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25th September 2013 12:18 PM #1
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Think I might be pregnant
Hi I am wondering if I am pregnant...?i have been nausea but gone now for a week and was bleeding for one night and next day was brown blood stains on undies and now the bleeding is back again? Confused am I pregnant or my body playing. Ind tricks on me laughing
26th September 2013 05:16 AM #2
Dear Manders,
Welcome to the forum. When is your period due and when was your last period? Are you trying for a baby?
Pregnancy stops your normal periods, although you can also get 'implantation bleeding' or 'breakthrough bleeding' around the time your period is due. Some women do also just bleed in pregnancy and this is normal for them. However, sadly a miscarriage can also cause bleeding in pregnancy.
Did you take a home urine pregnancy test?
Stress, illness and certain medication can also cause nausea and changes in a woman's menstrual cycle.
If you are still unsure as to what has caused the bleeding/ changes in your period then you should see your doctor.
Best wishes,
17th December 2013 08:20 PM #3
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Go too the Docs lovee or call him out , pregnant and bleeding isn't normal good luck


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holy canvas.
birthday present.
hard to see, but new blackbook on top too.
nice, woe. i was thinking about going into canvas. do you use like decos and stuff or paint tubes? im talking like people in general, not just your preferance :]
pm me if you wanna get in the Summer of '09 Slaps book.
Keenur take a deep breath of shut the fuck up
Good shit hint...
ill post some flicks of my paint soon
pen collection:
I just moved cities so I don't have much with me but right now I'm packing:
4 Cans Montana Gold (2 Shock Red, Shock Blue and Shock White)
2 Cans Montana Black (Black and Sulphur)
4 Cans Krylon (3 are male cans which means no cap switching for me)
2 On The Run 0.60 Paint Markers
1 On The Run 0.01 Soul Tip
1 Illidelstyle Mop
1 OTR Gold Paint refill
1 Illidelstyle Violet Paint refill
Imagine a city where graffiti wasn't illegal, a city where everybody could draw wherever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against that wall- it's wet.
- Banksy
came home with this....hit up about 4 different stores.
nice boogs.
pm me if you wanna get in the Summer of '09 Slaps book.
Keenur take a deep breath of shut the fuck up
its a upside-down female cap can i got from this jobsite store.
my order came in.
^ how's that ANK?.....any different from gk?
Click the picture above ^
visit my flickr:Originally Posted by poler
its like paint that flows like ink. so you can run it thru markers i suppose. or get really long drips. my friend has a bottle of red. he said its pretty good
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Libya, country located in North Africa. Most of the country lies in the Sahara desert, and much of its population is concentrated along the coast and its immediate hinterland, where Tripoli (Ṭarābulus), the de facto capital, and Banghāzī, another major city, are located.
Libya comprises three historical regions—Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest. The Ottoman authorities recognized them as separate provinces. Under Italian rule, they were unified to form a single colony, which gave way to independent Libya. For much of Libya's early history, both Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were more closely linked with neighbouring territories than with one other.
Before the discovery of oil in the late 1950s, Libya was considered poor in natural resources and severely limited by its desert environment. The country was almost entirely dependent upon foreign aid and imports for the maintenance of its economy; the discovery of petroleum dramatically changed this situation. The government long exerted strong control over the economy and attempted to develop agriculture and industry with wealth derived from its huge oil revenues. It also established a welfare state, which provides medical care and education at minimal cost to the people. Although Libya's long-ruling leader, Muammar al-Qaddafi, espoused an idiosyncratic political ideology rooted in socioeconomic egalitarianism and direct democracy, Libya in practice remained an authoritarian state, with power concentrated among members of Qaddafi's inner circle of relatives and security chiefs. Opposition to the Qaddafi regime reached an unprecedented level in 2011, developing into an armed revolt that forced Qaddafi from power. (For a discussion of unrest in Libya in 2011, see Libya Revolt of 2011.)
Libya is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the north, Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Niger and Chad on the south, and Tunisia and Algeria on the west.
Libya is underlain by basement rocks of Precambrian age (from about 4 billion to 540 million years ago) mantled with marine and wind-borne deposits. The major physical features are the Nafūsah Plateau and the Al-Jifārah (Gefara) Plain in the northwest, the Akhḍar Mountains ("Green Mountains") in the northeast, and the Saharan plateau, which occupies much of the rest of the country.
The Al-Jifārah Plain covers about 10,000 square miles (26,000 square km) of Libya's northwestern corner. It rises from sea level to about 1,000 feet (300 metres) at the foothills of the Nafūsah Plateau. Composed of sand dunes, salt marshes, and steppe, the plain is home to most of Libya's population and to its largest city, Tripoli. The Nafūsah Plateau is a limestone massif that stretches for about 212 miles (340 km) from Al-Khums on the coast to the Tunisian border at Nālūt. West of Tarhūnah it rises steeply from the Al-Jifārah Plain, reaching elevations between 1,500 and 3,200 feet (450 and 975 metres).
In northeastern Libya, the Akhḍar Mountains stretch along the coast between Al-Marj and Darnah. These limestone mountains rise steeply from the coast to about 2,000 feet (600 metres) and then stretch about 20 miles (30 km) inland, reaching nearly 3,000 feet (900 metres) at their highest points.
The Saharan plateau makes up about nine-tenths of Libya. About half of the plateau is sand desert, making it truly a sea of sand. Al-Harūj al-Aswad is a hilly basaltic plateau in central Libya. Covered with angular stone fragments and boulders, it rises to about 2,600 feet (800 metres) and is crowned by volcanic peaks. Al-Ḥamrāʾ Plateau lies south of the Nafūsah Plateau. It harbours bare rock outcroppings that rise to 2,700 feet (820 metres). In the Fezzan region in the southwest, a series of long depressions and basins contain wadis (dry riverbeds) and oasis settlements. Mobile sand dunes that reach heights of 300 feet (90 metres) are found in the Fezzan's Marzūq desert and in the eastern Libyan Desert, which extends into Egypt. The country's highest elevations are Bīkkū Bīttī peak (Picco Bette), which rises to 7,436 feet (2,267 metres) on the Libya-Chad border, and Mount Al-ʿUwaynāt, with an elevation of 6,345 feet (1,934 metres) on the Libya-Sudan-Egypt border.
There are no permanent rivers in Libya. The numerous wadis that drain the uplands are filled by flash floods during the rains but then quickly dry up or are reduced to a trickle. The largest wadi systems are the Wadi Zamzam and Wadi Bayy al-Kabīr, both of which empty into the sea on the western coast of the Gulf of Sidra. Other large wadis drain the interior basins of Sirte, Zalṭan, and the Fezzan. There is also, however, extensive underground water. Numerous oases are watered by wells and springs, and artesian wells tap large deep fossil aquifers in the Fezzan and southeastern Libya; the Great Man-Made River was one of the more ambitious projects designed to make use of these underground reserves. (See map illustrating the phases of the Great Man-Made River project that were planned or completed in the late 20th century.) Along the coastal strip there are several salt flats, or sabkhas, formed by the ponding and evaporation of water behind coastal dunes. Principal salt flats are found at Tāwurghāʾ, at Zuwārah, and on the Banghāzī Plain.
The gray-brown soils of the Al-Jifārah Plain and the Nafūsah Plateau in the west are fertile, although overirrigation has led to increased soil salination. In the east, the soils of the Barce plain—which stretches between the Akhḍar Mountains and the sea—are light and fertile. Rich alluvial soils are found in the coastal deltas and valleys of large wadis. On the margins of the Sahara, cultivation and overgrazing have seriously depleted the soil. The rest of the country is covered by wind-eroded sand or stony desert. The soils in these areas are poorly developed, with little organic material.
Libya's climate is dominated by the hot, arid Sahara, but it is moderated along the coastal littoral by the Mediterranean Sea. The Saharan influence is stronger in summer. From October to March, prevailing westerly winds bring cyclonic storms and rains across northern Libya. A narrow band of semiarid steppe extends inland from the Mediterranean climate of the Al-Jifārah Plain, the Nafūsah Plateau, and the Akhḍar Mountains. The desert climate of the Sahara reaches the coast along the southern fringes of the Gulf of Sidra, where Al-Ḥamrāyah (Sirte) Desert borders the sea. Periodic droughts, often lasting several years, are common in the steppe and desert.
Along the coast, the Mediterranean climate is characterized by a cool, rainy winter season and a hot, dry summer. The warmest months are July and August, when average temperatures in Banghāzī and Tripoli, in the Mediterranean zone, reach between the low 70s and mid-80s F (low to upper 20s C) and the low 60s and mid-80s F (upper 10s and low 30s C), respectively. The coolest months are January and February; winter monthly temperatures in Banghāzī range from the low 50s to low 60s F (low to mid-10s C), while those in Tripoli range from the upper 40s to low 60s F (low to mid-10s C). Banghāzī has an average annual precipitation of about 10 inches (250 mm), and Tripoli receives an annual average of about 15 inches (380 mm).
