STRANGE BUT TRUE
By Lucie Winborne
* In 2008, Nestle played an April Fool’s joke on Butterfinger fans by announcing that the candy bar’s name had been changed to “The Finger.” The company even distributed 200,000 bars with “The Finger” wrapper to 7-Eleven stores.
* Modern body armor was created by pizza delivery man and former Marine Richard Davis, who was wounded after a delivery turned into a shootout.
* Japanese honeybees destroy hornets by enclosing them in a ball of bees then vibrating their flight muscles so fast that carbon dioxide levels increase and the ball’s temperature rises enough to kill the hornet.
* Mastercard’s global headquarters is located on Purchase Street in Purchase, New York.
* Talk about a novel way to make a statement! Teenage art student Demi Barnes created a wedding dress made of 1,500 divorce papers to heighten awareness of rushing into matrimony only to end up in divorce court.
* The “Emergency Bra” can be unhooked and split into two face masks that filter out harmful chemicals.
* Nail polish remover will outlive us all! It has no expiration.
* Recycling one ton of paper will save 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 mature trees, 682.5 gallons of oil and 7,000 gallons of water.
* In a now-banned practice called “boosting,” wheelchair athletes with spinal injuries would intentionally harm the lower parts of their bodies to increase their blood pressure, thereby enhancing their performance.
* A study conducted at the University of Pavia in Italy showed that music promotes a healthy cardiovascular system by triggering physiological changes that modulate blood pressure, heart rate and respiratory functions.
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Thought for the Day
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.” - Abraham Lincoln
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A surprise situation could cause you to spend more money than you feel you can afford. But, careful budget adjustments will help. Your fiscal picture soon brightens.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19)
You’re wise to let your Arian skepticism question a former adversary’s request to let bygones be bygones. Time will tell if they are trying to pull the wool over the Lamb’s eyes.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Congratulations. Your hard work soon pays off with some well-deserved recognition. Meanwhile, that important personal relationship needs more attention from you.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) That new person in your life seems trustworthy, but don’t turn him or her into a confidant just yet. Remember: The secret you don’t reveal is the one you won’t lose sleep over.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your kindness makes a difference in someone’s life. But by the week’s end, a touch of Cancerian envy could create a problem with a colleague. Take care to keep it under control.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) A new spurt of energy sends you roaring back into that challenging work situation. But be careful not to overdo it, or your sizzle could fizzle before your task is completed.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your practical sense helps you see the logic of being a bit more flexible with a workplace colleague. But you still have a ways to go before there’s a true meeting of the minds.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) That decision you made might still have its detractors, but your supporters are growing. Meanwhile, your personal life takes on some welcome new developments.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Matters of the mind intrigue the sage Sagittarian through the week’s end. By then, you should feel more than ready to make room for pursuits of the heart.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The canny Capricorn can offer good counsel to others. But how about taking some advice yourself from a close friend or family member who is able and ready to help?
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A new workplace opportunity offers a variety of challenges that you might find intriguing. Best advice: Take things one step at a time so that you don’t feel overwhelmed.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A bid to revive a relationship that ended on a bitter note needs to be carefully thought-out before you can even begin to consider plunging into a new emotional commitment.
BORN THIS WEEK: You enjoy being with people, and people love being with you. You would probably do very well in politics.
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The stone bruise on your windshield will repair better if you cover it up with tape until you get a chance to see us. Then we’ll take care of the rest.
* On Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C., and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813. When the British arrived at the White House, they found that President James Madison and his first lady Dolley had already fled to safety in Maryland.
* On Aug. 22, 1851, the U.S.-built schooner America bests a fleet of Britain’s finest ships in a race around England’s Isle of Wight. In the 53-mile race, the America trounced the competition, beating the cutter Aurora by 22 minutes.
* On Aug. 27, 1908, future President Lyndon B. Johnson is born on a farm near Stonewall, Texas. As president, Johnson pushed through the creation of Medicare/Medicaid, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act, the Civil Rights Act and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
the scenes in Kansas were shot in traditional black and white, Oz appears in vivid Technicolor, a relatively new film process at the time.
