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New Stage in US Use of Financial Sanctions as Strategic Weapon? Levey Departs
Volume 10 | Issue 54 | Number 19
Between 2012 and 2014 we posted a number of articles on contemporary affairs without giving them volume and issue numbers or dates. Often the date can be determined from internal evidence in the article, but sometimes not. We have decided retrospectively to list all of them as Volume 10, Issue 54 with a date of 2012 with the understanding that all were published between 2012 and 2014.
Update: Feb. 5, 2011 (see below)
Stuart Levey, who helped put the US Treasury at the center of US national security strategy and policy-making during a career that spanned the Bush and Obama administrations, has announced his retirement.
The policy-making legacy he leaves behind, central to the enhanced unilateral use of financial and economic sanctions against "rogue" states by the Bush and Obama administrations, underscores the need for a broader understanding of the ways in which US global policy functions. Specifically, at a time when the US faces costly failures on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan, and growing social unrest across the Middle East and Africa, its hidden financial weapons retain their near mystical power to coerce recalcitrant nations.
"Near mystical" is appropriate, because the combination of a lack of detailed public information about the damage sanctions are inflicting on countries like Iran and North Korea and the overwhelming yet unquestioning bipartisan support in Washington for sanctions makes these instruments of coercion poorly understood.
Since become Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in 2004, Levey has directed Treasury's enforcement, regulatory and intelligence functions to disrupt financial support to those alleged to engage in international terrorism or financial criminality. In this capacity he has travelled across Asia, the Middle East and Europe to press foreign governments and global financial institutions to cut their financial ties with entities in Iran, North Korea and other countries that the Treasury claims are involved in WMD proliferation, terrorism or such financial crimes as money laundering.
The Obama administration has named David S. Cohen to replace Levey. Both Levey and Cohen are graduates of Ivy League law schools. According to the Wall Street Journal, both once worked as partners at the same Washington law firm. Cohen left private practice to become Levey's deputy in 2009. Earlier he had a stint in the Treasury Department during the Bill Clinton administration.
As a result of Levey's efforts, North Korea, the leading target of US-led international economic sanctions for decades, was largely though not totally cut off from international banking and commerce for a period of nearly two years from 2005 to 2007, a devastating situation for a country forced to pay cash for many business transactions because the world denies it credit. Even today, North Korea's ability to participate normally in global business continues to face restrictions, though only Treasury officials and senior global banking managers cajoled and coerced by Treasury from behind closed doors into supporting sanctions enforcement know the details.
In the case of Iran, a number of important private and state banking institutions in that country have been placed on a Treasury sanctions blacklist. Media reports and comments by Treasury officials and even a few Iranian government leaders paint a picture of an increasingly isolated Iran, unable to do business with most Western and Asian financial institutions despite the leverage afforded by its large oil and gas reserves, and forced to pay higher transactions costs to circumvent sanctions and maintain normal trade. To insure its anti-Iran sanctions bite, Levey and his colleagues regularly travel the world, meeting with public and private banking officials in countries that do business with Iran, to warn them that they court loss of reputation and placement on Treasury's blacklist if they refuse to adhere to Treasury's demands to sever financial ties with Iran. Because a cut-off from the US market, the most lucrative in the world, would be devastating, Levey and his colleagues report that their warnings are usually heeded.
Levey "has been hailed by both Republicans and Democrats for reimagining the use of financial warfare since moving to the Treasury in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.," said the Wall Street Journal in a flattering portrayal.
The Journal also quoted Tom Donilon, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, as crediting Levey for having "built the U.S. government's effort to combat terrorist financing from the ground up, and created a highly effective, world-class organization that has made Treasury an integral player in U.S. national-security policy."
White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan said in a statement that Levey "has helped save lives, and our country owes him a strong debt of gratitude."
The American Jewish Committee (AJC), which presented Levey with its Distinguished Public Service Award in 2009 and is a consistent advocate of hardline policies toward Iran, issued a press release that "expressed admiration" for, as AJC Executive Director David Harris put it, his "extraordinary impact on national and global security" and said he was "a towering force in seeking to thwart Iran's drive for nuclear weapons, as well as in interrupting the flow of funds to terrorist-sponsoring states and groups."
In contrast, the Asia-Pacific Journal (APJ), Asia Times and other online publications have looked closely at the consequences of the global financial sanctions campaign orchestrated by Treasury under Levey's direction.
John McGlynn, writing at the APJ in July 2007, analyzed North Korea's cutoff from the global financial system that resulted when Treasury sanctioned Banco Delta Asia (BDA), a small bank in Macau holding North Korean deposits, in September 2005. At the time Treasury charged BDA and North Korea with conspiring to commit a number of illicit financial acts, one of which was that BDA had a "special relationship" with North Korea that "specifically facilitated the criminal activities of North Korean government agencies and front companies. For example, sources show that senior officials in Banco Delta Asia are working with DPRK officials to accept large deposits of cash, including counterfeit U.S. currency, and agreeing to place that currency into circulation."
McGlynn, however, found that Treasury had failed to provide any evidence of wrongdoing, writing:
None of these charges have been accompanied by conclusive or convincing evidence of wrongdoing. It is a list of allegations, which are by their nature almost impossible to verify since the basic factual information needed to confirm criminality, such as dates, sums of money involved and names of individuals or DPRK [North Korea] entities involved, is absent.
The BDA-North Korea sanctions based on these unproven accusations disrupted delicate Six Party (China, the US, Japan, Russia and North and South Korea) negotiations over implementation of an agreement reached in 2005 to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and create a peace and security compact for Northeast Asia, the world's last Cold War outpost. Negotiations eventually resumed, but broke down again in late 2009.
One of the costs of the failure to implement the 2005 agreement, together with the election of the Lee Myung-bak government in South Korea, is that throughout 2010 North and South Korea were on the brink of a second Korean War, largely because of intensification of a six-decades dispute over maritime territorial and resource rights in the West Sea. There have been signs in recent days that the two war-divided countries may soon sit down for talks, which could help de-escalate recently heightened military tensions and pave the way for resumption of the Six Party process.