Inland from the coast, annual precipitation declines, and its variability increases. Most rain falls in a few days between November and January. Less than 4 inches (100 mm) of rain falls annually in the steppes, and Saharan zones receive less than 1 inch (25 mm). In the Sahara, 200 consecutive rainless days in a year have been recorded in many areas, and the world's highest degree of aridity has been recorded at Sabhā, which averages only 0.4 inch (10 mm) of precipitation annually. Average temperatures at Sabhā are in the low 50s F (low 10s C) in January and in the upper 80s F (low 30s C) in July, but these averages mask the fact that temperatures may vary enormously over the course of a day. The dry climate is exacerbated by the ghibli, a hot, arid wind that blows from the south over the entire country several times a year. It is usually preceded by a short lull in the prevailing winds, followed by the full force of the ghibli. The wind carries large quantities of sand dust, which turns the sky red and reduces visibility to less than 60 feet (18 metres). The heat of the wind is increased by a rapid drop of relative humidity, which can fall dramatically within hours.
Plant and animal life
In years of ample precipitation, the coastal plains are covered with herbaceous vegetation and annual grasses; the most noticeable plants are the asphodel (an herb of the lily family) and jubule. The northern area of the Akhḍar Mountains—where the influence of the Mediterranean is most dominant—supports low and relatively dense forest (or maquis) of juniper and lentisc. Annual plants are abundant and include brome grass, canary grass, bluegrass, and rye grass. The forest becomes more scattered and stunted south of the mountain crest, and annual plants are less frequent. In the west, plant life is more sparse on the Nafūsah Plateau, where grasslands lie between the barren hills.
In the semiarid steppes, vegetation is also sparse, characterized by pockets of isolated drought-resistant plants. The most commonly found species are saltwort (a plant used in making soda ash) and spurge flax (a shrubby plant), while goosefoot, wormwood, and asphodel also are widespread. Annual grasses grow in the rainy season, and leguminous plants appear in years of good precipitation. Although precipitation is extremely low in the true desert zone and the vegetation cover is scant, some plants from the semiarid region penetrate the occasional wadi valley, and date palms are grown in the southern oases.
Wild animals include desert rodents, such as the desert hare and the jerboa; hyenas; foxes, such as the fennec and the red fox; jackals; skunks; gazelles; and wildcats. The poisonous adder and krait are among the reptiles that inhabit the scattered oases and water holes. Native birds include the wild ringdove, the partridge, the lark, and the prairie hen. Eagles, hawks, and vultures are also common.
Ethnic groups and languages
Almost all Libyans speak Arabic, the country's official language. They claim descent from the Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banū Hilāl and the Banū Sulaym, who are said to have invaded the Maghrib in the 11th century. The government's embrace of Arab nationalism has reduced Western influences, although English is still widely used as a second language in international business and politics. At the beginning of the 21st century, Libya's population included a substantial number of foreign migrant workers—largely from sub-Saharan African countries—temporarily residing in the country. The tribe (qabīlah), a form of social organization that allowed the grouping of nomadic peoples scattered across the country's vast spaces, was the foundation of social order for much of Libya's history.
The Imazighen (Berbers) are believed to have been the earliest inhabitants of Libya. The main Amazigh (plural Imazighen) groups were the Luata, the Nefusa, and the Adassa. They lived in coastal oases and practiced sedentary agriculture. Most Imazighen have been assimilated into Arab society except in the Nafūsah Plateau region, Awjilah, Hūn, Socra, and Zuwārah. The Imazighen of Libya speak languages that are classified as Afro-Asiatic but have adopted the Arabic alphabet. Many are bilingual in Nafusi (an Amazigh language) and Arabic; most are Sunni Muslims. There is also a community of some 30,000 people once called Gypsies but known in North Africa as Dom (see also Roma), who speak Domari (an Indo-European language).
Arab migrations to the region began with the rise of Islam in the 7th century. The initial Arab incursions were essentially military and had little effect upon the composition of the population. Oral tradition suggests that invasions of the Banū Hilāl in 1049 and the Banū Sulaym later in the 11th century took major migrations of nomadic tribes from eastern Arabia to Libya. However, scholarship later suggested that these movements too were not invasions but rather slow migrations of Arab peoples that occurred over several centuries.
The Banū Sulaym were composed of four main groups—the Banū Hebib, the ʿAwf, the Debbab, and the Zegb. The Hebib settled in Cyrenaica, while the others went to Tripolitania. The arrival of these and other Arab groups led to political upheaval and the steady Arabization of Libya's Amazigh populations. The result was that by the 20th century the great majority of Libya's inhabitants were Arabic-speaking Muslims of mixed descent.
Several other social groups exist alongside the tribes. Among these are the sharifs (holy tribes), who came originally from the Fezzan. The sharifs claim direct descent from the Prophet Muhammad; their alleged blood relationship with the Prophet gives them a powerful standing in Muslim society. Extensive tracts of land in the oases of western Libya are under sharifian control.
The marabouts (Muslim religious leaders credited with supernatural powers) arrived in Libya from Saguia el-Hamra, in what is now Western Sahara. The maraboutic tribes are descended from holy men who also claimed a privileged relationship with Muhammad. They believed in an ascetic life, manifested by their hermit lifestyle. In areas where their teachings and way of life made them acceptable to the local inhabitants, they settled and founded tribes pledged to the pure way of life.
The Koulouglis are descended from the Janissaries (elite Turkish soldiers who ruled Libya following the Ottoman conquest) and the Amazigh and Christian slave women with whom they intermarried. They have served since Ottoman times as a scribal class and are concentrated in and around villages and towns. They speak Arabic and practice Islam.
The trans-Saharan slave trade, which continued through the early 20th century, took black Africans and their cultures to Libya, particularly to the Fezzan and Tripolitania. Though they previously spoke Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo languages of the central Sahara and eastern Sudan, today they speak Arabic and have adopted Islam.
Small groups of Tuareg nomads live in the southwest, especially around the oases of Ghadāmis and Ghāt. They are gradually assuming a sedentary lifestyle. In the southeast, isolated nomadic Teda (Tubu) communities are slowly gravitating toward the north and the Al-Kufrah oasis in search of employment.
Most Libyans are Muslim, and the vast majority are Sunnis. There are also very small minorities of Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians. In Cyrenaica the influence of the Sanūsiyyah, a 19th-century militant Islamic brotherhood, remains strong. Although a Jewish minority was long established in Tripolitania, most Jews left the country in the late 1960s, many of them immigrating to Italy.
Settlement patterns
The majority of the population lives in Tripolitania, mainly in Tripoli and other cities along the coast and on the Nafūsah Plateau. A smaller proportion of the people live in Cyrenaica, primarily in Banghāzī and other coastal cities. The remainder of the population is found in the oasis towns of the Fezzan.
The vast majority of the rural population lives in oases on the coast and is engaged in irrigation farming; plots of land are usually small and held in individual ownership. On the Nafūsah Plateau, however, where water is less readily available, a sophisticated agrarian system based on olive- and fruit-tree cultivation and associated livestock raising has evolved. In Cyrenaica, the premodern economy was based on nomadic and seminomadic pastoralism. Arable farming has largely been an adjunct of the pastoral system, with shifting dry-land cultivation rarely entailing sedentary farming. In this zone, land ownership is no longer exclusively communal. In southern Libya, isolated irrigated farming in the oases constitutes a third economic system with roots in the premodern era.
The most common mode of life in rural Libya is sedentary cultivation. In the oases most farmers rely on irrigation, and water is raised from shallow wells either by the animal-powered dalū (a goatskin bag drawn by rope over a pulley) or, increasingly, by electric or diesel pumps. Landholdings in the oases are small and fragmented; the average farm of five to seven acres (two to three hectares) is usually divided into three or four separate parcels. In the coastal regions, lowland farmers normally live on their own plots but enjoy rights to graze stock and undertake shifting grain cultivation on communally held land. In Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, most Arab farmers tend to live on plots of between 12 and 600 acres (5 and 240 hectares) that were once part of large estates belonging to Italian settlers.
Pastoral nomadism is practiced in the arid and semiarid regions, particularly in the Akhḍar Mountains and surrounding steppe lands in Cyrenaica. Nomadic groups subsist primarily on their herds of sheep, goats, and camels but also practice shifting cereal cultivation. These Bedouins move south as soon as pasture sprouts in the fall and remain there until the grasslands disappear and necessitate their return to the northern hills.
Fixed, permanently occupied villages were not typical features of nomadic life among the Bedouins of the Libyan steppe and desert, although towns have existed in the coastal zones since Phoenician, Greek, and Roman times. With the arrival of the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century, however, the new authorities founded towns and villages in the hinterland and desert that served as military posts or administrative centres; some of these sites have been occupied ever since. Other smaller, temporary settlements began as gathering places for nomadic tribes during periods of summer residence in the oases or in pastures in the hills. In the west, however, Amazigh populations are thought to have maintained a more or less continuous series of fortified nucleated villages in the western Nafūsah Plateau. In the southern oases, the villages served both as defense posts for the scattered communities and as watering and provisioning points on the trans-Saharan caravan routes. Since independence and the discovery of oil in the mid-20th century, economic development has led to the expansion of villages into towns and has attracted migrants from rural areas to these growing urban centres.
