No blog postings this past week. I have instead taken four long flights and three days of hard work at a new mine in Guatemala. On the plane, I read many books; on the site, I met many fine miners; on the site, I saw fabulous geology; on paper, we sketched designs for things that [...]
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Guatemala Mining, Swearing, and the Hunger Games
Posted in Church, consulting, environmental, Latin America, tagged dicitae labdeae, filthy english, Guatemala, hunger games, irrumator on October 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Ethical Mining: Oil, Gold, Platinum
Posted in About the news, blogs, British Columbia, Church, Global Warming, Investing & Finance, tagged ehtics, Gold, mining, Oil sands, responsible mining, sustainable on July 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of the privileges of being Canadian and American is that we can ask the question: What is ethical mining? Forget those trite old questions about sustainable mining and responsible mining! One of the privileges of being South African and a blogger is that we can answer the question: What is ethical mining?
Twenty billion mined product in Indian temple: the benefits of mining to the spirit
Posted in Church, tagged Diamond, Gold, India, religion, temple, treasure on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We all like to celebrate the value of mining. We all like to praise the benefits of mining and enjoy the good life it brings. I remind myself of the pleasure of the beauty of diamonds as I walk the halls of a northern diamond mine. I remind myself of the warm feeling of possession [...]
Weekend Sermon: Anglican Bishop Attacks Mining; while BC Celebrates Mining; and Australian Mining Salaries Hit the Roof.
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, British Columbia, Church, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, North America, Oil sands, tagged Anglican, Australia, BC Mining Week, Bishop, Fort McMurray, penhorwood, tom morgan on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sunday night looking to Monday and a day on the oil sands mines. Flew from rainy Vancouver to sunny Fort McMurray. Tomorrow we will deal with issues of surface water management and the failure of sand berms inundated by ponded water. A salutary lesson in the need for proactive and conservative planning before starting construction.
Stabat Mater. Easter Celebrations.
Posted in Church, opera, tagged easter, stabat mater. rossini. pergolesi on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Obama is being criticized for not “sufficiently celebrating Easter.” With Easter Monday almost safely over, let me comment on his in-actions and my actions over Easter.
Mining the Bible for Mining Meaning
Posted in British Columbia, Church, tagged bible, easter, job, meaning, mining on April 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Being Easter Sunday, it is appropriate to post a piece about religion. Here is an edited version of something I wrote many years ago along with all the comments the original piece elicited.
Ten Mining Commandments
Posted in blogs, Church, tagged mining, ten commandments on April 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
About two and a half years ago, I posted the following blog comment. I have totally forgotten about it. But this morning, the blog statistics told me that five people looked at it over the weekend. Strange, but true. Maybe sombody or a group of bodies seeking Sunday enlightenment chanced [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
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.
Oppose Mining with NGOs, opium, and drugs. Wikileaks at work.
Posted in Church, Investing & Finance, Latin America, tagged drug, NGO, opium, Peru, wikileaks on January 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Have NGOs taken a backseat to narco traders and terrorists in opposition to mining in South America? This radical question arises as I read the following from a much longer report that I recommend you read in full–it is part of Wikileaks at work:
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