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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
On-line version ISSN 2411-9717
Print version ISSN 0038-223X
J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. vol.112 n.8 Johannesburg Jan. 2012
Simulation of time-dependent crush pillar behaviour in tabular platinum mines
J.A.L. NapierI; D.F. MalanII
ICSIR, South Africa and Department of Mining Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
IIGold Fields Ltd and Department of Mining Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa
It has been established that significant time-dependent stope convergence may occur over time periods of hours and days in certain hard-rock gold and platinum mines. The source of this time-dependent behaviour appears to be associated with both preexisting discontinuities and with mining-induced fractures that form near the stope face. These induced fractures may be associated with blasting processes and may also be formed in response to high stress concentrations in the unmined regions immediately ahead of the stope face. In shallower platinum mining operations, time-dependent behaviour is, however, observed to be much less marked unless some form of specific mining-induced fracturing occurs. One particular case of considerable interest is the time-dependent behaviour that is found to be associated with the formation and deployment of crush pillars. The purpose of the paper is to present a simple limit-equilibrium computational model of this behaviour that is sensitive to both the formation sequence and the size of planned crush pillars in a mine layout. This model provides a useful means to optimize the sizing of crush pillars, and at the same time may be used to identify potentially hazardous circumstances in which pillars may not crush in a stable manner.
Keywords: crush pillars, pillar behaviour, pillar failure, simulation.
Crush pillars are deployed routinely in platinum mining operations to control hangingwall stability and to reduce the potential risk of large-scale collapse or so-called 'back breaks'. A number of research investigations to determine the strength characteristics of crush pillars have been reported, which provide some insight into the appropriate selection of crush pillar dimensionsi-4. Crush pillar layouts usually comprise a series of chain pillars arranged along the strike or dip direction, depending on the adopted stoping strategy. The design of crush pillar configurations should be viewed within the broader context of general hardrock pillar design methods, with appropriate recognition being made of the potential for foundation failure when the pillar width-to- height ratio exceeds a critical value4,5,6. It is apparent that the understanding of the individual behaviour of single pillars, such as the pillar shown in Figure 1, is by itself insufficient to design a general pillar layout configuration. The overall layout behaviour should be assessed as an interactive, time-evolving system where the mutual influence between pillars is appropriately modelled and where the possible failure of the individual pillar components is recognized. A tabular boundary-element solution procedure was introduced previously^ to perform these calculations using a simple limit-equilibrium model that can allow for the partial or complete failure of each pillar. A further assessment of this approach has been carried out recently by Du Plessis et al.9 who noted that an important extension to the model is to recognize the possibility of time-dependent strength decay processes that may induce sudden pillar failure some time after the initial formation of pillars at the stope face.
Basic properties of the limit-equilibrium model
The simple model presented in this paper has been described previously» for a limit-equilibrium relationship between the reef-normal stress component σι at the hangingwall and footwall contacts and the average reef-parallel stress component σ3 of the damaged pillar material. This relationship is expressed as a function of the distance x to >the closest pillar edge as depicted in Figure 2. If the pillar height is H (perpendicular to the plane in Figure 2), the expression derived» for the reef-normal stress component is given by
where σι is the effective residual unconfined strength of the damaged rock and μ is the coefficient of friction at the interface between the damaged rock and the hangingwall or footwall contact. Coefficient m is the Mohr-Coulomb slope parameter in the limit-equilibrium failure relationship that is assumed to hold between σ1 (χ) and the average value of the reef-parallel stress component σ3(χ)Ά This limit-equilibrium failure condition is expressed as
Expressions similar to Equation [ι] have been suggested previously as a descriptive model for coal pillar behaviour by Barron10. More elaborate empirical failure relationships such as the Hoek-Brown failure criterion11may also be employed instead of Equation [2], leading to a somewhat more complex expression than given by Equation [ι]. It is of some interest to note that Equation [1] is in fact essentially similar to a relationship derived many years ago by Hill12 for the pressure distribution in a rectangular section of plastic material squeezed between two parallel plates. In this case, Equation [2] should be interpreted as a plastic yield criterion with m = 1 (see Hill12, chapter VIII, Equation [22]).
In order to gain some perspective on the effect of the pillar shape, it is possible also to apply the limit-equilibrium analysis to the case of a circular pillar with a radius a and height, H (see Figure 2). Using the failure criterion expressed by Equation [2] with x replaced by the radial position variable, r, a simple solution analogous to Equation [I] can be developed for the distribution of the normal stress component σι in this case (see Hill12, chapter X, equation [34]). The resulting expression for the stress component σ"Γ0 (r) at position r from the centre of a circular pillar of radius a is
which is essentially equivalent to Equation [I].
In order to contrast the relationship for the strip pillar geometry to the circular pillar, let the characteristic dimension for both the strip pillar width and the circular pillar diameter be denoted by W and define the non-dimensional width-to-height parameter β by
Let σ be the average value of the residual stress component σι in the damaged edge region of the pillar (see Figure 2) where the limit- equilibrium relationship holds. For the case of the strip pillar, the average stress in the failed region extending to a distance χ0 from the pillar edge is given by
Substituting the expression for σ1 (x) given by Equation [1] into Equation [5] yields
In the particular case where the damaged region extends over the entire pillar, χ0 = W/2. In this case, define the scaled residual average pillar stress, TR, to be
Similarly, by integrating Equation [3] over the circular pillar area, the residual average pillar stress in this case can be shown to be given by
Equations [7] and [8] are plotted as functions of β in Figure 3. It is apparent, as might be expected, that the residual strength of the strip pillar always exceeds the residual strength of a circular pillar with diameter equal to the strip pillar width. From the structure of Equations [7] and [8], it may be shown that for large values of β,
This asymptotic behaviour is illustrated in Figure 4, where the ratio TR/TRirc is plotted against β.
The exponential shape of the average pillar stress curves displayed in Figure 3 is interestingly very similar to the stability graph curve shapes reported by Martin and Maybee13 for the case of so-called 'Hoek-Brown brittle parameters'. As discussed by Martin and Maybee13 the shape of these curves provides a good discrimination between the failed and unfailed pillars of the database cases of failed and intact pillars that they examined. The shape of these residual strength curves is similar as well to the observations reported by Watson et alA prior to possible pillar foundation failure.
