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Roland Microcube black (ex-display)
Main Features
- Ultra-compact Roland Cube amp
- Runs on AA batteries or via AC adaptor
- 7 guitar amp models
- 6 DSP effects
With the new Micro Cube, guitarists get a genuine Roland Cube amp in an ultra-compact package that even runs on batteries. Weighing in at just few pounds, the Micro Cube packs a big punch and comes with six DSP effects, COSM® Amp modelling and a new Digital Tuning Fork—giving guitarists everything they need for killer tone on the go.
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• Ultra-compact DSP guitar amp with 5-inch/2-watt low magnetic leakage speaker
• Runs on battery or AC power (adapter supplied) and includes carry strap
• 7 COSM guitar amp models including JC-120 and a special mic preamp model
• 6 DSP effects: chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo and separate Delay/Reverb
• New Digital Tuning Fork with support for flat tunings up to 2 semitones
• Recording/Headphones output and stereo Auxiliary input for CD players, etc.
Rock for 20 Hours on Batteries
The Micro Cube is the first Cube amplifier that runs on battery or AC power. Using six 'AA' alkaline batteries, you can play for up to 20 hours—thanks to the Micro Cube's high-efficiency amplifier. A carrying strap is also included, allowing you to be heard just about anywhere you want. And the sound? It's a Cube, so you know it sounds great!
7 Classic and Modern Amp Models
Looking for the sound of Roland's JC-120 Jazz Chorus or your favourite British combo amp? You'll find those and more in the Micro Cube, thanks to seven COSM® amp models. Roland's COSM technology is the only modelling method that captures every nuance of the original amps—from the preamp and circuits to the speaker. All you need is the Micro Cube for perfect tone.
High-Quality BOSS Effects
There's no need to lug around pedals when the Micro Cube comes with six DSP effects. All the essentials are included—from chorus and flanging to a phaser and tremolo effect. A separate Delay/Reverb processor lets you dial in anything from slapback and long delays to reverb and more (in addition to using one of the aforementioned modulation effects).
New Digital Tuning Fork and More
Tuning up is a snap using the new Digital Tuning Fork. Just press the Tuning Fork button (the harder you hit it the louder the sound) and you get an instant reference tone with support for flat tunings up to two semitones. The Micro Cube also comes with a choice of 1/4-inch and 1/8-inch stereo Auxiliary inputs—great for connecting a CD player or line-level instrument—plus a Recording/Headphones output. Take a Cube anywhere you go!
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Two brothers are forced to work together to stop the spread of an incriminating videotape in this independent comedy. Would-be novelist Frankie (Charlie Hunnam) lives in the desert to avoid his family, and with good cause -- his older brother Bruce (Chris O'Dowd) has spent much of his life videotaping Frankie in humiliating circumstances, and was waiting with a camcorder when Frankie was dumped during his own wedding. (Bruce posted the wedding video on the Internet, where it has been viewed three million times.) Shortly after being released from rehab, Bruce records Frankie's less than satisfying rendezvous with Lassie (Lizzy Caplan), and when a copy somehow finds its way to an on-line porn site, Frankie is desperate to have it taken down before too many people see it. Bruce is angry that his brother is getting in the way of his career as a "filmmaker" until he learns Lassie is the daughter of Jack (Chris Noth), a washed-up action star who befriended Bruce in rehab. Bruce thinks Jack might be his ticket to making real movies in Hollywood, except for the actor's violent mood swings and unbending loyalty to his daughter. 3, 2, 1 . . . Frankie Go Boom also stars Ron Perlman, Whitney Cummings and Nora Dunn. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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When it's not too busy trying to make you think or create bogus tension, "Unstoppable," about a runaway train on a collision course with doom, is a nerve-wracking and well-made popcorn film. At its heart, it's essentially a buddy cop movie, adorned with its most integral cliché: a rookie, Will Colson (Chris Pine) and a veteran, Frank Barnes (Denzel Washington), thrown together, each of them with marriages of varying degrees of success and beautiful children.
Watching the series of mistakes and bad breaks that sends this runaway locomotive hurdling down the track, you can almost hear Malcolm Gladwell calmly trying to scare the crap out of you:
Over the past few years, a group of scholars has begun making the unsettling argument that … high-technology accidents may not have clear causes at all. They may be inherent in the complexity of the technological systems we have created.
Unfortunately, director Tony Scott and screenwriter Mark Bomback succumbed to another buddy cop convention: the resentment between the two men that must be overcome if they are to save the day. Having Washington and Pine hate each other wasn't just a lazy choice, it was a dumb one. Audiences love both these guys, and once they stop pretending to hate each other, they establish a great rapport (when it's two dudes it's "rapport," when it's a guy and a girl it's "chemistry).
