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With their debut release on Napalm Records, Poland's death metal machine Hate unleash 'Solarflesh' on the metal faithful early in the year. Album number eight brings more of the ferocious death metal that fans can expect from the corpse-painted death metallers with the newer shines of black metal glean influenced by modern Satyricon.
Opening with instrumental introduction 'Watchful Eye of Doom', the quartet utilise Middle Eastern percussion with a female voice to create a sinister prelude to the album before launching into typical Behemoth-style blistering death metal. The comparison to Behemoth is one that runs throughout this release and is a challenge to ignore, particularly with the excessive employment of Behemoth-sounding guitar leads, as heard on 'Alchemy of Blood' and 'Timeless Kingdom'. The blackened death metal atmosphere is made clinical in sound by production and is counterbalanced by the return of a Middle Eastern vocal and percussive influence, as evidenced on the title track and concluding number 'Mesmerized'. However, these ethnic influences avoid fleshing out the music in any particularly notable measure. Tempos lurch between blastbeat breakneck and darkly slow, with 'Endless Purity' showcasing an almost Incantation-esque doomy crawl alongside exploratory melodic guitar harmonies.
The presence of filler tracks on this full-length is quite overwhelming, including 'Eternal Might' and 'Festivals of Slaves'. Hate's newest is a far cry from the optimum release 'Anaclasis - A Haunting Gospel of Malice and Hatred' from 2005 with its particularly fresh take on being rhythmically focused but although it avoids bringing much new to the table, it does present an interesting listen or two.
Originally written for soundshock.com
As one of the leading names in the Polish scene, Hate has a guaranteed difficulty coping with the fans of now-legendary Behemoth trigger-happy to dismiss any band that bears even the most minuscule of resemblance to their preferred artist. And while no doubt about it, Behemoth is a mammoth quartet that are very skilled at what they do, and it seems that with this release Hate has reinvented the genres and has engineered a fine example of not just a blazingly fast, but also an appropriately atmospheric piece of blackened death metal. That is not to say there is no room to further improve, but the foundations laid here are solid and will most certainly support the band's career for many years to come.
The album is comprised of 12 tracks including 3 bonus ones which amounts to a decent length of material just over an hour. After a very mystical and arcane intro of female chanting, we get a less idiosyncratic cannonade of extreme metal with both high-tempo blast beats and a whirlwind of riffs that are caustic and spiteful enough to prepare the listener for even more vitriol that is about to unfold, but not before a nice intro in "Alchemy of Blood" with its tribal drum-fills and a panache for solos, thus making the sound more diverse and less reliant on a single modus operandi. And while the instrumentals and vocals are both extremely well-handled and executed with passion and zest, they are only original to the point of being unafraid to embrace several existing and dominating approaches to extreme metal, like the more dissonant aspect of Deathspell Omega, Blut aus Nord, and Reverence (those French love their avant-garde), or the more recent Swedish old school revival (Nominon, Diabolical, Entrails...).
The lyrics apparently follow the already-seen and not-so-unique fascination with cosmic chaos and omni-incineration, but are not an impediment to general impact as they are for the most part unintelligible and seemingly more carved out of personal observations rather than clownish rephrasing of earlier Darkthrone material, or a drive to show off how well-versed one is in occult literature, which is commendable. The vocals are more akin to death metal, apart from the few aforementioned female passages, namely the intro track and "Mesmerized", that are refreshing and resonating enough to be considered part of the music and not just experiments within the stylistic limitations of the genre.
Overall, with precise and spot-on musicianship, great energy demonstrated in both vocal sectors, and by utilizing several twists and turns of the avant-garde, they succeed at sculpting a fine and admirable effort in their genre with both astounding vigor and some entropic, more contemplative pieces of almost industrial-like ambiance, Oriental embellishments (oud solo in the title track), all gilded with crystal-clear, crisp production and a premise more of the same quality to follow. 8.5/10
I've just stumbled upon this album for mere casuality and the immediate thing I heard from people who knew the band when I asked for more information was 'they are a Behemoth clone', which I think it's not a fair tag at all. 'Solarflesh: A Gospel of Radiant Divinity' is not only something far superior to what Behemoth has done Demigod onwards, but also something way more varied and mature to my ears.
In general terms, the album displays a way of blackened death metal more unique than it initally appears. The most notorious thing is the aim for atmosphere more than sheer brutality (despite Solarflesh providing plenty of brutal and hyperspeed blasting). Songs like 'Eternal Might' shows a more dissonant and blackened riffing compared to the technical drumming underneath which keeps playing mostly in mid tempo but adding tons of fills, impossibly fast double bass patterns and a great sense of the use of cymbals.