The two main cities are Tripoli and Banghāzī. They contain about one-third of the country's entire urban population and about one-fourth of the total population. Tripoli, with a metropolitan population of more than two million people, is the de facto political capital and the most important economic centre. Banghāzī, with its metropolitan area of more than one million people, is the primary city in Cyrenaica. The modern cities have developed around the old city centres (medinas), with satellite towns and villages in surrounding oases. Shantytowns housing recent rural-to-urban migrants are also found near the two cities, although the government has built low-income housing.
Other important centres include Gharyān, Al-Khums, Miṣrātah, Tājūrāʾ, Sūq al-Jumʿah, Janzūr, and Al-Zāwiyah in the west and Ajdābiyā, Al-Marj, Al-Bayḍāʾ, Darnah, and Tobruk (Ṭubruq) in the east. These cities are primarily regional administrative and commercial centres with some light industry. Several have petroleum refineries and petrochemical installations.
Demographic trends
Libya's rate of population growth is among the highest in North Africa. The influx of foreign workers into the country since the 1960s accounts for part of this rapid growth, but Libya's annual rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) has also been quite high. In the late 20th century and into the early 21st, death rates steadily declined to substantially below the world average, but birth rates remained relatively high. On the whole, Libya's population is quite young: more than two-thirds of the population is younger than 30 years of age; of that, about one-third is younger than 15. Libya's infant mortality rate is the lowest in continental Africa and far below the global rate, portending continued rapid growth well into the 21st century.
Libya's per capita income is among the highest in Africa. Oil revenues remain Libya's main source of income; at the beginning of the 21st century, oil and natural gas together accounted for almost three-fourths of the national income and nearly all of the country's export earnings, although they employed less than one-tenth of the labour force. Under Muammar al-Qaddafi (1969–2011), the government exerted strong control over the economy; the petroleum industry was nationalized in the 1970s, and state trade unions and industrial organizations ran most other industries and utilities. To reduce the country's heavy dependence on oil, economic policy has emphasized agricultural and industrial developments. Declining oil revenues during the 1980s, however, led to frequent revisions and delays in planned developments. Domestic reforms designed to liberalize economic policy and encourage private enterprise, begun in the late 1980s, continued into the 21st century.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
Agriculture is limited by the environment and by shortages of labour. Only about 1 percent of the total land area is cultivated, mostly on the Al-Jifārah and Barce plains, and about one-tenth of that is irrigated. An additional almost one-tenth of the land is in pasture. Agricultural development by land reclamation and irrigation is a government priority. The largest projects are at the Al-Kufrah oasis, Tāwurghāʾ, and Sarīr, on the Al-Jifārah Plain, and in the Akhḍar Mountains. The Great Man-Made River project, begun at the end of the 20th century, is the most ambitious undertaking. Pipelines will carry water from wells in the southern Sahara to Tripoli, Surt, Banghāzī, Tobruk, and the Al-Kufrah oasis.
Cereals are the major crops throughout the country. Wheat (grown primarily on the eastern and western plateaus) is the largest cereal crop, although barley, which adapts well to different climates and soils, is also a chief cereal and remains a dietary staple. In addition, sorghum is raised in the Fezzan. Olive plantations were introduced by the Italians on the Al-Jifārah Plain and on the Nafūsah Plateau, and there are smaller olive groves in the east. Orchards of almonds, citrus fruit, apricots, and figs grow on small and large farms and on small, crowded plots in the oases. Dates are the principal crop of the southern oases. Grapes, broad beans, and peanuts (groundnuts) also are grown. Tobacco is raised in Tripolitania.
Animal husbandry is important in Cyrenaica, where the herds are raised on communal grazing lands. Livestock includes sheep, goats, cattle, camels, horses, mules, and donkeys. Animals are raised for their milk, meat, and hides or for their services as a means of transportation. Cattle often serve as draft animals. A small amount of milk is produced commercially, and commercial poultry farms are developing around the larger cities.
Less than 1 percent of the land is covered by forest. Prior to the 1950s, Libya's sole wooded area lay in the Akhḍar Mountains. Since then, the government has launched a massive forestation program. Between 1957 and 1964, for example, 27 million acacia, eucalyptus, cypress, cedar, and pine trees were planted in Tripolitania.
There is little demand in Libya for fish, and most fishing is done off the Tripolitanian coast by Libyan, Tunisian, Greek, and Maltese fishermen. The catch includes tuna, sardines, and red mullet. Sponge beds are also important. The sponges are harvested mainly by Greeks licensed by the Libyan government.
Resources and power
Petroleum was first discovered in Libya in 1956 near the Algerian border and is Libya's most important mineral resource. Subsequent finds have been mainly concentrated in onshore reserves located in the Sirte Basin. The major oil fields there include the Bahi, Dahra, and Samāḥ fields, in the west of the basin; the Dafʿ-Wāḥah (Defa-Waha) and Nasser fields, in the north-centre; and the Āmāl, Intiṣār, and Sarīr fields, located toward the east. Additional deposits have been located elsewhere in the country, including near Ghadāmis on the western border, Murzuq in the southwest, and the Al-Kufrah oasis in the southeast. Exploration for new deposits has concentrated on Tripolitania and offshore, where a large field was discovered northwest of Tripoli in 1988. Libya's proven oil reserves represent a large part of Africa's total reserves and about 3 percent of the world's total reserves. Libyan crude oil is low in sulfur content and therefore causes less corrosion and less pollution than most crude oils, which has made it popular in countries that have imposed stringent emissions standards. The deposits are associated with natural gas.
The first pipeline was constructed from the Zalṭan (later Nasser) field to Marsā al-Burayqah in 1961. Since then, additional lines have been built from Dahra to Al-Sidrah and to Raʾs al-Unūf; other pipelines connect the Tobruk field to Marsā al-Ḥarīqah and the Intiṣār field to Al-Zuwaytīnah. Refineries are located at Al-Zāwiyah, Miṣrātah, Raʾs al-Unūf, and Tobruk. A natural-gas pipeline runs parallel to the oil pipeline from Nasser. The gas liquefaction plant at Marsā al-Burayqah is one of the world's largest.
Sales of Libyan oil to Europe were enhanced by the closure of the Suez Canal between 1967 and 1975. During the 1980s, however, production and revenues declined because of an increased supply of oil on the world market. The oil industry experienced a resurgence in the first decade of the 21st century as Qaddafi began to take steps to liberalize the Libyan economy and reduce the country's international isolation. After the uprising that removed Qaddafi from power in 2011, however, political instability and factional fighting caused wide fluctuations in oil production.
Other mineral resources are limited. There are important deposits of natron (hydrated sodium carbonate) in the Fezzan and potash in Al-Ḥamrāyah Desert near Marādah. Iron ore deposits at Shāṭiʾ, although low in iron content, supply the iron-steel complex at Miṣrātah. Marine salt is produced in Tripolitania, where there are also small deposits of gypsum, manganese, and lignite coal. Sulfur has been found in Al-Ḥamrāyah Desert, and there are scattered deposits of chalk, limestone, and marble that are quarried for the growing construction trade.
The production of electricity for public consumption is a government monopoly. There are also private plants, such as the 25,000-kilowatt facility built by an oil company at Marsā al-Burayqah. The total installed capacity, all thermal plants powered by oil, grew more than sevenfold during the 1970s. In the early 21st century, efforts were under way to convert Libya's thermal plants from oil to natural gas in order to maximize petroleum available for export.
Industrial development is limited, although it expanded during the United Nations (UN) embargo of the country in the 1990s. Most factories are located in Tripoli and Banghāzī and are managed by Arabs. The industrial workforce is small, with many factories employing fewer than 100 people. A majority of the factories manufacture processed food, cement, and textiles. There are also oil-related industries, which produce steel drums, tanks, and pipe fittings; petrochemical plants are located near refineries.
Finance and trade
Financial services are headed by the Central Bank of Libya, which supervises the banking system, regulates credit and interest policies, and issues the national currency, the Libyan dinar. The Libyan Arab Foreign Bank has made some investments, primarily in Italy.
Since 1963, Libya has usually enjoyed a favourable balance of trade. Almost all its exports are represented by crude petroleum, but agricultural products and hides and skins also are exported. Imports consist of equipment for the oil and construction industries, farm machinery, consumer goods, and agricultural products. Most of the country's imports come from Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and South Korea. Exports, almost all petroleum, usually go to Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Tunisia, and Turkey.
A large proportion of the Libyan workforce is engaged in the service industries. The country's tourism industry, largely underdeveloped during Libya's period under UN sanctions, has undergone significant expansion. In order to promote the growth of tourism, government finances were increasingly dedicated to the construction of hotels and tourist complexes and to the development of coastal areas.
Independent trade unions were not permitted in Libya during the Qaddafi era. Libyan labourers were instead organized under the country's single government-controlled association, the National Trade Unions' Federation, with the exception of foreign workers, who were not permitted to participate. Factional chaos in the aftermath of Qaddafi's ouster largely prevented the emergence of an effective organized labour movement.