Rather than resent Frank for telling him what to do, Will should've just shut his pie hole and opened his ears, cuz if there's a train hurtling down the tracks on a collision course with disaster, nobody—nobody—is better equipped to deal with it. Just ask the straphangers he saved on the Pelham 1-2-3.
There is perhaps only one man on Earth who knows more about trains, and that's Inspector Werner, played to hilarious effect by Kevin Corrigan. Seeing him as a government official sent to teach kids about train safety is just funny. Watching him try to play it straight as he reveals a Rain Man-esque knowledge of train safety and mechanics is hilarious. Whether it's intentional isn't clear, but who cares?
All three of Tony Scott's favorite effects are on display here, each used to maximum effect:
- The Jiggly Camera: so often it you see used and it does little more than give you motion sickness (see: Zone, Green) but it induces the bone-rattling experience of bouncing along the tracks at 70 miles-per-hour with this iron horse of death.
- Over-Saturated Colors: Tony Scott's color palette + Chris Pine's bottomless blue eyes = magic.
- Denzel Washington: There are few actors his age that can play a character this ordinary and make him so likable, while possessing a measure of gravitas.
Unfortunately, "Unstoppable," like so many other films these days, tries to deliver a message—greedy corporations are bad!—when all we really want to do is watch Washington and Pine try to stop "8 freight cars of hazardous chemicals--We're not just talking about a train, we're talking about a missile the size of the Chrysler Building!" Which frankly is a lot more fun.


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NETWORK: Global
DATE: Saturday, December 12, 2009
TIME: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
LOCATION: William L. Dickinson High School New Gym Building
STREET: 2 Palisade Avenue
CITY/TOWN: Jersey City, NJ
"Essential ElementZ!"
Celebrating, Elevating and Uniting Diverse Communities.
A FREE community event brought to you by
The Community for Urban Dance and Art & U.S. Census Bureau
CUDA Culture is pleased to invite you to "Essential ElementZ," sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureau. We would LOVE for you to join us in celebrating the wonderful art forms that help our communities thrive and improve our quality of life.
WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 12th 2009 TIME: 2:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: William L. Dickinson High School New Gym Building
ADDRESS: 2 Palisade Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
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Youth Elementz of Hip-Hop Workshops*:
- B-boying/B-girling by B-boy Nova - http://www.facebook.com/#/profile.php?id=100000480548065&ref=ts
- Deejaying by DJ Korn - Anyone interested in the DJ workshop please email firstname.lastname@example.com to pre-register for the workshop.
Do not forget there are 2 different workshops which 1 is mixing and the other is a battle workshop (scratching, beat juggle,etc).
- Emceeing by Hasan Salaam - http://www.hasansalaammusic.com/
- Mural Art by Mr. Mustart - http://www.flickr.com/photos/operation_art/3749982604/
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Film Screening: "All the Ladies Say…" A Documentary by B-girl Rokafella
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- Toy/Gift Drive for Children and Teens in Foster Care & Shelters in Hudson County.
1. please leave toys and gifts unwrapped
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- Canned-food Drive for the homeless - Coat drive
- Spoken Word Artists
- Local urban artists
- Hosted by NOVA
- featuring DJ DP ONE - http://www.myspace.com/dponeta
- B-Boy/B-Girl Crew Battles
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LIVE ART WALL for everyone to make & leave their mark!
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Teades how to train on steroids isn't easy—it's not as simple as just taking your drug of choice and hitting the gym.
You need to monitor your dosages, know how often to take them, stick to the right diet, and become aware of the many steroid koolitus vihjeid that can make or break your success.
Kui olete kaaluvad jõutreeninguga steroidid, or are in the midst of doing so and feel a bit lost, we've compiled some of the most important things to know.
We've narrowed them down in one spot so you can train as efficiently and effectively as possible, hopefully without serious side effects that often result from these drugs. Osta õigusliku steroidid Online siin.
Õppe how to train on steroids involves carefully planning a steroid cycle, which can last between 4 ja 16 weeks and can include more than one anabolic steroid.
Your goals will influence the structure of your cycle, as well as your steroid treening ja toitumine.
Selle best bulking workout while on steroids, näiteks, will incorporate high-intensity exercises with low repetitions.
Igal juhul, the purpose of taking anabolic steroids is to boost the development of muscle and make more gains than are otherwise possible.
Through a boost in testosterone, you may be able to achieve results that are impossible to achieve with the levels typically in circulation in your body.
The biggest thing to keep in mind when training on steroids is that intensity matters.
Although our bodies are naturally designed to maintain a state of constant equilibrium, by taking anabolic steroids we're breaking this barrier and increasing our testosterone levels to a degree higher than they are supposed to be.
