays a larger variability than in adult-onset T1D. This finding was further confirmed by BC analysis through DXA scans, which revealed that LADA patients as a whole have significantly less fat deposits than classical non-autoimmune T2D patients, substantially comparable to that of adult–onset T1D, with gender differences reflecting the physiological sexual dimorphism of adult subjects. Segmental BC analysis also revealed in LADA patients the existence of a peculiar distribution of fat into the body compartments, depending on gender. Among men, adipose tissue is significantly lower in LADA than in T2D patients with no appreciable differences across the three body segments. In contrast, in LADA women adipose tissue surpasses the proportion found in T2D in upper and lower body segments, whereas it is relatively reduced in the truncal segment. Thus, fat deposits in LADA women accumulate mostly in peripheral body segments, as observed in T1D women, although a subgroup of LADA women displays a truncal fat accumulation resembling that of T2D. A similar pattern in LBM distribution across the body compartments is observed as well, in parallel with the variations in FM. Taken together, these data indicate that in LADA women fat deposits tend to follow a more peripheral pattern that in classic, non-autoimmune T2D, whereas in men they follow a T1D-like pattern.
As for the relationship between fat deposits and disease progression, we found that a lower truncal fat percentage is a significant predictor of beta-cell exhaustion, which is consistent with our previous finding that LADA patients with low BMI values will develop a need for insulin treatment sooner than patients with higher BMI values [8]. We also confirm that the frequency of metabolic syndrome in LADA as a whole is significantly reduced compared to T2D, although higher than in adult-onset T1D patients.
The specific mechanisms accounting for the existence of distinct BC patterns in LADA subgroups are not known, and we can only speculate that they may be related to the severity of the underlying autoimmune process, which entails a variable duration of the residual beta cell function. As for the risk of late complications, it is known that excess abdominal fat increases the CV risk, whereas accumulation of fat in lower-body subcutaneous areas may be protective, as recently suggested by Lim et al. [10]. Since in T2D, especially women, adipose tissue deposits are larger in the truncal and upper segments and smaller in the lower body regions [11] this may explain, at least in part, why they show an increased risk of premature CV disease. On the same basis, we postulate that LADA women, showing specifically a peripheral fat accumulation may be more protected against CV risk compared with LADA women whose fat distribution is closer to that of T2D women. To what extent such patterns, if any, can influence the susceptibility to late complication is at present unknown, and deserves to be tested in cohorts with more extended follow–ups.
The present study has several strengths. First, the LADA study cohort belongs to a genetically homogeneous ethnic group, thus minimising the influence of a major confounder. Second, BC was determined through DXA which is considered the gold standard for assessing visceral and subcutaneous fat deposits, and it gives more accurate information than the simpler anthropometric measurements adopted in earlier studies. However, our findings are essentially descriptive and, at the moment, a consistent explanation of the BC heterogeneity found in LADA is not available, and the short follow–up period does not allow to test the impact of BC on the long-term outcome of the disease.
In a cohort of LADA patients, we observed a BC different from that of non–autoimmune T2D, the former being much closer to adult–onset T1D, as pointed out by previous studies. The relative depletion of visceral fat observed in LADA patients is associated with a faster progression towards insulin dependence. We suggest that the LADA patients with larger fat mass in the peripheral regions may be exposed to a lower risk of late cardiovascular complications than in T2D, a hypothesis that deserves further testing in larger clinical trials.
This work was done using grants from Fondazione Banco di Sardegna ("Adipose mass and insulin dependence in LADA patients", scientific coordinator: prof. G. Delitala).
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King Neptune is the King of the Sea, the ruler of the sea near Kolyma. He is the father of Triton.
Originally known in the Other World as Poseidon, he was the Greek god of sea and water. Poseidon was one of the three sons of Cronus, he and his brothers, Zeus and Pluto, killed their father divided the world between them--Poseidon getting the fluid part.
He lived in a golden palace beneath the waves, where he caused both storms and favoring winds. Sailors, naturally, worshipped him, and he was thought of as the god of navigation. His trident was used to lash the sea to fury, cause springs to gush from the ground, and cause earthquakes. For this last reason, one of his descriptive names was enosichthon, which translates like "a real earth shaker!". The Romans gave him the name Neptune.[1]
In Daventry Neptune is the king of Merfolk, and Lord of the sea. In time he lost his trident which then washed up onto the shore of Kolyma where it lay for a long time. Graham discovered it laying in the grass that grew up around it. Graham befriended a mermaid and was given a ride to King Neptune's realm. While there Graham returned Neptune's lost trident, and was given the first key to the magic doors, as well as a bottle with a cloth inside.
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A better world.
A world without sin.
So me and mine gotta lay down and die...
so you can live in your better world?
I'm not going to live there.
There's no place for me there...
any more than there is for you. Malcolm...
I'm a monster.
What I do is evil.
I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.