* On Aug. 23, 1947, the first Little League World Series championship game -- the culmination of a three-day tournament in Williamsport, Pennsylvania -- features teams from Pennsylvania. Maynard, a team from Williamsport, defeated Lock Haven, 16-7, to win the title at Original Field. Although it was called the World Series, 11 of the 12 teams in the tournament were from Pennsylvania.
* On Aug. 26, 1959, the British Motor Corporation (BMC) launches its newest car, the small and affordable -- at a price tag of less than $800 -- Mark I Mini. At only 10 feet long, the Mini could sit four adults and had a trunk big enough for luggage.
* On Aug. 25, 1939, “The Wizard of Oz,” which will become one of the best-loved movies in history, opens in theaters. Though
* On Aug. 28, 1972, the U.S. Air Force gets its first ace designation since the Korean War when Capt. Richard S. Ritchie and his “backseater” (radar intercept officer), Captain Charles B. DeBellevue, shoot down his fifth MiG near Hanoi.
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the only vowel on a computer keyboard’s middle row of letters?
2. LANGUAGE: What is the diacritical mark used over the first “a” in “chateau”?
3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of the Czech Republic?
4. MOVIES: Where was the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy filmed?
5. MEASUREMENTS: What is 4 ounces of liquid equal to in cups?
6. U.S. STATES: Which is the only American state that begins with the letter P?
7. LANGUAGE: What is the word that stands for the letter Y in the international radio alphabet?
8. CHEMISTRY: What is the symbol for the element zinc?
9. TELEVISION: What is Kramer’s first name in the sitcom “Seinfeld”?
10. MUSIC: Which country is home to the rock group AC/DC?
Answers
1. A.
2. Circumflex.
3. Prague.
4. New Zealand.
5. 1/2 cup.
6. Pennsylvania.
7. Yankee.
8. Zn.
9. Cosmo.
10. Australia.
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Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.
According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.
REGINA – One of the largest questions facing Saskatchewan’s economy is where will we be getting our electrical power in the next 10 years? SaskPower is looking down the barrel of the federally-mandated retirement of conventional coal-fired power by the end of 2029, and it’s going to take until at least 2032 to have any sort of nuclear power in place. Even then, that would only be one or two reactors, not nearly enough to replace our coal fleet, let alone meet the increased demand from electric vehicles.
“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”
The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.
Then there’s the issue of building renewable power like wind and solar, which produce cheap power when they run, but they don’t always run. Alberta’s power grid has shown numerous times over the past eight months that either wind or solar, or both, will on occasion utterly collapse and provide as little as one per cent of their nameplate capacity. At the time of writing at 10:39 a.m. on Aug. 10, Alberta’s power grid was getting just 195 megawatts of wind power from its nameplate capacity of 2,389 megawatts. That’s 8.1 per cent.
And at night, all solar generation drops to zero. So what is the province’s Crown power utility to do?
Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload
Part of that question was answered on Aug. 10, with the announcement that SaskPower was signing a 20 year agreement with the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) to expand transmission line capacity between this province and the United States.
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The SPP manages the electric grid and wholesale power market for the central United States. With 106 members across 14 states, it is a large and diverse market comprised of over 94,600 MW of installed generation.
plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction at Moose Jaw.
All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.
The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.
SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.
“Access to this large market ensures reliable energy is available to Saskatchewan to support our own generating facilities,” said Rupen Pandya, SaskPower President & CEO, in a release. “This will help to manage the integration of more intermittent renewable power such as wind and solar while keeping costs as low as possible for customers.”
“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”
This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.
The new line will literally go both ways, allowing for both the import and export of power. Its capacity will be pegged at 650 megawatts, roughly the capacity of either the Poplar River Power Station at Coronach, or Boundary Dam Power Station at Estevan. (Unit 4, which was supposed to retire at the end of last year, is still in operation, meaning Boundary Dam has a capacity of 531 megawatts).
When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.
SaskPower spokesperson Joel Cherry noted by phone that this is not a power purchase agreement, but an interconnect agreement.