It follows then that our workout routines should follow the same principle and break free of the standard workout intensity.
If you want to use your anabolic steroids to their full potential, you need a routine that is intense and heavy.
Focus on fewer sets—five to eight for the larger muscle groups and around three or four for smaller ones—and workout until you can't lift anymore.
Repetitions should follow suit and bet kept low—around six to ten is ideal (if you're bulking).
By keeping your sets and repetitions low and heavy in terms of weight, you will sufficiently stimulate and develop your type II fast-twitch white muscle fibers.
Type II fibers are defined by power, high force, ja kiirus, as opposed to type I fibers, which are characterized by low force, jõudu ja kiirust.
Type II fiber development is connected to decreased fat mass, making their growth essential. They exist in higher proportions in power and elite strength athletes.
Keep your sets and reps short and heavy, and you'll get the best gains from your anabolic steroids.
But in order to continue building muscle, you need to constantly challenge them. This can be accomplished by progressively increasing the weights that you use during each exercise.
Some of the basic exercises that should define your routine while training on steroids include:
Although intense workouts will stimulate your muscles, without subsequent growth this stimulation is useless.
To give them time to grow, you need to ensure that you integrate rest periods into your routine.
When it comes to the high intensity training necessary for successful bodybuilding on anabolic steroids, you should always take a complete day off after every workout day and never work the same muscle more than once per week.
Failing to utilize rest periods will put your body through a level of stress that will halt muscle development. Continuing down this path can actually lead to a langus in performance.
It is recommended to change your training program's intensity every 12 et 14 weeks and take a few days off in between these changes. Pärast seda, plateau training is necessary if you want to continue increasing your gains.
A basic algajale steroid treening for bodybuilders is listed below, although every athlete's routine will be different in order to meet their own unique needs and goals.
Nagu näha, oma steroid treening split should ensure that each muscle is only worked out once every eight days. Free weights should be used as much as possible as opposed to machines.
Getting the best out of your anabolic steroids means you need to consider what you're putting into your body while using them and create an optimal diet.
It's important to eat high-quality protein when bodybuilding, with the best sources being meat, kodu, munad, ja kala. It is recommended to get at least one gram of protein for each pound of your body weight each day.
Another important facet of your diet is complex carbohydrates, which should be obtained through oats, brown rice, köögiviljad, and whole wheat bread.
Caloric intake is also an important factor—when bulking on anabolic steroids, you should try to eat around 5,000 calories per day in order to maximize your gains.
A final diet tip is to keep your meals delegated to the same time per day, and try and eat around five to six meals per day. This will ensure that your body is releasing insulin at steady intervals and promote an anabolic environment in your body.
There's no debate within the realm of bodybuilding that synthetic anabolic steroids work—you simply can't get the gains that you get using them by hitting the gym without supplementing, no matter how hard to go.
But if your looking at the results of training on steroids vs. on natural alternatives, you shouldn't just look at results in terms of benefits. Side effects are a very real result of use too.
But now that anabolic steroids are illegal, it's much safer these days to use legal alternatives.
Not only can you order them stress-free, you don't have to worry about getting fake or ineffective products.
Companies like CrazyBulk make effective supplements that have no side effects.
One look at the CrazyBulk website will give you a glimpse of many natural, plant-based steroids and bodybuilding supplements that are designed to act in the same manner as their synthetic alternatives. Mõned neist sisaldavad:
Knowledge about what does and doesn't work can be the difference between getting the most out of your bodybuilding supplements and wasting their potential.
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Pablo Picasso's known for his jarring, cubist aesthetic, but what if he designed a car? It would probably look like Andy Saunders' creation: Picasso's Citroen. Saunders thinks the artist would've preferred it to an actual Citroen Picasso, we agree.
The bizarrely modified Citroen 2CV was created over the course of six months by Saunders, who thought it would be fun to create an homage to the artist by building a car which emulates his cubist style. He took inspiration directly from two of Picasso's works "Three Musicians" and "Dora Maar" and explain the off-kilter "face" and vibrant colors. Despite the odd appearance, the deux chevaux is still roadworthy and can get up to 65 mph (which is like 150 mph for every other car). One thing's for certain, it won't ever be mistaken for a Monet Citroen. (Thanks for the tip TheCroationGuy)


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September 29 – October 31, 2017
Open until 3:00 p.m. Monday – Friday and until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday
Join us for the 19th annual Pumpkin Hollow, consistently rated as one of the top five pumpkin patches in the area. Children can hop aboard the Pumpkin Hollow Express – a barrel train, pulled by a John Deere tractor, get lost in the maze, climb a hay pyramid, slide down the giant hay slide and choose a pumpkin to take home.