As for BDA, it remains on Treasury's blacklist of unilaterally sanctioned financial institutions. The bank's alleged wrongdoing with and on half behalf of North Korea still remains publicly unproven.
In March 2008, another article by John McGlynn examined a Treasury announcement that month that strongly advised the global banking industry to start viewing all Iranian banks as an unacceptable risk to the international financial system. When read in conjunction with other Treasury statements concerning Iran, the purpose of the announcement was to advance Washington's campaign to ostracize the third member of George Bush's axis of evil from global commerce and trade. It was fairly obvious that, against Iran, the US was trying to impose the kind of comprehensive sanctions approach that had been so successful during the 1990s in bringing Iraq's economy to its knees and eviscerating basic medical care and other social services.
It was also obvious that Treasury was following a particular modus operandi, as parallels with the BDA-North Korea sanctions were present. The "real impact" of the BDA-North Korea sanctions, Treasury undersecretary Stuart Levey told members of the American Bar Association in early March 2008, was that "many private financial institutions worldwide responded by terminating their business relationships not only with [BDA], but with North Korean clients altogether." Levey and his Treasury colleagues had come up with a way to use the global banking sector to implement banking sector sanctions against an entire country. Through a little extraterritorial legal arm-twisting of the international banking community, the US was able to put "enormous pressure on the [North Korean] regime - even the most reclusive government depends on access to the international financial system," said Levey. This gave Washington a great deal of leverage in its diplomacy over the nuclear issue with North Korea. As Levey told the gathering of US lawyers, "we are currently in the midst of an effort to apply these same lessons to the very real threat posed by Iran." However, "Iran presents a more complex challenge than North Korea because of its greater integration into the international financial community."
Like the BDA-North Korea case, the sanctions imposed by Treasury on Iran's banks are based on unproven allegations and have no legal standing. The allegations have never been tested in a US court nor, despite important obvious foreign policy implications, examined at a US Congressional public hearing.
Now that Stuart Levey is about to step down, what can be said about the kind of legacy he leaves behind that also serves as a coda to the North Korea and Iran financial sanctions stories mentioned above?
Levey has accomplished unaccountable control over, and the privatization of a considerable amount ofm US foreign policy. Under Levey the Treasury has won a seat at the major councils addressing US global issues. Information concerning the evidence (if any) of wrongdoing that supports application of sanctions against a country or its financial institutions and Treasury's coercive power is applied to major world banks in sanctions implementation and enforcement. Such information, critical both to democratic control and oversight of US foreign policy by US citizens and their Congress, and to global assessments of the compatibility of sanctions with international law (several United Nations conventions, such as the 1970 Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States, prohibit the use of economic, political or any other type of measures to coerce states), is shared not with the US public, the US Congress or the UN but in secret with the world's private bankers and select foreign government officials.
The reasons for sanctions (US Treasury only makes allegations, never presents supporting evidence), how they are implemented (by which banks/financial institutions around the world) and their impact on the target country (the national economy, social services, medical system, vulnerable populations such as poor women and children, etc.) remain mostly hidden behind a veil of secrecy. The possibilities for a vast amount of unseen human suffering are obvious.
Articles in Asia-Pacific Journal of interest:
John McGlynn, The US Declaration of War on Iran
John McGlynn, North Korean Criminality Examined: the US Case. Part I
John McGlynn, Financial Sanctions & North Korea: In Search of the Evidence of Currency Counterfeiting & Money Laundering Part II
John McGlynn, Banco Delta Asia, North Korea's Frozen Funds & US Undermining of the Six-Party Talks: Obstacles to a Solution. Part III
Additional articles:
Peter Lee, "China in America's Sanctions Crosshairs," Asia Times, 2010
Ruediger Frank, "The Political Economy of Sanctions Against North Korea," Asian Perspective, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2006
Update Feb. 5, 2011: Peter Lee at Asia Times has written an extensive piece on Stuart Levey and the political events surrounding US Treasury's blacklisting of Banco Delta Asia.
See: Peter Lee, Good-bye, Mr Insubordination, Asia Times, February 4, 2011.
Written by John McGlynn


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provides greater flexibility for small business owners to change the legal structure of their business by allowing them to defer gains or losses that would otherwise be realised when business assets are transferred from one entity to another.
is in addition to rollovers currently available where an individual, trustee or partner in a partnership transfers assets to, or creates assets in, a company in the course of restructuring their business.
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YES Announce U.S. Tour In Celebration Of 50th Anniversary Of 'Close To The Edge'
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YES have announced details for the U.S. leg of their "The Album Series Tour 2022," celebrating the 50th anniversary of the rock band's iconic 1972 album, Close To The Edge.
This marks the band's first trek in the U.S. since 2019 and will kick off with two shows at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pennsylvania, on October 7 and 8. The U.S. leg will wrap in New York at the NYCB Theatre on November 19. Tickets will go on sale on September 2.
The U.S. tour is dedicated to the late Alan White, the band's legendary drummer who died in May. Before the tour gets underway, a special tribute concert — "Alan White: Celebrating His Life and Music" — will be held on October 2 at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.
Alan's friend, drummer Jay Schellen will join YES for the forthcoming tour, alongside Steve Howe (guitars & backing vocals), Geoff Downes (keyboards), Jon Davison (lead vocals) and Billy Sherwood (bass guitar and backing vocals).
Released in 1972, Close To The Edge is widely considered one of the defining albums of the prog rock movement. The album is saluted with a cover story in the September 2022 issue of the national magazine Guitar Player.