The pillar may in general have a central intact core region of width W0 < W (see Figure 2). It is assumed that within this core region, the values of the reef-normal stress component a0 fall below the appropriate intact strength envelope and that
where ac is the unconfined strength of the intact material and m0 is the corresponding Mohr-Coulomb slope parameter. In Equation [10], σ30 represents the average reef-parallel stress component in the core region of the pillar. At the critical boundary point x = x° between the failed edge material and the unfailed intact core region of a strip pillar, it is deduced from Equation [1] and Equation [2] that
The transition point x0 is dependent on the details of the pillar location within the layout, the reef modulus, and the primitive stress state at the mining horizon. In general, the transition point x0 and the detailed distribution of stress within the pillar core region has to be determined by a numerical procedure such as the TEXAN layout analysis computer program7,8. A useful upper bound for the scaled peak load in the intact core region of a strip pillar that is damaged symmetrically on each side can be established as follows. Let a? designate the average stress in the core region, W0 = W-2x , and let acTP designate the average stress across the whole pillar. Recalling from Equation [5], that σ1 is the average stress in the failed region, then from the balance of the forces acting normal to the plane of the pillar it follows that
Define the non-dimensional scaled edge failure fraction to be
and assume that in the core region, Equation [10] is satisfied as an equality and that
Substituting Equations [14], [13], [11], [7], and [6] into Equation [12], it may be shown that the non-dimensional upper bound stress TP for a strip pillar is given by
where the additional parameters and are defined by
It may be observed that when X = 1, the pillar is fully crushed and TP (1) = TR, the residual average pillar stress that is given by Equation [7]. It may be demonstrated that when the intact and residual strength parameters are the same (i.e. β = β0 and γ0 = 1), the maximum value of TP occurs when X= 1 and no load shedding occurs as the pillar becomes completely failed. The analogous expression to Equation [15] for the circular pillar can be shown to be given by
where the edge crush distance variable Xis now defined to be
In order to illustrate the behaviour of Equation [15], consider the particular case where a strip pillar of width 6 m and height 2 m is located centrally between two parallel-sided panels that are progressively enlarged in a series of mining steps. The rock mass elastic parameters and the properties of the pillar material are given in Table I. In the numerical simulation, the pillar is covered with 60 elements and each of the adjacent stope panels is enlarged progressively in face advance increments of 1 m up to a span of 40 m. The pillar elements are tested for failure using the intact strength constraint provided by Equation [10]. If a failure state is reached at a collocation point within an element, the stress component a1 is adjusted to conform to the limit- equilibrium value given by Equation [1] with the value of x determined as the distance from the collocation point to the nearest edge of the pillar. This nearest edge distance is pre-computed for each crush type element collocation point and is assumed to apply as well in the case of square or rectangular pillars?.
Equation [15] is plotted as the continuous curve in Figure 5 as a function of the fraction X of the pillar that is crushed. This can be compared to the corresponding values obtained from the numerical simulation that are marked with squares. It is immediately obvious that the simulated pillar load values fall below the upper bound estimates, but tend towards the upper bound when X 1 and the pillar becomes fully crushed. The upper bound values, corresponding to Equation [15], arise from the assumption that the core pillar stress is uniform and equal to the limiting failure load, expressed by Equation [13], across the entire width of the pillar. In reality, the simulated intact core pillar load only reaches this limiting value adjacent to the maximum crushed edge position, x°, and falls below this value near the centre of the pillar. As the pillar edges become progressively more crushed, and the core region size diminishes, the central intact core average stress approaches the intact strength limiting value given by Equation [14], as can be seen by the convergence of the two curves in Figure 5 when X- 1.
Time-dependent crush pillar behaviour
It is apparent from extensive underground stope convergence observations!* that time-dependent deformations occur which are related to both geometrical changes to the excavation face positions as mining occurs and to strength decay processes that occur in the fractured rock mass or on geological structures such as parting planes. The creep-like movements in fractured rock or on pre-existing discontinuities can occur over relatively short time periods of hours, days, or weeksH It is clear that if the residual strength of the crushed material adjacent to the intact pillar core decreases with time, the effective confining support given to the intact material decreases and unstable pillar collapse may occur eventually. Alternatively, if the pillars are fully crushed, then a decay of the residual strength can result in progressively poorer regional support of chain pillars, with consequent increased risk of hangingwall collapse.
In order to represent the time decay of the pillar strength, it is assumed that the parameters ac and m of the limit-equilibrium relationship in Equation [2] are time-dependent functions. Specifically, it is postulated that if t represents the elapsed time from the initial exposure of an element of the pillar, then the residual strength and slope parameters are given by
where λ represents a characteristic half-life of the strength parameters, and where af and mf represent the ultimate asymptotic values of the strength parameters as the elapsed time becomes very large. In the implementation of this time-dependent strength model in a numerical solution procedure, a specific time origin is assigned to each element that forms the crush zone and the elapsed time is measured with respect to each individual element time origin. The time origin can be set most conveniently as a function of the simulated mining step number. This will imply that a differential strength decay factor is applied to elements of the seam or reef material as mining proceeds. Further embellishments to this model are obviously possible; for example, it may be assumed that the decay function is different from Equations [20] and [21] or that the decay rate decreases with increasing distance from the exposed pillar edges. It is possible as well to apply a time-dependent strength decay factor to the intact core material, but these enhancements seem to be at present unwarranted without additional field measurements to support specific assumptions.
As an illustration of the behaviour of the time-dependent residual strength decay model, consider the case of a single strip pillar (or, effectively, a chain of crush pillars) of width 3 m and height 1.5 m that is located between two parallel-sided panels each having a span of 20 m. The detailed model properties and parameters are summarized for the base case A in Table II. The pillar is assumed to be initially intact at time t = 0 and the edge elements are allowed to lose strength as time advances, with a nominal half-life of 10 days. The intact core becomes progressively smaller and is eventually eliminated between an elapsed time of 25.5 days and 26.0 days, as indicated in Figure 6 by the plot of the intact core fraction for case A. The corresponding stress profiles across the pillar before and after the intact core failure at times 25.5 days and 26.0 days respectively are shown in Figure 7. The time-dependent average stress profile for case A is shown in Figure 8, and shows clearly the rapid decrease in average pillar stress that occurs after the failure of the intact core region at time 25.5 days.