One of the things I think Behemoth copied from this guys is the fact Hate usually use slow riffs counterpointed by the busy drums. The tremolo riffing is way less prevalent than the dissonant open chords to be found, as well as different arpeggios combined with slow palm-muted chords. The leads are usually in the atmospheric side like Nile does too and the faster soloing is carefully played to complement the overall feeling and brutality/atmosphere - depending of the song and the moment.
Most of songs also display very complex structures where there's no distinguishable chorus. They aren't afraid of repeating some chord progressions with little variation in some songs, since the drums carry the whole weight of both providing the rythmic foundation and the versatility; the guitars are too busy forcing themselves to create atmosphere to get too technical all the time, like on 'Sadness will Last Forever' and especially 'Endless Purity'. Still, there's a lot of rich riffing and complex chord/tremolo constructions to hear this album for the riffs alone. Sometimes, some female vocals are added to enchance the feel of a lost civilization being evoked throught the incantations the band is chanting, like on 'Festival ov Slaves' and 'Mesmerized'.
The vocals are a bit of your standard 'polish' growler: a mix of Piotr and Nergal that doesn't hurt the wholeness in a single bit. The growls are delivered with conviction and enough power to match the brutality and darkness of the music presented. The bass is also pretty audible and delivers some nice basslines like in 'Endless Purity'.
The copy I've got features 3 bonus tracks that could go well with the rest of the album but also at the same time bring new things to the table. 'Hatehammer' has a bit of an industrial feeling but also it's a very atmospheric track; Venom has a strange folkish vibe and serves more as an interlude or intro and 'Fall ov All Icons' that close the album in this way perfectly.
Overall, this a very well crafted execution of death metal with the right pitch black atmosphere, well played, produced and especially written; Hate knows how to create an album with a clear concept translated perfectly into the lyrics and the music.
This is actually my very first Hate album I'm listening to its entirely. I've heard a few songs and from them before and was very excited to review what is to be Hate's eighth full-length, "Solarflesh: A Gospel of Radiant Divinity". Yes, I've heard how this is just a Behemoth clone but to yield to such a abhorrent label is undermining this mighty act from Poland. In fact, Hate had its signature sound way before Behemoth came along with the same merit. Let's just agree that Behemoth is Behemoth and Hate is Hate. Those who think they sound identical are apparently tone-deaf.
Well I don't know how to begin so I'll just start with "Eternal Might". My main focus in these extreme acts is to concentrate on the drums as the foundation since it's very intense and usually everything flows under its right wing. I found this to be true with this album. Hexen, the drummer (but not the awesome thrash metal band of the same name), does indeed start on the right foot by pounding the living heck out of his drum set. On this song particularly I thought it was well-coordinated but came across as a bit sloppy at times. "Alchemy of Blood" is where Hexen sets aside his endurance and thrives a bit on the creative and catchy side of things. Prior to this, the song kicks in with a weird sample. Imagine finding a portal opaquely hidden behind a brick wall. You break it down because your curiosity is strong. There you find an unstable tear in the universe which before any reaction can kick in, you are sucked up into the realms of an unexplained plane of dimension.
On "Timeless Kingdom", I was a bit disappointed; mundane contributions in Hexen's part. The guitar rhythm towards the end sounded very familiar to me but I could not put my finger on it. Nonetheless, it sounded completely out of place with the rest of the music and Hexen started to sound a bit dull around these parts. Talk about mood swings, "Festival of Slaves" was a fun song to listen to. Ironically it proposes "fun" by having "festival" in its name. Who was the party animal you ask? Well if you've been following my review so far you will know that I'm talking about the one and only, Hexen. I actually started to imitate his pattern on my imaginary drum set. I probably had more cymbals than him since mine is imaginary; easy to learn but creative.
"Sadness Will Last Forever" was by far the dullest song of the lot and unfortunately the longest. Overall it was stale but Hexen's drum pattern was really nice toward the beginning and close to the end repeated it. I began to take the effect of the title, I was looking forward to its inevitable end. Going along with this emotional roller coaster, "Solarflesh" stimulated the neurons inside my head. I guess if you are going to name your album after a song it might as well be one where everyone is at their optimal form. It begins with an acoustic contraption that is reminiscent of Egyptian folklore. It's a bit primitive and unstable but it leads the song with the foreshadowing of something big coming. While remaining Hate, these guys explore a bit in the ruins of technical prowess. Opening up sarcophagi similar to Nile but it is short-lived.
Again the tendency of negative contrast shows itself on "Endless Purity". My once stimulated neurons were starting to dwindle in the archaic world of nothingness. However, before a continued onset of the suicide program took effect, something hit me like a quick passing moving object that just flashes by without any warning. These guys were showing what appeared to be Doom sounding riffs. My interests were piqued again and the music began to be salient once again. "Mesmerized" closes the curtain on this album and to my sanity it leaves with a good impression, a satisfied feeling but you felt like you were cheated a few bucks. The wretch from "Watchful Eye of Doom" appears again on this track.