Oct. 07 – Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA
Oct. 09 – State Theatre – New Brunswick, NJ
Oct. 11 – Ryman Auditorium – Nashville, TN
Oct. 13 – Florida Theatre – Jacksonville, FL
Oct. 14 – The Parker Playhouse – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Oct. 16 – King Center – Melbourne, FL
Oct. 17 – Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL
Oct. 19 – Saenger Theatre – New Orleans, LA
Oct. 20 – Arena Theatre – Houston, TX
Oct. 21 – The Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
Oct. 23 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
Oct. 24 – The Magnolia – El Cajon, CA
Oct. 25 – Fox Performing Arts Center – Riverside, CA
Oct. 27 – Hard Rock Live – Wheatland, CA
Oct. 29 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA
Nov. 04 – The Factory – Chesterfield, MO
Nov. 05 – Brown County Music Center – Nashville, IN
Nov. 06 – Taft Theatre – Cincinnati, OH
Nov. 09 – Orpheum Theater – Madison, WI
Nov. 10 – Wabash Theater – Wabash, IN
Nov. 11 – Hard Rock Casino – Gary, IN
Nov. 13 – Warner Theater – Washington, DC
Nov. 14 – The Palace – Stamford, CT
Nov. 15 – Warner Theatre – Torrington, CT
Nov. 17 – Bergen Performing Arts Center – Englewood, NJ
Nov. 18 – Wind Creek Events Center – Bethlehem, PA
Nov. 19 – NYCB Theatre – Westbury, NY
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Category: Film music
Introducing Fordante – 2 minute mix
Here is a short introduction video to Fordante. This 2 minute bitesize snapshot is a sample of the some repertoire of beautiful film and popular classical music that Fordante perform. A great starting point to explore Fordante if you're short on time…
Fordante performing "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
This video is taken from a concert at the Community 8 Arts Centre, Pershore, where Fordante are performing the main love theme from Titanic also known as "My Heart Will Go On".
Many thanks to everyone in the audience at the Community 8 who made the evening such an enjoyable concert.
Fordante video – In concert at Wem Town Hall
Back at the end of March earlier this year Fordante gave a concert at Wem Town Hall in Shropshire. The video below is of the ensemble performing 'Sereno' which is one of their newest pieces composed, as it's Italian name suggests, to be bright and cheerful. 'Sereno' was inspired in part by the style and sound of the fantastic Italian group Rondo Veneziano.
Another first for the group was to perform with video projected as can be seen in the video. This imagery worked well and is currently being developed for future shows.
The Godfather performed by Fordante
Here's a recent recording of Fordante performing music from The Godfather.
Main theme from Out Of Africa uploaded
There's now another video of Fordante in rehearsal, this time performing the main theme from the film Out Of Africa called "I Had A Farm In Africa" composed by the late John Barry.
The direct link to the video is below but you will also be able to see all of Fordante's videos on our new Videos page.
Fordante Videos on YouTube – performing 'Gabriels Oboe' from The Mission
Following audience comments on wanting to know a little background into Fordante and how the music gets created over the next few weeks I'm going to be creating a series of videos of Fordante either in concert or in the studio rehearsing.
I'm also producing a 'Behind The Scenes' video so that those interested can see the stages of taking a musical idea, arranging, notating through to rehearsing and then performing in concert. This might be of interest for anyone who wants to have a little insight into the processes involved in taking a concept like Fordante and turning it into a concert particularly as all of the music has to be orchestrated specifically for our line up of cello, viola, violin, oboe and piano/synth.
Title page for Fordante videos
Here's the first release:- a video of Fordante in rehearsals last week in my studio playing the beautiful 'Gabriel's Oboe' from The Mission composed by Ennio Morricone. It's a little rough because it was literally a press record and go but you can get the idea..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmcJMKuawLs
Albrighton, Broseley & Cleobury Concerts
Sadly, we are nearing the last concert in our premiere tour around Shropshire having just completed three consecutive Saturday evening performances at Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall, the Victoria Hall in Broseley and the Red House in Albrighton (near Wolverhampton).
The feedback from all of the shows has been very positive and appreciative which is obviously great to hear. We were overwhelmed with the comments of well-wishing and constructive support. There were questionaires available to offer any suggestions to how we could improve as I'm very keen to know how we can make the concerts and our music as enjoyable as possible for everyone's benefit. While I'm on the subject I'll take this opportunity to thank the audience members for taking the time and even writing complete pages of useful comments! Many of these we have taken on board resulting in changes to the layout and programme.
Concert now includes well loved film music
We've decided to include some well known and loved film music into our concert – music that has inspired and influenced me over the years and are soundtracks that I listen to again and again.
Fordante feel that these tie in well with the programme and are a few of my personal favourites from some of the most talented living film composers, so I have been busy arranging and orchestrating the music from the following soundtracks for our ensemble:
'Schindler's List'
'The Mission – Gabriel's Oboe'
'Titanic medley'
Music from the 'Gladiator'
James Bond 007 in Birmingham
Last Friday night I had the pleasure of attending one of the best evening concerts of late featuring, in my mind atleast, an absolutely fantastic world class orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, performing at their home venue the Symphony Hall in Birmingham, playing the music of James Bond.
From the moment we arrived we were transported into the world of 007 with the Monty Norman James Bond Theme right up until leaving the hall over two hours later. The concert took us through a whole raft of Bond themes, including some film underscore, from the early films such as 'From Russia with Love' and 'Goldfinger' to the latest release of 'Quantum of Solace'. I think the jury is still out on quite whether some of the more recent Bond themes live up to their older counterparts but their inclusion made the experience complete, even if some of the newer arrangements didn't perhaps quite use the orchestra to their full capacity. Although Carl Davies was unable to conduct the orchestra due to a minor operation, the concert still had his accessible approach to introducing the orchestra to wider audiences and his last minute replacement – Gareth Hudson – didn't detract from the evening at all. His description and examples of what has helped define the unique John Barry sound, from the rasping trumpets, particular chord structures and the orchestral beds, were very interesting.
Seated towards the front I was able to experience the power and sheer joy of this mighty sound of iconic and tremendous film music and like so many, I've grown up listening to these themes played on the television, cinema and the hifi but these are all no match for hearing this type of music played live and by such quality musicians right in front of you.
The only thing preventing me from going to what should prove to be another amazing concert at the the Symhony Hall (the music of John Williams played by the CBSO) is another amazing concert (he says modestly), that being the second Fordante concert both taking place on the 24th January!


I vacillate daily between wanting to whine about how hot it is, to wanting to punch the people who whine about how hot it is.
Oh, look, a highly appropriate ecard.