The average strain over the pillar region is computed from the displacement discontinuity values8 arising at each collocation point of the pillar elements, divided by the nominal pillar height, H. The time profile of the average pillar strain for case A is shown in Figure 9, and shows clearly the rapid acceleration in the average pillar strain at the time when the intact core is eliminated. The subsequent strain changes arise from the ongoing decay of the limit-equilibrium residual strength parameters, which lead to continuously decreasing values of the average residual stress across the pillar. The ultimate strain in the pillar will depend on the local rock mass loading stiffness response which, in turn, depends on the details of the excavation layout configuration surrounding the pillar and on the pillar shape. For example, in a tabular layout, the rock mass loading stiffness on a rectangular pillar will be higher than on a square pillar having the same area. Figure 10 illustrates the effect of the length-to-width aspect ratio of an isolated rectangular pillar on the rock mass loading stiffness, and shows that, for a given pillar area, the stiffness increases as the aspect ratio of the pillar is increased. The results shown in Figure 10 are derived for the particular case of a single pillar that has a fixed area of 36 m2 and is centrally located within a 100 m by 100 m square tabular excavation. This illustrates a potential additional benefit of a chain pillar configuration of crush pillars over isolated square pillars.
It is of interest to consider the effect of varying some of the basic parameters values used in case A of Table II on the time-dependent pillar response. In case B, the intact material slope parameter mo is set equal to the residual strength slope value such that m0 = m = 2 and the residual strength, ac, is increased to 40 MPa. It can be seen in Figure 6 that the time at which the intact core is eliminated is increased to approximately 37.5 days. The corresponding time-dependent behaviour of the average pillar stress and the average pillar strain for case B are shown in Figures 8 and 9 respectively. In case C, the intact slope is again set to m0 = 2, but the intact strength and the initial residual strength values are both reduced to a° = ac MPa. It is apparent from Figure 6 that the intact core is rapidly eliminated after approximately 9.5 days, and that no abrupt changes occur subsequently in the average pillar stress and the average pillar strain evolution as a function of time (see Figure 8 and Figure 9). These simple examples indicate that the model presented here is capable of replicating a wide variety of pillar response behaviours, but that a major challenge exists in assigning appropriate parameter values for the intact and residual rock strength and the time-dependent decay parameter, λ.
Simulation of a tabular crush pillar layout with pillar strength decay
The behaviour of the crush pillar time-dependent model developed here was evaluated using the same layout configuration that was analysed previously by Du Plessis et al.9. The layout is depicted in Figure 11, where seven crush pillars labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, and G are exposed on one side adjacent to an initially mined region and are then incrementally exposed in a series of mining steps in the indicated mining direction. The size of each crush pillar is 4 m χ 6 m. The pillar strength parameters were chosen to be the same as those used by Du Plessis et al.9 and are detailed in Table III. It is important to note that in the present example, the mining step advance rate was chosen to be equal to 1 m per day and that the simulation was performed over a nominal time period of 70 'days' with 70 mining steps. This face advance step size is smaller than the mining step size of 10 m used by Du Plessis et al.9 and the results of the two simulations are therefore not directly comparable. In the present case, the layout elements were chosen to be 1 m χ 1 m square elements compared to the finer element size of 0.5 m χ 0.5 m used by Du Plessis et al.9. The detailed values of the pillar strength parameters and the pillar dimensions are summarized in Table III.
Simulations were performed initially with no time-dependent strength decay of the pillar material and then repeated with a strength decay half-life of the pillar material equal to 20 time units and 10 time units respectively. In Table III, the time unit is nominally labelled a 'day'. An important feature of the simulation of time-dependent residual strength decay is the ability to be able to adjust the strength decay initiation time as a function of the mining step number. In the present example, it is assumed that all elements comprising the edge of the crush pillar line that is adjacent to the initially mined region (see Figure 11) are assigned a decay time origin of zero. The time origins of the remaining incrementally-exposed rows of pillar and abutment elements are set equal to the elapsed time of each successive mining step as this step is executed. Consequently, during the final mining step (step 70), the upper row of elements comprising pillar A (other than the element that is adjacent to the initially mined region) will have been subjected to an elapsed decay time of 70 'days'. The pillar material comprising the lower row of pillar G will correspondingly have been subjected to a decay time of only 5 'days' (see Figure 11) at the final mining step number 70.
The average strain, computed over the area of each pillar, is shown in Figure 12 as a function of the mining step number for the initial base case where no time-dependent strength decay of the crush pillar material is allowed. The average strain values are shown in Figure 13 for the case where the time-dependent residual pillar strength decay has a half-life parameter, λ = 20 'days'. It is apparent that in this case there is a significant change to the average pillar strain response as a function of the mining step number for pillars B, C, and D, which are seen to undergo much larger strain increments than for the base case shown in Figure 12.
The average stress profiles computed over the areas of each crush pillar location are plotted in Figure 14. It can be seen that significant load-shedding occurs ultimately on all the pillars, except pillar A. The detailed average pillar stress profiles for pillars C and D are plotted in Figure 15 for both the base case where no residual strength time decay occurs and for the case where the residual strength half-life is equal to 20 'days'. It is interesting to note that for pillar D, the extent of load-shedding from the peak load to the residual load appears to be greater when the residual strength decay parameter is included. Figure 16 is a plot of the fraction of each pillar that is reduced to the limit equilibrium residual strength as a function of the mining step number. Figure 16 shows that this fraction increases steadily for pillar A over about 35 mining steps, but increases much more rapidly for each of the remaining pillars B through G as the mining front sweeps past each pillar. It may also be noted that the initial fraction of the pillar area that has crushed to the residual limit equilibrium strength is in all cases equal to 0.25. This arises since the long edge of each pillar that is adjacent to the initially mined region is crushed to the residual stress in the initial mining step. (The number of elements along the 6 m long edge of each pillar is equal to 6. Consequently, the initial crushed pillar fraction is equal to 6/24 = 0.25, where the total number of elements in each pillar is 24.)
Finally, Figure 17 is a plot of the incremental stope closure changes at a specific layout position (coordinates X = 35.5; Y = 41.5 in Figure 11) designated to be a 'stope closure meter' located near pillars C and D as shown in Figure 11. The closure values plotted in Figure 17 show many qualitative similarities to the characteristic features of monitored field measurements!4. It must be emphasised that in this particular example the continually changing face positions dominate the underlying shape of the simulated response curves shown in Figure 17. The closure values corresponding to the inclusion of time-dependent residual strength decay are plotted in Figure 17 for the cases where the half-life strength parameter is equal to 20 'days' and 10 'days'. The closure values are, as would be expected, larger than the base case where there is no strength decay and appear to be somewhat 'smoother' than the base case.