This was a decent album not one of the best but it keeps one entertained. Not sure what to think of Hate after this album. It leaves you expecting more elaboration. My hunger wasn't fulfilled. There's sloppy areas and fun areas. It started with intense energies but mellowed out with a sedated feeling.
Originally written for http://www.metal-temple.com/
Despite being around for as long as Behemoth and even playing the death metal style that Poland is now known for before Behemoth turned to death metal, it is quite weird that Hate never quite got as much recognition as the aforementioned and bands like Vader did when it came to Polish death metal. But this did little to deter the band from continuing to unleash their brand of death metal upon the masses, and this year sees the band releasing their 8th full length effort, Solarflesh.
The Polish stylistics that Behemoth helped to popularise is easily heard on Solarflesh, from the blackened, yet crushing style of riffing that is unleashed by ATF Sinner and Destroyer, down to the relentless and tireless blasting of drummer Hexen. Just listen to the opening moments of songs like Eternal Might and Alchemy of Blood, where the entire sound of the band can easily fit a Behemoth record, especially in the way the pinch harmonics are incorporated into their music. ATF Sinner's vocals are even rather similar to Nergal's and this certainly reinforces that Behemoth comparison. Hexen's drumming is one of the key attractions on the album, and the energy that he exudes is not unlike fellow Polish drummers such as Inferno and Stormblast.
Yet on Hate's eighth studio effort the band actually incorporates quite a wide array of influences and elements into their music, allowing them to break free from the ironic tag of Behemoth copycats. To be really honest, Behemoth wasn't really all that appealing after my initial forays into extreme metal, sounding too one-directional and lacking true dynamics in their songwriting, often boring me after the initial impact on their releases. But apart from the brutality in the music, on Solarflesh Hate has incorporated elements from genres like ambient and folk into their songwriting like on the intro of Festival of Slaves to create a more interesting and epic sound than their other Polish counterparts. The leads guitars can also get rather melodic, like on Alchemy of Blood.
And it is precisely things like that that help to make Hate a more enjoyable band to listen to compared to Behemoth, especially with the latter's recent releases that all tend to sound all too similar to each other. Fans of Polish death metal and of the Hertz Studio sound will certainly not be disappointed by this release.
Fucking hell but reviews of this band have the name Behemoth in them as much as the name Hate. However, "Behemoth worship" does not do this justice quite so fully as the casual listener might think. Now Hate were playing death metal before Behemoth ever did, essentially beating them to the brutal death metal style the model-dating media darlings would use to dominate racks of metal magazines worldwide. That should be a known fact, but given the most recent records by Hate will usually be recommended as being "like Behemoth" they might come across as a copycat. The difficulty in treating these chaps fairly lies in those recent records - the Inferno-style drumming, blackened guitars and bellowing, layered vocals that even sound like Nergal are all a recent acquisition. Hate find themselves in the curious position of doing this shit both before and after Behemoth, if you comprehend me. Still sounds good though. Read up, listen and then cast your own aspersions.
These Polish stalwarts do have, on most accounts, a devil of an album here, enough riffs and blasts to inspire awe and fear in the Decibel-reading beginner and I'd venture plenty of meat for the less fussy veterans to get their much-weathered molars into as well. A small issue is the sound, which is a bit less forceful than it was on a record like the punishing Awakening the Liar (when the vocals were Glen Benton worship rather than Nergal worship). The tight drumming, slicing guitars and general cacophony of precision would be better served by a heavier, clearer mix.
With the volume turned up however, you're in for an hour (if you have the version with the bonus tracks which makes for plenty of bang for yer buck) of catchy and technically accomplished blackened death metal. As mentioned, diverse drummer Hexen (who has abused a number of Polish extreme metal bands) is taking a lot of cues from Inferno's style of blasting, but at other tempos matching any riff he's thrown with some pleasantly heavy and complex patterns and beats. For lovers of brutal and technical drumming the record is probably worth investigating merely for this. Destroyer and ATF Sinner meanwhile unleash volleys of intricate riffing patterns, growling rhythms and keening leads, providing plenty of bloodied-fingers competency in their speed and versatility.
Highlights make themselves known readily, and repeat listens may even reveal enough individuality to somewhat appease the cynic. The intro 'Watchful Eye ov Doom' (yes, they're doing the "ov" thing. And yes, it probably counts against them) is very neat, with its groaning chords, as is the atmospheric thump that embellishes the mid-section 'Endless Purity'. These are moments of character and excellence that I can listen to over and over. The menacing, slightly jangling intro to 'Eternal Might' kicks things off decently. An inspiring molten flow of jagged tremolo-picking and ferocious blasting follows. A song like 'Festival ov (gah!!) Slaves' is all tension and arrogant riffs - great stuff. 'Sadness Will Last Forever' truly summons a morose feeling amongst its martial stride, while the exotic instrumentation plucked in the title track is a welcome flash of authenticity. Elsewhere dem Grecian feels are lifted from the annals of Rotting Christ, boasted most awesomely in the closer 'Mesmerized', a well-paced exercise in dire metallic ambiance aided by some cool female chants; here the band successfully do their own thing and no-one else's.