I don't remember summers being this hot when I was younger. I mean, I also don't remember why on earth I would ever eat bologna and mayo sandwiches when I was younger, but still.
It may be global warming, or it may be the extra __ pounds I've put on in the last 6 years (have I mentioned our 6th anniversary is next week? There is no mystery there. Happy = Chubby), but either way, I'm burning up.
So much so that I am thisclose to eschewing all modesty and/or propriety and am about to start running around in tube tops and hotpants. Like a deranged Hollywood starlet, minus the cocaine and Uggs.
Last week, however, we hit 90something degrees in central Arkansas, which might as well have been 237°. I pulled out my favorite light-weight tunic dress and decided to forego the bottom layer.
Which is when I realized: I don't own a single strapless bra.
I do have two new heavy-duty numbers that I just love. (Lift! Separation!) I also have several ratty comfortable nursing bras that I can't part with, because I am just that nuts. But no strapless ones.
Yes. I cut off the straps off one of my bras. Not one of the new ones, one of the ratty previously more useful nursing bras.
And you know what? It felt good to have the cool car A/C blowing on my bare shoulders again. I was hyper-aware of my heavy artillery (My arms, not my bazoombas) on display for all of Chick-Fil-A to see, but for just a little while, I didn't care.
Now, I doubt I'll be running around in tube tops and hot pants any time soon. Or strappy sundresses. And yes, maybe I need to actually purchase a proper strapless bra instead of my mutilated home-made version.
But at least I'm one step closer to self-confidence away from passing out on a fainting couch/punching someone in the face.
I'm not sure which I hate more... summer or my arms. So, until I figure it out, I am refusing to leave the air conditioning.
I am so amazed at your creativity and quirkiness. No wait,; that is so YOU!
I hear ya on the baring arms thing. It's a fine line for me in the summer, because I wrestle with the cleavage insecurity AND the arm insecurity. But I've worn a strapless dress! To work! WHAT. Yep, THAT HOT.
Also I ate bologna and mayo sandwiches as a kid, too.


A belting visionary told us almost half a century ago that if you could make it here you could make it anywhere. A modern songstress and local rapper promised us that these streets would make us feel brand new, and some Irishmen confessed that here, freedom looks like way too many choices.
Whatever your tune, New York City attracts go-getters, entrepreneurial types, digital nomads, and hopeful dreamers like no other city in the world.
Whether it's the unparalleled hustle and bustle, endless opportunities for networking and building relationships, or romantic image from a million movies, novels, and songs, many travelers have answered its siren song and made the city their temporary or permanent home.
If you're looking to do the same, and fire up your freelancing or entrepreneurial career in New York City, it's incredibly well-stocked with co-working options.
Here we round up six of the best, looking away from the chains and franchises, and focusing on independent spaces in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Unsurprisingly for the city that never sleeps, they're all open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
A much-loved co-working space that has earned praise from major publications and digital nomads alike, The Farm feels more like an oasis than an office environment. With rustic touches and buckets of natural light, this SoHo enclave offers a quiet, breezy environment to help you focus, and forget you're in the middle of bustling Manhattan.
It occupies the entirety of a 1,500-square meter loft in famed Broadway, and offers conference and nap rooms, private phone booths, and a tree house in addition to its common room and kitchen.
There's a kitchen on the premises, with free coffee and tea.
Otherwise, this is SoHo, so plenty of chic (though not exactly cheap) options for food abound. There are quick-bite franchises like Le Pain Quotidien or Dean & DeLuca, to healthier options like the salads at Sweetgreen, to classic New York pizza like Saluggi's on Church St. And of course, you're never too far away from a Chipotle.
Workville holds the honor of being rated the number one co-working space in New York City by Yelp. That could mean pretty much anything, really, but in a city with so many choices, any accolade is worth noting. Popular with Yelpers or not, Workville certainly deserves a mention.
Located in Midtown West, Manhattan, (mere blocks from Times Square, a.k.a the thick of the action, the New York you see on TV, where locals won't go), this is a spacious, luxurious space.
Open offices and large desks give way to terraces overlooking the busy streets below, and you're welcome to take your laptop outside and feel, for real, that you're in New York City.
There's free coffee in the kitchen. Other than that, this is Times Square, which is fast food central! No joke, the plethora of neon signs right outside the door may leave you in despair, or ready to fall down the franchise rabbit hole (there are more than enough Lobsters, TGIs, and Gardens to go around in this part of town).
However, if you're willing to walk to Hell's Kitchen (9th avenue and beyond), you're bound to find some gems in the form of hole-in-the-wall ethnic eateries. A great one is Tehuiztingo, on 48th & 10th, a no-frills Mexican taquería in the back of a bodega.
For a good cup of coffee, Cupcake on 50th & 9th is where you want to go (ignore the cutesy name, the place is great). If you absolutely must go the fast food route, then block off the noise and head straight for Shake Shack on 44th & 8th.
If you've been building your business for a while now, you're probably aware of the concept of work/life balance… and just how hard it can be to maintain when working for yourself. Primary is trying hard to help self-employed folk in that quest.
Located in Manhattan's Financial District (arguably a place that knows a thing or two about work/life balance issues), Primary offers an airy, spacious co-working space with room for 100+ people, and 70 private offices.
There are yoga classes, meditation sessions, healthy snacks, and a packed events calendar on the premises, featuring everything from free headshots to vegan wine tasting to pop-up shops from members.
A second location in West 30th street is coming in summer 2018.
The well-stocked kitchen has organic coffee and tea, juices, and healthy snacks for sale.
Outside, quick snacks abound. The Financial District is a busy business neighborhood, and there are plenty of options for lunch and quick bites including food trucks, usually parked off Hanover Square.
For a touch of history (and a tipple, if it's 5 pm here or somewhere), head to Stone Street. Just north of Battery Park, this is one of New York's oldest thoroughfares, with a buzzing row of bars and restaurants. You can't go wrong with Ulysses, the oldest bar on the street, and Adrienne's serves some of the best pizza in Lower Manhattan.
Day passes and private offices available upon request.