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We've talked about robots that are flying high, crawling around like bugs and worms, and sailing the seas chasing storms and sharks. The robots that swim include underwater unmanned vehicles (UUVs), which are used primarily for inspection, data capture, and surveillance. The latest example is modeled after a tuna.
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has funded the development of the BIOSwimmer (Biomimetic In Oil Swimmer). This autonomous UUV is designed to resemble a tuna, because that fish is one of the fastest in the sea. Tunas have remarkably streamlined bodies, are highly maneuverable, and possess finely tuned muscular, sensory, and control systems.
Boston Engineering Corporation's Advanced Systems Group (ASG) in Waltham, Mass., designed the BIOSwimmer to be easily maneuverable in harsh environments, constricted spaces, and oily waters. A flexible framework lets the UUV inspect "the interior voids of ships such as flooded bilges and tanks, and hard to reach external areas such as steerage, propulsion and sea chests," according to a press release. (Um, sea chests? That last item may be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that the announcement was made Sep. 19, International Talk Like a Pirate Day.)
According to Boston Engineering's project report describing Phase I, the BIOSwimmer was originally designed to search for contraband in the filled compartments of oil tankers, and its sensing systems include sonar. UUVs like the BIOSwimmer may also be used for security tasks such as searches, inspections, and protection of harbors and piers. (See: Slideshow: Nautical Robots Rule the Waves.)
The robotic tuna has a flexible aft section and fins. Like many UUVs, it is battery-powered and designed for long-term operation. Also, its navigation, sensor processing, and communications are orchestrated by an onboard computer suite. The BIOSwimmer's Operator Control Unit, which is meant to give users intuitive control and simple, mission-defined versatility, is laptop-based.
According to its designers, the BIOSwimmer is unique in its internal components and external sensing mechanisms, which are built to function in high-viscosity fluids and highly constricted spaces. Its sensor payloads are interchangeable, and its operator controls can be reconfigured and optimized for a variety of specific tactical missions.
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When we posted a picture of the license plate on Alexander Ovechkin's Mercedes Sedan it didn't take long for everyone to remind us of the boastful vanity plate on his other super Mercedes.
While it doesn't have the same emotional impact as "AAA8AAA" we think "A0 GR8" has a certain Sloth-from-The-Goonies poetry to it. Plus, anything attached to an SL65 AMG Black Series makes a statement. (Hat tip to everyone who shared this!)
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CALGARY – Encana Corp. has reached a deal to sell natural gas properties in Wyoming to a private equity firm for US$1.8-billion, as the Canadian company looks to pare down its portfolio.
The deal Monday with TPG Capital involves about 1,500 active wells in the Jonah field in Wyoming's Sublette County over some 9,700 hectares. The lands have proved reserves equivalent to about 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
CEO Doug Suttles, who took the helm of Encana last June, said the sale fits the company's new strategy.
"With the divestment of Jonah, we are unlocking value from a mature, high-quality asset and allowing our teams to focus on our five core growth areas and continue with execution of our new strategy," he said in a statement.
Suttles has said he aims to make Encana a smaller, but more profitable and better focused, company.
Instead of investing in dozens of projects North America, Encana is now focused on five core areas: the Montney and Duvernay formations in Western Canada, the DJ Basin in Colorado, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico and the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Mississippi and Louisiana.
The strategic overhaul announced last year also saw Encana cut 20 per cent of its workforce.
Encana's current employees in Wyoming are expected to stay on with TPG Capital, which has offices around the world.
TPG expects to continue investing in the Jonah field and nearby acreage.
"We look forward to working with the talented Encana team that has made Jonah a successful operation for many years," says Craig Manaugh, president and chief operating officer of TPG's newly formed oil and gas business.
"We are also pleased to announce that we will be maintaining the Jonah field office near Pinedale, Wyoming and opening a Denver office as a result of the transaction."
The proposed deal requires regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter.


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Romney, GOP suddenly plunging onto Democratic turf
With one week to go, challenger takes campaign to states previously considered solidly pro-Obama
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mitt Romney is suddenly plunging into traditionally Democratic-leaning Minnesota and Pennsylvania, and his GOP allies are trying to put Michigan into play. It's forcing President Barack Obama to defend his own turf — he's pouring money into television ads in the states and dispatching top backers — in the campaign's final week.
The question is: Why this Republican move?
GOP efforts in the trio of Rust Belt states could indicate that Romney is desperately searching for a last-minute path to the needed 270 Electoral College votes — without all-important Ohio. Or just the opposite, that he's so confident in the most competitive battlegrounds that he's pressing for insurance against Obama in what's expected to be a close race.