In general the Poles have spared no effort in contextualising their wrath with washes of mysticism; credit where credit's due. Funnily enough, the three bonus tracks have some of the most inventive moments on here ('Hatehammer' would have been a killer opener), some grinding industrial parts and warped, cinematic auras, and if you feel you want this then I urge you to get that version.
Hate have been around a good long while and deserve a chance just for their tenacity. Some will tell you they are the original Behemoth, others will tell you they copy Behemoth - both are basically wrong, they've tried to sound like Deicide before this and ultimately have never really had their own "Hate style" and stuck to it. The thing is, there are reams of bands out there doing a Suffocation sound or an Entombed sound and getting props for it all the same, so there's no reason why these guys shouldn't be accorded the same recognition for doing a particular thing well, and splashing a bit of their own personality onto it too. What they sometimes lack in identity however they certainly make up for in capability and technical chops, and much like previous records this makes for a highly enjoyable listen. In terms of abilities they are undeniable. They're no Lost Soul or Trauma (these are the Polish death metal bands you should be going to first), but I can see myself listening to Solarflesh a bit in the future. I'd definitely be all over a concert if they came to town.


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In the seventies, foreign investment was a major preoccupation of the Government of Canada and of the provincial governments. We were concerned about foreign investors and corporations controlling our industries and resources but at the same time we believed that we needed large amounts of investment for our economies. How to balance one with the other was the subject of some very fine studies and official governmental enquiries, not the least was the Gordon Report, 1967 of Walter Gordon Canadian Finance Minister, and The Gray Report, 1972 of Herb Gray, Canadian Consumer and Corporate Affairs Minister.
On the day the Gray Report was made public, I leaned over to Robert Bourassa as we sat down in the National Assembly for the question period and said he should be prepared for a question on the Report and that we ourselves should be doing a study of foreign investment in Quebec. Sure enough, he was questioned and Bourassa replied, looking at me, that the Minister of Financial Institutions already had the matter in hand. Thus began an inter-ministerial task force which produced its report - "A Quebec Policy on Foreign Investment", colloquially known as the Tetley Report.
Initially, I had no budget or experts but Bourassa gave us the services of a very competent and dedicated economist André Marier who was economic adviser to the Cabinet. Marier became secretary to the task force, chief researcher and principal drafter. Civil servants from such ministries as Industry and Commerce, Health and Social Services, and Cultural Affairs attended the almost twice-monthly meetings for nearly two years. One minister - Kevin Drummond, Minister of Lands and Forests, also attended religiously, making significant contributions.
The Report in essence welcomed foreign investment but expected the investors to integrate as much as possible into Quebec society and culture. Government agencies were to be helpful in this integration and natural resources were to be protected. The table of contents of the Report is attached.
The first report contained recommendations and when I deposited it in Cabinet in 1974, there were two reactions. First the genuine fear that some of the recommendations went too far or at least might shock the business community and secondly a feeling of jealousy on the part of some ministers that they had not headed up the task force. The Report was blocked and after ministerial meetings and hard negotiations it was slightly revised, but stripped of its specific recommendations, but not conclusions.
It should be understood that feelings of competition, rivalry, power and even grandeur of some ministers and particularly their staffs is commonplace in most governments, especially amongst ministers, who may have ambitions to take over when the leader retires. Front seats in the House and being titularies of the various cabinet super ministries, which became known as "Jumbo ministries" and which Bourassa created to his regret, did not always aid ministerial cooperation. Nevertheless, in general we got along very, very well, although when I got up in the National Assembly to present the Report, which I had produced and bore my name and introductory comments, another minister wanted to make the presentation. Such was his hubris that he leant over three times to insist that he present the Report. Eventually the speaker saw me and I made the deposit.
The Report reads very well today and is still the subject of considerable favourable comment in academic, governmental and economic studies. It received one of its greatest accolades when René Lévesque after being elected in November 15, 1976 went to New York to explain the foreign investment policy of Quebec to the American bond market which had invested in much of Quebec's public debt. His trip, billed as that of the first separatist Quebec Prime Minister, was filled with considerable interest and apprehension. Lévesque spoke drawing from my report as the papers reported in the press. In fact the week before, the Le Devoir headline of January 21, 1977 read: "À New York, Lévesque s'inspirera du rapport Tetley."
