Thermal-assisted gravity drainage (TAGD) looks like it will use less energy, and thus be more ghg friendly than SAGD in the oilsands. It also allows for the possibility of using hydro or nuclear power instead of fossil heat to extract oil. Just another example of how ghg reductions become possible over time, while we find more difficult fossil fuels to extract. (It's also interesting that Texas, and at least another half dozen USA states, each have higher ghg emissions from their coal generated power alone, than Alberta does from its coal power and oilsands production combined.)
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By: HazMat Staff
08/03/2012 2012-08-03
"Athabasca Oil Corp. is having success with a new technology that uses electrical cables to heat bitumen, enabling oil to flow to the surface.
The Calgary-based company said it did a field test on its Leduc carbonate property 90 km northwest of Fort McMurray, Alta., using thermal-assisted gravity drainage, or TAGD. The test confirmed the process.
The more common technique to extract heavy oil from deep underground is steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).
Athabasca anticipates the cost of TAGD operation will be about half of a SAGD one. Iit won’t require any steam to be generated or any water treatment facilities to be built. It can also soften up the bitumen at much lower temperatures than in SAGD.
Athabasca expects to get regulatory approval by year-end and to launch a TAGD pilot project in 2013, followed by a two-year drilling, construction and installation phase."
A suggestion, or three: in 74b proposed revision of church order, add in "church" ministry. In 75b, add in "classical" ministry. In 76b, add in "denominational" ministry. Just to be clear.
In their 2001 report on Family Violence in Canada**, The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics found that family members, including relatives, constituted the vast majority (93%) of alleged perpetrators. Another statistical study conducted in 2001 by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics**** found that:
among family assaults parents were the perpetrators in 56% of physical assaults against youths and 43% of sexual assaults against youth victims 12 to 17 years of age;
siblings were responsible for approximately 25% of physical and 26% of sexual assaults in the family that were perpetrated against youth
extended family members committed 8% of physical, and 28% of sexual assaults against youth
RESULTS from Dube et al.: Contact Childhood Sex Aabuse was reported by 16% of males and 25% of females. Men reported female perpetration of CSA nearly 40% of the time, and women reported female perpetration of CSA 6% of the time. CSA significantly increased the risk of the outcomes. The magnitude of the increase was similar for men and women. For example, compared to reporting no sexual abuse, a history of suicide attempt was more than twice as likely among both men and women who experienced CSA (p < 0.05). Compared with those who did not report CSA, men and women exposed to CSA were at a 40% increased risk of marrying an alcoholic, and a 40% to 50% increased risk of reporting current problems with their marriage (p < 0.05). (Dube, S. R., et al. (2005). Long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse by gender of victim. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28, 430-438)
In the Biblical perspective, which I found as a whole to be a good report, all 60 pages, I only have these few comments to make:
Screen 4. Matthew 25 talks about the least of these brothers of mine…which would seem to indicate the body of Christ.
Screen 9-F. It seems that it would be better and more correct to say that we serve God, by taking care of the land. We are not servants to the land as much as the land serves us, but we are stewards of the land, for God, since the land belongs to God ultimately. I would also seem that we do not serve the land itself, but rather its purpose, the purpose that God has for it. The land itself does not have the capacity to care about the result. A desert does not feel neglected or harmed if it is converted to fertile field, and a fertile field does not complain feel injured if it its topsoil is moved to another location. A rock has as much value as a tree, except within the purposes of God. Man serves creation best when he dies, because then he improves the soil and provides himself as food for the microbes. But creation itself does not have the ability to be pleased whether man lives or dies. The pleasure of creation is found in the eyes of man, and the purpose of God.
Screen 14-1. If Eclessiastes 5:9 really says this, then it has been badly translated in KJV, NKJV, NIV, NLT. All of these say that the king is served from the field. I would go with their translation – it makes sense with all the rest of scripture.
Screen 27 last paragraph. Although in almost every case, there is mention of their faith….
35- Acts 4:34. typo? For there was not one among them that lacked?
Screen 44 II Corinthians 9:12 For the administration of this service. Or for the doing of this work/service….?
Screen 53: These works of service can include the ministry/service of the word as well as other types of service, or along with.