The location of the new line has not yet been determined. SaskPower has an existing interconnect of 150 megawatts south of Estevan. As coal-fired units are shut down at Coronach and Estevan, that will free up capacity on existing grid infrastructure from either of those locations. A follow up email from Cherry said, “New
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infrastructure will be required in both Saskatchewan and North Dakota; however, the specific routing and location of the infrastructure will be confirmed as part of the upcoming design phase.” As Boundary Dam is north of North Dakota, and Poplar River is north of Montana, that would indicate the Estevan area is the most likely location for this interconnect.
“The 650 MW of import will represent the total capacity between SaskPower and the SPP, i.e. this is not in addition to the existing 150 MW,” he wrote.
SaskPower said expanding transmission capacity to the U.S. will also improve reliability in the event of planned or unplanned outages at SaskPower facilities and makes it possible for Saskatchewan to export excess power into the pool, which would create revenue opportunities.
SaskPower will build the necessary transmission facilities in Saskatchewan, with the SPP handling construction required in the United States.
This interconnect is part of a continuing shift to expand our connections to neighbour power grids. Historically, SaskPower was rather isolated, with limited capacity to import or export power through interconnections. Instead, we were largely self-sufficient, depending in large part on coal-fired baseload power production. Currently, SaskPower’s total tie-line capacity in and out of the SPP is 150 MW. Interconnections to the Sask-
Power grid also currently exist with both Manitoba (290 MW capacity) and Alberta (150 MW capacity). This new line will be more than all the existing interconnects combined.
Alberta has similar interconnects with not only Saskatchewan, but also British Columbia and Montana. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator website, that province routinely draws power from its neighbours on a consistent basis. At the time of writing at 10:32, Aug. 10, Alberta was 593 megawatts from B.C., 179 megawatts from Montana, and 59 megawatts from Saskatchewan.
Gas-fired power station for Lanigan
In addition to expanding its interconnects with its neighbours, SaskPower is looking at a third major natural gas-fired power plant in recent years, following the completion of the Great Plains Power station at Moose Jaw, currently under construction.
That third power station would be a 370 megawatt baseload facility near Lanigan. It will be able to generate power both as a simple cycle and combined cycle facility. Cherry said a decision to go ahead with the project is expected in early 2023, and an in-service date in 2027.
That would coincide with the anticipated retirement of some of SaskPower’s remaining coal-fired power units, most of which are approximately 300 megawatts each.
When generators like this, Boundary Dam Unit 6, are shut down in the next few years, SaskPower is going to need to get its power from somewhere. And it looks like south of the border is going to be a key part of that.
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Alternate idea: Replace two honeydew cubes with cube-shaped avocado.
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ICE CUBES
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It has been a watermelon summer! The luscious, juicy treat has made a regular appearance in our soups, salads, grilled sides, as well as sliced up on large platters for the perfect al fresco big-crowd dessert.
Summer days are going by too quickly, so grab a fresh melon today and let it quench your thirst, satisfy your sweet tooth and provide lots of "goodfor-you" vitamins, like A, B-6 and C.
Here are some creative ideas for serving local watermelon during this peak season:
WATERMELON CHECKERBOARD SALAD
(For 2 servings)
— 10 chunks of ripe watermelon and 8 chunks of ripe honeydew melon cut into 3/4-inch cubes
— 1/4 cup feta cheese
— 2 fresh mint leaves chopped
— 2 basil leaves chopped (optional)
— Olive oil and white balsamic vinegar, or your favorite vinaigrette dressing
Let kids arrange the cubes in a checkerboard pattern on salad plates. Sprinkle feta, mint and basil on top. Dress with a drizzle of olive oil and white balsamic or a vinaigrette dressing. A pinch of sea salt tastes good, too.
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Cut three cups of watermelon flesh into chunks. Remove seeds and liquefy in a blender. Pour into ice-cube trays and freeze. For a satisfying cooldown beverage on a hot afternoon, fill a tall glass with the watermelon ice cubes and orange or grapefruit juice. Garnish with a whole strawberry or a thick triangular slice of watermelon with the pointed end slid onto the rim of the glass.
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WATERMELON FRUIT KEBABS
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A delicious watermelon checkerboard salad on a summer day.
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From left to right
kids skewer chunks of watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and kiwi on short wooden skewers. Strawberries look especially appealing on either end of the stick. Enjoy the fruit dipped in small dishes of fruit-flavored yogurt.
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