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The Brussels Post, 1960-03-17, Page 7SCIION ESSON 87 Rey. R. Warren 8.A., BM. ••••••••••!",... 41 Believe God" Act! Mae 21-26; 2831-3, 11.141 Memory Selection; I can Ori all things through Christ whkk strengthenetli me. Philippians 413. The major emphasis in 406s seems to be upon the spoke* witness, Paul testified convince ingly before merchants, scholar; priests, governors, and kiega. However," the incidents that oce cur on Paul's journey to Hon* do reveal something added to tha spoken witness. As Dr, Mary A.,. Tenney writes in Arnold's Conte rnentary, "Here Paul is witness. ing through his total personal- ity. His shipmates are convinced by what. Paul is not alone by what he says. He finally gains ascendancy over them all by his attitudes, his sound judgmento his compassionate concern for everyone, and his unwavering assurance that his God can be trusted, After days of fasting and nights of 'prayer Paul's ra- diant face appears among them. `Sirs, be of good cheer,' he ex- ults, 'for I believe God . Fin- ally this radiance becomes in- fectious until all 276 passengers are of good cheer. The silent ant spoken witness of a life has penetrated the unbelief and des- pair of everyone on that ship_" It's what we are in the days of trouble 'that reveals our real, spiritual condition. John. Wes- ley was returning to England from a vain effort to convert the Indians in the American colonies, when a great storm arose on the Atlantic. John was in terror of death. He was im- pressed by the Moravians ire their calm confidence in God's trustworthy love. He wanted what they had. Later, in one at their services in Aldersgatee while Luther's preface to the, Romans was being read, hit heart was strangely warmed. Hs knew that his sins were for- given. He went out to bless many. Two lady evangelists, friends of ours, were having their car serviced for its 10,000 mile check-up. While being returned to them, it was s tr u c k and, wrecked, by a policeman chasing a killer. It was a disturbing incident, But they didn't go to pieces. Instead, they used the occasion to witness for their Lord. They knew that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. The Lord blessed them in their testimony and two of the salesmen went home to pray. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking BITTER UTTER — These pups no doubt feel they're entitled to a better fate than being aban- doned in a Seattle Laundromat. The Humane Society took over *nd now there are seven laundered pups up for adop- tion. * • * This massive storage bed of pumice acted like a giant tank, absorbing and retaining the steam under pressure. From the depths below the "tank" more steam continually moves up into storage. Roughly, that is the underground picture though there is some question about how quickly the "tank" can be kept supplied from below once large withdrawals are made. To test this output-input rate, New Zealand engineers have al- lowed test bores at Wairakei, the centre of the present geothermal power project,' to run for long periods unchecked to see whe- ther there was any slackening of steam flow. So far, none has been evident. Now and then, a bore blocks up and has to be cleaned, a job that takes about five days. • • * Poking something down a hole from which steam was roaring at 250' C. — more than twice the heat of boiling water -- can be quite an engineering trick, best left to the engineers. This tendency to block up means that the engineers had to keep a fair supply of spare bores on hand that could be cut Into production at such times. Of the 60 or so bores stink at Wairakei, 51 were in regular production. • • • Japan h a s geothermal re- sources near Beppu in north Kiushiu, where the Japanese Government hopes to install a plant. Japanese engineers have been interested in generating power PACIFIED PUP — Gigi 11- - month-old Chihuahua, no long- er whines when it's, time to go to bed.. Her owner solved the problem by giving her a baby pacifier. body temperature as in .the dor- mouse 'or marmot. So one fine afternoon we coax- ed Dachsi out of his nest and carried him down to the edge of the forest where the snow lay two feet deep. Hardly had his feet touched the ground than he set cel for home along the trod- den track. But this was not what we wanted to find out, so we threw him into the midst of the white, powdery snow. Holding his head up in a cramped position, he first tried to paddle along like a bad swim- mer; but he made slow and ,dif- ficult progress, so he adopted other tactics: thrusting