Article 12c: I would have no problem if this article was simply reduced to: “A minister of the Word may also serve the church in other work which relates directly to the calling of a minister.” I believe the rest is really unnecessary.
Article 25: Since the offices of elder and deacon are determined to be unique, I would recommend that they get separate articles which may highlight that uniqueness. This may have implications for terms of office, as well as for the roles and responsibilities and authority that these offices carry, since they are different from each other (which is why they have distinctly different titles/names).
Article 25b: I would suggest “…shall participate in and promote worship, evangelism, instruction in the faith, and learning, and shall defend the faith…” Should add in worship, instruction, and learning. These are sometimes understood, and other times are not done enough. These are major roles of elders.
Artcile 35: Revise this to the consistory may give an account of its work to the council. Keep in mind that in a way, consistory and council should also give an account of its work to the congregation. The problem is what does that really mean? A brief summary overview? A detailed report? Making this a demand or a command will not help communications if there is no desire to communicate. Each church in essence must make its own decision on this.
Article 40a: Should be revised to: Each classis shall determine whether its churches can delegate two or three officebearers to the sessions of that classis. No more than one can be an ordained pastor.
Article 40b: Should be revised to: Each classis shall meet two or three times per year, as the classis determines.
Article 42b: Do not agree with proposed revision “shall include a minister and one other officebearer”. It is not the role or task or duty of service for deacons to supervise the administration and duties of councils and churches in general in the fashion described in this article. Especially other churches. They could be called on for assistance when specific diaconal needs are not being met, or when diaconal leadership and assistance is requested. Or the diaconal conference can function in that regard.
Article 45: One minister, one elder, and one deacon delegated from each classis to synod sounds good.
I'm with Bill Wald on this one. If the UN had formulated a resolution, or a motion of understanding, that would be one thing. But for the UN to establish unenforceable phony treaties is another. Too many assumed powers which like the Kyoto accord, mean very little or nothing at all. The homeschoolers are perhaps putting a finger in the dyke, where international "law" will begin to dictate to individual states, or where various lobby groups begin to use the UN as their "authority" for things such as the rights of the child, in order to push their particular ungodly agendas, and prevent parents from teaching their own children, for example. In this case potentially denying parents to make decisions for their own disabled children. It won't harm anyone not to adopt this if it has no legal force, and it maintains individual responsibility within those nations who are already doing a superior job of caring for the disabled.
Many people suggest that we should never judge anyone, for only God can judge. And it is true we cannot really be the ultimate judge of the heart. But Jesus said to enter by the narrow gate that leads to life, not the broad gate that leads to destruction. God is judging and will judge. When we bring that to the attention of people, including when others bring that to our attention, we should not be hindering our spiritual admonition and encouragement by using the verse "do not judge" as a weapon to avoid responsibility or admonition.
Scripture itself says that thieves and liars and adulterers and fornicators will not enter the kingdom of heaven. For us to ignore the warnings of scripture under the guise of grace and tolerance, is to prefer the broad gate that leads to destruction. God is an amazingly gracious and loving God. Jesus died for us! Gave His Life! To treat that lightly is to fall into the trap of a dead faith. As the book of James indicates, faith without works is dead, useless. That word "works" includes how we live our life, how we acknowledge God's lordship over our life, including our words, deeds, property, family relationships, sexual activities, and our priorities of how we spend our time and our money.
It is more important to be a "moral police" within the church with those who confess Christ with their mouths, than to attempt to be a moral police for those who deny Christ.
I timothy 1: 8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that law[a] is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me".
The righteous shall live by faith. Faith without deeds is dead. The law condemns us all, and only Christ's righteousness can make us new, so that the sinful become obedient, slave traders stop trading slaves, the ungodly become godly, liars stop lying, perverts stop perverting, and adulterers become faithful. When Ananias and Sapphira thought they could ignore their sanctification and obedience, they were in fact denying their faith, and paid the penalty of death. It is as Paul said, it is no longer I but sin that lives within me. So Paul stopped persecuting Christians. Paul stopped his pride. He changed. And he wrote I Timothy.. I Timothy ,
Posted in: Puzzling about Creation Care--Part 1
Thermal-assisted gravity drainage (TAGD) looks like it will use less energy, and thus be more ghg friendly than SAGD in the oilsands. It also allows for the possibility of using hydro or nuclear power instead of fossil heat to extract oil. Just another example of how ghg reductions become possible over time, while we find more difficult fossil fuels to extract. (It's also interesting that Texas, and at least another half dozen USA states, each have higher ghg emissions from their coal generated power alone, than Alberta does from its coal power and oilsands production combined.)