It has been demonstrated that a simple limit-equilibrium model, introduced previously for tabular layout analysis of crush pillar behaviour, can be extended to include time-dependent strength decay of the residual strength parameters. This extended model is capable of simulating the deferred pillar collapse of an initially intact pillar, and may also be used to simulate complex stoping configurations where damaged pillars are formed at the stope face and are subsequently incrementally loaded as mining proceeds. This allows the interactive simulation of different pillar sizes, pillar spacing, and mining step advance rate. The model appears to be capable of replicating the qualitative features of observed underground incremental time-dependent closure values that have been observed. At the same time, it is clear that additional field measurements and further analysis of existing field data are required to establish quantitative bounds for the proposed limit-equilibrium residual strength decay model. This model can provide a computational framework to optimize the sizing of crush pillars in tabular layouts, and also allows the simulation of potentially unstable pillar configurations as mining progresses.
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Iphone 5 unresponsiveness
Good afternoon everyone!
I have had the iphone 5 for over a month now with no issues but as of lately it has gone none responsive on me in certain situations. I can move through the app I am currently on but the buttons because un responsive. I can't lock the scream or go back to the home screen. The volume buttons don't work either, nor does the vibrate/silent switch. The screen does not turn off. This happened the first time until I plugged it into the charger and it reacted after like a couple of seconds. Now it happened to me at work and I had to leave it like that until it came back on it's own.
Any idea what it could be? I was thinking of taking it in to get it checked out but I wanted to check with you guys first.
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- 01-28-2013, 02:34 PM Thread Author #3
Re: Iphone 5 unresponsiveness
I would take it in but if there is an easier solution, I would rather have a quick fix over having to turn in my iphone for another and having to transfer everything around.
If all else fails, I will though.
With android, I would just do a battery pull but with iphone, it's just sit there and wait it out. Sucks.
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Did you try and hold down the power switch to turn it off and back on again? If that cannot be done, try this:
Reset the iPhone by holding the sleep/wake button at the top right of the device and the home button at the bottom center of the face at the same time.
Hold them both until you see the screen go black. In some cases, you may need to keep holding them even after the red power off slider appears. If it does, just keep holding it.
Wait until the white Apple logo appears.
When this happens, you can let go - the iPhone is rebooting.
If this works, then I would consider resetting the phone and reinstalling everything back on from scratch.
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It seriously sounds like you got a defective handset...I have had some very rare and inconsistent unresponsive moments, mainly after a very long phone call or something...but nothing like you've described.
Also, since you're a U fan...get bent.
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Iphone 5 unresponsiveness
But yeah, we will see. I feel like if my device was really defective, it would have been from day one. And it would have been a constant thing but its only happened twice thus far. And mever after a specific moment. Just random. I'll let you know if it happens again.
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The Raw Italian Artichoke Toss by GreenChef Natalia
Contributing Monkie Natalia
Published on July 19, 2012
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Photographer Natalia
When it comes to healthy living, I'm all or nothing. I love raw food, because it keeps me on track and feeling in control. Right before I even knew what this lifestyle was all about, I was a super junk food eating vegan. Like full on dinners of potato chips because, well, they tasted good and they were fairly natural, meat & dairy free. But healthy? Let's get real. Overnight I decided raw was the way for me and haven't looked back. Most importantly, I pushed through the transition and pumped my body full of as many greens as I could handle until I craved them as I once craved chips.
My lifestyle is rooted in pleasure—but not the kind of fleeting pleasure a bag of chips used to give me. This is a flow of pleasure. I love to go to the farmer's market and hand pick every veggie, sniff the herbs and taste the ripe fruits. I adore creating in my kitchen. A little of this and a little of that = magic. As a life long foodie, you know I love to eat and indulge in all of the pleasures of gourmet raw food. But the most pleasure for me? I feel amazing. I don't get sick, like ever. I'm completely blissed out. It's deeply empowering.
Though in my own life I'm pretty hardcore, I'm always recommending balance to others. Like when someone tells me "well I tried to eat all raw but then I ate some brown rice" and I'm just like "oh, it's all good, it's about balance". I fully mean that, but when it comes to me, I'm raw, all day, everyday. That's just where I'm at right now and where I've been for close to 3 years. So, I was craving artichokes, like I used to enjoy, either steamed, sautéed, or marinated. If another raw foodie asked me about eating a cooked artichoke, I would say, "what's the worst that's going to happen if you eat a steamed artichoke? Seriously, nothing". Though if you're anything like me, this would probably lead to a cooked food binge of potato chips and pizza. Balance is a word I don't really know how to embody yet. That's just who I am. So, if I want an artichoke, I'm eating it raw. I didn't even realize this was cool to do, but while searching for inspiration I found that it's actually quite fancy to serve a shaved raw artichoke salad. Oh la la!
This recipe is a beautiful toss of Italian herbs and spices with salty olives and a sprinkle of hemp seed. Let me know what you think—and if you decide to steam the artichokes for a softer texture, I promise, it's all good.
Serves about 4
For the Recipe
¼ cup cold-pressed olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ teaspoon Himalayan salt
¼ teaspoon crushed chili pepper
¼ cup red onion, sliced into very thin strips on a mandoline
¼ cup chopped parsley, well packed
1/3 cup lemon juice
3 medium artichokes
2 tablespoons hemp seed, plus additional for garnishing
8 Sicilian olives, sliced
1. Begin by making a marinade, whisking together the olive oil, garlic, salt and chili pepper. Set aside.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2011) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team used its off-day during the Montreux Volley Masters to defeat host-country Switzerland 25-10, 25-14, 25-18 in a friendly exhibition match played Wednesday at Montreux, Switzerland.
The U.S., ranked second in the world by the FIVB, defeated Peru 25-7, 24-26, 25-11, 25-19 to open the Montreux Volley Masters on Tuesday afternoon. After its exhibition match with Switzerland, Team USA will resume Montreux Volley Masters Pool A action versus Germany (1-1) on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. PT. Germany lost a five-set match to China on Tuesday, before sweeping Peru (0-2) on Wednesday. The Americans conclude pool play versus China (1-0) on Friday at noon PT. Crossover semifinals take place on June 11, followed by the final classification matches on June 12.