The majority of Libya's labour force is employed in the services, with smaller proportions of the working population employed in various other sectors, including manufacturing and agriculture. Libyans are increasingly unable to rely upon employment with the state, where many once sought work. Rates of unemployment are generally high, especially among the country's youth. At the beginning of the 21st century, women participated actively in the labour force, although discrimination in the workplace remained.
A large number of foreign migrant workers—mostly from sub-Saharan African countries—participate in the Libyan economy, particularly in agriculture and industry. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Libya periodically sought the repatriation of much of its unlicensed migrant population, citing its role in the high level of unemployment among Libyan youth; statements calling for the expulsion of the migrant community, however, were in general not fully implemented.
Transportation and telecommunications
The main road is the 1,100-mile (1,170-km) national coastal highway between the borders of Tunisia and Egypt. The Sabhā road runs from the coastal highway at Al-Qaddāḥiyyah south and southwest to Ghāt near the Algerian border. Other national roads run from Tripoli to Ghāt and Sabhā and from Ajdābiyā to Al-Kufrah. More than half the country's roads are paved. The two railroads that served Tripoli and Banghāzī were closed in the late 1960s.
Tripoli is the main port, and Tripoli and Banghāzī together handle most of the country's maritime trade. Tripoli handles the bulk of the imports, particularly those associated with the oil industry and the booming trade in consumer goods. There is also an important port located at Tobruk.
Petroleum is shipped from Al-Sidrah, Marsā al-Burayqah, Tobruk, and Al-Zuwaytīnah. Miṣrātah, Zuwārah, and Al-Khums have been developed as fishing ports. Libya's merchant fleet is modest, and most oil is shipped in foreign vessels.
The country has several international airports, located in Tripoli, Banīnah (outside Banghāzī), Sabhā, and Miṣrātah. Domestic airfields include those at Marsā al-Burayqah, Tobruk, Al-Bayḍāʾ, Ghadāmis, and Ghāt. The Libyan Arab Airlines and foreign airlines operate domestic flights and services to countries in the Middle East and North Africa and to several countries in Europe. There are also domestic flights operated by the oil companies.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Libyan telecommunications services continued to reach a rather low proportion of that country's population. The number of telephone main lines increased during the late 1990s. A mobile telephone system was set up in the mid-1990s, and Internet access increased in the early years of the 21st century.


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Out with a whimper!
Wanderers lose dead rubber affair to Dundalk
HAVING won the war against Dundalk, Bray Wanderers lost the battle against the Lilywhites as they were shot down in Oriel Park on Friday evening as the curtain came down on their 2012 Premier Division campaign.
Darius Kearns' side were the club who the Seagulls had to finish above to avoid the promotion/relegation play-off and Pat Devlin's charges managed to do so with a few weeks to spare. So that meant Friday's clash was a dead rubber affair for the Wicklow club, while for the Louth outfit it was their warmup tie for last night's first leg against Waterford United.
With last night's clash with Na Deise in mind, Dundalk opted to rest a few of their more valued players for Friday's clash, most notable club captain and former Seagulls favourite Chris Shields. Wanderers however opted to field a very strong starting XI as they looked to go out with a bang.
That bang turned out to be a whimper though in the end as the hosts secured a 2-1 victory over their distracted visitors.
The Oriel Park club got off to a dream start when they led inside two minutes. Lorcan Shannon was played in down the right and with the left hand side of Bray's defence nowhere to be seen, the winger played in a low cross that Danny O'Connor missed but Michael Rafter did not, as he swept home sidefooted past Darren Quigley.
The Bray captain looked to make amends for the opener straight away as he sauntered forward and nutmegged his man before playing a one-two with Dean Zambra and finding Jason Byrne, whose snapshot forced Peter Cherrie to turn over his own crossbar.
Having already proved he could finish, Rafter then proved he was equally capable of creating things when he poked through for Chris Reilly. The winger fired straight at Quigley though and when the rebound fell to Rafter he was unable to convert.
Bray's October player of the month Sean Houston then sent over a deep cross that Byrne turned back towards goal but the ball just wouldn't fall favourably for Zambra and then Kevin O'Connor's follow-up was bravely blocked by a Dundalk defender.
Rafter's all-action performance continued in the 20th minute when he chased down what seemed to be a lost cause but he managed to hustle Quigley off the ball as the goalkeeper attempted to see the ball into touch. Quigley's mistake wasn't punished though as Rafter could only find the side netting with his effort.
Bray's defence continued in this generous mood on 29 minutes when Cherrie's clearance was nodded on by Gareth Brady and this sent Rafter racing clean through but the striker hammered the ball into the advertising hoardings as opposed to the back of the net.
Wanderers almost hit back when Byrne cushioned Waters' cross into Kevin O'Connor's path but Cherrie denied the midfielder at his near post.
More lovely play from the extremely troublesome Rafter saw him control a long pass and release Reilly in an instant.
The midfielder guided his effort past Quigley but a linesman's flag scuppered his celebrations.
Rafter was taken off on the hour mark to give him some rest but his replacement, William Woods, proved he was no fool as he set up Shannon and his shot struck the inside of Quigley's right leg before flying behind for a corner.
Woods then broke the offside trap and the ball was slid across the turf for him but he somehow contrived to blaze over from straight in front of Quigley's goal.
Woods was handed a lesson in goal scoring two minutes later as Waters conjured up a goal of the season contender.
he ball was pinged out to him on the left and with seemingly nothing on, the attacker unleashed hell as he sent a devastating volley flying over the head of the flabbergasted Cherrie.
Unfortunately Waters' breathtaking strike was all for nothing as with 10 minutes remaining a Dane Massey howler was seized upon by Mark Leavy and he played the ball into the box for fellow substitute Barry Conlon to find the bottom corner.
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Marilyn Manson dedicates 'Disposable Teens' to Paris Jackson
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(Yahoo!) - Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper may be tour mates on the Masters of Madness tour, but the two have very different approaches when it comes to delicate subject matter.
On June 6, Michael Jackson's daughter Paris reportedly attempted suicide with a kitchen knife after she was unable to get into the Masters of Madness show in Los Angeles. Her mother, Debbie Rowe, told "Entertainment Tonight" that Jackson was "rushed to the hospital with cuts on her wrists."
In response, Manson sarcastically announced "This song is for Paris Jackson," before his band launched into "Disposable Teens."
When he was confronted by the press, Manson said he will provide a VIP invitation to Jackson the next time she wants to see him.
Cooper didn't comment on Manson's stage banter, but in an interview with "Extra" he expressed sympathy for Jackson. "She's under a lot pressure right now with this trial," he said. "She's 15 years old…I have two girls, I know what 15-year-old girls are like. Everything is important; everything is emotional. I don't think the concert was the thing, I think she's just very emotional right now."
Katherine Jackson's lawyer Perry Sanders echoed Cooper's sentiments in an interview with USA Today. "Being a sensitive 15-year-old is difficult no matter who you are," he said. "It is especially difficult when you lose the person closest to you. Paris is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention. Please respect her privacy and the family's privacy."
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I've been impressed by the responses here on the injured room, and I thought I'd ask if anyone has had experience the problem I'm currently afflicted with.
I woke up on Monday to find my left knee was swollen and red. It was sore to extend fully or bend at all. I hadn't exercised at all on Sunday, and I didn't bump into anything.
I've tried resting it for a few days and applying ice and taking ibuprofen. The pain has subsided now, but the swelling hasn't.
My GP sent me for some blood tests, and I'm waiting two weeks for the tests to return. If anyone has any idea of what the problem could be, or how to deal with it while I wait for the test results, I'd love to hear.
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Thread: When will midwives do a Sweep?
6th February 2012 02:24 PM #1
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When will midwives do a Sweep?
Ok now just wondering i am currently 28 weeks with my fourth baby and have my next app at 32 weeks. I had a sweep done with my last two at 39 weeks and 3 days and all went perfect. My question is will a doc or midwife do a sweep at 38 weeks if i ask them as my father is the only person who is available to watch my other kids while i'm in labour but his boss is taking holidays a week before i'm due and wont be back till the week after and since she is doing that my dad has to be at work because he is 2IC and works nights. I have asked all other family and friends but no one can help. Being that in your opinion would they do a sweep at 38 weeks if i ask them i know that it sounds selfish but i cant handle the stress of not having anyone to look after the kids if my dad has to work and i go into labour. I am going public hospital too if that is of importance.
7th February 2012 12:37 PM #2
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Hi Ellais,
My midwife did a sweep at my 39 week appointment with my 2nd child because I asked for it. Unfortunately it didn't help and he was 9 days late.
Here's a page that discusses what you can do to start labour naturally when you're overdue.
And here's a good page that discusses how to start labour naturally.
Post back and let me know if that helped and if you have any other questions.
7th February 2012 04:43 PM #3
Hi Ellias - welcome to the forum. Sweeping the membranes increases prosaglandin release and can, if done before you due date, encourage labour to occur (though not necessarily straight away after the sweep). On the down side it is an uncomfortable and invasive procedure. You can request a sweep from 38 weeks after talking to your midwife or doctor.