There was no apprehension in New York and the Report is still the bench mark for foreign investment in Quebec; no government, whether Liberal or Parti Québécois having since found it necessary to do another such general study. I must add with considerable appreciation that the Report would not have been possible without the support and dedication of Robert Bourassa, Kevin Drummond and André Marier.
William Tetley
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(William Tetley, C.M., Q.C., was a Liberal Member of the Quebec National Assembly and Minister in the Bourassa government from 1970-1976. He is presently a professor at McGill Law Faculty and Counsel to Langlois Kronström Desjardins.)
A Québec policy on foreign investment
Government of Québec
Executive Council
Report of the Interdepartmental Task Force on Foreign Investment
PART ONE: Canadian policies and the consequences of foreign initiatives for the Quebec economy ...............................................................................11
Chapter I − The development of Canadian Policies on foreign investment....................................................................13
Chapter II − The phenomenon of foreign investment in Québec........................................................................25
PART TWO: Reorientation of Québec policies on foreign investment....................................................................53
Chapter I − Use of the Québec government's regulatory power as a means of integrating foreign firms.........................................................................57
Chapter II − Redefinition of government industrial policies in terms of industrial integration and innovation....................................................................71
PART THREE: Specific action respecting sectors considered vital for Québec.. ..............................................................................107
Chapter I − The vital character of the cultural sector for Québec ..............................................................................111
Chapter II − Natural resources, mainspring of the development of Québec's economy ..............................................................................127
Chapter III − Specific measures respecting financial institutions..................................................................141
Chapter IV − The key role of public utilities, participation of Quebeckers and control of foreign initiatives.................................................................157
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Certainly not robbing her and I agree you have a good setup. As basically said above, choose your specs based on long term technique development and not short term wins. I kept my daughter at 26 inches for over a year playing at national level when I knew 27 would help her compete but also potentially hinder technique.
As for polys - I think while using such a light racket like the PDL, you might stay away from them because with lighter rackets, more shock is sent into the wrist/arm/shoulder and the poly will just add to that. That said, there are some 'softer'/stretchier polys out there now if you were dying to try it you could do a blend.
The flip side is - it is important to also keeping in mind that lighter doesn't always mean better for technique/arms/wrist/shoulder, etc. We've found that groundie and volley technique is more solid with heavier rackets...the lighter rackets can be harder to maintain control/discipline even though you might be able to swing them faster. And also, heavier rackets,
with good technique
can significantly reduce shock to wrist/arm/shoulder ...but ONLY with good technique. If technique is bad, it's the opposite so don't rush or consider until technique is very good. But if her technique is already great (i.e. she's rarely late, has a great contact point and extension...i.e. letting the racket to the work) then I'd experiment w some weight.
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A new study shows two-thirds of American children with ADHD have higher odds of suffering from learning disabilities and anxiety, making them more likely than their peers to have to repeat a grade and deal with strained family relationships, HealthDay News reports.
Researchers at the Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities at the University of California, Los Angeles, examined data from nearly 62,000 children ages 6 to 17 obtained from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health and found children from poor families were nearly four times as likely as affluent children to suffer from multiple conditions associated with ADHD, including conduct disorder, depression and speech problems, among others, according to HealthDay.
"This is a really striking finding that I don't think has been documented before," study author Kandyce Larson, a research associate at the UCLA Center, tells the website.
ADHD, a condition characterized by impulsiveness and difficulty staying focused, is one of the most common cognitive and behavioral disorders diagnosed in school-age children, according to the study published in the journal Pediatrics. It affects about 8 percent of U.S. children, HealthDay reports.
The researchers used detailed parent interviews to determine if health care providers had ever told them their children had ADHD. An "Aggravation in Parenting" scale measured parental stress by asking how often the child angered them and if the child was much more difficult to care for than others, according to the website.
In total, 67 percent of youngsters with ADHD had at least one other reported mental health or neurodevelopmental disorder, compared with 11 percent of unaffected American children, and 18 percent had three or more additional conditions, researchers tell HealthDay.
Experts in ADHD are praising the study for its large sample population, but claim the parental reporting may be misleading, according to the website.
"Is this reality or parental perception?" Richard Milich, a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, tells HealthDay. "A dysfunctional mother may find a child multiply impaired because she may not be able to handle it."
Milich tells the site low-income children may face other risk factors including poor nutrition, which can explain their disproportionately high rates of ADHD.
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Research has shown a number of causes of ADHD. The largest cause has been shown to be a sleep disorder. Think of a 2 year old child at 2:00 pm who is tired and cranky. The child is uncontrollable and needs a nap. The older ADHD child is always tired and cranky mainly because the child has a sleep disorder and never obtains a restoring night's sleep. If you have a child diagnosed with ADHD, please have the child evaluated by a sleep doctor before any other treatment is obtained.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he will move a $1 trillion omnibus spending bill to avoid another continuing resolution.