Outside hitter Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) and opposite Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) led the U.S. with 11 points apiece in the U.S.-Switzerland exhibition match. Glass tallied nine kills on 32 attempts with only one error to go with two blocks. She also handled 17 of the team's 35 service receptions with a 76 positive percent and 65 excellent percent. Fawcett contributed 10 kills on 18 errorless attacks and added an ace in the victory.
Outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) charted seven kills and an ace for eight points, while providing a 75 positive reception percent on eight attempts. Middle blocker Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) tallied a match-high five blocks to go with two kills on four errorless swings. Outside hitter Angie Forsett (Lake Mary, Fla.) scored four kills on eight attacks while putting up a block for five points in a reserve role. Middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) scored three kills on four errorless attacks and added a block for four points. Outside hitter Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) turned in one kill on as many attempts and two aces for three points in a reserve role.
Setter Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) set the U.S. squad to a 43 kill percent and .381 hitting efficiency. She added a block to round out the individual scoring. Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) charted a 78 positive reception percent on nine attempts, along with five digs.
The U.S. held Switzerland to a 30 kill percent as the host country committed 26 hitting errors for a .057 hitting efficiency. The Americans out-blocked Switzerland 10-2 and held the service ace advantage, 4-1. For the match, Team USA committed just nine errors (four hitting, four service errors and one reception error). As a team, the U.S. received serve at a 77 positive percent and 63 excellent percent.
Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.), who is serving as head coach the U.S. squad during the current trip to Switzerland, started Crimes and Akinradewo at middle blocker, Richards and Glass at outside hitter, Fawcett at opposite and Spicer at setter. Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) started the match at libero and shared the duties with Miyashiro. Forsett, Larson and Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) were subs in the second and third sets.
The U.S. opened the first set against Switzerland with a 9-1 scoring run as Crimes scored three consecutive points and Richards scored an ace and block to highlight the early stages. Team USA stretched its advantage to 14-3 with a 4-0 run that started with an Akinradewo kill and Kim Glass block. The Americans closed out the set with a kill and block from Akinradewo.
Switzerland led the U.S. 6-5 in the second set before Crimes scored a kill and block after a Richards kill to push the U.S. in front 8-6 at the first technical timeout. After Switzerland quickly tied the set at 8-all, the Americans rolled off seven unanswered points, highlighted by two Fawcett kills and a Kim Glass block and kill leading to a 15-8 advantage. Kim Glass and Forsett scored consecutive kills to yield an 18-9 lead. After Switzerland chipped off two points of the deficit, Forsett scored a kill and block, followed by consecutive Larson aces to give the Americans a 23-11 lead on a 5-0 run. Forsett ended the set at 25-14 with a kill.
The U.S. led the third set 10-9 before pushing out to a 16-10 advantage at the second technical timeout as Richards connected for two kills in a 6-1 scoring run. After Switzerland cut the deficit down to 18-14, Fawcett and Kim Glass hammered kills followed by a Switzerland error to extend the U.S. lead to seven at 21-14. The Americans closed the set and match with a Richards kill at 25-18.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for 2011 Montreux Volley Masters
1 - Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (OPP, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 - Angie Forsett (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
5 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
8 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell, Pa., Penn State)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Nellie Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
18 - Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Montreux Head Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coaches: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.), Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jennifer Hirneisen
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Leader: Russ Rose (State College, Pa.)
Montreux Volley Masters Schedule (listed times are local Switzerland Time unless noted)
Pool A
China 1-0
Germany 1-1
Peru 0-2
Pool B
Cuba 2-0
Japan 1-0
Italy 0-2
Netherlands 0-1
Pool Play
June 7: USA def. Peru 25-7, 24-26, 25-11, 25-19
June 7: China def. Germany 25-23, 25-27, 26-24, 22-25, 15-11
June 7: Cuba def. Italy 25-20, 29-27, 23-25, 25-22
June 8: Cuba def. Netherlands 25-23, 25-16, 26-24
June 8: Japan def. Italy 25-17, 25-19, 25-20
June 8: Germany def. Peru 25-20, 25-10, 25-20
June 9: China vs. Peru, 4:30 p.m.
June 9: USA vs. Germany, 6:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. PT)
June 9: Japan vs. Netherlands, 9 p.m.
June 10: Italy vs. Netherlands, 4:30 p.m.
June 10: Cuba vs. Japan, 6:30 p.m.
June 10: USA vs. China, 9 p.m. (noon PT)
Half Finals
June 11: Pool A 3rd Place vs. Pool B 4th Place, 2 p.m.
June 11: Pool B 3rd Place vs. Pool A 4th Place, 4 p.m.
June 11: Pool A 1st Place vs. Pool B 2nd Place, 6:30 p.m.
June 11: Pool B 1st Place vs. Pool A 2nd Place, 8:30 p.m.
June 12: 5th Place Match, 11 a.m.
June 12: Bronze-Medal Match, 1:30 p.m.
June 12: Gold-Medal Match, 4 p.m.


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"We have merged these teams under the Tegra development team. This substantially strengthens our engineering effort for Tegra development going forward," said Ken Brown, a spokesman for Nvidia.
The news-story claiming that Nvidia had merged its Tegra and chipset development teams in order to strengthen the former originally appeared at TechEye web-site. The report claims that the combined group of developers will be around 650 engineers, quite a high number.
Nvidia's chipset division has been struggling for over a year now after it transpired that Nvidia cannot sell chipsets compatible with Intel's new generation of microprocessors with integrated memory controller. Moreover, considering that both Advanced Micro Devices and Intel Corp. are working hard to integrate as much functionality as possible into their microprocessors, the market of third-party chipsets hardly has bright prospects in general. In any case, the decision to merge the teams clearly indicates that chipset development is halted at Nvidia.
By contrast, Nvidia has a lot of chances on the market of multimedia rich mobile devices, such as media players, smartphones, tablet personal computers, smartbooks and so forth. There is a clear trend towards substantial improvement of mobile devices and there are only a handful of companies that have high-performance graphics cores. That said, it is natural for Nvidia to expand its Tegra development team so to be in position to conquer the emerging market.