Serenity (2005): the Operative calls Mal
The remarkable thing about self-justification is that it allows us to shift from one role to the other and back again in the blink of an eye, without applying what we have learned from one role to the next. Feeling like a victim of injustice in one situation does not make us less likely to commit an injustice against someone else, nor does it make us more sympathetic to victims. It's as if there is a brick wall between those two sets of experiences, blocking our ability to see the other side. Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), page 192¹
"We back people into corners, and don't give them the grace to become their better selves." ~Me²
"Oh, that is just so cute!" ~James Croft
I have no interest in being one of the Good Ones. I'm not your model minority. This terrible bargain I have regretfully struck often leads me to situations where I don't have any beneficial doubts left to give. So how then did I arrive here in this space, contemplating the ways in which the social justice community has utterly let us down?
I have had to block a grand total of 3 people on Facebook for harassing me in private messages which they initiated. I consider myself lucky that it's only 3, as I know of people for whom that is their daily minimum. One was a guy who said he had a crush on me, and when I didn't respond quickly enough³, he gave me a lecture on how I owed him a response. Another guy I had to block was actually e-stalking me, after I posted a smart-ass comment on his blog where he declared his intent to quit blogging if one more feminist complained about "sexism in atheism" [spoiler: he didn't quit blogging].
But the one that actually made my jaw drop was no entitled jerk-butt dude, she was a social justice activist. I had shared two things on Facebook which she objected to. I understand why she objected, and I myself would not share them today. What happened with her was such a flurry I could barely keep track of what was happening at the time, but I still remember it vividly. I had been working, and when I got the time to check back into Facebook, there were 75 comments on the offending post, and half of them was this woman calling me (and anyone else who wandered in) a bigot. There were also several private messages from her that were taking me to task. I tried having a conversations with her about the matter over the following day or so, but I quite obviously didn't have the time or energy she did to keep up with the vitriol she was throwing at me and everyone else on my page, so I blocked her too.
What really stuck with me though was the way she made it quite clear that she saw her role in all of this as being my punisher. She wasn't trying to educate me or anyone else there about why Everybody Draw Mohammed Day can be Islamophobic, nor did she ever ask whether I knew RadFem Hub⁴ was transmisogynist (again, things I now know better about). She put minimal effort into showing concern for the harmful effects our actions would have on actual Muslims or trans people. She didn't even want an apology or for me to make a good-faith effort toward fixing the situation or changing my ways for the better. No, what she demanded most was for us adapt her perspective that we are bad people.
I don't share this story so that you feel sorry for me, or outraged at Those Social Justice Activists™ (after all, I did eventually figure out what she was ranting about, and learned a thing or two). The reason this sticks with me even today isn't for throwing a perpetual pity party⁵. It's that I realized through her behavior I was being granted a vision of my own SJ future; there, but for the grace I grant humanity, go I. And much like Ebeneezer Scrooge, I saw how easily I could become that person myself.
This isn't to say that I can just blow smoke up my own ass and everything will be okay. Obviously, if all it took for us to be granted our equal rights in society was for us to ask politely, we'd have equality by now. But I also know that the act of expressing anger is not without negative health effects on my own physical body. As a humanist, I know that I only get one life. This is it. I want to spend it making the world a better place for others, but I am unwilling to destroy myself in the process. Self-care is not selfish.
This is where the social justice community has failed me, and many others like me. There are entire guides to calling others out and checking your own privilege and being a good ally. I do not, however, see a doctrine of transformative grace.
What I need, what so many of us need, are the tools to become our better selves, and the social support to explore what this means for ourselves without being cut down at our first faltering steps. For example, even though there is no obligation for anyone to forgive their oppressor, some of us may want access to and support using the tools we need to let go of bitterness before it burns us to ashes from within⁶. But when we speak out about this aspect of our mental/emotional health, we're quickly shot down with reminders of how our needs aren't politically convenient to the social justice narrative. We're told that we're accepting blame on ourselves as individuals that should be placed on society, that we're reinforcing the status quo - a perversion of "the personal is political".
I keep holding off on publishing this, waiting for inspiration to recall that perfect real-world example from my past that will bring tears to my readers' eyes, or write that perfect closing paragraph to revolutionize the social justice community. And of course I won't, because I'm just some humanist with uncomfortable ideals and inconvenient life experiences, and this is a blog with 3 followers. So to all 3 of you, I leave you with this quote, which I rather like, but couldn't quite find a way to insert it into the blog post without an awkward transition, thusly:
Clinical psychologists Andrew Christensen and Neil Jacobson described three possible ways out of the emotional impasse. ... If it is only the perpetrator who apologizes and tries to atone, it may not be done honestly or in a way that assuages and gives closure to the victim's suffering. But if it is only the victim who lets go and forgives, the perpetrator may have no incentive to change, and therefore may continue behaving unfairly or callously. ... The third way, they suggest, is the hardest but most hopeful for a long-term resolution to the conflict: Both sides drop their self-justifications and agree on steps they can take together to move forward. Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me), page 210
Let us grant each other the grace to become our better selves.