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By: HazMat Staff
08/03/2012 2012-08-03
"Athabasca Oil Corp. is having success with a new technology that uses electrical cables to heat bitumen, enabling oil to flow to the surface.
The Calgary-based company said it did a field test on its Leduc carbonate property 90 km northwest of Fort McMurray, Alta., using thermal-assisted gravity drainage, or TAGD. The test confirmed the process.
The more common technique to extract heavy oil from deep underground is steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD).
Athabasca anticipates the cost of TAGD operation will be about half of a SAGD one. Iit won’t require any steam to be generated or any water treatment facilities to be built. It can also soften up the bitumen at much lower temperatures than in SAGD.
Athabasca expects to get regulatory approval by year-end and to launch a TAGD pilot project in 2013, followed by a two-year drilling, construction and installation phase."
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A suggestion, or three: in 74b proposed revision of church order, add in "church" ministry. In 75b, add in "classical" ministry. In 76b, add in "denominational" ministry. Just to be clear.
Posted in: Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
In their 2001 report on Family Violence in Canada**, The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics found that family members, including relatives, constituted the vast majority (93%) of alleged perpetrators. Another statistical study conducted in 2001 by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics**** found that:
RESULTS from Dube et al.: Contact Childhood Sex Aabuse was reported by 16% of males and 25% of females. Men reported female perpetration of CSA nearly 40% of the time, and women reported female perpetration of CSA 6% of the time. CSA significantly increased the risk of the outcomes. The magnitude of the increase was similar for men and women. For example, compared to reporting no sexual abuse, a history of suicide attempt was more than twice as likely among both men and women who experienced CSA (p < 0.05). Compared with those who did not report CSA, men and women exposed to CSA were at a 40% increased risk of marrying an alcoholic, and a 40% to 50% increased risk of reporting current problems with their marriage (p < 0.05). (Dube, S. R., et al. (2005). Long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse by gender of victim. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28, 430-438)
Posted in: Rolling Out a New Perception in the Parking Lot
Or, next symbol... a squirrel in a small wheelchair following the racing wheelchair....
Posted in: The Diakonia Remixed Preliminary Report
In the Biblical perspective, which I found as a whole to be a good report, all 60 pages, I only have these few comments to make:
Screen 4. Matthew 25 talks about the least of these brothers of mine…which would seem to indicate the body of Christ.
Screen 9-F. It seems that it would be better and more correct to say that we serve God, by taking care of the land. We are not servants to the land as much as the land serves us, but we are stewards of the land, for God, since the land belongs to God ultimately. I would also seem that we do not serve the land itself, but rather its purpose, the purpose that God has for it. The land itself does not have the capacity to care about the result. A desert does not feel neglected or harmed if it is converted to fertile field, and a fertile field does not complain feel injured if it its topsoil is moved to another location. A rock has as much value as a tree, except within the purposes of God. Man serves creation best when he dies, because then he improves the soil and provides himself as food for the microbes. But creation itself does not have the ability to be pleased whether man lives or dies. The pleasure of creation is found in the eyes of man, and the purpose of God.
Screen 14-1. If Eclessiastes 5:9 really says this, then it has been badly translated in KJV, NKJV, NIV, NLT. All of these say that the king is served from the field. I would go with their translation – it makes sense with all the rest of scripture.
Screen 27 last paragraph. Although in almost every case, there is mention of their faith….
35- Acts 4:34. typo? For there was not one among them that lacked?
Screen 44 II Corinthians 9:12 For the administration of this service. Or for the doing of this work/service….?
Screen 53: These works of service can include the ministry/service of the word as well as other types of service, or along with.
Posted in: The Diakonia Remixed Preliminary Report
My comments on the proposed church order changes:
Article 12c: I would have no problem if this article was simply reduced to: “A minister of the Word may also serve the church in other work which relates directly to the calling of a minister.” I believe the rest is really unnecessary.