9th February 2012 11:42 AM #4
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Thank you for your response. I have had a sweep with my last two and it worked with in 2 days. Ill ask them at my next app and see if i can book one for my 38 or 39 week app.


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Brevard, N.C. - The weather smiled on the BC Open yesterday at the Lake Toxaway Country Club as the participants and staff were greeted with clear skies and fast surfaces. As the morning fog lifted, 76 golfers teed off as planned for an enjoyable day of golf, companionship and prizes.
All proceeds from the tournament went to the Brevard College Athletics Department and over 300 student-athletes.
Golfers and participants were able to mingle with members of the Brevard College athletic staff as Head Coaches Matt McCay (Baseball), Britne Stubbs (Softball), Shannon Reid (Women's Basketball), Paul Hamilton (Football), Nicole Bumgarner (Tennis) and Interim AD and Men's Soccer Coach Juan Mascaro were all in attendance. Brevard College Interim President Dr. Charlie Teague was also in attendance at the tournament, taking in the scenes and mingling with all involved.
The play was set for teams of four to compete against each other for prizes, and there were several hole-in-one challenges set up throughout the course.
Two teams tied for the lowest score in the tournament, but due to tiebreakers, the winning quartet of the BC Open was Dan Futrelle, Matt McCay, Brett Miller and Bill Early. Each member of the quartet received a $100 gift certificate to the Lake Toxaway Golf Pro Shop. Coming in second and receiving a $75 certificate each was Hutch Vaughan, Mike Coneys, Jim Sacha and Jochen Lucke.
In third place, with a score of 45.75 was David McCall, Dean Ashenfelder, Dr. James O. Wells, Jr. and Lin Kolb. Each player received $50 gift certificates. Coming in fourth was the quartet of George Harris, Nicole Bumgarner, Dempsey Bailey and Reg Heinitsh, with all players receiving $40 gift certificates.
Also involved in the BC Open was the ability to purchase raffle tickets for several great prizes, including a two night stay at the Greystone Inn, golf foursome at Etowah Valley, Broadmoor, Kenmure and Crooked Creek & Reems Creek courses among others. The winners will be picked at Saturday night's Pigskin Pigout.
The day would not have been a success if it were not for the wonderful support of Reg Heinitsh and his staff at the Lake Toxaway Country Club, as well as Lou Biago, the golf pro and tournament director at the club.
Special thanks go out to all BC Open sponsors and contributors who helped make the event happen:
BC Open Sponsors:
Appalachian Golf Carts, Brett Miller, Capitol Employee Benefits Advisors, Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates, Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, Clean Environments, Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Comporium, Connestee Falls Realty, D.D. Bullwinkel's, Duke Sward, Edward Jones Investments – Mark Tilley, Egolf of Brevard, Elizabeth O. Taylor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Hansen & Associates, Jim Holmes, Platt Architecture, P.A., Poppies Market & Café, Randolph Bank, Redstone Summit Foundation, Rockbrook Camp, Sibley George, State Farm Insurance – Meredith Baldridge, Triangle Stop Food Stores, UNICCO, United Community Bank, United Engineering Group, Inc. and Young Transportation.
BC Open Contributors:
Greystone Inn, Brevard Health & Racquet Club, Broadmoor Golf Links, Brown Trout Restaurant, Chuck Hill, Photographer, Connestee Falls Overlook Clubhouse, Crooked Creek Golf Club, DeWalt Tools, Dixie Sporting Goods, Etowah Valley Country Club, Fogel Advertising, Kenmure Country Club, Lowes of Brevard and the Reems Creek Country Club.
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Orioles Prospect Primer: Harvey on the rise
2013 first-round pick boasts big fastball, ready for Class A
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com | April 1, 2014 10:00 AM ET
Some players are on the verge of stardom, others are entering a crucial phase of their development and still others are getting their first tastes of full-season ball. With the 2014 season approaching, MiLB.com takes a look at the most intriguing prospects from each MLB organization.
Full-season debutant: Hunter Harvey, RHP
Baltimore's previous two first-round picks, Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy, both flew through the system and reached the Majors in their first full pro seasons. Harvey, the 22nd overall pick in 2013, may not move so quickly, but he could join them as an elite pitching prospect in short order.
Signed at 6-foot-3 and 170 pounds, Harvey began adding size and strength soon after the Draft. Now weighing in at 190 pounds, he can reach the mid-to-high 90s with his fastball and also has an above-average curve and a developing changeup.
The changeup will be a point of focus when he opens with Class A Delmarva in 2014, where he will continue the process of learning how to set up hitters and execute in certain situations.
"He's making great strides, getting a lot of repetitions," Orioles player development director Brian Graham said. "In pro baseball, with the throwing programs and the bullpens and the time you spend on the mound, it's significantly more than what you do in a high school program. That repetition is allowing him to do things he's never done before, like commanding the baseball."
Major League-ready: Eduardo Rodriguez, LHP
Rodriguez will return to Double-A Bowie to begin 2014 but could move quickly, especially if he continues to refine his offspeed pitches.
The 20-year-old Venezuelan blossomed into a legitimate prospect last season thanks to an uptick in fastball velocity and strides in his pitchability. The hurler has long featured good command of his fastball and changeup, but his entire repertoire took a step forward in 2013, leading to dominant numbers with Class A Advanced Frederick.
"Eduardo has learned so much about pitching over the last 12 months," Graham said. "That's where his greatest strides have been, understanding swings and what pitch to throw in what situation. Now, he can throw a changeup behind in the count. He's made great strides learning to throw his slider for a strike, as well as just physical maturity and mental maturity."
Rodriguez has shown an ability to consistently improve in the past. If that continues in 2014, he could help push the O's to the playoffs as a mid-rotation starter by the end of the season.
At the crossroads: Branden Kline, RHP
It's been a rough go for Kline as a pro thus far. The 2012 second-round pick missed most of the 2013 season with a broken ankle and has managed just 47 1/3 regular-season innings since signing.
Though Kline had plenty of experience before turning pro while pitching at the University of Virginia, he needs to log innings to work on his changeup and his command, especially if he hopes to reach the Majors as a starter. His low-90s fastball and slider are both quality offerings -- earning 55 and 50 grades from MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo -- but without a third pitch, the right-hander risks falling behind in an Orioles system stacked with starting pitching prospects.
Kline recovered in time to pitch in the Arizona Fall League last year. Though his 10.54 ERA was discouraging, the Orioles considered it a valuable experience for a hurler yet to make it out of Class A. In 2014, Kline could begin with Fredrick, which is also the town from which he hails.
"He's having a good spring and building his innings up," Graham said. "He's been aggressive in the strike zone, and he needs to pound that strike zone. … He's going to be interesting."
More to keep an eye on: Bundy is still recovering from Tommy John surgery, with Graham estimating he could return to game action in June. ... Last year's second-round pick, catcher Chance Sisco, looked sharp at the plate in his pro debut and made strides transitioning from shortstop to backstop. "He's got a pretty good feel so far for the position," Delmarva manager Ryan Minor said. "He's athletic, so that helps. He has a good, strong arm." ... He won't play full-season ball, but 16-year-old right-handed pitcher Ofelky Peralta will be given the chance to compete for a Gulf Coast League roster spot during extended spring training.
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Kaysville • It was her sophomore year, and Davis forward Jessica Richardson scanned the court, looking at her teammates.
The Darts weren't very good then they won just five games that season but she saw talent in her class. When they became seniors, Richardson believed, they'd have a chance to do something special.
Two years later, Richardson stood on the court before practice and again surveyed the gym. She had been right. The Darts, and the teammates she saw, were Region 1 champions.
"I knew our class was going to come up and be a strong team," Richardson said. "It's exciting for me. I've always dreamed about taking region, so taking it my senior year is kind of a big deal for me."
The Darts' senior class has been playing together since junior high, and year after year, Richardson could track the progress. Everything was working to this point, and the Darts started on the right foot by defeating West on Monday to open the Class 5A playoffs.
"Through the years, you could see it getting better and better," Richardson said. "It makes it a lot better when you've worked for what you get instead of just having it given to you."
After working so hard and so long to get there, pressure is inevitable. Any game could be the last Richardson plays in her high school career. But instead of shying away from that reality, she and Davis' other seniors have turned it into motivation.
"It's kind of nerve-racking," Richardson said. "But I've come to the realization that any game could be my last, for high school at least. All of our seniors, we decided to give our heart and soul to every game."
Regardless of how the Darts fare in the playoffs, Richardson will have left a legacy at Davis. Despite only first playing basketball seriously in eighth grade "I wasn't too good," she said she has become a leader, on and off the court.
She finished the regular season averaging nearly 14 points a game, and her defensive presence in the post is invaluable for the Darts.
But what makes her special is that she's always finding ways to make her teammates successful, Davis coach Ann Jones said. One of Richardson's favorite things to do on offense is pin defenders in the post, leaving open 3s for her teammates in the corner.