his head up to the neck in the snow, he worked his way slowly but stead- ily along like a snow-plough, occasionally lifting his head and drawing in air with deep sighs. .As soon as he reached us he clutched our• legs and tried to climb up them. He was obviously extremely distressed and we had not the heart to let him tire himself further, so we carried him home to the stove and warmed his cold, scantily haired belly. Now we knew one good reason why badgers spend 'the winters ixi their earths: their short legs are so inadequate for propulsion in deep snow. -- From "Nature' Stories from the Vienna Woods," by Koenig., Ca tn ons "We weren't convinced' of it until he went after the bird," recalled a surprised cat owner named Fred McHugh last month. McHugh, a public - relations writer for Army Ordnance in Washington, D.C., was talking about his eighteen-month-old black cat, Sammy, who lately has s tar t c d suffering catniptions whenever the TV set goes' on. McHugh first noticed the feline making a beeline for the Magic Lantern a couple of weeks back when a pigeon flitted on screen and Sammy tried to paw it. A few nights later, Sammy added another item to his TV cat-alogue by trying to touch the hand of an actress. Sammy has recently hecOme more selective. "He doesh't Watch dye* night," Mc Hugh says. "g6ihetiiiies if the programs are too dull, he just goes to sleep," The mountairi goat"is: really; hot a .goat at. all but a kind of peak-dwelling antelope' More beerier 'related to the chamele of the Alps in most places lie Shows a decided preference for the wet, coastal. ranges. This snow-white animal Weighs froni 150 to MO pounds. Is all expert ISf1L i2 160, 6 13 lb. 20 12 Is Vast Green Belt For .0,;?:IttaWn FEB 18 Widespread Use of hydreeleee trig resources ,has brought New, Zealand high, living standards. In fact, most of the electricity is spent in maintaining these high standards, Two-thirds of all, power generatad.is Used for do- !nestle and faina purposes with emPhaals an dOMestie,. This means that Much less Power ;it spent on industry in. Nov Zea., land than In the United $tates and Britain, where only one- third is used in direct main- tenance of living standards, 32 die as New York. Wand Italian airliner crashes at Shannon Ireland. 1,60 Winter Olympial tenpin of Stisw Why, Calif. FEB 25 Ike . . hares for tour of SOuth America. FEB 22 Japanese Crow" Princess Michiko has a boy, FEB 22 For $30,009,000, a priceless heritage in, the form of a vast "greet) belt" surrounding Cana, dais national capital now is es- stered. It Will be the first such North Arneriean, community to eon* quer the relentlessly creeping. Urban enrawl. The Canadian Government, through the agency of the Na- tional Capital Commission, is 110W buying up the necessary additional outlying a ere a g e which will create the belt of green countryside around the capital. The belt now has been mapped so that its inner perimeter will confine a, population of 600,000 persons, a figure which now is not too many years away for this expanding city. The inevitable spill-over will have to go into satellite towns outside the restricted, acreage, Ottawa thereby will never be- come the metropolitan brick- and-concrete sprawl which has befellen many another United States and Canadian city. The green belt averages about 21/2 miles in depth. It covers an area of 57 square miles running in a continuous arc around the capital's planned future limits. In this growing busy govern- ment city, it is still possible, because of the green belt, to find old log fences, familiarly known as snake fences, stretch- ing for hundreds of yards within four miles of Parliament Hill, In it, it is possible to find a large •measure of rural life brought to the doorstep of an urban com- munity. ,Farms are numerous. What housing exists is very limited, and will never grow significantly. There have been approximate- ly 1,000 property owners in 37,- ,000 acres of green belt now be- ing acquired. About 600 of these are engaged in agriculture, in- cluding dairying, poultry farm- ing, and market gardening. Most of the remaining 400 are subur- ban property holders, mainly living in single-family dwellings along highways and suburban roads. F1.8 19 wenn Elizobttkll gives birth tone, Princess Mergenit ' announces uneseienint. U.S. tracking 'eremite report "mystery" satellite; turns out to be oars. car.ylehessmon gets Ith reprieve front gas chamber os case draws world- w dioa11601jon;tekgrem from Slates teripartrerrt stirsendignation, rfii 13 Frence explodes its fiat atomic bomb in the Sahara. FEB 11 