Edit 1/26/14: I figured if I kept my eyes open, I'd find some other people saying similar things to what I'm saying, and sure enough here are a couple good blog posts:
Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable by Ngọc Loan Trần
On cynicism, calling out, and creating movements that don't leave our people behind by Verónica Bayetti Flores
1. I highly encourage you to click that link and continue to read, as they describe an experiment wherein people generally rate the pain caused to themselves as more severe than the same degree of pain they themselves cause to others.
2. Regarding the Ron Lindsey mansplains the entire Women In Secularism 2 conference incident of June 2013.
3. I didn't save the convo, but here's one a friend recently had that was rather similar, except hers was even worse than mine.
4. That's a no-follow link, I'm willing to increase their hit counts. Fortunately, the original RadFem Hub is no longer on the internet, but they managed to save plenty of their horribleness in their new archives.
5. Referencing note #3, I have friends who experience worse on a daily basis. Fuck yeah, Patriarchy!
6. As always, the person who wrote the CNN headline didn't bother to read the article. But you should read the entire thing through.


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This weekend we celebrate mothers day and though I may not have a mom in the physical world I celebrate all that my mom and all the mothers in the world do for their children with this little tag.
Gecko Galz A MOTHERS LOVE Collage Set
Paper by DWAV
Kraft shipping tag by Ranger
Canvas Flowers by Paper Studios
Ruler Washi Tape by Recollections
Lace piece from 7 gypsies
Distress Ink in Black Soot & Faded Jeans
Gold Foil Dollie by Paper studio
Love Ya stamp by Michaels
Cameo from stash
Lace from Stash
Vintage mini tag by Vintologie
take paper and cut out to fit the tag and use hole punch to punch tag in top.
Next using black soot ink and blending tool distress edges of tag.
Cut out lace to fit the top of your tag and adhere down with Glossy Accents and let dry for about 45 minutes.
After glue is dry adhere strip of washi tape to top of Lace panel.
Next adhere on gold Dollie using Scotch quick dry adhesive.
in the center of the doillie adhere picture that you cut out then add little canvas flowers around outer edge.
Next adhere the decoration on the right hand corner of the tag. I used a cameo but you can use anything girlie.
On the little tag stamp Love Ya with the Faded Jeans ink and adhere next to the decoration.
Finish with a piece of lace through the tag hole and now it is ready to put with your moms special gift.
Have fun making your own mothers day tags!
Leanne Seed


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Chinese Name 太渊:
English translation:
Great Abyss
On the radial end of the transverse crease of the wrist, where the radial artery pulsates.
Locating method:
The arm is stretched and the palm is turned over. This acupoint is located at the radial end of the transverse crease of the wrist and in the depression on the lateral side of the radial artery.
Yuan-Source point of the Lung Meridian Shu-Stream point of the Lung Meridian Converging point of Vessels
Asthma • Chest Pain • Cough • Coughing Blood • Dyspnea • Eye Disorders • Forearm Medial Pain • Headache • Palpitations • Respiratory Disorders • Throat Soreness • Toothache • Wrist Joint Soft Tissue Diseases • Wrist Pain
Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin, resolves phlegm, descends Lung Qi, tonifies Gathering Qi, influences the pulse.
Clinically, Yuan-Source points are of great significance in treating diseases of the internal organs. Yuan-Source points are the sites where the Yuan (Primary) qi of the Zang-Fu organs passes and stays. Puncturing the Yuan-Source points stimulates the vital energy of the regular meridians, regulates the functional activities of the internal organs, reinforces antipathogenic factors and eliminates pathogenic factors. This method of treating diseases deals principally with the root causes. The Yuan (source) point from the affected meridian is often combined with the Luo (Connecting) point of the internally-externally related meridians in use. Shu-Stream points are where the qi starts to pour down the meridian. They are known to alleviate heaviness and pain in the joints. On Yin Meridians, Shu-Stream points are identical to the actions of Yuan-Source points.
Perpendicular insertion .3 - .5 cun. Keep clear of the radial artery.


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The village of Sandur is located in the desolate mountains of northern part of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Absent from most maps, including Google Earth, travelers have for centuries left clues as to its location. For instance, Henry Aaron Stern, Jewish convert from London who traveled to the area in 1844, wrote that Sandur was about two hours away from Tahook (Dohuk).
To learn more see: http://www.jewishkurdistan.org/sandur/


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How To Decorate A Youthful Bedroom
Let's see how to decorate a youthful bedroom according to the latest ideas that we discovered at the Cologne and Milan Fairs. An inspiring environment that helps them realize their full potential.