Across the river, Brooklyn also has its share of professional spaces. Electropositive, in Prospect Heights, offers a sense of community and purpose in its 11,000-square-feet converted warehouse.
Membership offers shared spaces, private desks, or offices, conference rooms, and an area for events that's available to outside companies. The calendar is full of presentations, workshops, and classes, focused on sustainable and non-profit projects.
Membership includes free coffee and snacks.
Like much of Brooklyn, Prospect Heights is gentrifying rapidly, and streets look wildly different from one year to the next. At this point in time, the area around Electropositive is an eclectic mix of old-time diners, ethnic eateries, and hipster cafés. Whatever tickles your fancy, you'll likely find it here.
Just down the street, Neptune is a classic Brooklyn diner, open 24/7. One block east you'll find the hopping Franklin Avenue, where you can choose from Mexican fare at Chavela's, pizza at Barboncino, or the very beloved neighborhood classic Franklin Park Tavern. For coffee, check out Breukelen Coffee.
A/D/O is more than a co-working space. This Greenpoint, Brooklyn outpost is a true arts community and designer hub, which besides a working area and shared and private desks (including standing desks), also offers design labs, equipment, and machinery for creators.
Designers will feel the most at home at A/D/O, whether their focus is graphic, web, or art. The calendar is packed with events, workshops, and presentations (non-members and guests are welcome, too), and the nature of the community is collaborative and inspiring.
A/D/O has its own café on the premises. Norman is a Scandinavian-style bakery with sandwiches and small plates.
Greenpoint may not have the hip vibe that Williamsburg or even Bushwick have, but the neighborhood has its share of interesting places to grab a bite. You'll have the largest array of options a couple of blocks east on Manhattan Avenue, where you can choose from Xi'an-style fare, Polish staples, Spanish tapas, or border-town style Tex-Mex.
Located in the historic Falchi building, Spaces has room for over 250 co-working desks in its 25,000+ square feet, as well as five meeting rooms, and a 900-square-feet business club. Being in an office building like the Falchi has its advantages, too, such as concierge services and dry cleaning.
The Falchi building has been dubbed the "Chelsea Market of Queens" – meaning that food options are plentiful without even leaving the building. You'll appreciate that whenever New York is going through one of its polar vortexes.
This up and coming urban food court is not yet fully populated, but for now you can make do with the healthy fare at Juice Press, the Russian pies at Stolle, or the disturbingly good khao man gai at the aptly-named Khao Man Gai.
Got any favorite NYC co-working spaces of your own? Let us know about them in the comments!
Images via The Farm, Workville, Primary, Electropositive, A/D/O and Spaces. Main image via The Farm.


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When we spoke of the system of periods, we said that its regularity, symmetry, and predictive capacity are indications.
That the model that explains the structure of the atoms of the different elements also has these characteristics.
And in doing so, we took it for granted that atoms and crystals have structure, something that may not seem obvious.
It is worth stopping at this point.
Let us find out the differences between atomic structure and crystal structure:
About the atomic structure:
Chemistry in the nineteenth century had been more than remarkably successful in explaining the combining ratios of various elements and in predicting chemical reactions.
So much so that a good part of the industrial revolution was the chemical-industrial revolution.
This success ended up convincing most scientists in the last quarter of the century.
That a hypothesis as fruitful as the atomic one clearly indicated that matter is actually composed of atoms.
But this conviction immediately raised a related question: Are atoms really indivisible, as had been supposed, or do they consist of even smaller particles?
The periodicity in the properties of the elements led to speculation with the idea that atoms could have a structure.
They could be made up of smaller pieces. Properties change gradually from group to group.
This fact suggests that some units of atomic structure can be added from one element to the next.
Until a certain portion of the structure is completed. This portion would be found completed in the atom of a noble gas.
In an atom of the next heavier element, a new part of the structure will start, and so on.
About crystal structure
The crystalline structure is one of the solid states that atoms, ions, or molecules can adopt in nature.
That is characterized by having a high spatial ordering.
In other words, this is evidence of the "corpuscular architecture" that defines many bodies with glassy and shiny appearances.
The particles are not alone but interact with each other. These interactions consume energy and affect the stability of the solids.
So, the particles seek to accommodate themselves to minimize this energy loss.
So, their intrinsic natures lead them to place themselves in the most stable spatial arrangement.
For example, this can be the one where the repulsions between ions with the same charges are minimal.
Or where some atoms, such as metallic ones, also occupy the largest possible volume in their packings.
The word "crystal" has a chemical meaning that can be misrepresented to other bodies.
Chemically, it refers to an ordered structure (microscopically). That, for example, can consist of DNA molecules (a DNA crystal).
What is the difference between atomic structure and crystal structure Chegg?
Atomic Structure:
Atomic structure is the arrangement of subatomic particles in an atom.
Atomic structure is a complex structure.
Atoms are composed of subatomic particles: electrons, protons, and neutrons.
The overall atomic structure is the same in all atoms.
Crystal Structure:
Crystal structure is the arrangement of atoms or molecules in a crystal.
Crystal structure is a well-organized lattice structure.
Crystals are composed of cations and anions or metal ions and free electrons.
The crystal structures are different from each other depending on the components present in the crystal.
What is the crystal structure of a material?
Chemically, it refers to an ordered structure (microscopically) that, for example, can consist of DNA molecules (a DNA crystal).
How do you determine the structure of a crystal?
Crystal structures can be classified based on their crystal systems or the chemical nature of their particles.
For example, the cubic system is the most common of all, and many crystalline solids are governed by it.
However, this same system applies to both ionic and metallic crystals.
According to its chemical nature:
If the crystals are made up of ions, then they are ionic crystals present in the salts (NaCl, CaSO4, CuCl2, KBr, etc.)
Molecules like glucose form (whenever they can) molecular crystals; in this case, the famous sugar crystals.
Atoms whose bonds are essentially covalent form covalent crystals. Such are the cases of diamond or silicon carbide.
Likewise, metals such as gold form compact cubic structures, which constitute metallic crystals.
What is meant by atomic structure?
Atomic structure refers to the structure of an atom comprising a nucleus (center) in which the protons (positively charged) and neutrons (neutral) are present.