Article 25: Since the offices of elder and deacon are determined to be unique, I would recommend that they get separate articles which may highlight that uniqueness. This may have implications for terms of office, as well as for the roles and responsibilities and authority that these offices carry, since they are different from each other (which is why they have distinctly different titles/names).
Article 25b: I would suggest “…shall participate in and promote worship, evangelism, instruction in the faith, and learning, and shall defend the faith…” Should add in worship, instruction, and learning. These are sometimes understood, and other times are not done enough. These are major roles of elders.
Artcile 35: Revise this to the consistory may give an account of its work to the council. Keep in mind that in a way, consistory and council should also give an account of its work to the congregation. The problem is what does that really mean? A brief summary overview? A detailed report? Making this a demand or a command will not help communications if there is no desire to communicate. Each church in essence must make its own decision on this.
Article 40a: Should be revised to: Each classis shall determine whether its churches can delegate two or three officebearers to the sessions of that classis. No more than one can be an ordained pastor.
Article 40b: Should be revised to: Each classis shall meet two or three times per year, as the classis determines.
Article 42b: Do not agree with proposed revision “shall include a minister and one other officebearer”. It is not the role or task or duty of service for deacons to supervise the administration and duties of councils and churches in general in the fashion described in this article. Especially other churches. They could be called on for assistance when specific diaconal needs are not being met, or when diaconal leadership and assistance is requested. Or the diaconal conference can function in that regard.
Article 45: One minister, one elder, and one deacon delegated from each classis to synod sounds good.
Posted in: A Sad Day for People with Disabilities
I'm with Bill Wald on this one. If the UN had formulated a resolution, or a motion of understanding, that would be one thing. But for the UN to establish unenforceable phony treaties is another. Too many assumed powers which like the Kyoto accord, mean very little or nothing at all. The homeschoolers are perhaps putting a finger in the dyke, where international "law" will begin to dictate to individual states, or where various lobby groups begin to use the UN as their "authority" for things such as the rights of the child, in order to push their particular ungodly agendas, and prevent parents from teaching their own children, for example. In this case potentially denying parents to make decisions for their own disabled children. It won't harm anyone not to adopt this if it has no legal force, and it maintains individual responsibility within those nations who are already doing a superior job of caring for the disabled.
Posted in: One Login, Many Sites
Tim, I appreciate the work you do to make this website work.
Posted in: God's Referee?
George McGuire, I judge that you have written a well thought out article. Without judgement, there can also be no grace.
Posted in: God's Referee?
Many people suggest that we should never judge anyone, for only God can judge. And it is true we cannot really be the ultimate judge of the heart. But Jesus said to enter by the narrow gate that leads to life, not the broad gate that leads to destruction. God is judging and will judge. When we bring that to the attention of people, including when others bring that to our attention, we should not be hindering our spiritual admonition and encouragement by using the verse "do not judge" as a weapon to avoid responsibility or admonition.
Scripture itself says that thieves and liars and adulterers and fornicators will not enter the kingdom of heaven. For us to ignore the warnings of scripture under the guise of grace and tolerance, is to prefer the broad gate that leads to destruction. God is an amazingly gracious and loving God. Jesus died for us! Gave His Life! To treat that lightly is to fall into the trap of a dead faith. As the book of James indicates, faith without works is dead, useless. That word "works" includes how we live our life, how we acknowledge God's lordship over our life, including our words, deeds, property, family relationships, sexual activities, and our priorities of how we spend our time and our money.
It is more important to be a "moral police" within the church with those who confess Christ with their mouths, than to attempt to be a moral police for those who deny Christ.
Posted in: God's Referee?
I timothy 1: 8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that law[a] is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me".
The righteous shall live by faith. Faith without deeds is dead. The law condemns us all, and only Christ's righteousness can make us new, so that the sinful become obedient, slave traders stop trading slaves, the ungodly become godly, liars stop lying, perverts stop perverting, and adulterers become faithful. When Ananias and Sapphira thought they could ignore their sanctification and obedience, they were in fact denying their faith, and paid the penalty of death. It is as Paul said, it is no longer I but sin that lives within me. So Paul stopped persecuting Christians. Paul stopped his pride. He changed. And he wrote I Timothy.. I Timothy ,
Posted in: Everyone's A Deacon!
What's interesting, is that the same basic word used for deacon is also used for (translated into) "minister" and "ministry".