Or perhaps the Republican simply has money to burn. Use it now or never.
Former President Bill Clinton was dispatched in response on Tuesday. "Barack Obama's policies work better," he declared on the University of Minnesota campus, one of his two stops in a state that offers 10 electoral votes and hasn't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Richard Nixon in 1972.
This late-game expansion of a campaign playing field that, until now, had focused on just nine states was taking place exactly a week from Election Day. At the same time, Obama spent a second day in Washington to focus on his presidential duties and Romney edged back into active campaigning in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
"This is a tough time for millions of people … but America is tougher," the president said during a brief visit to the American Red Cross, where he sought to reassure victims, encourage aid workers — and warn of more storm damage to come with rising floodwater.
In Ohio, Romney, too, spoke of concern for storm victims, telling supporters who were collecting supplies that "a lot of people hurting this morning."
Beyond the candidates' pause from feverish campaigning, the impact of the storm on the election wasn't all that clear.
National polls show an even race for the popular vote, though Obama appears to have both an edge in key battleground states in the electoral vote hunt and more state-by-state pathways to reach the 270-vote threshold.
Of the nine states where the two men have spent more than $1 billion in advertising since June, Romney is in the strongest position in North Carolina. But public and internal campaign polls show he's locked in stubbornly tight battles in Colorado, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada and Virginia and is fighting to overtake Obama's advantage in crucial Ohio as well as Iowa and Wisconsin.
That said, Romney still could win. Anything can happen in the race's closing days — including Democratic-leaning states like Minnesota, Pennsylvania or Michigan going Republican.
Clinton's Minnesota visit came just days after Romney and his allies started airing TV ads in the state. GOP-leaning groups including Americans for Job Security and American Future Fund were spending $615,000 this week. Romney spent a much lighter $29,000 last week, and it was unclear how much his campaign was spending this week. All together, the efforts led Obama to follow suit to prevent the state from slipping out of his grasp. His campaign was spending $210,000 on ads in Minnesota this week.
Polls show Romney having gained ground in Minnesota though still trailing Obama. And Obama has a much larger campaign footprint of paid staff and volunteers, including more than 30 full-time workers and 12 offices. Romney never has established much of campaign organization in Minnesota.
In Pennsylvania, Romney's campaign started pouring money into TV ads Monday for the first time, though Republican-leaning groups have been on the air in recent days trying to narrow the Obama advantage indicated by surveys. Republican groups — American Crossroads, Restore Our Future and Americans for Job Security — are spending at least $3.9 million this week. That does not include spending by Romney's campaign. Obama aides said the president's campaign is spending $625,000.
Romney has sent most of his Pennsylvania team to other states in recent weeks, and he has had no plan to visit, raising questions about whether he is actually playing to win the state that offers 20 electoral votes and last went Republican in the 1988 presidential election.
GOP allies also were running TV ads in Democratic-tilting Michigan in hopes of softening the ground for Romney in the final days, but there was no indication yet that the Republican himself would make a strong 11th-hour play for the state where he was born and raised. Obama's team said late Tuesday that it was answering Restore Our Future's $2 million in ads in Michigan, which has 16 electoral votes.
Obama's team cast Romney's moves into the three states, which have trended Democrat for more than 20 years, as a desperate act by a candidate who hasn't locked up the states he needs for a White House win.
"They understand they're not going to be able to win Ohio and now they're getting desperate and want to be able to put other states in play," Messina said. "We're going to win Pennsylvania, but we aren't taking anything for granted."
Romney political director Rich Beeson argued that Romney was playing to win, saying in a campaign memo: "With one week to go, and 96% of the vote on the table on Election Day in Pennsylvania, this expansion of the electoral map demonstrates that Governor Romney's momentum has jumped containment from the usual target states."
Other Republicans debated Romney's tactics.
Some GOP strategists in Washington and key states suggested the moves into Minnesota and Pennsylvania provide a cushion for the GOP candidate in case he loses Ohio or another key state.
"I don't think he has to break down a wall," said Republican strategist Greg Strimple, who was the pollster for 2008 GOP nominee John McCain's presidential campaign. "He's in position to run the table, but he needs to have an insurance card in there in case he doesn't."
Still others said it was simply a matter of Romney's campaign and backers having so much money that they can afford to make low-probability efforts in the off-chance that one might bear fruit. Many pointed out that it is almost impossible at this late date for the campaigns and their allied groups to buy more ads in saturated states such as Ohio, Virginia and Florida.
"It's not really desperation" that drives such decisions, said veteran GOP strategist Mike McKenna of Richmond, Va. "You think, 'Maybe I can make the other guy spend some money there,'" even if the state is probably out of reach.