Juvenile and child rooms are always one of my favorite parts of any home. Usually, we let the imagination fly, we draw color and even allow ourselves to be creative. Today we are going to be inspired to know how to decorate a youth room according to the latest ideas that we have seen in the Fairs of Cologne and Milan. Because the rooms for children and young people are also renewed and are filled with new proposals, new colors, wallpapers… to become an inspiring environment that helps them to develop their full potential.
How to Decorate a Youthful Bedroom
Functional furniture
It is known that every day we have less space at home so we seek to make the most of space and children's rooms were not going to be less. In this case, most ideas lead to make the most of the space up, put the beds up and take advantage of the area below for study and storage. More and more this type of furniture can be the perfect solution if you have little space. And they are fun and original.
Perhaps because a large part of the population lives in apartments, children's trains are constant although with many variants and options according to your needs, the age of the child or children, how many occupants will have the room if we prefer more storage space or a study area. The options are so many that it is impossible not to find a solution whatever your problem. If you have a few meters, a train can be a way for children to have everything they need both now and when they grow up. And for the little ones they include fun accessories for beds that become authentic forts or palaces.
Another idea on how to decorate a youth room that we have seen most in Milan have been the air racks that besides giving us an extra space for books, toys, photos… help us to give a very modern and fun air to the nursery or juvenile. They are very useful and at the same time decorate creating on the wall designs with a lot of personality and strength. You will not need anything else for a fantastic room! And more if you combine some of the colors more seen as grays and ivory with yellow. Success sure!
Within this idea of making the most of the space, the beds also have more and more storage options. The idea is to make them taller so that below we can include drawers, shelves and even an extra bed for when friends come home. A formula that is becoming more and more imposed by all the options of storage without losing design or comfort. Because as they grow each time they will need more space, this is one of the perfect ways to give it to you.
But we have also seen in the last fair many options of shelves or tables that allow us to separate spaces and give more privacy to the rest area making the most of the meters of the room. These areas of study that also offer us possibilities of being used by both sides, with a magnetic part to be used as a plank to hang notes, I just love! Or desks that make at the same time of head or side of the bed. What do you think? Different distributions not to finish in the same of always.
Spaces in full color
Another of the novelties that we have liked more about how to decorate a youth room has been to take full advantage of the possibilities of color in the furniture and to combine different colors in the same composition. Not just two or three colors as you usually do if you do not go one step further. In this image, we also see the option of combining open shelves with drawers so that everything is not in sight and even placing a study table also hanging that will occupy less space visually. And all with a touch of fun and dynamic color, we love it!
With this idea, we can create very special spaces, such as cupboards full of color that unfold when opened in contrast with the rest of the structure. For example, a white wardrobe inside is an intense pink. But also the beds with multi-drawers that allow us to put each drawer of color and create compositions full of colorful and fun, according to the taste of each! Or even an air shelf in which each piece is a color and that brings much fun to the nursery, do not you think?
Very fun beds for the little ones
For the little ones, the proposals on how to decorate a youth room fill with imagination and turn their rooms into play areas. From the beds that dress with all kinds of complements to become shelters, forts or castles to compliments like swings or hanging sacks where to sit to read. Spaces adapted to your age and designed to make you feel at ease and enjoy them not only as a sleeping area but also as a play area, reading, relaxing…
How small would not it be nice to have a swing in your room! For both the younger and older, there are plenty of solutions to give you more everyday spaces adapted to your age.
Large size beds for the elderly
In the youth quarters, however, we adapt to their growing needs. That's why beds grow in size up to 1.20 or even 1.50 if there is enough space. And is that when children grow their space needs also do and a good bed will help them in their daily rest and in their performance throughout the day and all their activities. The wardrobes also grow in size, without losing the touch of color and fun, but already adapted to their new age where clothes become essential and increasingly accumulate more. What I would have given for having a room like that!
We have been talking about colorful rooms, worse… how to decorate a youth room? In colors, we find everything from roses to reds passing through greens, blues, lilacs…. But gray is still the fashionable base color although the classics like white and wood are kept. One of its combinations is with pink quartz for the most feminine and sweet rooms. Beautiful!
Gray can give us many combinations because it is one of those neutral colors that combines virtually everything. One of the unions we have seen most is gray and yellow. And is that the citrus colors are back in fashion, especially the yellow in all its versions. A perfect match for a youth bedroom, do not you think?
It is one of the colors that we have been able to see with more force in the fair of Milan and we love it. In baby or child rooms mixed with white, raw and wood tones for a smooth and very relaxed result. A combination of light and full of life but at the same time sweet. More if we use some white paper with yellow drawing like this big tops paper so nice. A yellow wall will give the perfect touch of color along with some accessories. Simply ideal!
Also, the orange returns to take force and appears in many compositions also usually combined with grays. And again we see the aerial shelves that we have already talked about and that we like so much. The orange is a color full of strength and vitality and looks great combined with gray, white and black as in this option. It is one of the classics that never happens in juvenile dormitories.
