Google says it is upgrading its search engine to eliminate those annoying search-finds that are of poor quality and repeat other’s materials. My search of Google Blogs for comments on Iphegenia enTauride by Gluck turned-up garbage. Trite comments on the ability of the singers, etc. Thus let me go to the heart of the matter and go [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Iphegnia enTauride: The Gay Side of Opera
Posted in Church, opera, tagged benjamin britten, billy budd, domingo. paul groves, gay, giuseppina strepponi, gluck, ipigenia en tauride, lover, met opera, opera, peter grimes, peter peirce, Verdi, wagner on February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Entertain Kids With Stories of War (Libya) and Gold Mining
Posted in About the news, Mining history, tagged entertain, gold mining, kids, libya on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recent events in Libya put me in mind of stories my father told us of war and fighting in Libya during the Second World War. In memory of the stories he told us and relevant to current events, I pulled out and repeat here a piece I wrote some time ago.
Long-Term Stability of Closed Mine Tailings Piles: How So At Pebble?
Posted in consulting, environmental, Geotechnical, North America, Reclamation, safety, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged Alaska, closure, EPA, failure, mine, pebble, Tailings on February 25, 2011 | 7 Comments »
A slow morning and an even slower computer that took its sweet time downloading files. During the enforced no-compute period, I pulled out the proceedings of the Mine Closure 2010 Conference held in Chile in November 2010. I read a paper that had not previously caught my attention. I could not but stop to [...]
Pebble Mine NI 43-101 Report Promises Watery Future
Posted in Copper, feasibilty studies, Gold, Investing & Finance, tagged NI 43-101, pebble, perpetual, report, water treatment on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here is how you tease the mining industry and confound reporters: issue a news release that you have published your new NI 43-101. Then let them search for an actual copy. I have had an army of so-called specialists looking for a copy of Northern Dynasty’s Pebble Mine Ni 43-101. It does not yet exist, [...]
Entertaining Kids Swimming
Posted in Mining history, People, tagged entertain, kids, mining, pool, swimming on February 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The blue waters of the swimming pool shine & shimmer in the pale moon of a balmy California evening. A faint breeze ruffles the palm trees as the hot tub bubbles & steams. This is swimming pool perfection.
Fort McMurray Oil Sands for Decency and Democracy
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged democracy, Fort McMurray, freedom, huntignton beach, Oil sands on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a strange photo: We have all sat at some time or another in a pool or hot-tub luxuriating in the moment of being; in the physical luxury of warm water and blue sky; in the visceral pleasure of perfect surroundings. In Huntington Beach, California when I am visiting the kids and grandkids, I love [...]
Bev Oda and the KAIROS Grant: Good for Mining Controversy
Posted in About the news, Church, mining, People, tagged bev oda, Bill C-300, kairos, politics, tea party on February 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Canadian political scene is abuzz with attacks on a minister of the Federal Government. She apparently uttered “mistruths” about inserting the word “not” into a recommendation that a so-called religious group by the name of KAIROS be granted government money to continue their work.
Weekend Eve Mining: New Opportunities for Profit
Posted in Jobs and Salaries, Money & Mining, opera, tagged alaska miners association, bellni, careers in mining, EVE, Juneau, noram, norma, on line, opera, roman, sex on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Went drinking last night. A fellow drinker makes about $150 a month playing Eve On Line, a massive on-line mining game. He tells me there are upward of 400,000 players, probably all making more than he does. Thus the economy of Eve is about $60 M a month. Probably more than most mines! He specializes [...]
Diamonds, Oil, Gold: Mine Closure in Cold Climates
Posted in Diamond, Gold, North America, oil, tagged alaska miners association, cold climates, Juneau, mine closure, short course on February 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Juneau is my favorite State Capital. It snuggles between the mountains and the calm waters of the inlet some way down the panhandle of Alaska. Thus I readily accepted when I was asked to present a course at the upcoming Alaska Miners Association 2011 AMA Juneau Convention to be held March 15 to 18, 2011. Here [...]
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