"You can get caught up in yourself," Jones said. "Jessica is not caught up in herself one bit. She's so fun to be around and coach. Athletically, she's so gifted she has those God-given talents of run, jump, strength but she's such a great teammate and leader."
Richardson's contributions have caught the eye of several colleges and likely will earn her an opportunity to play at the next level. Among the colleges talking to her are Utah State, Salt Lake Community College and BYU-Hawaii.
Since she hasn't been playing for long, Richardson still is a raw talent. Jones believes the program that takes Richardson will have found a diamond in the rough.
"She has huge upside," Jones said. "You're just starting to see what Jessica can do. She's exploded this year. She's going to play at the next level somewhere, and it will be really fun to see how she develops and how far she goes."


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STEUBENVILLE -- It isn't uncommon for sports icons to become tainted in the public eye by scandal and greed. So how can the Catholic athlete become successful in the sports world while remaining true to his or her Christian principles?
For Chicago Bears owner Pat McCaskey, the key is in seeing faith as a central stepping stone toward becoming a better person. The Chicago Bears, for instance, regularly bring in inspiring men and women with stories that encourage the team to embrace their fullest potential. In McCaskey's words, "We don't force-feed anyone, but faith is fundamental to our caretaking efforts.
On Monday, March 4, sports fans and non-sports fans alike will learn how to spread the Gospel message through one's own calling when McCaskey speaks at Franciscan University of Steubenville. The event will be held in the Gentile Gallery, J.C. Williams Center, at 7:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public.
"Franciscan University athletics is proud to be associated with people like Pat McCaskey because we also want to encourage our athletes to seek virtue in their sports endeavors. And, like Pat McCaskey, we don't believe that they're mutually exclusive," said Chris Ledyard, director of Athletics at Franciscan University, who met McCaskey several years ago at Sports Faith International.
McCaskey, grandson of Bears founder George "Papa" Halas, began working for the Chicago Bears in 1974. He is chairman and founder of Sports Faith International, an initiative that recognizes people who are successful in sports while leading exemplary lives. He holds a BA from Indiana University and an MA from DePaul University, and has been knighted in the international charitable order of Saint Stanislaus.
McCaskey is also the author of two books: "Bear With Me: A Family History of George Halas and the Chicago Bears," and "Sports and Faith: Stories of the Devoted and the Devout." He and his wife, Gretchen, live in Illinois and have three sons.


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Liberty Shoots Past GWU in BSC Quarterfinal
|Brittany Campbell made three of Liberty's 11 three-pointers during Liberty's 78-61 victory over Gardner-Webb on Friday.
No. 1 seed Liberty shot a sizzling 11-of-16 from three-point range Friday evening at The HTC Center, sparking the Lady Flames to a 78-61 victory over No. 9 seed Gardner-Webb in the quarterfinal round of the VisitMyrtleBeach.com Big South Women's Basketball Championship.
Liberty, which equaled a season high with its 11 triples, advances to the semifinals for the 17th consecutive season with its 12th win in a row. Now 25-6 on the season, the Lady Flames will face No. 5 seed Campbell Saturday at 8 p.m. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.
Gardner-Webb's season ends at 13-18, despite limiting the Lady Flames to 16 points in the paint. All three of the Runnin' Bulldogs' losses in Big South Championship history have come at the hands of Liberty.
Liberty made its first five field goal attempts of the game, including a trio of three-pointers, opening up a 13-3 lead by the 16:44 mark.
The Lady Flames' three-point barrage continued during an 11-0 run midway through the half. Three trifectas found the bottom of the net in that span, including one by Sadalia Ellis from the right wing at 8:16 which gave Liberty a 34-15 cushion.
Gardner-Webb limited Liberty to two made field goals over the remainder of the period, outscoring the Lady Flames, 13-5, over that stretch. Jessica Heilig tallied eight of the Runnin' Bulldogs' points, including a pair of free throws with 3.7 seconds left that made the halftime score 39-28 in favor of Liberty.
The Lady Flames shot 50 percent (15-of-30) from the field in the first half, including a scorching 66.7 percent (8-of-12) from three-point range. The eight made triples tied a tournament record for most in one half. Meanwhile, Gardner-Webb hit 33.3 percent (10-of-30) of its first-half field goal tries.
Devon Brown connected on three triples before the break, scoring a half-best 14 points for the Lady Flames. Jasmine Gardner collected seven rebounds, helping Liberty double up the Runnin' Bulldogs on the boards, 24-12.
Heilig's dozen points paced Gardner-Webb's first-half scoring attack.
The Runnin' Bulldogs cut into the deficit with a 7-0 run early in the second half. Olivia Parker scored the final five points of the surge, including a foul shot with 15:16 left that pulled her team within five (42-37).
Liberty responded with an 8-0 burst, capped off by back-to-back Reagan Miller triples. Her second connection pushed the Lady Flame lead back out to 50-37 with 13:48 showing on the clock.
Gardner-Webb got no closer than nine points the rest of the way, and Liberty made 18-of-23 second-half free throws (78.3 percent) to close out its 78-61 triumph.
The Lady Flames shot 45.3 percent (24-of-53) from the field on the night while holding Gardner-Webb to 30.5 percent (18-of-59).
Liberty outrebounded Gardner-Webb by a 49-32 count and came up with 13 steals.
A career-high six of those steals were courtesy of Brown, who led all players with 23 points and distributed a season-high four assists in 24 minutes.
Miller shot four-of-five from beyond the arc, scoring a season-best 17 points, while Campbell connected on three of her five triple tries during an 11-point night.
Tolu Omotola posted her eighth double-double of the year, consisting of 10 points and 11 boards. Gardner matched her 11 rebounds to tie for game-high honors.
Heilig ended up with 16 points to pace Gardner-Webb, while Catrina Green chipped in a dozen points and a team-high nine boards. Parker made it three Runnin' Bulldogs in double digits with 11 points.
Alexis Sherard served as Liberty's head coach on Friday, as Carey Green was unable to attend the contest due to the death of his father, A.J. Green, earlier this week.
Postgame Quotes
Liberty Assistant Coach Alexis Sherard
"I just want to say we beat a very good team tonight. Gardner-Webb's record is not indicative of their talent. Coach Rick Reeves does a great job maximizing the talent of his girls. I'm very proud of our girls. We knew it was going to be a hard fought battle and knew it was going to be a battle of the boards. Obviously, our head coach isn't here, but I think our girls responded. I couldn't be happier or more proud to be a Flame right now."
"Our game plan is not to shoot 20+ threes. Our plan is to get it inside. We were fortunate enough to make those eight threes."
"The players play the game. Success depends on the leadership on floor. We can do all of the prep work, but the players play game. We're fortunate to have the seniors we have out there. They understand the game and are very talented."
"We knew it was going to be our starting five that were really going to set the tone. Rebounding is something we preach. Aggressive players win the game. We played for our families, we played for God, but most of all we played for Coach Green to have a game tomorrow."
"I think the success of teams depends on how deep your bench is. It really was a team win and I think everyone played a huge part."
Gardner-Webb Head Coach Rick Reeves
"I just want to publicly offer my condolences to Coach Green. We have been praying for him and his family. He made the right decision to be where he needed to be. I also want to thank Myrtle Beach and the conference for putting on a wonderful tournament. We wish we could have stayed longer to enjoy the hospitality even more, but it just wasn't meant to be."
"We were pretty positive the whole time. We tried to make some adjustments and change some defensive assignments. We've got a good basketball team and they're going to get better. In the locker room, I told them how proud we are of them. I gave them the challenge to have everyone improve one skill area for next season. I'm not displeased in any way with this team."


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Some years ago in a nice Seattle suburb, Pyatok Architects designed a group of condominiums for low-income renters. As construction on the buildings neared completion, people would drive by and ask the crew when the condos were going up for sale. "We'd love to buy one of these," they'd confide, "but we're worried about that stuff next door." In contrast to the firm's beautifully proportioned and detailed buildings, the neighborhood's market-rate housing appeared prosaic.
It is not unusual for architect Michael Pyatok's subsidized-housing projects to be mistaken for upscale condos. Pyatok, FAIA, who heads up a staff of 27 architects and planners in Seattle and Oakland, Calif., turns class discrimination on its head by designing below-market housing that would blend in with the best-designed residential developments. In the past decade, the firm has won more than 50 local and national design awards. But just as important, Pyatok is a savvy politician. He is a master at overcoming zoning restrictions, the fears of suburbanites, and the chaos of a poor community itself to create a local infrastructure of services and income opportunities, so that tenants cannot only live safely and comfortably, but also invest in their surroundings.
"There's a political role to design," Pyatok says, "and that is the message it sends to the people living there and the generations afterward who live around it. If it's done well, it's like saying all those folks who collaborated to make the place—the community, the lenders, the developer, the insurance company, the architect—had a high degree of respect for the people getting housing."
the man with the vision
As a low-income housing advocate, Pyatok is uncompromising in his commitment to clients. When the Oakland Community Organization asked his firm to help rezone and develop a five-acre site across from an abandoned cannery in the Jingletown neighborhood, it was interested in not a fast-track Section 8 project, but one that hardworking families could live with long term. It took eight years to navigate the bureaucratic zoning and funding process and build the project. Pyatok hosted design sessions at the local Catholic church, hiring bilingual architects to make sure he could communicate with all the residents of the 100-year-old neighborhood, many of them of Portuguese and Mexican descent.