Another fashionable aspect regarding how to decorate a youth room is the wallpaper. So now it is filled with wallpaper with all kinds of prints from animals to trees to robots or stars. There is no limit to the imagination of the little ones and there is no limit to the wallpapers we can find, from the most babies to the juveniles. And also in all colors and types of prints. It will be difficult to decide! If we also use a contracted color, such as that red, we will create a very intense effect or we can choose a paper with a clear or neutral background if we prefer a sweeter effect.
Also in blue tones, we find many options to combine papers and walls with color. From baby rooms to juvenile daring with geometric prints that are so fashionable still. Dare to put them in the youth room and you will not regret it. A modern and modern youth room.
In youth, we also find many graffiti walls or large murals that occupy a whole wall and give a casual and original air to your room. Also, the finishes like the slate walls still have their space, in small and older, as well as decorating are a fun idea for children's and juvenile rooms. Surely you will benefit them!
To finish with the latest news on how to decorate a youth room we enter the decoration, where we find many pennants and hanging borders to decorate the rooms of the smallest, in a multitude of colors and combinations. The classic pennants are back in full day and now you will find many different colors, with letters, with drawings…. But also all kinds of borders that you can make yourself and make part of the decoration of your bedroom. And nothing easier than renewing it when you get tired.
Another good solution is the moodboard or inspiration boards that now also occupy the children's rooms stuck directly to the wall, without a board. Footprints with a thread or with washi tape colors come to decorate and inspire the youngest of the house with phrases, drawings, photos… everything fits into a moodboard and is a way to enhance their creativity. But if you prefer that the walls are not marked, get yourself a grid or a perforated panel and you will have the perfect solution so you can let your imagination fly without destroying the wall.
And so far the review of everything we have seen in recent months on how to decorate a youthful bedroom and childlike room. Many combinations and ideas so you can choose the one that best suits you and your needs and tastes. And what do you like the most? I already long ago decided that gray was one of my favorite colors for juveniles although I always try to combine it with more vivid tones that give it a more fun touch. And you bet for the gray? Or do you prefer white? And what about the walls? Of course, there are so many options of wallpapers that every time I have to decorate a new youth space I give a thousand laps, they are all so beautiful and fun…. I await your comments and ideas. Happy decor!


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Brammo – Still #1 in North American TTXGP Class
According to the Official Results page at eGrandPrix.com, Brammo still holds on to first place in the North American TTXGP standings:
With Mission Motors' decisive win at Laguna Seca on Sunday, and Brammo coming in fourth, you may ask how this result could have been reached. The TTXGP rules specify that first place in each race is awarded 25 points, second place 20 points, and third place 16 points. Although Brammo placed first at Infineon Raceway in June, Mission did not participate in that race. Brammo – 25 points. Mission 0 points.
Brammo was awarded third place points (16) under the TTXGP rules because the second place finisher, MotoCzysz, was only entered in the FIM e-Power series and was not a TTXGP entry. Thus, Brammo was the third TTXGP motorcycle to cross the finish line at Laguna Seca.
Even if Brammo had been the fourth TTXGP bike to cross the line, it would remain in first place in the Class Standings, with a total of 38 (25 + 13) points. In fact, if there had been 15 TTXGP bikes and Brammo had come in 15th place, it would remain the North American leader with 26 points to Mission's 25. The Point System for the TTXGP series is provided to each of the teams, but is somewhat hard to find on the site. Nevertheless, for the sake of posterity, here it is:
The Team and Rider Championships will be decided on points as detailed below. The championship points at each round will be as follows for each team (machine) entered and for each rider:
To the Winner: 25 points Ninth 7 Points Second 20 points Tenth 6 points Third 16 points Eleventh 5 points Fourth 13 points Twelfth 4 points Fifth 11 points Thirteenth 3 points Sixth 10 points Fourteenth 2 points Seventh 9 points Fifteenth 1 points Eighth 8 points
Before you torch-wielding Mission fans (and herein, I happily state I consider myself a member of this group, minus the torch) cry "FOUL!" and prepare to storm the castle, consider the fact that Mission did make an appearance at the Infineon round, but chose not to race. A consequence of that choice is that it can not claim to be the champion of the continent. It was a consequence that they had to be aware of at the time, as the point system has been in existence since the beginning of TTXGP's 2010 series. That's racing.
But let's take this a hypothetical step farther: Although, as of the writing of this post, TTXGP has not announced a third and final round to replace the scuttled VIR race that had been scheduled for August 14, 2011, let's assume a replacement round is scheduled for later this season. Let's further assume that Mission and Brammo both race. And finally, let's assume that Mission continues to dominate the track with their guided rocket on wheels, the Mission R, and comes in first place. The only ways Mission can clinch the North American Championship are:
- Brammo does not start.
- Brammo does not finish.
- Brammo comes in eighth place or worse, earning only 8 or fewer points.