Other Republicans joined Democrats in saying that Romney options are shrinking and he had no choice but to find different paths to victory, and had the money to do it.
"If they didn't have so much money, they wouldn't be able to do something with so little chance of success," said Tad Devine, top electoral strategist for Democratic nominee Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.
He called the Minnesota and Pennsylvania efforts by Romney more a "head-fake than a strategic move" because of what he called enormous Democratic voting trends and electoral advantages. Those include a heavy union presence in both states and a large minority population in Pennsylvania.
Obama carried Pennsylvania and Minnesota each by 10 percentage points in 2008.
Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa; Charles Babington and Ken Thomas in Washington, Beth Fouhy in New York and Steve Peoples in Kettering, Ohio, contributed to this report.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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After three years of contraction, Italy's economy is expected to grow by 0.6% in 2015.
The insolvency environment
No insolvency decrease expected in 2015
Corporate insolvencies have increased sharply since 2008, up 10% year-onyear in 2014. In 2015 we expect Italian business insolvencies only to level off. Liquidity problems of Italian businesses are exacerbated by continuing poor payment behaviour, especially by the public sector. Moreover Italian companies, compared to their Western European counterparts, show a higher average gearing – especially short-term gearing. Many businesses suffer from the currently restrictive loan policies of many banks, and this is expected to continue into 2015. The high dependence of Italian businesses on bank financing is proving to be a major structural weakness.
Economic situation
A rebound on the horizon?
After a 1.7% contraction in 2013 the Italian economy shrank again in 2014, by 0.4%. However, private consumption rose 0.3% after sharp declines of more than 4% in 2012 and 2.7% in 2013, when disposable income shrank and consumer confidence reached its low point. Investments continued to decrease, down 3.2% in 2014, in an atmosphere of difficult financing conditions and poor business confidence. Foreign demand provided only limited support to growth, however, with lower imports, net exports were a positive contributor to GDP growth in 2013 and 2014. After three years of contraction, Italy's economy is expected to grow by 0.6% in 2015.
Domestic demand expected to stabilise
Domestic demand is expected to stabilise in 2015 as investments level off and growth in household consumption accelerates to a forecast 0.9%. Households' available income began to increase again at the end of 2014. This is partially due to a EUR 80 monthly tax break for low-paid employees introduced by the government in May 2014. However, unemployment is forecast to remain stubbornly high, at 12.7% in 2015. Consumer prices are expected to decrease slightly, by 0.3%, in line with overall low inflation in the eurozone.
Less pressure on international competitiveness?
Exports are expected to increase 3.3% in 2015. That said, Italy has lost nearly 20% of its share in its export markets – particularly European markets – over the last couple of years. It has managed to retain its leading position in clothing and textiles though. That said, Italy's productivity is set to recover somewhat. Given the continued high level of unemployment, wage rate growth should be limited. As a result, unit labour cost is expected to improve in 2015. Mainly as a result of a significant decrease in imports, Italy's current account deficit became a current account surplus in 2013. In 2015 the surplus is expected to grow to 1.7% of GDP following the 1.6% surplus in 2014. An increase in exports is supporting this improvement, but it is mainly the result of subdued demand for imports.
The banking sector remains vulnerable
Since 2009, non-performing loans as a percentage of regulatory capital have increased sharply, indicating stress in the banking sector. There is a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel as the ratio of new bad loans is now lower than in the past. However, the volume of loans to the private sector continues to contract, due to tight credit standards and high borrowing costs. In particular, loan provisions to smaller businesses remain constrained.
Government debt remains very high
Down to 3% of GDP or even below since 2012, the yearly Italian budget deficit has reached healthier territory. In 2015, the deficit is expected to remain just within the 3% margin. However, the subdued economic performance is expected to result in a sustainable increase in the already high government debt-to-GDP ratio. Despite successful fiscal consolidation, this ratio increased from 121.7% in 2012 to 132.5% in 2014. This was due mainly to the economic contraction, and is therefore expected to rise again to 133% of GDP in 2015. In order to decrease the debt ratio substantially a nominal annual growth rate of 3% would be required. The challenge is achieving the required high level of real growth, while also pursuing fiscal consolidation in a low inflation environment.
More reforms needed
The Renzi administration successfully passed a bill that gives the government a mandate to push ahead with labour market changes. The current labour market regulations still provide solid protection for those workers on permanent contracts. Because newly hired staff on a permanent contract have the same protection as those who have worked for a company for 30 years, firms are still shying away from such contracts. However legal initiatives to improve judicial efficiency, expand deregulation and contain red tape have been limited so far.