Khrushchey f t 8 18 Howe Armed &Mkt! Committee orders investigation of all military manuals folloseng disclosure of one linking c Lurches to communism. begins tour of south. oast Alla with trip to Indio, r Brazilian oirlinif and U.S. Navy plans carrying Nary band members collide over el0 4. Janeiro bay; 61 killed, FEB 25 FEB 13 Argentina Nary, discleses unidentified submarine trapped off coast, but it eludes capture. ladies of flys crewmen of World War II U.S. bomber found in Libyan desert. _e„erleeeeeez, ea_,,ereeeeeeeeeeneeneeoeeeeeeeeeree eeerriae ,eeeieeeeeeeee TIIEFARM FRONT Jokuusseit. -105711 eeie' %.74. from these natural resources over the past 30 years, and in 1951 a government agency suc- ceeded in a small way in produc- ing power, but nothing further was done. Now interest has been reawakened, and a high ranking Japanese official recently visited New Zealand to make an on-the- spot study of Wairakei. Closer to home', the Australian Government recently invited two New Zealand engineers to in- vestigate the geothermal steam resources of Australian New Guinea, near Rabaul. This major centre is ringed with volcanoes, some active, and the successful tapping of the great steam re- sources there Would transform the future of this region. New industries would become possi- ble, providing a better balance with the present predominantly agricultural economy • of New Guinea. Getting all the heat and power you want — free — from deep down in the earth, is a fascinat- ing prospect. But don't start dig- ging in the back forty right away. However, the following article from the Christian Science Monitor about geothermal power "down under" is worth passing on to you in my opinion. Australia and Japan have eek- ed New Zealand, for advice on the generation of electric power from natural geothermal steam resources. Italy and New Zealand are the only countries who have suc- ceeded in developing commer- ctial power from underground steam' beds. The thermal region of the north island of New Zea- land is a belt of country about 100 miles long by 30 miles wide. Steam from the hot centre of the earth seeped to the surface through a bed of pumice one mile thick, and New Zealand en- gineers sank bores, • some as much as 4,000 feet deep, to tap the steam. eleri re‘ The green belt long has-lezr developing as an applied ciple for the Canadian natiftinal:. capital program. It has beeifedil* bated for years and was Vigo k-'. ously opposed by a number obi; landowners who wished to 'sell to real estate developments at high prices. In 1956, after years of strug- gling with the problem, the fed- eral government's own. Central Mortgage and Housing Corpera- tion took its first direct step to implement the green belt pro- posal. This crown-owned agen- cy, which is responsible for ad- ministering the National Hous- ing Act, withheld direct loans on proposed homes in the belt re- gion. This effectively stopped residential development, writes Robert Moon in the Christian Science Monitor, An effort was then made to take direct action through the Ontario Planning Area Board. At a hearing of this board in early 1958, the final attempt was made to create the green belt through the- use of the Ontario Planning Act. Despite the stren- uous efforts of the City of Ot- tawa and the Federal District Commission, this attempt failed. After all other possibilities were exhausted over the preced- ing 10-year period,- the federal govermnent finally announced that the Federal District Com- mission would be authorized to purchase all those parts of the green belt not already in public ownership. This action met the problem head on, and it has proved effective. Subsequently, the 600 green belt farm owners have been of- fered current market prices for their property. Many have been encouraged to stay on their land with long-term leases at low rentals. Even while the land purchases are proceeding, the green belt is being justified' in various• ways, not the least of which is its con- servation aspects. Plans call for a 4,000-acre government experi- mental farm to be located in, one portion. In another part, an expensive but e scattered complex of re- search buildings its to be built on a campus arrangement by a pri- vately owned electrical corpora- tion. .This already has raised speculation that the research ad- vantages of such an unusual isolation still close to govern- ment agencies and educational facilities may bring a deluge of applications. The green belt, nonetheless, will not be permitted to become overcrowded with such facilities. Fishing Craft On Loch Fyne The