While #1 and #2, above, are certainly possible (recall with me, in sadness, Brammo's DNS in last year's contest at Laguna Seca due to a mechanical failure), it is far less likely that #3 could occur, given the limited number of electric racing motorcycles out there and the fact that, in the TTXGP series, Brammo could quite easily place third. The only other TTXGP bike faster than Brammo appears to be Richard Hatfield's Lightning motorcycle.
Brammo folks freely admit that there is nothing they can do, short of a completely new motor and controller design (not likely, but not outside the realm of possibility), that could result in them beating the Mission R's current alien technology configuration. However, points is points and the fact remains that Brammo is #1 and is likely to retain that title for the 2011 TTXGP North American Class.


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On Sunday, a group of 36 trekkers was caught up in a massive forest blaze in Kurangani Hills where 11 died and at least five were severely injured.
The Forest Survey of India's (FSI) SMS warning about hot spots/fire alert in Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu's Theni district was received just before midnight on Sunday.
However, the FSI said they had sent the intimation on Sunday afternoon.
The SMS alert from FSI came only at 11:46 PM on Sunday. The FSI also sends email alerts. On Sunday, the attachment did not open. But many times the attachments sent by FSI do not open. Hence we depend on SMS alerts as it comes directly to the mobile phones of many state government officials.
According to the official, the Tamil Nadu government is in the process of signing an MoU with the Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), part of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for such warnings.
Once the MoU is signed then we can get the data from NRSC directly. We have the capability to decode the data sent by NRSC.
Responding to the charge, a senior official of the Dehradun-based FSI told IANS over phone, "We alert the state government officials in two modes - email and SMS."
Requesting for anonymity as the official was not authorised to speak to the media, he said, "We just checked the email sent to the Tamil Nadu official. The email was generated at 3:37 PM on March 11 and was sent."
The email was forwarded to another computer system and the attachment to the mail opened without any hitch.
According to the FSI official, data is gathered from satellites that pass over India. The first satellite pass was at 1.57 pm and the second at 1.59 pm.
Tamil Nadu forest fire was picked up by NRSC in the afternoon. The data was sent to FSI soon after that. We have a MoU with FSI. The FSI in turn sends the alerts through SMS.
Being questioned about the delay in SMS as voiced by the Tamil Nadu official, the FSI official said that is done by a vendor and it is not possible to get the time of delivery the SMS.
According to the official, within 40 minutes of the receipt of data from NRSC, emails would be generated by FSI and within few minutes after that, the SMS would be sent.
There are around 18,000 registered mobile numbers with FSI for data. Any person can register his mobile number on our website and also specify his area of interest so that the customised data is sent through SMS.
He said, "The FSI also provides bulk registration facility so that a nodal officer in a government department can register numbers of even beat level officials so that information can be reached to him/her."
According to the FSI official, while many states have registered mobile numbers of over 2,000 officials, Tamil Nadu with less than 250 registered numbers ranks low in the overall picture.
"The state can register the mobile numbers of beat level officials so that critical information can be reached to them," the FSI official said.
(With inputs from IANS)
Also Read | The families of trekkers reach Theni
Also Read | Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam meets injured at Bodi Public Hospital
Watch| Theni forest fire: Blaze in Kurangani hills traps trekkers


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The Steyr SSG Carbon is the newest addition to the SSG family, and this rifle takes high-performance long-range shooting into the future with a compound carbon-fiber stock that creates a benchmark of extreme strength and durability. Unlike conventional carbon-fiber stocks made from woven carbon fabric that often suffer from side-strike structural failures, the SSG Carbon's stock is made using the same "chipped-carbon" Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) construction used to create load-bearing structures in Formula 1 racecars and high-performance aircraft. The SSG Carbon's chipped-carbon flakes combine thermally with the binding agent to form the SMC for a distinctive appearance to the stock, but like the spirals on the rifle's cold-hammer-forged barrel, they aren't just there for looks. The carbon chips interlock with each other to create an unparalleled tension net that is superior to steel in every direction, yet weighing a fraction of either steel or aluminum.
Due to the unique recoil absorption properties of its SMC technology, the SSG Carbon is surprisingly lightweight, and its recoil absorption is unmatched. Utilizing the same barreled action and muzzle brake as the famed SSG 08, the SSG Carbon utilizes a direct trigger, legendary for its crisp, clean and repeatable break. A detachable box magazine functions either as a constant-feed magazine or it can be placed in a second position that acts as a magazine cutoff to single-feed the rifle over the top of a loaded magazine.
The SSG Carbon is built on the Safe Bolt System (SBS) action with a unique 2+1 safety function that offers three settings operated by a wheel switch on the tang of the stock. The FIRE mode (safety off) is indicated by a red dot, and the first level of SAFE mode disables the firing mechanism while allowing the bolt to be cycled. The second SAFE position locks the bolt, at which point the bolt can be pushed down against the stock, locking the firing pin and firing mechanism out of firing position, allowing safe transportation with a round in the chamber. Simply pressing the safety's release tab and rolling it forward returns the bolt to either the SAFE or the FIRE position.
