Today was a sad day. The MET opera, watched live in a quiet and safe place, Coquitlam east of Vancouver, BC, was Aida. Yet the national tragedy of the twenty-eight deaths in Connecticut overshadowed the tragedy of the opera. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘death’
MET Opera Violence; Aida: Connecticut Deaths; Fat Ladies; and Gun Control
Posted in brandy, British Columbia, opera, safety, tagged aida, aspergers., connecticut, coquitlam, death, don giovanni, grandchildren, gun control, met opera, roberta alagna on December 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
More on South African Platinum Mine Deaths
Posted in About the news, Investing & Finance, tagged ANC, death, Malema, platinum on August 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I posted a personal perspective on the deaths of many miners at the hands of police on the platinum mines of South Africa. Since that posting things have gone from bad to worse. There are more reports of more deaths. And speech is getting more heated. Here is one comment on a news report: (more…)
Bard on the Beach; Macbeth
Posted in British Columbia, consulting, opera, tagged bard the beach, death, macbeth, old men, Vancouver, Verdi on July 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A week of firsts. The one I can write about is the start of summer and the first Bard on the Beach. Macbeth in all its gory. (more…)
Peru Trapped Miners: Sinking Titanic and the Miners Who Died
Posted in health and safety, Mining history, tagged cornwall, death, mining, Peru, titanic, trapped miners on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With a blogger’s eye, today I celebrate the miners who perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Their story epitomizes the story of all miners; people who go to the next ore body; the next mine; the next chance to earn an honest living; and who face dangers and death at every turn & move. (more…)
Massey Energy denies report of responsibility for Upper Big Branch mine deaths
Posted in About the news, Coal, safety, Underground, tagged big branch mine, Coal, death, massey energy, politicians on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This report should be mandatory reading for all in the mining industry. If you are a Democrat you will believe it, and believe something should be done—particularly a change in the law and more enforcement of lax and dishonest mine operators. If you are a Republican, you will ignore it, attack it, and say lives are secondary to employment. Both are sort sighted and mean perspectives. (more…)
An Open Letter to Jennifer Moore of MiningWatch
Posted in About the news, First Nations, health and safety, Latin America, safety, tagged death, earthquake, Goldcorp, Guatemala, haiti, jennifer moore, marlin mine, MiningWatch on November 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This morning’s e-mails brought this announcement from MiningWatch. We congratulate Jennifer Moore who has been hired by MiningWatch to deal with the Marlin Mine in Guatemala.
It is with great excitement that we announce that Jennifer Moore has been hired on as our new Latin America Program Coordinator. Jennifer’s excellent skills and extensive experience as a writer, researcher, organizer, and project coordinator will be assets to MiningWatch and to our allies and partners. She has been based in Ecuador for most of the last four years, but Jennifer also has significant experience in the rest of the hemisphere, including the Canadian context where much of our direct advocacy and education efforts are focused. (more…)
Quicksand Incident Control
Posted in consulting, Geotechnical, health and safety, safety, tagged accident, control, death, incident, piping, quicksand on July 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
An incident is a small event that is a bit out of the ordinary; a mere trifle; a nuisance & irritation; a bit embarrassing maybe; but in the end nothing to worry about. Or is this correct? (more…)
Almost Clinton: China blocks the blogs and kills the miners
Posted in Asia, blogs, health and safety, mining, safety, tagged accidents, blog, China, death, Hillary Clinton, miner on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You do not have to be a Democrat to agree with Hillary Clinton when she says that countries that cannot freely access the internet will be left behind. I suspect that not only will these countries be left behind, their citizens will die in disproportionate numbers. (more…)
SME on Crandall Canyon and mining bumps
Posted in About the news, tagged Crandall Canyon. coal mine. bumps, death, disaster, NIOSH, SME on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This morning’s session on Coal Bumps and Seismicity gave us some background to the Crandall Canyon disaster. Fisrt a magnificent presentation by J Whyatt on a review of case studies presented in 1958 at an SEM Bump Symposium. He re-read the papers from 1958 and noted that almost everything that happened in Utah had been noted and very-nearly predicted. If only those responsible for the Utah coal mine had bothered to read the 1958 SME papers, nine people would still be alive.
Judge orders more mine rescue practice until you can dance by muscle-memory alone
Posted in About the news, Coal, health and safety, Mining history, Underground, tagged coal mine, CPR, dance, death, judge, MSHA, rescue, Stephen Williams, West Coast Swing on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Once a year? Or twice a year? Sounds like the famous question “to be or not to be.”
In some ways there is a parallel between the questions. For both, depending on the answer, mean the difference between life and death. Death in a duel. Or death in a cold, coal mine. Because you have too little practice in rescue operations. Now a judge has spoken and MSHA acts.
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