The government is currently funded on a stopgap funding measure that expires Dec. 16. This is the second CR since the beginning of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.
The Hill reports Reid told reporters on a conference call Monday that there is not enough time to pass the individual spending bill or to pass smaller packages called minibuses.
"We hope to work this process through so we won't do a CR," he said in the call. "We have already passed a number of appropriations bills. We would put all the others into one package and try to get them done."
The deficit deal in August set discretionary spending for fiscal 2012 at $1.043 trillion and fiscal 2013 at $1.047 trillion.
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Taken all together, the package could actually add up to nearly $1.4 trillion and pose a challenge to clear the Republican-controlled House, the Hill reports.
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"It's just a matter of time," he told The Associated Press by phone. "... I want him to know he can be had. His money can't get him out of everything."
Blankenship has been re-emerging as a public figure over the past year, launching a website where he shares his thoughts and calls the day the mine near Montcoal exploded one of the worst of his life.
Those in West Virginia's coalfields hold Blankenship personally responsible, accusing him of putting profits before people throughout his long career as a union-busting operator.
Multiple investigations found the Upper Big Branch blast was caused by blatant disregard of federal safety laws, and Blankenship had a well-documented record of micromanaging his mines.
"If the investigation into the tragedy at the Upper Big Branch mine is to be complete, Don Blankenship's indictment - and then conviction - is the only possible outcome," United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts said Thursday.
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Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney in Miami, said prosecutions of financial fraud have been more successful, but in fatal safety cases it's sometimes difficult to prove a crime was committed.
"It's historically been difficult to move to the top of the pyramid. Typically a chairman or CEO has multiple layers and relatively few fingerprints on the operational issues that directly cause a tragedy," Coffey said.
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After a 2006 fire that killed two men at a different Massey operation, attorneys in a civil lawsuit found a memo from Blankenship. He told workers at the Aracoma Coal Alma No. 1 mine that if their bosses asked them to build roof supports or perform similar safety-related tasks, "ignore them and run coal."
"This memo is necessary only because we seem not to understand that the coal pays the bills," he wrote.
Massey settled that lawsuit for undisclosed terms, and its subsidiary paid $4.2 million in civil and criminal penalties.
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Neither Hughart nor attorney Michael Whitt commented after the hearing. But Hughart's son, Jonathan, said he wants to see Blankenship in court.
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NEW YORK – Here is how you woo Debra Winger — the apparently reclusive, seemingly skittish Debra Winger — to Broadway: You don't play games.
The playwright who managed to do it didn't first call Winger's people to find out if she'd say yes if he offered her a role. He just threw his play in an envelope, sent it to her and followed it up with a call.
"I got a script in the mail and a phone call that said 'Please do my play,'" says the actress. "Right there, you're 50 yards down the field. You're like, 'Wow, I could hang out with this guy. He knows something about human nature.'"
It helps, of course, that the playwright in question is David Mamet. And it helps that the play in question, "The Anarchist," is a debate about if one can forgive someone's radical past, an issue close to Winger's heart.
So it didn't take long for the star of "An Officer and a Gentleman" to say yes, an act that has bedeviled so many others. The actress rather famously decided to stop working in the 1990s rather than do what she considered mediocre projects, inspiring Rosanna Arquette's 2003 documentary, "Searching for Debra Winger."
The Winger who shows up for an interview in an empty Times Square restaurant is hardly the shrinking J.D. Salinger of film — she's earthy and funny and generous, with a mind both swift and knowing.
Of the seafood bisque she sips hurriedly, she says: "This has so much shellfish, my Jewish grandmother is turning over in her grave." On her shearling coat: "I want to believe they skinned it, but the animal is still walking around." This is Winger on the choice of lunch table: "I have no opinion about this, which is really a relief."
Winger, 57, is making her Broadway debut in Mamet's play and is both exhilarated and freaked out. But you get the feeling that that's precisely what she's been waiting for.
"I think that's part of my deal — if it doesn't scare me, why do it? There must be something in there to mine, to plumb, if I have this feeling," she says. "That's why in the scary movies you're all yelling 'Don't open the door!' It's these things that we're compelled to do, I think, that holds something for our life."
It's actually not the first time Winger and Mamet have worked together. He was an extra in her 1987 movie "Black Widow." Winger played an FBI agent and while shooting a poker scene in Seattle, director Bob Rafelson asked his buddy Mamet to help out.
"I said, 'I don't know how to play poker,'" Winger recalls. "He said, 'They'll teach you.' And in walks Mamet. We spent half of a day together playing poker."
Fast-forward a quarter of a century, and the new Mamet-Winger collaboration is appropriately a little like a high-stakes poker game: Winger plays a prison warden interrogating an inmate who wants to be released and who is loosely based on former Weather Underground member Judith Clark.