The negatively charged particles called electrons revolve around the center of the nucleus.
Quantum dots made of semiconductor crystals are tiny "islands" consisting of only a few tens of thousands of atoms.
They are a hundred times smaller than the current components of microelectronics.
With their dimensions of just a few nanometers (millionths of a millimeter), these ultra-small systems have fundamentally new physical properties.
Even at room temperature, quantum dots act as cages for electrons. The charge carriers can no longer move freely in it.
Their energy is completely "quantized". Quantum effects determine what happens in such nanocrystals made of semiconductor material.
A precondition for the technical use of quantum dots is the exact knowledge of the atomic structure of the semiconductor nanocrystals.
Targeted structuring with tools or masks, as is known from the production of microchips.
Is practically not possible on this tiny scale.
The etching processes that have so far been mainly used for this cause too many defects in the structures and thus make them unusable.
Rather, the natural forces of order are used in the growth of semiconductors.
Without outside influence, such quantum dots arise in a self-organized manner.
So, they form almost by themselves. For technological applications such as in lasers.
It is important that the quantum dots generated in this way have a regular, uniform shape and a predominant orientation.
What are the 7 different types of crystal structure?
Hexagonal and
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Progressive Hyperspace, pubblicata nel 1997, è una compilation composta da 23 tracce di vari autori, mixate dal dj italiano Gigi D'Agostino. A distanza di anni dalla pubblicazione risulta un CD raro, e i pochi esemplari in vendita hanno prezzi da collezionisti.

Tracce

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Toca dos Bichos is a Vet clinic and also a Pet Shop for dogs and cats. The needs of growing in terms of physical space and business strategy acquired also the necessity for a new brand solution to match with this new phase that the company is going through.
The word "Toca" can be translated as "burrow", which is a key-word for the new company's visual identity. Its meaning be related to words such as care, attention and protection. Toca dos Bichos' mascots have a friendly relationship with the lettering since some of the letters alludes to animals' palm and tail. The color palette is composed by vivid colors that go along the mascots' energy, bringing dynamism, optimism and harmony to the Toca dos Bichos' new brand identity.


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Q: Show embed YouTube player's progress bar when auto hide YouTube change their player to black style.
When you watching a video on YouTube website, the player bar will disappear when you mouse out the player, but still keep the progress bar, like this:

So I try to embed the video on web page, but when I set autohide=1, the player bar totally gone, include progress bar.
Have any idea to do that like on youtube website?
<object width="425" height="349">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1zgFlCw8Aw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param>
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param>
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1zgFlCw8Aw?autohide=1&enablejsapi=1&iv_load_policy=3&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>
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I set autohide to 3 (not be mentioned at Youtube player document), that's what I want.

A: Try the iframe option instead?
Test putting autohide after enablejsapi?
Or test out autohide=2 (default option) to see if that brings it back, then try change it again.
http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/player_parameters.html#autohide

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Marrying function & form for iconic San Francisco restaurant chain.
A highly regarded chain of restaurants in San Francisco required an updated website to serve all five locations. They needed the website to be aesthetically pleasing to match their brand and easily updatable.
Thin Pig was contracted to design and develop a new website for Faz Restaurants. After surveying their needs, we recommended building their new website on the Squarespace platform. Squarespace is an industry leading website CMS platform that allows users to quickly and affordably build beautiful, responsive, easily updatable websites.
Thin Pig was able to build a completely new website within weeks. Faz Restaurants have been extremely pleased with the ability for the site to be quickly updated to reflect the latest goings ons of all their locations. The website which was developed with a mobile-first perspective saw increases in traffic and time spent on site.


Aussie boxing star Anthony Mundine has personally visited survivors of the Christchurch terror attacks in hospital.
Mundine, along with fellow Australian-Muslim boxer Billy Dib, is in the Garden City to pay his respects, a week after the horrible attacks that saw 50 people killed at two mosque shootings.
The 43-year-old posted photos on his Facebook page, visiting the dozens who are still in hospital.
"I'm honoured to be visiting these beautiful brothers and sisters who survived the horrific atrocities in Christchurch," he posted.
"May Allah give them the strength to get through this terrible experience and heal their pain.
"They are all amazing and very brave humans. Please keep them in your prayers."
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LOS ANGELES, April 9, 2020 — Sam Nazarian, Founder and CEO of sbe, the leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning global brands, today announced that recruitment has begun for more than 500 newly-created positions in the Greater Los Angeles area for sbe's C3 (Creating Culinary Communities) subsidiary, that is focused on expanding the company's growing roster of ghost kitchen concepts and delivery offerings; including Umami Burger, Sam's Crispy Chicken, Krispy Rice and the forthcoming Plant Nation.
"We are living in ever-changing times and have seen the hospitality industry face unprecedented challenges nearly overnight," said Mr. Nazarian. "It's with great pride that we're able to support our dedicated team members and the restaurant community here in LA with job opportunities thanks to the increased demand and success of sbe's ghost kitchen brands."
Despite the current environment, sbe and C3 are encouraged by the growth of their delivery only platforms and are working to fulfill the need to immediately hire talent across the entire organization, including digital marketing, accounting, finance, development, construction, restaurant operations, marketing, development, chefs and delivery specialists.
While sbe has maintained full employment for the majority of its corporate workforce, the company will be giving priority to employees that have been furloughed from other sbe restaurants and nightlife brands. The company is actively encouraging all interested individuals to apply, as sbe hopes to have furloughed employees returning to their original jobs in short order.
C3 is serving as an incubator of limited service culinary brands, while introducing the world to a never-before-seen approach to ghost kitchens and mobile delivery. sbe plans to chart new territory in the growing ghost kitchen industry that's disrupting the future of dining, giving consumers the ability to order a meal at the touch of a button by opening over 250 ghost kitchens by 2022.
Reinforcing sbe's commitment to this growing field, the global company has coined the term phone to table, cementing its role in the evolving restaurant industry. These new concepts mark sbe's foray into the food delivery spectrum that's set to become a more than $75 billion business by 2022 according to Cowen & Co[1]. By the end of this year, C3 will operate over 142 ghost kitchens spanning multiple existing and in-development brands.