At present Nvidia has several Tegra flavours for smartphones as well as versions of Tegra aimed at slate-type PCs. The devices are just off-the-shelf solutions for companies, who want to get their products rich multimedia capabilities via off-the-shelf solutions and who do not want to spend time or resources onto development of their own SoCs. It remains to be seen whether the new Tegra development group will concentrate on a broad lineup of off-the-shelf SoCs, or will it focus on making custom SoCs in accordance with concrete demands from Nvidia's customers. In fact, both scenarios will help Nvidia to expand its multimedia system-on-chip market share.
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NEW ULM – Brown County ranks among the top three counties in Minnesota for orders that establish child support collections on current measures and arrears collections, according to the annual Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) report.
The paternities measure results are unusual because many counties go over 100 percent because they are establishing paternities from years past. Brown County remains at 100 percent for that measure, which is has done for years, so it is not able to get into the top county ranking since it has no past paternities to establish, according to a Request for Board Action (RBA) at the Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 board meeting.
Only Koochiching (98 percent) and Jackson County (96 percent) had a higher percentage orders established measures than Brown County's 94 percent in fiscal year 2013. The state average was 86 percent, according to the report.
Only Kittson County (85 percent) had a higher collections percentage on current (2013) support, than Brown County's 83 percent rate. Sibley County had a 79 percent collection percentage, McLeod County 78 percent and Watonwan County 77 percent, according to the report.
Commissioners will also consider:
A Family Group Decision-Making Contract with Brown County as the host county for a $54,271 grant between Greater Minnesota Family Services and Brown County Family Services covering Brown, Blue Earth, Nicollet, Sibley and Watonwan Counties.
The Family Group Decision Making service has been available in Brown County as host county and the counties of Sibley and Watonwan for many years, according to the RBA. Nicollet County was in the grant and left for the past two years due to the recession, but wishes to return now and Blue Earth County entered a few years ago, according to the RBA.
The service provides an intensive family group process which helps extended and immediately family deal with neglect abuse of one of their family units. It works very well and tends to reduce out-of-home costs, according to the RBA.
Brown County's January 2013 MNSure enrollment was 241, 153 for Medical Assistance and 88 for MinnesotaCare, according to the Family Services Consent Agenda report.
Watonwan County's request of Family Services/Public Health Administrative Services Assistance. Family Services Director Tom Henderson and Public Health Director Karen Moritz reviewed the request and agreed to provide assistance within the agreement limits, according to the RBA.
Revising the HSA (Health Services Account) contribution from $1,100 annually to $1,250 for non-union employees effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Approving a market adjustment of $2,500 (plus general increase) to Brown County Assessor Rita Treml effective Jan. 28, 2014. The adjustment came after results of a 15-county salary survey were reviewed. Treml's base salary is currently Grade XVIII Step 9 and she will continue annual step movement according to policy.
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– I'm sure everyone was eagerly awaiting Plaxico Burress' release from prison Monday, and we're all so relieved that he paid his debt to society and is now back among us.
Now that he's out, of course the immediate talk revolves around which team will take a chance on a soon-to-be 34-year-old receiver who hasn't played in nearly three years.
Here's a thought: Why doesn't every team just take a pass on Burress, and let's see if he can move on with his life without football, because football, and the lifestyle he led, was partly to blame for him landing in jail after accidentally discharging a firearm in a New York club. Of course, I live in fantasy land because that's not going to happen, and there will be several teams interested in signing the jailbird. Yes, we are the land of second chances – and in some cases, third, fourth, fifth and sixth chances – when it comes to professional athletes.
– I really like the way Ryan Fitzpatrick has taken on a prime leadership role with the Bills. He played an integral part in getting players together for the workouts that were held a couple weeks ago outside Buffalo, and he also hosted offensive skill players at his home in Arizona a couple months ago. The Bills clearly are following Fitzpatrick's lead, and that's exactly what a quarterback must do – corral the troops. I just wish he was more consistent on the field, because every other attribute you're looking for in a quarterback – smartness, toughness, leader, likeable, well spoken – is there.
– Ex-Bills bust James Hardy has found a home, at least for now, with the Baltimore Ravens. He sat out all of 2010 after the Bills cut their 2008 second-round pick, and he's trying to hook on with anyone. The Ravens will give him his first chance, and it would be quite an accomplishment if he makes that team. Personally, having watched Hardy when he was the Bills, I don't see him ever playing in the NFL.
– If someone had the ability to poll every NFL veteran, I'm guessing we would find that about 90 percent of them are perfectly fine being locked out right now. Seriously, who could possibly miss attending OTAs? Now, ask that question in another month, and it's probably 90 percent the other way that they are nervous and anxious about the lockout because then it starts getting serious when you miss training camp time. Not because of the missed practice, but because regular-season games could be lost, and that's when the players would start losing money.


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HARRISVILLE – Environmental activist Patty Thomas was hoping to retire when she moved to Northeast Michigan. But when she learned that fracking was taking place in the state, she became concerned. At issue is horizontal fracking, she said.
"My husband's family has been coming to Lake Huron since the 1930s and I am really concerned that unless the state takes action, we will end up with polluted water and an economy that is in a further state of disaster," she said. "We knew there were problems in Ohio, and I was actually a founding member of CLEAN Citizens Lobby for Environmental Action Now.".
Her concerns grew even more when she heard from friends that an Ohio wastewater well for fracking fluids had been responsible for a magnitude 4.0 earthquake. The water cannot be reused because of the chemicals it contains.
The process begins when a hole is drilled vertically into the ground, she said. Then additional holes are drilled horizontally. Millions of gallons of water and chemicals are injected under pressure into the horizontal holes to break up the shale bed and send natural gas to the surface.
As a Harrisville resident, Thomas formed an alliance with LuAnne Kozma, statewide coordinator for www.letsbanfracking.org. The group is training community volunteers to circulate petitions in compliance with state regulations. The goal is to get a fracking ban on the November 2014 ballot. The group also wants to revise the language of the state law to say that protection of Michigan's health and water resources must come first before oil and gas can be mined, she said.
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It was near midnight. We were driving in the desert with no headlights, and Syria was 20 feet to my left. To the right was a mass of shapes -- it took me a minute to realize I was looking at 850 Syrians who had just crossed safely into Jordan. One man was carrying designer luggage normally seen in airplane cabins; one girl had no shoes. I walked amongst these scared, war-numbed people, and it hit me that this was only a tiny portion of those leaving Syria.