The two women — Winger co-stars with Patti LuPone — circle each other to find truth. Is the ex-revolutionary sincere in her repentance? Can people change? What is justice?
Jeffrey Richards, who has produced several Mamet works, including this season's revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross," says Winger, who has been in only a few plays, seems at home.
"I'm struck by how naturally she's adapted to the stage," he says. "To do a two-hander is practically one of the most difficult challenges an artist faces and from Day One, she has been spot-on — intense, focused and thoroughly absorbed."
While the role of a prison warden might be a personal stretch for Winger, who veers left in her politics, the role "feels like a good fit," although she acknowledges her stiff warden is "not exactly someone that you'd want to take home and cuddle with."
The irony is that Winger herself has met with and championed the release of Judith Clark, who is serving a 75-years-to-life prison sentence after being convicted as a getaway driver in the 1981 robbery of an armored truck in which a guard and two policemen were killed.
Clark has rejected her past life, apologized for her actions and seemingly been transformed. Even so, although she never held or fired a gun during the crime, Clark has never gotten a chance to get in front of a parole board. "The indeterminate sentence is an un-American thing," Winger says. "Does that sound American to you?"
In the past 25 years since Winger and Mamet worked together, there's been a significant shift in the playwright's world view. Mamet has increasingly come out swinging at the left, attacking President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s, liberal education and income redistribution, among other targets.
Has that affected Winger and "The Anarchist"?
Not at all, the actress says. "I see his heart and his heart is good," she says, admitting that she also gets fed up with liberals. "It's not in his work. His work still understands the balance."
She also credits Mamet — not always known for his strongly written female parts — with crafting "two lion-hearted women" parts. "It's something we don't get very often," she says. "Maybe that is the problem — that people think they have to write women instead of human being."
Finding herself onstage hasn't always been easy, but Winger says it helps having LuPone, a Tony Award-winning singer and actress who has a long history with Mamet. "I'm hoping that if things get really rough, Ms. LuPone will break into song. I know that I always have that."
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Despite the worst commercial real estate market in decades, Mandel Group Inc. continues to build apartment developments in and around downtown Milwaukee. Barry Mandel, the firm's founder and president, says his company took steps before the current downturn that have helped it remain well-capitalized. He also says the downtown condominium market will eventually come back, but that will occur first among lower-priced units. Mandel talked about these issues, and about his recent move from the suburbs to downtown's University Club Tower.
Q. Other developers have been running into foreclosures and bankruptcies, but Mandel Group Inc. remains strong. What's your secret?
A. We had assets that were in demand before the recession. I have a great advisory board, and we made the decision to sell some of the assets. That bulked up our capitalization. That repositioning of our company has served us well.
Q. Did you see something that led to that decision to sell assets?
A. It was both the opinion of people in our company, and being persuaded by people on the advisory board, that the market was so frothy it was time to harvest some of the assets we had developed over time.
Q. What assets were sold?
A. We sold Lake Bluff (Apartments). The Franklin (Apartments). Mequon Marketplace, and Georgetown Square land for development in Brookfield. It was a very hard decision to sell land that was meant to be for (building) apartments because we're developers. We love to develop.
But the second major consideration in the sale, aside from the frothy market, was the very low capital gains tax. We felt that the capital gains would likely increase over time. And so we thought we would take advantage of the very low capital gains tax.
Q. What are some of your current projects?
A. We are helping UWM with a 700-bed dormitory on a fee basis, and we actually sold the land to them as well. We just finished up ONE at the North End, which was maybe one of our best-executed apartment transactions that we've done in the history of Mandel Group. And then we have Corcoran Lofts (apartments) that are currently under construction.
So, even in this downturn we are still moving forward. And we're very anxious to move forward with the second phase of the North End. We hope to be in the ground either some time at the end of this year, or early spring next year.
Q. Are there things that you see that make you feel optimistic about going ahead on the second phase?
A. We are targeting a market of Gen Y'ers. In addition to that, some Gen X. So, essentially, people 20 to 35 years old. What we have found is that marketplace is one that is still viable.
Q. Why is that?
A. First of all, there haven't been a lot of new apartments built in 2002 to 2005 because most of it has been condominiums. But in this age demographic there are people who would like to live alone, who may not be able to afford right now to own. And there's an extraordinarily large number of them.
Q. Regarding the condo market, any guess as to when there will be demand for downtown condominiums again?
A. We will be content to build apartments over the next five to 10 years. There may be a time where we will build condos. But it will be the exception, rather than the rule. . . . I think that the condo market will come back much more quickly at $250,000 or under. You have a first-time homebuyer, and you have (tax) credits for that first-time homebuyer. And, typically, people who buy at $250,000 and less don't have a home to sell.