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Established in 2002 by Founder and CEO Sam Nazarian, sbe is a privately held, leading lifestyle hospitality company that develops, manages and operates award-winning hotels, residences, restaurants and nightclubs. Through exclusive partnerships with cultural visionaries, sbe is devoted to creating extraordinary experiences throughout its proprietary brands with a commitment to authenticity, sophistication, mastery and innovation. Following the acquisition of Morgans Hotel Group, the pioneer of boutique lifestyle hotels, in partnership with Accor, sbe has an unparalleled global portfolio which will see 36 hotels and over 200 global world-renowned culinary, nightlife and entertainment venues by the end of 2020.
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Thanks to a sharp-eyed group of devoted citizen scientists, three more species of disco-dancing peacock spiders have been discovered in southwestern Australia
FIGURE 2. Living male paratype Maratus aquilus sp. nov., M. combustus sp. nov., and M. felinus sp.... [+] nov. performing courtship display to nearby female: A, Courtship display of male Maratus aquilus sp. nov.; B, courtship display of Maratus combustus sp. nov.; C, courtship display of Maratus felinus sp. nov. (Credit: Joseph Schubert / doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.3)
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Are you afraid of spiders? Most people are, but you might change your mind after learning about three newly-described peacock spiders, Maratus species, discovered in southwestern Australia. In fact, these tiny spiders are so adorable that an entire community of people from all walks of life have come together to devote time and resources to better understand them, making this a labor of love.
"I work on these spiders in my spare time after work hours," said the author of the study, biologist Joseph Schubert, who pays his bills by researching a group of invertebrates known as Collembola (these are six-legged relatives of insects), at Monash University.
These new species were discovered by the citizen science group, Project Maratus
"These spiders were found by a group of keen-eyed individuals called 'Project Maratus', who actively head out into the wilderness and seek out new species of Maratus," Mr. Schubert said in email. "They sent the specimens they found to me to formally classify in the lab."
Project Maratus is a not-for-profit self-funded group of citizen scientists that undertakes field work and promotes peacock spider research. According to their Facebook page, Project Maratus is a "mammoth commitment", often involving many thousands of kilometers of driving from habitat to habitat throughout Australia and weeks spent away from home.
"Our dedication and passion for the natural world is what drives us," writes Project Maratus on their Facebook page.
The devotion of Project Maratus's volunteers is invaluable. Currently, little is known about these spiders' status in Australia, so Project Maratus's findings are essential for expanding our meager understanding of peacock spider evolution and ecology. This dedicated community of spider hunters and macro photographers and videographers is the first coordinated effort to locate and identify these overlooked spiders' distributions and preferred habitats throughout Australia.
Peacock spiders are Australia's most charismatic minibeasts
"Surprisingly, I grew up an arachnophobe," Mr. Schubert said in email. "In an attempt to cure my fear, I began keeping spiders as pets in high school. My fear slowly developed into fascination, and over time I have learned to love them!"
Their brilliant color patterns and fascinating behaviors make it easy for most people to enjoy peacock spiders.
"I find peacock spiders to be the most charismatic spiders Australia has to offer, and an incredibly fun group to study," Mr. Schubert explained in email. "They're a great group to expose arachnophobes to, as they're quite cute compared to the scary, hairy spiders we're used to seeing."
Peacock spiders are members of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, which is the most diverse group of spiders. Originally classified into just one genus, Maratus, a new grassland peacock spider discovered in 2013 was different enough to be classified into a second, new, genus, Saratus (PDF). There are likely more members of this genus awaiting discovery.
A male Tasmanian peacock spider, Maratus tasmanicus, perched atop a thumbnail. This species was... [+] previously described. (NOTE: this image has been altered from the original. It has been cropped.) (Credit: Joseph Schubert.)
"Their tiny size is quite amazing," Mr. Schubert pointed out in email. "Most species are only 4-5mm long (roughly the length of a grain of rice)."
Their diminutive size is the reason "most peacock spider species had been overlooked by scientists until quite recently, which is why at least 60 species have been discovered in the last 10 years," Mr. Schubert said in email, adding that "social media has played a significant role in popularizing this awesome group of creatures and getting people outdoors looking for new species."
Temperate bushland habitat where one of the newly described peacock spiders, Maratus aquillus, was... [+] discovered. (Credit: Michael Duncan.)
Peacock spiders occur across much of Australia but the greatest number and diversity of species are being discovered in the temperate bushlands on the southwestern corner of the continent (Figure 1).
(Credit: Joseph Schubert / doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.3)
This special region is recognized as one of the planet's major biodiversity hotspots (ref) as well as a hotspot for peacock spider diversity (ref). Of the 74 species of peacock spiders currently known, at least 35 are known to occur in this region; 29 of them exclusively. All three newly-described Maratus species are found in the southwestern corner of Australia.
Eagle peacock spider
A newly-described male eagle peacock spider, Maratus aquilus, busts a move. (Credit: Michael Doe.)
The eagle peacock spider, Maratus aquilus, gets its name from markings on the male's upper abdomen, which resemble an eagle's face when seen from the front. This species, which occurs near Mount Romance, Western Australia (triangle; Figure 1), is similar to specimens collected by Jürgen "peacock spiderman" Otto at another location near Mount Romance in 2018, and thus, may be a variant of the same species.
Burnt-orange peacock spider
A newly-described male burnt-orange peacock spider, Maratus combustus, shows a few dance moves.... [+] (Credit: Adam Fletcher.)
This peacock spider's scientific name, Maratus combustus, refers to the medium-dark burnt-orange color of the male's abdomen. This species was collected near Mount Romance, Western Australia (circle; Figure 1). Although this species was discovered very close to where the eagle peacock spider was first found, their ranges do not overlap.
Kitty-cat peacock spider
A newly-described male kitty-cat peacock spider, Maratus felinus. From this angle, the spider's... [+] namesake is upside down. (Credit: Michael Doe.)