Roughly 763,000 people have fled Syria -- 240,000 to Jordan -- and an estimated 2.5 million are displaced internally. Before that night, those numbers seemed horrific, but had little real meaning to me. They are round statistics, indicators of an escalating war. But after hearing a woman recall her husband's death and a family describe their village being leveled by barrels of explosives, I better understood the scale and frequency of atrocities.
The next day we visited Za'atri camp, where some refugees I met that night are now living. They had received a sturdy tent, bedding, and food rations. There is an area for children to play, many health clinics, and psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence. Though not comparable to their former lives in Syria, Za'atri is a safe place for families to heal. The difference between their situation the previous night in the desert and that morning in Za'atri was astounding.
We also met refugees settled in the town of Mafraq; roughly 70 percent of all refugees in Jordan live in urban areas. One family, headed by an elderly woman and including 13 children, was receiving rental assistance from humanitarian organizations. A man was using food vouchers to shop at the local market. Though the vouchers didn't cover Nutella, he also bought it as a rare treat for his kids.
So where is this assistance coming from? While the generosity of host communities cannot be overestimated, the majority of assistance has been provided by the international community; and the United States has been both a principal financial supporter and leading humanitarian advocate for the Syrian people. The United States has given $365 million, including $155 million at a recent conference intended to bolster the UN response to Syria. Over 50 countries pledged more than $1.5 billion, and the UN will use this money to help those inside Syria and in neighboring countries.
Once again, the numbers are mindboggling. I can't imagine what $1.5 billion looks like, so I think about it another way: $3,200 buys one prefabricated trailer for a family of five. $80 provides enough food vouchers to feed two children for a month. $150 buys blankets for 10 young men in the bitter winter.
Sadly, the continuing war will result in thousands more Syrians fleeing their homes. But instead of being cowed by the unfathomable numbers, I will remember the terrified families that night on the Syrian border and know that this is both a mass and an individual crisis.
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Sadly, the US bears a major share of the responsibility for the crisis, since our government has opted for supporting al-Qaeda-affiliated mercenaries in an effort to get "regime change", rather than adhering to the UN charter and supporting a diplomatic solution.
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Ms. Raclin's description of life around the war zone and the work done to help the helpless adapt to their new and hard life caused by war deeply moved me. She put a face on the faceless, the masses who are displaced and depend so much on the good will of the US government. Bravo for our side of someone else's war. America at its best!!
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Mari, your point's interesting because the 'al-Qaeda-affiliated mercenaries' are angry at the US for *not* providing support (e.g. guns) and instead funneling money to the somewhat impartial UN.
It's a sticky situation, trying to mix impartial humanitarian aid and an obviously partial government, but I think the US goverment is walking the line ok.
- Not born An American, but proud to be one
Ashim C. in India writes:
365 million and 1.5 billion works to less than a dollar and little more than 3 dollars respectively.
John in Tennessee writes:
Although any war zone is tragic, I really don't see how the US can be financially responsible for Syria's refugee's...We are currently undergoing a financial struggle in own Gov and economy right now.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Folks say "there is no cookie cutter aproach" to a given crisis, but yet they allways try and advocate for a "diplomatic solution".
Well, in some crisis...and Syria is one, where there is no diplomatic solution.
It should be quite self evident to everyone including the Russians that only force of arms will enable the transition of power from Assad's government into a transitional one that can actually achive some actual "diplomatic solution" internally to resolve the conflict. A diplomatic resolution to the civil war in syria is not possible with Assad still in control of miltary forces, and the sooner he and his minions are defeated on the battlefield, the faster the Syrian people can live in peace and start to rebuild their nation.
This is the stark reality.
The President said tonight that "We will continue to put pressure on ..." in regards to Addad and his continued murder of Syrian citizens.
Well Let me just opine to folks @ State, that when a feloow destroys the nation he leads and murders its citizens, yet remains unscathed in his own delusions of grandure sitting fat and happy unharmed in his palacial digs...that "continued pressure" is a poor and bankrupt joke, a vile insult, and a hypocritical mockery of the President's own call for Assad to step down.
I know this sounds harsh and unforgiving of impotence in the face of the wanton acts of tyrants...and it is.
But if you want to "put pressure on..."
Then make Assad homeless...and drop a big rock on his house!
Oh what? Are we afraid the Russians would get upset/ or that somehow America would violate Syrian soveregnity, or worse...engage in the targeted killing of a terrorist?
Oh please...let the world whine about it after the fact, while the Syrian people breath a sigh of relief at long last that Amereica finally did the right thing, despite the objections of Assad's supporters.
Best regards to Sec. Kerry; as a citizen I am obligated to call it like I see it, and I have met my obligation hereby.
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
To Lelia P.: I think that it is very likely that the Obama administration is in fact arming the al-Qaeda elements in Syria, using Qatar as a proxy as they did with Libya.
Ahmad A. writes:
I'd like to thank you very much for helping the refugees we as Arab company can work with you in this issue ,we currently working in MRE in the Za'atary camp.
Kusai A. in Syria writes:
Thanks to USA all the helps,
Syrian are really in hot water, this Monster ( ASSAD ) and his gangs are un-human.
Before revolution :
They put citizen in jail for opinion and thoughts and ideas! Without courts.
They steel people money,lands,cars,farms,companies,factories,stores etc..
They tourer citizen and foreigner for joy!
Civil rights such as passports,ID, License drive, nationality , birth certificate , health care are widely not given to people who involve in any organization or political opinion or parent of one of those or son or a relative of those.
Killing is a common something who stand peacefully against them.....
Etc....of criminal issues
After revolution it is getting worst
Syrian regime lead by ASSAD gangs, burns houses, killed injured protesters, use army forces to distroies neighborhoods in some cities like Hama,Homs,deer,Aleppo ,Damascus ,Dara , idlip etc....
He ask his gangs to do several massacre in Hama and idlip and Daria. He ask his gangs to use knifes instead of bullets to do these massacre to let other cities people scares!
USA people and government , please do all your best to help syrian , syrian are humans who need help from people who respects human right like USA people.


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Bernanke said, though, that the Fed alone couldn't bear the entire burden of spurring the economic recovery, and urged lawmakers to find alternatives to the sequestration ahead of a March 1 deadline.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 116 points, or 0.84%, at 13,900. The blue-chip index has bounced back from Monday's sharp fall, when it suffered its largest one-day point and percentage declines since Nov. 7, 2012.
