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Monday, March 4, 2013

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) ? Transport of natural gas from Libya to Italy through a major pipeline in the country's west was halted Sunday after clashes between tribesmen and forces guarding the natural gas complex, a security official said.

The unrest was just the latest instance of tribal clashes disrupting efforts to bring Libya under control of the central government.

A company official said foreign staff of the Mettillah Oil and Gas complex near Zwara, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) from the capital Tripoli, were evacuated following the clashes which broke out Saturday.

The security official said the move to halt exports was a security measure, but no pipelines were affected. He said one of the company staff was injured during the clashes, which ended on Sunday.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.

The complex is a joint venture between Libya's National Oil Corporation and Italy's largest energy company, Eni SpA.

A lawmaker from Zwara, Nouri Abu-Sahmein, blamed the guards at the complex.

Abu-Sahmein said the clashes broke out after guards refused to stop at a local checkpoint. Clashes erupted with the local ethnic Berber tribesmen early Saturday, killing a tribesman.

The guards are from Zintan, home of the rebels who were first to sweep into the capital, Tripoli, in August last year, dealing the decisive blow to the regime of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

The empowered militiamen took charge of guarding the natural gas complex, raising the anger and jealousy of local tribesmen. Turf wars between different tribes in post-Gadhafi Libya over control of strategic areas are common, as the central government struggles to impose order.

After the first clashes, three guards were arrested, prompting them to call in their supporters from Zintan, who surrounded the natural gas complex and fired at the local tribesmen, killing one, Abu-Sahmein said.

Many of the tribal conflicts are along ethnic lines between Arab and ethnic Berbers.

Abu-Sahmein said local tribes, including some Arab tribes, have called on the government to send the military to guard the complex to stave off disputes and protect the country's resources.

The Mettillah complex is one of Libya's largest oil and gas production facilities. Exports to Italy were halted during the civil war in 2011.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/f70471f764144b2fab526d39972d37b3/Article_2013-03-03-Libya/id-c55dc311f98e4779882838f79dcf9547

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Sleds off as 41st Iditarod race begins in Alaska

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) ? Dogs aching to run bolted out of the chute Sunday to launch the 41st running of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Now 65 teams will be making their way through punishing wilderness toward the finish line in Nome on Alaska's western coast 1,000 miles away.

The Iditarod kicked off Saturday with an 11-mile jaunt through Anchorage, 50 miles south of the real starting line in the town of Willow. Sunday's event marked the competitive portion of the race.

Saturday's ceremonial start took place amid a party-like atmosphere. But Sunday's mood was charged with tension as mushers switched to the business of racing ? at least among top mushers like defending champion Dallas Seavey and four-time winners Lance Mackey, Jeff King and Martin Buser.

They are among six past Iditarod winners in the running. Mackey, of Fairbanks, is the only musher to win the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod races the same year ? accomplishing dual championships not once, but two years in a row. Mackey, a throat cancer survivor, has won both races four times and was hoping for a comeback to his last Iditarod championship in 2010.

Others are in the race for the adventure and never come close to winning, yet there they are, year after year. Among them was Cindy Gallea, of Wykoff, Minn., whose best finish was 33rd among 10 Iditarods so far.

"I love running the dogs, working with the dogs," she said before the start of her 11th race. " I love being in Alaska, being around the beauty."

But even past middle-of-the-packers felt the pull of competition.

Scott Janssen, a musher whose family owns an Anchorage funeral home, said, "Today's game time. Today we're going to rock 'n' roll."

To reach the finish line in the old gold rush town of Nome, the teams will encounter mountains to climb, and forests and frozen rivers to cross. They'll possibly do battle with fierce winds and temperatures that can plunge to 50 below.

Along the way, they'll stop at village checkpoints for a hot meal, to drop an ailing dog or to sit out mandatory rest periods. Sometimes they'll blow right through after a hasty check-in.

As always, by the time the first musher reaches Nome, some participants will have dropped out of the race. Even the last place finisher knows that getting to Nome is a feat in itself.

The winner gets a new truck and a cash prize of $50,400. The rest of the $600,000 purse will be split between the next 29 mushers to cross the finish line.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sleds-off-41st-iditarod-race-begins-alaska-230340841--spt.html

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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:21 am?? ?Post subject: Bruxism/TMJ

Has anyone ever had bruxism and/or TMJ, as well as wearing a mouthguard at night, and then during times of stress your mouth, jaw and teeth become increasingly more painful? _________________ "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure."

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yes i just got diagnosed with tmj and it f***ing hurts like hell i have to get a follow up with a dentist to confirm the diagnosis though i went to the ent because it started out as ear pain but he diagnosed it as tmj by feeling the sides of my jaw he asked do i gring my teeth i said no but afterwards i have been more aware and i have been realizing i do clench my jaw sometimes as a nervous habit