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Benthall, Joseph L. & Mary K. Manning. "Archaeological excavations at High Knob (40MO82), an early Archaic site in Morgan County, TN." TN Anthrop. 13 (1988), pp. 124-148.
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Morgan County, Preliminary #44-A). Nashville, TSLA, 1974. 45 pp.
Bradley, Frank H. Geological report: Wilcox Mining Co. of TN, annual report. NY, E. Wells Sackett, 1871. 39 pp.
Burwell, Howard B. Well sample descriptions & drillers' logs, Morgan County, TN. Nashville, n.p., 1967. 175 pp.
Cooper, Hobart S. German & Swiss colonization in Morgan County, TN. UT thesis, 1925. 100 pp.
Crownover, Stanley H. Classification & description of forest community types & soils of Bird Mountain, Frozen Head State Natural Area, Morgan County, TN. UT thesis, 1988. 222 pp.
Development & use plan for University of TN forest lands in Morgan & Scott counties. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1953. 25 pp.
Dickinson, W. Calvin. Morgan County. Memphis, MSU Press, 1987. 134 pp.
Forest management can pay in the Cumberlands. Norris, TVA, 1976. 8 pp.
Freytag, Ethel & Glena K. Ott. A history of Morgan County, TN. Wartburg, Specialty, 1982. 379 pp. (first published 1971)
Glenn, Leonidas C. The northern TN coal field included in Morgan [& other] counties. Nashville, TN Div. Geol., 1925. 478 pp. (its Bulletin #33-B)
Goodspeed's history of east TN (Morgan County, pp. 841-843, 1123-1125). Goodspeed, 1887.
Hacker, J.G. Report about & from America given from first-hand observation in the years 1848 & 1849 & published for emigrants. Memphis, MSU, 1970. 118 pp.
Howell, David. Jewell smokeless evaluation, TN property. Knoxville, Utah International, Inc., Exploration. 2 vols.
Jones, Reece A. A geographical survey of Morgan County, TN. UT thesis, 1940. pp.
King, W.W. Economic improvement through forest utilization & development: Cumberland & Morgan counties, TN. Norris, TVA, 1959. 13 pp.
MacDonald, Frederick F. The Morgan/Scott project: a case study of insider/outsider dynamics in rural community development. UT thesis, 1988. 178 pp.
Morgan County, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 12 pp.
Morgan County Overall Economic Development Comm. Overall economic development program for Morgan County, TN. Wartburg, n.p., 1968. 1 vol.
Neal, Clinton E. A study of needs for a proposed comprehensive high school in Morgan County, TN. UT thesis, 1975. 51 pp.
Ogden, William H. Forest resources & industries, Cumberland & Morgan counties, TN. Norris, TVA, 1953. 76 pp.
Pictorial history of Morgan County, TN. Wartburg, Morgan County Pictorial Hist. Comm., 1970? 102 pp.
Report of initial timber sale, UT lands, Morgan County, TN. Knoxville, TN Ag. Exp. Sta., 1950. 4 pp.
Schnoebelen, Douglas J. Depositional environments of the Lower Crooked Fork Group near Wartburg, Morgan County, TN. UT thesis, 1983. 243 pp.
Rose, William D. Geology of the northern part of the Camp Austin quadrangle, Morgan County, TN. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1953. 48 pp.
Sullivan, Margaret. A bibliography of Lillian Smith & Paula Snelling. Memphis, MSU, 1971. 118 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
TN Div. Forestry. A preliminary timber management plan, Ford-Faust-Cheely property, Morgan County, TN. Nashville, the division, 1954. 11 pp.
TN Div. Forestry. How forest fires get started in Cumberland & Morgan counties, TN. Nashville, the division, 1954. 10 pp.
TN Valley Authority. Div. of Forestry Dev. Water control: a key to reclaiming a mountain strip mine, Morgan County, TN. Norris, TVA, 1969. 6 pp.
TN Valley Authority. Ind. Div. Agricultural-industrial survey of Morgan County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1935. var. pp.
TN Valley Authority. Social & Ec. Div. Research Sec. Effect of proposed national forest purchases on county finance, survey # 2: Morgan County, TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1936. 43 pp.
TN Valley Authority. Social & Ec. Div. Research Sec. Effect of proposed national forest purchases on county finance in the Cumberland Plateau of TN. Knoxville, TVA, 1937. 65 pp.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Honey Creek, Grimsley, Burrville, Rugby, Robbins, Jones Knob, Twin Bridges, Pilot Knob, Pilot Mtn., Gobey, Fork Mtn., Hebbertsburg, Lancing, Camp Austin, Petros, Windrock, Cardiff, Harriman, Elverton.
Water & wastewater plan for Roane & Morgan counties. Knoxville, n.p., 1980. 22 pp.
