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October 19, 2021

Pipe for oil field


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The Trans Mountain expansion is on going and with challenges. The company had a large increase in positive covid-19 testing in July 2021, when the count went from 20 to 203. The company had a plan for dealing with covid-19 which they executed with shut down and measures that got them back to normal work.

What will more competition do to fuel availability.

The access to an ocean port will increase and give western Canadian oil producers more autonomy to sell product about. Competition is a selling point for US marketers and can be real or puffed. Oversite will be necessary to mitigate the new autonomy to many interests, including carbon emissions dynamics and demands, economic, strategic, closed markets, regulators clash’s and what is left of the free market as it relates to this substance.

This as it effects Trans Mountain as a pipeline operator by contract, is more then esthetics. While Trans Mountains effects will be limited to the efficiency of transport shaped by demand, this may be negligible as the mentioned before interests are appetites still in the hands of governments and corporations and thankfully consumers . Keep your vote and investment tools in good order.

Good luck as you get it done.

On this Day: October 19th 1943

Streptomycin is isolated.

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BC Covid-19 update October 19th 2021

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Health Minister, Adrian Dix Dr. Bonnie Henry, Highlights

October 25th 2021, 100 people limit, not all need be seated, for gatherings on condition of fully vaccinated and checked.

Booster shots for most vulnerable.

High level of vaccination.

New Delta variant…

Flu shot free to everyone over 6 months, book an appointment.

Post infection immunity, no consensus yet, some immunity for some time, very variable, prudent to have known amount through vaccination.

Nearing 90 percent vaccination rate.

556 surgeries posted in last reporting period do to demand on hospital. 12,000 surgeries delivered.

183 surge beds available in province

More…

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Happy National Pharmacy Technician Day…

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Today is National Pharmacy Technician Day, since 2015 the third Tuesday of the month is NPTD ” we thank technicians for their tireless efforts.”

  1. Buy a gift only we could tip pharmacy techs! Failing that, a teddy bear, balloon, box of chocolates, or a nice flower to brighten up their workplace (artificial, so as to keep things clean) is sure to light up their day.
  2. Get a flu shot, National Pharmacy Techs Day happens to land right in the run-up to flu season, and most pharmacies offer flu shots. Seeing your pharmacy tech for a flu shot now is a great way to ensure you don’t have to see them under less happy circumstances later.
  3. Just say “thanks”! Pharmacies can have hundreds of people in and out in a single day, and most of those customers aren’t there to socialize. Simply taking the time to tell a pharmacy tech you appreciate them can make a pharm tech’s day.

On this Day: October 19th 1386

The oldest German university has its first lecture.

Life’s a puzzle, but technicians make it work…

The missing piece Technicians got yo love them!
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Additional Covid-19 restrictions, Northern BC outbreaks..

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October 18, 2021

Thankyou for all your support.

58 northern severe Covid19 cases.

Circuit breaker north

Pockets of low immuration rates need address in stop transmission.

Long term conditions remain for Covid-19

Terrace people taking precautions

More Restrictions on for two incubation periods.

Thanks to faith leaders, worship limited to virtual.

More…

On this Day: October 18th 1648

Boston shoemaker form first union.

Autumn Leaf’s

Air ambulance sitting at air field .
Health care takes a lot of support from many sources
including you keeping your own. File photo KDG

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TGIF- Baskets and Bowls

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October 15, 2021

Annual general meeting:

The Nicola Valley Community Arts Council is having it’s AGM on November 8th at the next door Kekuli Café. Start time is seven pm.

On this Day: October 15th 1957

Mira Nair born.

Healing bowls

Art center came in part from the
interest of the Valley Visual Artists
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Wildfires

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The 2021 wild fire season was about the same as previous seasons,however the fires were much more aggressive.

The sun west of Merritt,
red from smoke, of the 2017 fire season
in the Southern interior of BC
File Photo KDG

Just south of 900,000 hectares burned. There were 300 fires at one time most of the summer with 67 of them fires of note. Dry fuel conditions may have contributed to a more exciting fire season then was realized. Over 1600 wildfires designated over the summer made up the active and most notable part of the fire season, The fire season will officially end March 31st 2022, the last day of the provinces fiscal year.

There were 304 evacuation alerts, 181 evacuations.. More than 4000 people worked on fires throughout the province of British Columbia. The fire season of 2021 also had over a hundred wildfire fighters from Mexico join the fight.

The the determining factor in the severity of a fire season is the loss of human life and property. The town of Lytton BC was 90% destroyed by a fire that purportedly came up the natural draft that the Fraser river valley provided. Two people lost their lives in a hasty evacuation that was called on in a matter of minutes notice. As of October 14th 2021 the notion that a CPR train started the fire was debunked by the RCMP on investigation.

The town of Lytton did break a Canadian heat record just before the fire started. During 50° c temperatures at the top of a inverting heat dome the fire that destroyed Lytton somehow was incubated.