The stock of the SSG Carbon has multiple mounting points for sling attachments. It also features an adjustable cheek piece, an adjustable butt plate, rubber-wrapped pistol grip, and an integrated finely adjustable rear-elevation pod. The stock is available in three color patterns including a standard matte gray, high-gloss Deep Black and high-gloss Green Mamba. Add $500 for the 338 Lapua or Deep Black/Green Mamba color schemes.
The SSG Carbon platform is available in four calibers with the following magazines:
.243 Winchester with 23.6-inch barrel length, 10-round magazine
.308 Winchester with 23.6-inch or 20-inch barrel length, 10-round magazine
.300 Winchester Magnum with 23.6-inch barrel length, 8-round magazine
.338 Lapua Magnum with 27.2-inch barrel length, 6-round magazine
Model: SSG Carbon
Purpose: Long-Range Target Shooting, Tactical
Manufacturer: Steyr Mannlicher GmbH, Kleinraming, Austria
Importer: Steyr Arms, Inc., Bessemer, AL 35022
Operation: Bolt-action repeating
Caliber: .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .300 Winchester Magnum, .338 Lapua Magnum
Magazine type/capacity: Polymer double-stack detachable box/10 rounds (.243, .308); 8 rounds (.300); 6 rounds (.338)
Action material: 25CrMo4 steel
Barrel: 20- and 22.4-inch cold-hammer-forged heavy barrel
Rifling: 4 Grooves, 1:10 RH Twist (.308, .300); 1:9 (.243, .338)
Sights: 20-MOA Picatinny rail
Finish: Mannox®
Safety: 3+1 Position Safety
Trigger type: Single-stage
Pull weight: 3 pounds, 8 ounces (user adjustable)
Stock material/type: SMC carbon fiber
Length of pull: 14.25 inches min. (0.33-inch inserts available)
Comb Adjustment: 2.25 inches vertical adjustment
Drop at heel: +1.07 to -3.8 inches vertical adjustment
Recoil pad: Elastomer; 0.8-inch thick
Sling swivels: Two removable push-and-turn style
Pistol grip: Polymer with interchangeable rubber inserts
Checkering: None
Weight, empty: 11 pounds, 2 ounces
Overall length: 43.4 inches
Included accessories: Owner's manual, hard travel case, sling swivels


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A property rental is running business for many property owners and serviced apartment is one of them. Though the concept is yet to emerge to the fullest, but gradually this concept is taking a shape and that too for good. The best locations for serviced apartments should be as close to the business areas as possible. In other words, it will be best if these are located in the heart of the city from where the office or the workplace of the tenant is nearby.
Many residential properties are also let out on rent to corporate for commercial purpose, but the property owners require the requisite permission for use of residential flats into commercial purpose. If it is a housing society, it is utmost necessary to obtain the permission of housing society to let out the property for the commercial purpose. Simultaneously the permission of the concerned Municipal Corporation is also required to change a residential complex into a commercial one. Hotels and construction companies often create blocks in one single apartment or building and let it out as service apartments.
A serviced apartment should be fully furnished and tidy and should have all the latest amenities required for a daily living including fridge, television, AC, etc including a housemaid or a staff for 24X7 to take care of all the necessary household services. In fact, a service apartment should have the best of services that distinguish it from other regular apartments that are put on rent.
Word of Mouth: Many times your friends and coworkers get totally aware of the vacancy in neighborhood and building complex. The apartment rental might have the great deal on price also, but as they will not know you're in a market looking for the place, they will not pay attention. Time span- the period for your stay in an apartment is important. Consider these factors when choosing your home and you can contact estate agent who can help you do this faster.
Suppose you're planning to stay a little longer then ensure it has all basic amenities like swimming pool and gym. It is very important as you may need to spend it from your pocket to use same facilities elsewhere. However, if you're planning to stay there for the shorter time, then get furnished home. This can prove very beneficial as you won't need to spend furnishing the house for staying for a short time. There're a lot of apartments for rent that have furnishings. Your stay time and a number of people who are staying will have an impact on a decision. Suppose you're staying alone, you can select studios on rent that are available readily. The apartments are furnished, and you have the option to select. Security of the apartment is important. Ensure you choose the locality that is silent as well as has low crime rate. Often people will overlook such fact and, face troubles. It is very important if you're the girl staying all alone.


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In a particularly welcome occurrence, the FA may even consider calling on some real footballing expertise.
Along with assorted parties such as the Professional Footballers' Association, Government has been pushing against the FA door, arguing for more expert opinion to be heard in the governors' inner sanctum. One of the missionaries could be Paul Elliott, a potential non-executive director who would bring the perspective of the dressing room into the boardroom.