The result, in 1997, yielded 53 units, softly colored and articulated with bays, trellised balconies, and clean grids of windows. On the smaller homes, buyers were provided with blueprints for adding an attic bedroom and bath. Some homes have adjacent spaces for future garages with a bedroom above. Others have living rooms on the second floor and a bedroom on the first floor to allow for a home-based business. And many are paired as duplexes to blend in with the neighborhood's single-family Victorian and Craftsman-style homes.
"Mike was the person who believed in our vision and said it could be done when we felt like industry and the banks turned their backs on us," says Jingletown organizer Susana Villarreal. Later, the cannery was transformed into a retail shopping center, and a charter school followed. "Because of our relationship with Mike, the next projects came in," she says. "Mike made sure we got things right. He was like a regular guy to us. People grew fond of him."
Pyatok is that rare species of architect who eschews the star power that comes with high-end commissions. But he hasn't escaped celebrity status in his chosen niche. Tasneem Chowdhury, coordinator of the affordable-housing program at the University of Illinois' City Design Center, Chicago, likes to call Pyatok the "rock star" of affordable housing. "He is to affordable housing what Frank Gehry is to museums," she says. "He can do a lot with little money to achieve a very upscale look." Professor Jim Stockard, curator of Harvard Design School's Loeb Fellowship, which Pyatok received in 1983, agrees: "Michael gives up nothing to the people who'd consider themselves designers with a capital 'D.'"
But Pyatok is not exclusively an architect of affordable housing. His other projects range from Oakland City Hall Plaza to Potrero Square Lofts—the conversion of a warehouse in San Francisco to market-rate housing—to Swan's Marketplace, a mixed-use historic public market. Currently in construction is Landmark Place, an elegant, $12-million condominium project in the heart of Oakland's Victorian district.
Four years ago, the firm designed some student housing with Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis, San Francisco, which specializes in institutional work, aquariums, and high-end homes. "We had a good time working together," Pyatok says. "When I visited their offices, I marveled at their sample library and remarked that they had a completely different set from us—real wood, real marble, real granite, brick, and metals I'd never seen before. I have these brief moments of, 'Gee, what did I do with my life?' But they only last about five minutes."


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Network Adapter: Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 / Works out of the box monitor mode & all.
USB ports: Works out of box
SD card reader: Works out of box
CD/DVD player: Works out of box
HDMI In/Out: Have not tested
Audio: Works with edited file.
Video (AMD 6990m): Works by disabling the onboard intel graphics & downloading/installing AMD drivers.
Everything I've tested works fine out of box except the Audio, and Video. The video has a problem with there being 2 cards, the onboard intel & the AMD. Below is how I resolved both issues.
With Backtrack 5 r3 I had to go to System-Preferences-Startup Applications.
Click PulseAudio Sound System, click edit.
Change Command toThen editCode:/usr/bin/pulseaudio
I'm using gnome Backtrack, so I open terminal and type:add the following line at the very bottom:Code:gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
save & reboot.Code:options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6-amic
Once you've rebooted click the speaker icon, go to Sound Preferences.
Click Output tab, make sure Internal Audio Analog Stero is selected, and Connector is Analog Speakers. Click hardware tab, select Internal Audio, profile should be Analog Stereo Duplex.
Video Drivers:
The easiest way for me to get the AMD card working, was to disable the intel card, so only the AMD card is active. This isn't an option with the normal BIOS from alienware, so you have to download a custom bios in windows, flash it, then you can boot into your custom bios, and disable the intel card.
Custom bios attached here http://forum.techinferno.com/alienwa...-bios-a09.html
There may be another way, but when I tried installing ati drivers while the intel card was still enabled I would get the no screens found error.
After you've disabled intel card, visit http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx fill out the information & download current drivers. (Mine is Notebook Graphics-Radeon HD Series-Radeon HD 6xxxM Series-Linux x86_64)
I saved to desktop. Double click to open with archive mounter, then open the mounted zip file. Click the .run file and drag it out onto Desktop, or wherever you downloaded to.
Right click the .run file, properties, Permissions tab, check the box "Allow executing file as program" & click close.
Open terminal, and CD to the directory of your .run file.
mine is on desktop, so I type:Type ./NameOfFile.run mine isCode:cd /root/DesktopThe AMD Installer should pop up, just continue through everything, don't change any settings.Code:./amd-driver-installer-8.982-x86.x86_64.run
Exit, delete the files you downloaded/extracted & reboot.
You should have working sound & video!
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Heres more information.
I have an Alienware m18x. Dual 7990 with i7 HD3000. I disabled onboard video via BIOS settings leaving only PEG enabled. I have installed the ATI driver from the website and keep getting the error when I launch catalyst control center.
There was a problem initializing Catalyst Control Center Linux edition. It could be caused by the following.
No ATI graphics driver is installed, or the ATI driver is not functioning properly.
Please install the ATI driver appropriate for you ATI hardware, or configure using aticonfig.
Here's the lspci output:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 6800
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device aab0
07:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 6800
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet (rev c0)
09:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 0887 (rev c4)
0a:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01)
0a:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 5209 (rev 01)
Also when I do this:
root@bt:~# sudo aticonfig --initial -f
aticonfig: No supported adapters detected
Thanks for any help guys...
Thats wierd that your Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 works because i have a dell inspiron n5010 with the same network device and when i try to run airmon-ng start wlan0 I get nothing back.. i dont see any devices listed like mon0...
Thanks. Been trying to get audio working on my new M17x R3 (love this thing) with LMDE 201204, and your solution worked.


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Brewers finalize Minor League coaching staffs
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers today announced the coaching staffs at Class-A Brevard County, Class-A Wisconsin, Rookie Helena and the Rookie Arizona League Brewers for the 2012 season.
Joe Ayrault, who spent the last two seasons with Helena, will manage Brevard County for the 2012 season. Pitching coach Fred Dabney will return to the Manatees for his eighth season with the Manatees and ninth with the organization. Ned Yost IV will join the Manatees coaching staff after spending the previous three seasons with Helena. A former player in the Brewers organization, Yost will enter his fourth year as a coach in the organization. Tommy Craig will return as athletic trainer for Brevard County—his sixth season with the organization.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers coaching staff will remain the same in 2012. Appleton native Matt Erickson will return for his second season as manager. Pitching coach Chris Hook and athletic trainer Jeff Paxson will return to Wisconsin for their fourth and third seasons, respectively. Dusty Rhodes will return for the second season of his second coaching stint with the Brewers organization. Rhodes was also a coach in the organization from 1988 – 1991 and over all has over 40 years of combined coaching experience on the professional and collegiate level.
Jeff Isom was named manager of the Helena Brewers after spending last year at Brevard County. Isom will enter his sixth season overall in the Brewers organization. Isom previously managed Helena in 2007 where he led them to a 48-28 record while capturing the first-half title in the Pioneer League's North Division. He will be joined in Helena by Elvin Nina who will return to Helena for his fourth season as pitching coach. Don Money will join the Helena staff as Special Instructor, Player Development and coach for 2012. Money was the manager of the Brewers Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds for the previous three seasons and has managed in the Brewers farm system for 14 years. Jimmy Gentry rounds out Helena's staff and will serve as athletic trainer for his fourth season.
The Arizona Brewers will be again managed by Tony Diggs who will return for his fifth season as manager of the club. The rest of Arizona's coaching staff will remain the same as last year. Steve Cline will return as pitching coach and will enter his 17th season with the organization, Kenny Dominguez will return for his fourth season as coach and Steve Patera will return for his second season as athletic trainer.
The coaching staffs of Triple-A Nashville and Double-A Huntsville were announced in September.


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Keith Urban, Brandy Clark, George Strait Respond To CMA Nominations
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The CMA Awards nominees were announced this week, and many of your favorite country stars up for awards this year have expressed their reactions to the exciting news!
Keith Urban says he didn't realize the nominees for this fall's Country Music Association Awards were being unveiled Wednesday. The singer explains that it was business as usual for him when he started his day.
Urban explains that he "must've gotten 15 texts in the space of about 15 seconds." He says the minute he was back home he "sat in the garage calling everybody to thank them." Keith earned four CMA nominations, including bids for Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year.
And Urban isn't the only one who appreciates the recognition. New Artist of the Year nominee Brandy Clark says being up for two CMA Awards is "truly a thrill and a dream come true." She's also in the running for Song of the Year - a songwriter's award - with Kacey Musgraves and Shane McAnally for Kacey's "Follow Your Arrow."
Meanwhile, veteran George Strait racked up his record extending 83rd CMA nomination with his bid for Entertainer of the Year. He calls the nod "a great honor," adding that it "just puts the icing on the cake" of what's been "an incredible year."