The BC state of emergency lasted 56 days, ending on on September 14th 2021.There was 565 million dollars spent in this time frame.

Cooler weather and rain was the determining factor in the success of the fire suppression. Large forest fires often produce weather and rain by its submission of particulate into the atmosphere as it reacts with water vapor evaporated from the hot dry conditions previous to the fire. Human presence and property does not allow this dynamic to be fully exploited in our modern era.

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Covid-19 update, October 14th, North circuit breaker…

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October 14, 2021

Highlights

Rate of transmission from north serious.

Delta virus spreads quicker, needs additional measures for younger people.

58 people transferred from north.

Stop transmission where it is strongest, midnight tonight personal gathering restricted to vaccinated in some northern areas …

more…

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Respiratory flu season on: mid October- May…

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Health care takes a lot,

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A flu season is expected

While seasonal influenza (flu) viruses are detected year-round in the United States, flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter. The exact timing and duration of flu seasons varies, but influenza activity often begins to increase in October. Most of the time flu activity peaks between December and February, although significant activity can last as late as May.

CDC

October 1st BC school precautions

(includes statements on flu season), Covid-19…

Daily health check

Stay at home when sick

Masks

Best tool box part :vaccination

Respiratory flu season

Air circulation

Conditions of employment

Cohorts not optimal to reducing numbers and sharing activity times

More.

Elected people in charge under the rule of law

This is the 3rd school year of Covid-19 regulated under numbers of jurisdictions and time proven applications.

Regular flu vaccination is becoming available through pharmacies and doctors offices.

On this Day: October 14th 1066

The battle of Hastings.

Get vaccinated!

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Happy Azerbaijan National Railway Day…

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October 13, 2021

Trains…

A fellowship of history and wonder.

June 19th 2010 meet,
Merritt Railway enthusiasts club

Railways are celebrated all around the world! Today is national railway day in Azerbaijan. You knew that!

On this Day: October 13th 1988

The book Spy catcher survives UK government attempt to squash.

Trains
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Launch Day for Bill Shatner, in Jeff Bezos’s, Blue Origin, new rocket… ” New Shepard Rocket” Editor.

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Live

Blue Origin’s 18th flight

Blue Origins 18th flight.

William Shatner to fly today Wednesday. October 13th 2921. The brief rocket flight will lift Bill and three others to the edge of space for a view of the planet. The return will see the capsule under parachutes land in the Texas desert.

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Trans Mountain expansion, feature.

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October 12, 2021

The TMX project is ongoing, and the existing line will be running at capacity for the month of October 2021.

Workers song:

Pipe for oil field
File: Photo KDG

Seven percent apportionment (nominations for tariff on possible shipping), over capacity.

The volume of oil to run is at capacity, with 7 percent to be apportioned.

The energy sector around the world works on a monthly cycle. The Trans Mountain Pipeline is part of that cycle. Apportionment describes the amount of demand shippers place on the pipeline in excess of its available capacity. Here’s a step-by-step guide to the apportionment determination that’s carried out every month for the existing Trans Mountain Pipeline system.

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  • Each month our shippers submit requests for how much petroleum (crude oil and refined products) they want to ship through the pipeline to service their customers. These requests are called ‘nominations’.
  • Based on shippers’ nominations, we then determine the ‘capacity’ available on the pipeline for the month. Determining pipeline capacity is complex. Capacity is affected by, among other things, the types of products that have been nominated, any pipeline system maintenance activities that will reduce flows that month and carry-over volumes that haven’t completed their transit of the pipeline by month’s end.
  • Based on available pipeline capacity and the volume of shipper nominations we received, we calculate apportionment using a method accepted by the Canada Energy Regulator and forming part of our tariff. A tariff includes the terms and conditions under which the service of a pipeline is offered or provided, including the tolls, the rules and regulations, and the practices relating to specific services.
  • If shipper nominations are less than pipeline capacity, the apportionment percentage to that destination is “zero” and all the product volumes nominated by shippers are accepted to be transported that month.
  • If shipper nominations exceed pipeline capacity, the apportionment is a percentage greater than zero.

Apportionment has been up to 40 percent…

The apportionment ( over capacity nominations) is sometimes up to 40 percent. This is a good indication that expansion is a good business plan.

1958 footage

The pipeline in use at this writing is the one that was built in 1958. The expansion project is building another line beside it.

On this Day: October 12th 1968

Hugh Jackman, actor, born.

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BC Covid19- update, October 12th 2021

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Air ambulance sitting at air field .
Health care takes a lot of support from
many sources including you keeping your own.
File photo KDG

Boosters to be offered, along with 1st and second doses.

Ambulances has more demand. 30 more paramedics hires

Aircraft fully in use, north has more demands.

Change in virus has brought higher demand.

Transmission coming from unvaccinated, virus runs into walls when vaccines are involved.

All Delta transmission in province.

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