Elliott amassed huge experience in the game from Charlton to Luton, Aston Villa, Pisa, Celtic and Chelsea.
He also has first-hand knowledge of FA workings, personnel and flaws from involvement with the failed 2018 World Cup bid.
As the first black captain of Chelsea, and a passionate campaigner against racism, Elliott ticks all the inclusion and diversity boxes that Whitehall loves. But here's the main attraction of introducing this engaging, thoughtful character into the most important debating chamber of English football: Elliott's been there, done it, got the scars, the medals and the understanding for the game.
And its respect.
Good people can be observed at work in the FA boardroom, men such as David Gill and David Sheepshanks, but they could do with the assistance of an old pro giving another, very significant viewpoint.
Sir Dave Richards and the new chairman, David Bernstein, who will undertake the search for Fabio Capello's successor, do not necessarily know what motivates players. Elliott does.
If the FA is serious about football folk as non-executive board members, then others present themselves as well as Elliott. The new chairman of the PFA, Clarke Carlisle, the formidably bright Burnley defender, could apply his brainpower to FA deliberations. Ditto Gareth Ainsworth at Wycombe Wanderers. Gareth Southgate could voice both the philosophy of the dugout and the dressing room, injecting some balance into boardroom cogitations.
And not before time. It seems bizarre that in the 21st century, in a weak national association crying out for guidance, that such moves as talking to the professionals should actually be deemed radical. It's ludicrous and self-defeating that this talent pool, not necessarily the deepest in terms of intellect but still patently worthy of consultation, has largely been ignored so far.
More-successful FAs fast-track heavyweight pros into positions of authority soon after retirement, strengthening the thought processes of countries such as Spain (Fernando Hierro), Germany (Matthias Sammer) and France (Lilian Thuram).
The Deutscher Fussball-Bund has Franz Beckenbauer, who's won a World Cup as player and coach and organised a great event. The FA has Richards. Enough said.
The fact that Sir Trevor Brooking has often appeared a marginalised figure at the FA intensifies the appetite for change. There are many causes worth fighting for in football, from building the National Football Centre to changing the FA and, as Bernstein has been quick to acknowledge, reforming Fifa from within.
"The 2018 bid showed that the FA must heal fractured relationships with Fifa and Uefa," remarked an FA official. "They both have many committees and we don't even turn up to meetings, which over a period of time created ill-feeling."
Bringing the professionals in from the cold, tapping into the experience of right-minded people such as Elliott, would help the FA at home and away.
Wilshere must fly
Jack Wilshere is a special talent who needs protecting by Arsène Wenger, safeguarding from the treadmill that can be the exhausting existence of the English pro. Arsenal's exciting teenager is also one of the few reasons to believe that one day England may return home from a tournament after the postcards.
If he is to fulfil his international potential, the midfielder needs as much tournament experience as possible, and that means next summer's Uefa Under-21s.
Stuart Pearce has every right to call up Wilshere and, for anybody who knows the player's strong character and patriotic streak, he will want to travel to Denmark in June.
He can learn about the rhythm of tournaments, about how to kill the long hours of ennui between matches, preparing him for Euro 2012 with the seniors (assuming England qualify).
A few more football people on the FA board might help the under-21s' cause – and convince Wenger.


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The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world—more even than China or Russia. Prof. Daniel J. D'Amico explains that as of 2010 more than 1.6 million people were serving jail sentences in America. Professor D'Amico suggests that "prisons are not what we think about when we think of America, and they shouldn't have to be." According to D'Amico, a free country should not have 1.6 million people in prison, and a fiscally responsible country cannot afford to.
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Utility Agrees to Buy Cape Wind Energy, Another Step For Nation's First Offshore Windfarm
Artists' rendering of Cape Wind, via NY Times
The nation's first offshore windfarm, Cape Wind, gained approval last week from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Now it's gained a utility to buy its power in the form of National Grid PLC, which agreed Friday to purchase 50 percent of the supply from the 130-turbine wind farm in Nantucket Sound. The cost? National Grid will pay 20.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, starting in 2013. For consumers, National Grid says that it will cost an additional $1.59 per month for rate payers who uses 500 kilowatt-hours. That figure represents only a 2 percent rate increase for consumers, who can now rest assured knowing that they are using clean and green energy.
The agreement with National Grid PLC is yet another step forward, but the project's developer, Cape Wind Associates LLC, still needs to locate $1 billion in financing. Massachusetts has a mandate for utilities to provide 15 percent renewable energy of their total supply by 2020, adding even more incentive to get this deal done.
Cape Wind was approved at almost the same time as oil began to spill from the Deepwater oil disaster, making it a symbol of our new energy economy. The project will end up being about a 25-square-mile section of Nantucket Sound with 130 generating turbines producing. It could power about 200,000 homes and replace some baseload energy now being generated from coal and natural gas.
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Breaking: US Approves First Offshore Wind Farm