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Representatives of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees of the European Parliament and of EU National Parliaments met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments in the European neighbourhood. They highlighted that promoting people to people contacts is an essential element of confidence building for a more secure and stable neighbourhood, stressing in particular the key role of young people.
The Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Elmar Brok, emphasised: 'young generations are the future of Europe and we should make sure that they can actively contribute to good relations between the EU, its eastern neighbours and Russia. Our doors and our minds must remain open to such a dialogue'.
Brok and his colleagues from AFET and national parliaments called on Member States and the EU institutions to swiftly implement measures to introduce fee-free visa for travel to the EU in the summer period for students and young people from Eastern Partnership countries and Russia in order to promote dialogue and exchanges among them and with European youth.The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament meets regularly with the foreign affairs and defence committees of national parliaments in order to strengthen the cooperation and exchange among parliaments on major foreign policy issues. The main topics discussed at the latest meeting were the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the preparations for the June European Council on defence and the political and security situation in Libya.
AFET held an exchange of views with Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia, in view of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga (21-22 May), on 11 May. The discussion tackled the recent developments in Georgia, as well as the progress the country has made in the implementation of the Association Agreement signed in July 2014 with the EU, as well as of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan.
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Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid, will meet the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Human Rights and Security and Defence subcommittees on Thursday at 9.00. This will be his first visit to the European Parliament since he became Prime Minister in February this year. (Přečtěte si více)
"The Central African Republic is doing much better. There is a clear improvement even if it is still very fragile," CAR's interim president, Catherine Samba-Panza, told foreign affairs MEPs on Tuesday. CAR still needs the EU's "multi-dimensional aid", she stressed, calling on member states to redouble their efforts to help the CAR meet its electoral, budgetary and security challenges. (Přečtěte si více)
As a return to "business as usual" with Russia is now out of the question, the EU should earmark specific funding to counter its propaganda and infiltration of EU politics and support independence movements there, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Monday. EU countries should refrain from doing bilateral deals with Russia and step up their own collective efforts to withstand it, whilst retaining a return to cooperation with Russia as a long-term goal, they add. (Přečtěte si více)
Turkey must do more to fight corruption and enforce respect for media freedom, free expression and judicial independence, said Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on Monday. In a resolution on the progress of reform in Turkey in 2014, MEPs also urge the EU to back Turkey's efforts to build solid, democratic institutions and ensure respect for fundamental freedoms, human rights and the rule of law. Finally, it advocates stepping up EU/Turkey foreign policy cooperation. (Přečtěte si více)
If Russia does not apply the Minsk ceasefire deals in full and return Crimea to Ukraine, the EU should step up sanctions and consider the possibility of providing Ukraine with defensive arms, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Monday. Returning Crimea is vital to the EU's long-run cooperation with Russia and EU countries must also step up their own defence capabilities, says the text, which looks at Black Sea Basin military changes since Russia illegally annexed Crimea. (Přečtěte si více)


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A MISSING, but crucial, prerequisite to all our methods of addressing major problems is putting the right people in charge, and how to select them. There is hardly a better way, as shown by developed and fast-developing countries. We have tried them all, always with the thought that we have put the right people in charge. But our problems in education, science, energy, and nearly all others have become worse.
Every new administration has new programs of reform and new sets of officials. Yet the next administration gets to inherit more problems. In addition, each succeeding administration has to face increasing global threats from terrorism, diseases and a changing climate.
The right people are those who have made major contributions to their respective fields of endeavor. Hence, the first step to solve major problems is to know how to select the right people. Summits, our usual way of solving problems, like the recent one on the ongoing energy crisis in Mindanao, did not work in the past. Why have we not learned this from long experience?
The noted scientist Fred Grinnell said in his book "Everyday Practice of Science" (2009) that the easiest way to assess if one has made any major contributions to one's field is with the ISI database called Web of Knowledge (which shows a list of authors, published titles and citations). Since this requires subscription, you can inquire about it from Google Scholar, he added. From the list, choose only the papers published in journals covered in Science Citation Index or Social Sciences Citation Index.
Only such properly published authors have the necessary expertise to evaluate information correctly. The lack of such expertise of the wrong people in charge explains why, even with the advice of respected scientists, this, Grinnell's suggestion has not been heeded; and the decisions of those in charge—based largely on personal opinion and common sense—often prevailed. This has been happening through the past decades.
The overall result is our state of underdevelopment, which is mainly caused by the poor state of science and higher education. Our government leaders have long been reminded of this by their counterparts from developed countries.
In 2010 I said, in a post at the online forum PhilScience, that President Aquino, who has the trust and is the last hope of the Filipino masses, should at least be able to put in place in six years the established essentials of sustainable progress. Now, President Aquino has still a chance—four years—to choose and put the right people in charge, and make sure they will put in place the established basics of national growth: Higher Education –> Research –> Science –> Technology –> Development.
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