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Home Depot, the biggest home-improvement retailer, posted fourth-quarter earnings Tuesday of 67 cents a share on revenue of $18.2 billion; analysts were looking for earnings of 64 cents a share on revenue of $17.69 billion. Comparable-store sales increased 7% in the quarter. The company also said it increased its quarterly dividend by 34%. Shares gained 5.8%, also getting a boost amid encouraging housing market reports Tuesday.
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"The week failed to get off to a strong start, as the Dow Jones continued to battle with the round-number 14,000 area," said Joe Bell, senior equity analyst with Schaeffer's Investment Research. "After such a strong rally this year, these round number areas often act as logical levels for investors to take profits."
A pre-published copy of Bernanke's semi-annual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee in Washington indicated that the Fed chairman continues to have an accommodative view on monetary policy. He said that although a long period of low rates could encourage excessive risk-taking, to this point "we do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more rapid job creation."


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The family Orycteropodidae includes just a single living species, the Aardvark (Orycteropus afer). Aardvarks were at one time thought to be closely related to anteaters, tree sloths, armadillos, and pangolins. It eventually became clear, however, that the similarities on which these associations were based are the result of convergent evolution independently shaping the morphology (body form) of these different animals for similar functions, such as feeding on ants and termites. As their distinctiveness was recognized, Aardvarks were eventually moved to their own genus (Orycteropus), then their own family (Orycteropodidae), and eventually, in the early 20th century, their own order (Tubulidentata).
Molecular phylogenetic studies have revealed that Aardvarks belong to the broad mammal clade known as Afrotheria, a group that includes elephants, hyraxes, sirenians, sengis, and tenrecs and golden moles.
Aardvarks typically swallow their food without chewing, but the stomach has a thick muscular wall that helps to crush swallowed food. The tongue is long and tubular and can be extended to twice its "resting" length, allowing it to reach far into ant tunnels. The powerfully built body is well suited to digging, as are the long, sharp claws on the front feet.
Aardvarks are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa in a range of habitats from semi-arid deserts such as the Kalahari and Karoo regions and throughout savanna regions to (at least to some degree) the rainforests of West Africa. The key requirements for Aardvark habitat are an adequate supply of ants and termites and soil amenable to burrowing. Aardvarks occur at elevations as high as 3200 m in the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia and do not appear to be limited by the occurrence of water. Unoccupied Aardvark burrows are often used by other animals.
Aardvarks are solitary and nocturnal and spend most of their time eating or sleeping. Because of their habits, Aardvarks rarely interact with humans. Farmers sometimes kill them because their deep burrows can injure livestock or damage farm equipment and Aardvarks sometimes burrow into the earth walls of water storage dams, causing leaks. In Central and West Africa, Aardvarks are killed for the bush meat trade. They are also killed for curios and for charms in traditional medicine. Despite these threats, populations are believed to be stable at least in southern Africa, where the bushmeat trade is not a big factor.
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Mary (Maria) Colbello Sorento, age 104, passed away February 16, 2013, peacefully, with her family at her side, following a short illness. She was born August 8, 1908, in Amsterdam, NY, the daughter of the late Pelergino and Pasqualina Perlogiano Colbello.
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Before Facebook made reconnecting with old friends a oneclick process, eight former St. Cloud State students bonded annually aboard canoes floating down the Mississippi River.
The Stearns Hall residents' one-off whim in the spring of 1979 has evolved throughout the years into something special — equal parts bull session, drinking party, support group and wilderness adventure. The crew has completed 34 such voyages, each on the first weekend in May.
They've weathered all kinds of conditions, including snow, sandstorms and downpours. In drought conditions, the men have dragged their canoes down the river. Head winds once forced them to tie ropes to their canoes so they could be towed by hand along the shore. They've greeted the morning in tents covered with hoarfrost. One steamy Saturday they coped with 90-degree weather by swimming in the river.
"We're just a bunch of guys who've never taken 'no' as an answer," said Jim Hasling, who owns an insurance agency in Blaine. "It's just like a fellowship. We become one. We don't even have to talk before we go. Everyone knows what to do. Everyone knows what to bring."
The therapeutic value of a sojourn on the continent's mightiest river is considerable. Paddling between islands, floating past small towns, the men have shared news about children, parents, jobs, homes, divorces and cancer scares.
"All these large life events you catch up on as we float together down the river," said Monte Bloom '86, a high school and middle school German teacher from Zimmerman.
"We're like brothers," said Scott Roffers '82, a prosecutor for the Minnesota Department of Corrections. "We screw each other to the wall every chance we get. We see a weakness and we bust their chops. Then we hug each other and laugh."
"There's an incredible amount of trust among the group," said Jeff Filipek, the YMCA director in Pierre, S.D. "You can bring stuff up, knowing you'll get a candid response, whether you like it or not, and knowing it won't leave the river."
Filipek's trust in his friends is rooted in a near-death experience on that first trip down a rain-swollen Mississippi. Several hours south of campus, his two-man canoe struck a partially submerged log, tossing Filipek and another student into the near-freezing water. Despite a life vest, the heavily jacketed Filipek was slow to resurface.
"I remember thinking 'Wow, this is how I'm going to die,' " Filipek said. When he did come to the surface, Filipek clung to another canoe as his friends paddled him to shore. There in a farmer's field north of Clearwater, the young men set up a tent, started a fire and removed Filipek's clothes. Roffers unrolled a sleeping bag and crawled inside with Filipek, sharing body heat.
Hours later, after an emergency room visit to St. Cloud Hospital, the young men gathered in Stearns Hall. They recalled the harrowing minutes in the farmer's field, when Filipek was too weak to stand and was drifting in and out of consciousness. But they also recalled how much fun it was out on the water, away from the pressures of school and work.
And they began to talk about continuing the trip. "We were naïve and we believed we were invincible," Filipek said.
The next day, the farmer who'd retrieved their canoes hauled those same canoes back down to the river. Trip No. 1 finished without a hitch in north Minneapolis and every year has followed suit.
"For the foreseeable future," said Bloom, "we're going to keep this thing going, as long as our bodies hold out."
Through the years, the men have refined their Mississippi River canoe trip, drawing upon hardearned experiences, as well as the inner wisdom that comes to men in their middle years.
"In the early years we were really young and dumb," said Bloom, with a chuckle.
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