"Surprisingly, Maratus felinus was discovered by accident," Mr. Schubert said in email. "The team thought it was a known species at first glance, but decided to collect a few individuals just to photograph. Upon photographing it, they realised it was a brand new species and quite a significant find!"
This species is only found near Lake Jasper, Western Australia (star; Figure 1).
"The abdomen of this species looks like a cat's face, hence me naming it 'felinus'."
Each peacock spider species dances to the beat of its own special drum
Jumping spiders, as a taxonomic family, are extremely visual animals, yet the peacock spiders maintain a high level of sexual dimorphism, a trait where males and females have recognizably different appearances.
"The males are brilliantly coloured, whereas the females are drab and brown," Mr. Schubert said in email.
The males can be easily identified by brilliant color patterns, which often are iridescent, on the upper side of their abdomens. Many species have flaps on the sides of their abdomens that can be unfolded and fluttered rapidly during courtship, thereby increasing visibility. The males' third pair of legs, which they wave around during their courtship displays rather like a policeman directing traffic, are often fuzzy and distinctively marked, too.
But the females are cryptically colored and difficult to distinguish, even by human experts, so how do male peacock spiders correctly identify a potential mate?
"The males don't seem to be the ones who are identifying the females," Mr. Schubert said in email.
"Male peacock spiders have been observed displaying to females of the wrong species before, meaning that they are likely only aware that they are displaying to a congener. Since females are the ones who select the males based on their courtship and colouration, it's much more likely that the females are the ones identifying conspecific males."
And if the male makes a mistake ... ? He very likely ends up becoming the female's lunch.
After thousands of years of female choice, each of these species have been transformed into "Australia's mini birds of paradise" with brilliant color patterns and intricate courtship rituals.
What are females looking for in a male's dance? Because males don't provide parental care, is their combination of coloration and courtship dance strictly for the purpose of identifying the correct species? Or might these visual signals also provide clues to a female about a male's genetic quality? It seems likely that genetic quality is one quality that females detect from a male's performance because males with atypical dances or color patterns are generally eaten by their intended sweethearts.
What other sorts of information might the females be detecting about the males?
"Perhaps they also pick up on pheromone cues as well as visual cues," Mr. Schubert speculated in email. "[H]owever, no studies have been undertaken to test this."
Peacock spiders' interesting courtship behaviors are unique and future studies probably will provide clues to the mysteries of visual signalling and communication in these species.
"I think this story shows how easily these creatures can be overlooked, even when seeking them out," Mr. Schubert said in email. "It leads me to believe that there may be more unnamed species out there, yet to be found."
Joseph Schubert (2019). Three new peacock spiders from Southwestern Australia (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878), Zootaxa, 4564(1):81-100 | doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.3
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As Netflix cancels Jessica Jones and The Punisher, it's the end of an era
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One day, we may well look back at the announcement that streaming video on demand (SVOD) market leader Netflix has cancelled the last of its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) shows as the moment that ended the first great era of streaming video services. For the last five years, Marvel and Netflix have been bosom buddies, much to the benefit of both companies. Netflix has taken some of Marvel's lesser-known characters and turned them into small screen sensations. Shows like Jessica Jones received widespread acclaim from fans and critics alike. Now, that's over.
Netflix's share price has increased by an incredible 42% so far this year
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What's behind this breakup of BBFFN (Best Business Friends For Now)? Disney's decision to launch its own streaming video service. Disney+ will be a direct competitor to Netflix, and the House of Mouse will want to lean on its full range of intellectual property, using original, exclusive, content in the same way Netflix has, to extend its media empire into new territory.
Let's be clear: it's a shame that Netflix won't retain access to the MCU. Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage, and other shows were proven crowd-pleasers, and undoubtedly brought many comic fans to the platform for the very first time. But, in the long run, this might play into Netflix's favour.
Netflix has a ridiculously 'sticky' ecosystem – that's why it offers a free trial. It knows that there's enough good stuff on there to give people free access for a month, and they'll hang around and start paying. What that means is that the comic-and-movie fans who made the jump to Netflix in a bid to watch superhero shows are almost certainly going to stay. It's also true that Netflix has plenty of other comic book adaptions going on, many of which are even more highly though of than its MCU shows (DC Comics' Titans and Black Lightening, and new release The Umbrella Academy, for example).
So, while it probably sucks for fans of the shows that are being cancelled, it's unlikely Netflix is going to lose (m)any customers over it. And on the plus side, Netflix can now stop sending Disney its massive licensing fees, meaning there's more money available to spend on original content. Netflix is also likely to avoid any negative sentiment over the cancellations – everyone knows that Disney is launching its own service, and everyone knows that's why these shows are being cancelled.
But what about Disney? Well, the company is no doubt a proven name in entertainment, and it probably has the biggest stable of intellectual property in the business (think all the old Disney films and their 'live action' remakes, Marvel, Star Wars, and more). But, turning Disney+ into a channel with as much exposure as Netflix is going to be a struggle – this may be a mountain too big for even the mouse to climb.
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Here's something you don't see everyday, a power metal band with an African-American dude holding down part of the rhythm section. The old stereotype of white folks being devoid of rhythm certain may explain why the traditional/power metal sub-genre has been dominated by alabaster skin tones, but it goes nowhere in explaining how a brother came to be down with this program. Especially considering the band doesn't really do much more than play solid metal, the type of which Maiden and Fates Warning have already been doing for the last 200 years. Musically, Steel Prophet aren't too overbearing, as they temper their staid metallic base with brief flashes of technicality, guitar wank and the odd tempo change, which results in some very tasty songs. Their vocalist, on the other hand, comes across as a melodramatic whiner; the kind of guy overly concerned with how his hair looks as he sings to the bands' significant others and the five people who actually like his band; the kind of guy with 100 thin silver bracelets around his wrist. Whatever; pick your cliché, but this band is actually pretty decent, providing their vocalist keeps his trap shut, which I wouldn't bet on him doing. Innovative and moody tracks like "Among The Damned" and "Martyred" get diced to bits due to the fact that he just doesn't know when to zip it. Too bad. (Nuclear Blast)
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