The 48th annual CMA Awards will be presented in a ceremony in Nashville, and air on ABC on November 5th.
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Electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA) System, SSA/OGC/OPD.
Effective Date: January 25, 2003
System number: 60-0340
System name:
Electronic Freedom of Information Act (eFOIA) System, SSA/OGC/OPD.
Security classification:
System location:
Office of Public Disclosure
Office of the General Counsel
Social Security Administration
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Individuals, or groups of individuals, who write to the Freedom of Information Officer, Social Security Administration.
Categories of records in the system:
Copies of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) initial requests from individuals and groups of individuals and replies from SSA's Freedom of Information Officer; FOIA appeals and replies to those appeals; and SSA records that relate to initial and appeal requests (e.g., copies of records that are disclosed and withheld).
Authority for maintenance of the system:
The Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552).
This system will be used to manage the Agency's FOIA workload. This includes assigning work, processing work electronically, tracking the status of assignments and providing management information reports relating to the FOIA requests received by SSA.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purpose of such uses:
Disclosure may be made for routine uses as indicated below.
However, disclosure of any information defined as "return or return information" under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) will not be made unless authorized by a statute, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or IRS regulations.
1) To the Office of the President for the purpose of responding to an individual pursuant to an inquiry received from that individual or from a third party on his or her behalf.
2) To a congressional office in response to an inquiry from that office made at the request of the subject of a record.
3) To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as necessary, for the purpose of auditing SSA's compliance with safeguard provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended.
4) To the Department of Justice (DOJ) to defend SSA in FOIA litigation involving a record maintained in this system of records.
5) To the Department of Justice (DOJ), a court or other tribunal, or another party before such tribunal when:
a) SSA, any component thereof; or
b) any SSA employee in his/her official capacity; or
c) any SSA employee in his/her individual capacity where DOJ (or SSA where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
d) the United States or any agency thereof where SSA determines that the litigation is likely to affect the operations of SSA or any of its components, is a party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, a court or other tribunal, or another party before such tribunal, is relevant and necessary to the litigation, provided, however, that in each case, SSA determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
6) Disclosure of any information defined as "returns or return information" under 26 U.S.C. § 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) will not be made unless authorized by a statute, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or IRS regulations.
7) Non-tax return information which is not restricted from disclosure by Federal law may be disclosed to the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under 44 U.S.C. § 2904 and § 2906, as amended by NARA Act of 1984, for the use of those agencies in conducting records management studies.
8) To student volunteers, individuals working under a personal service contract, and other individuals performing functions for SSA but technically not having the status of Agency employees, if they need access to the records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
9) To Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and private security contractors, as appropriate, information necessary:
-To enable them to protect the safety of SSA employees and customers, the security of the SSA workplace, and the operation of SSA facilities, or
-To assist investigations or prosecutions with respect to activities that affect such safety and security or activities that disrupt the operation of SSA facilities.
10) To contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, for the purpose of assisting SSA in the efficient administration of its programs. We contemplate disclosing information under this routine use only in situations in which SSA may enter into a contractual or similar agreement with a third party to assist in accomplishing an Agency function relating to this system of records.
11) The Commissioner shall disclose to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), or to any State, any record or information requested in writing by the Secretary to be so disclosed for the purpose of administering any program administered by the Secretary, if records or information of such type were so disclosed under applicable rules, regulations and procedures in effect before the date of enactment of the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994.
** We may disclose information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, entities, and persons when (1) we suspect or confirm that the security or confidentiality of information in this system of records has been compromised; (2) we determine that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs of SSA that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) we determine that disclosing the information to such agencies, entities, and persons is necessary to assist in our efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. SSA will use this routine use to respond only to those incidents involving an unintentional release of its records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Records in this system are maintained and stored in electronic form.
Records in this system are retrieved by a requester's or third party's first name, last name, Social Security Number (SSN), subject matter, or control number.
Security measures include the use of access codes to enter the computer system which will maintain the data, the storage of computerized records in secured areas which are accessible only to employees who require the information in performing their official duties. Any manually maintained records will be kept in locked cabinets or in otherwise secure areas. SSA employees who have access to the data will be informed of the criminal penalties of the Privacy Act for unauthorized access to or disclosure of information maintained in the system. See 5 U.S.C. § 552a(i)(1).
Contractor personnel having access to data in the system of records will be required to adhere to SSA rules concerning safeguards, access and use of the data.
Retention and disposal:
Any document related to a FOIA request that has been denied will be retained (stored electronically) for six years from the response date. Requests that have been granted will be retained for two years from the response date. When the time period has elapsed, the case will be deleted provided (1) it is a closed case and (2) there are no open cases linked to that case. If the case is still open or linked to another open case, deletion will be delayed until closure of all cases involved.
System manager(s):
Freedom of Information Officer
Office of Public Disclosure
Office of the General Counsel
Social Security Administration
Notification procedure(s):
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing name, SSN, address, date of birth, place of birth, and at least one other piece of identifying information that parallels the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her permission to provide the information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 C.F.R. § 401.40).
Record access procedure(s):
Same as Notification procedures. Requesters also should reasonably specify the record contents they are seeking. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 C.F.R. § 401.50).
Contesting record procedure(s):
Same as Notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably identify the record, specify the information they are contesting, and state the corrective action sought and the reasons for the correction with supporting justification showing how the record is untimely, incomplete, inaccurate, or irrelevant. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 C.F.R. § 401.65).
Record source categories:
Information is furnished by the inquirer and generated by SSA in response to FOIA requests.
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DeAndre Jordan has made seven consecutive free throws.
He's almost doubled his career scoring average.
Shaquille O'Neal called him the Western Conference's best center right now.
Jordan's progress with the basketball in his hands has been so remarkable this season and so helpful in balancing the Clippers' all-too-predictable offense that it's difficult to select which of the three sentences above is more astounding than the others.
Let's go line by line.
First, the Clippers hired a shooting coach, Bob Thate, to work with Jordan and power forward Blake Griffin to improve their free-throw percentages. The Clippers believed Jordan and Griffin gave away points with poor free-throw shooting.
Jordan shot 52.5 percent in 2011-12, a career best, but nothing to brag about. He's connecting at only 46.7 percent (7 of 15) this season, but he's made seven in a row going into tonight's game against the defending NBA champion Miami Heat.
So, perhaps Thate's tutoring is playing dividends.
Second, Jordan's scoring average is up to 11.3 points after seven games. His career average was a paltry 6.1 points after four seasons as a defense-first center on a team that didn't ask him to do much offensively.
Jordan has shown a willingness to shoot when in the low post this season. He's displayed a nice touch on his running hooks, confident in his shot with either hand. He's also been unstoppable at point-blank range, dunking with authority.
Third, O'Neal's comments came after fellow TNT analyst Steve Kerr addressed the Clippers' lack of offensive variety last season.
Without naming names, Kerr suggested the Clippers relied too heavily on Griffin and point guard Chris Paul.
This season, the Clippers have encouraged Jordan to look for his shot more often.
"We tell D.J. he's a huge part of this team," Paul said of Jordan, who has scored 20 points or more twice this season and has two other games with 10 points or more. "He knows it, too. To us, he's one of our most valuable players."
O'Neal, who knows a thing or two about playing the center position after a Hall of Fame career that included three NBA titles with the Lakers to start the 2000s and a fourth with the Heat, praised Jordan's play.
"I don't know what all the other big guys were doing this summer, but I know what DeAndre Jordan was doing. He was working on his game," O'Neal said during Thursday's telecast of the Clippers' victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.
"He's playing like a real big man, taking his time and going right over the top," O'Neal continued. "I'm going on the record. The best center in the West right now is DeAndre Jordan. You heard it here first."
History lesson
The Clippers have a four-game winning streak over the Heat at Staples Center, including a 95-89 overtime victory last season in the teams' only meeting. Paul led the Clippers with 27 points and LeBron James led the Heat with 23 points last Jan. 11.


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Bassett 58DC3C 15X8 D-Hole 5 on 4.75 3 Inch Backspace Chrome Wheel
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Please note the following about this product:
- Ground Shipping Only - Can't Ship Air.
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InfoBassett's 15 x 8 D-Hole style wheel for the dirt and asphalt markets feature the same high quality spun-form shell as the Inertia Advantage wheel, but at a more economical price. Light weight, yet strong enough for 3500 lbs. stock cars Beaded shell to prevent tires from rolling off, very durable Spun-form shell provides the lowest runout on market (under .030") for better handling Valve stem behind center in window
The following must be considered when using Bassett wheels for on highway / street use applications when the wheel/tire assembly is being balanced. Bassett Wheels are lug centric, which means they are built off of and must be balanced using the bolt circle and NOT the wheel center hole. Improper use of a tire balancer that centers the wheel on the hub bore, not the bolt circle will result in an incorrect reading for rim runout, as the center hole is not in the perfect center of the bolt pattern. The only machine capable of performing a lug centric balance is the Hunter GSP 9700 with the flange plate bolt circle adapter and no centering cone.