West Coast of Scotland, so indented with fine harbours and winding firths, boasts one beautiful type of fishing boat.... The Lock Fyne skiff or nabbie is a graceful bird-like craft as seaworthy and as handy as any vessel of her size, She rarely ex- ceeds 35 ft. in length and even the larger boats are virtually open, being built with a deck forward for one-third of their length only, with beneath it a sort of cabin shelter, She has a curved stem, a bold sheer, and a very characteristic stern, pointed, with a raked and curv- ing stern post and beautiful buoyant lines, at the quarters She draws plenty of water aft, and the keel slopes up steeply towards the stem. The whole hull, and particularly the stern, have a look strongly reminscent of Norwegian craft. The influence of Norway may be seen in many boats on the east coast of the British Isles ... but it is curious that this 'west- ern boat should carry the stamp of her ancestry more clearly than do some of her sisters, the luggers of, the eastern shores of Scotland. Another attractive fea- ture of this hull is that many, instead of being painted, are clear varnished which gives them a very light and clean ap- pearance. The mast is stepped very well forward and has a pronounced rake. On it is set a high peaked standing long sail. There is a bowsprit from which is set a jib. Occasionally, there is a small standing lug mizzen.. . . Nowadays most of the fishing of Scotland is carried, out by steam trawlers and motor fishing vessels. The latter, built of wood in the ports wiliCh once launch- ed their sailing predecessors, in many cases still retain the char- acter of the sailing craft which they have superseded.... At the same time the motor vessel, more independent of winds, has become more and more concentrated in the larger ports, and the smaller harbours have lost their activity.... So 'the still waters of East Loch Tarbert, the great home of the nabbie, no longer reflect the masts of dozens of these bonnie vessels, and instead three or four motor craft lie alongside the scaly fish wharves. But some of the old boats are still to be seen In the neighbourhood of their erstwhile glory. Now they have engines, and with no sails to steady' them at sea. I don't doubt that they are exceedingly lively, As recently as 1947, I saw one with her mast still stepped, emerging from the Gareloch into the Clyde. — From "The End of the Voyage," by Peter Norton. Badger in the Snow In January there was a great deal of snow and Dachsi (the badger) remained' at home in his nest., We badly wanted to know how he would behave In these weather conditions, for down in the ferest we had once found badger tracks' in the snow. It was formerly believed that bad- gers were true hibernators which spent the greater part of the winter lying cold and rigid in their earths without taking any nourishment, but later research has shown that this is not the case. In bad weather the badger does remain in its earth, living off its subcutaneous let layer, but there is certainly no fall of "Is your wife artistic?" asked Peter of his friend. ' "Artistic!" was reply. "Why, she's so artistic that she doesn't eare how the soup tastes ae Wig as it's a pretty colour." * I * The presence of steam, how- ever, does not mean it can be brought into use simply by duplicating the New Zealand land installations. Experience has shown that the Problems of developing the Larderello field in Italy and the Wairakei` field were different. Ironing the problems out of the Wairakei project was a big job, a genuine pioneering job, The engineers still do not know how much 'steam they can get from the area. At present they are "blowing off" 150 megawatts of steam and were fairly sure of 250 megawatts. "We know we can get the necessary 250 megawatts," said one senior engineer, "and are fairly certain the area to the west is also promising. We also think there are another eight areas in the thermal field from which we could get steam. * • • So far they have drilled for and proven 2,000,000 pounds of steam and 15,000,000 pounds of water an hour from the Stage 1 section of the Wairakei project. But Stage 2 will take 2,000,000 pounds an hour of pressure and intermediate pressure steam. In Stage 2 the water droplets in the steam will be drawn off by a special process and used to drive low-pressure turbines, so that nothing will be lost, • • • Wairakei should fulfill all its promise if political problems can be avoided. Some speakers in the House of Representatives have criticized It as a "gamble". 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