Wilson, Ross H. A study of secondary schools of Morgan County. UT thesis, 1941. pp.
Worthington, Florence. Between the camp & the switch. N.p., n.d. 108 pp.
Wright, Absalom B. "Morgan County." (In Autobiography of Rev. A.B. Wright of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, pp. 78-93, 158-173, 208-227)
Gibney, Laurence V. A descriptive study of the guard force at Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, Petros, TN. UT thesis, 1970. pp.
TN State Penitentiary (Nashville). History of the TN penal institutions, 1813- 1940. Nashville, n.p., 1940. 23 pp.
Winton, Ruth N. A history of Brushy Mountain Penitentiary. UT thesis, 1937. pp.
Cardiff Coal & Iron Company. The town of Cardiff, on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad & Tennessee River, Roane County, TN: & lands & mines of the Cardiff Coal & Iron Company, situated in Roane, Cumberland & Morgan counties. N.p., Cardiff Coal & Iron Company, 1890. 23 pp.
Kries, Susie L. Deer Lodge, TN, 1884-1984. Deer Lodge, the author, 1984. 226 pp.
Stagg, Brian L. Deer Lodge, TN, its little-known history. Oak Ridge, the author, 1964. 28 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Oakdale, TN, Morgan County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1986. 9 pp.
TN State Library & Archives. A study of the community of Oakdale, TN. Presented by TSLA, Public Libraries Division, Clinch-Powell Region. Clinton, Clinton Courier-News, 1958. 37 pp.
Alstetter, Mabel F. "Thomas Hughes in America." Peabody J. Ed. 15 (1937), pp. 92-100.
Armytage, W.H.G. "New light on the English background of Thomas Hughes' Rugby Colony in TN." ETHSP 21 (1949), pp. 69-84.
Bertz, Eduard. Das Sabinergut. Berlin, Alfred Schall, 1896. 1 vol. (German novel about Rugby by the first Thomas Hughes public librarian at Rugby)
Board of Aid to Land Ownership (Ltd.) of London, England. Rugby, Morgan County, TN: settlement founded October 5, 1880. N.p., R. Clark & Co., 1880. 27 pp. (found with Sketch of the late Margaret E. Hughes, taken from the report of the Margaret E. Hughes King's Daughters Circle of Rugby, TN, n.p., 1900.)
Brachey, Doug & Dawn Brachey. Rugby: TN's Victorian Village. Brentwood, J.M. Productions, 1987. 72 pp.
Brooks, Nelly L. Sketches of Rugby, TN. Unpublished typescript, 1941. 27 pp.
Cantrell, Pearl, et al. A guide to the Historic Rugby Archive & Research Centre. Rugby, Historic Rugby, 1992. 22 pp.
DeBrayn, John R. "The son of Tom Taylor visits Rugby, TN: five newly documented letters." ETHSP 46 (1974), pp. 126-136.
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Gordon, Douglas K. The Thomas Hughes Free Public Library, Rugby, TN: a history & partial bibliography. UT dissertation, 1974. pp.
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Hamer, Marguerite B. "Thomas Hughes & his American Rugby." NC Hist. Rev. 5 (1928), pp. 390-412.
Hamer, Marguerite B. Cameos of the south: historical word sketches of TN & of the old south. Philadelphia, PA, Winston, 1940. 154 pp. (a portion of the work concerns Rugby)
Hamer, Marguerite B. "The correspondence of Thomas Hughes concerning his TN Rugby." NC Hist. Rev. 21 (1944), pp. 203-214.
Historical documentation & design criteria for the Tabard Inn (TN Lodge), Big South Fork National River & Recreation area. Nashville, Building Conservation Technology, Inc., 1980. 173 pp.
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Hughes, Thomas. Rugby, TN, being some account of the settlement founded on the Cumberland Plateau by the Board of Aid to Land Ownership, Ltd., a company incorporated in England, & authorized to hold & deal in land by act of the legislature of the state of TN, with a report on the soils of the plateau, by the Hon. F.W. Killebrew. NY, MacMillan & Co., 1881. 168 pp. (reprinted 1975 by Porcupine Press)
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Mack, Edward C. & W.H.G. Armytage. Thomas Hughes: the life of the author of Tom Brown's schooldays. London, Benn, 1952. 302 pp.
Maloney, John. "Town of cultured ghosts." Holiday (Oct. 1948), pp. 81-92.
Master plan for the development, management & protection of the Rugby Colony Historic Area: Morgan & Scott counties, TN, volume II: technical reports. Prepared by Building Conservation Technology, Inc., for US Army Corps of Engineers. Nashville, the corps, 1984. 1 vol.
Mathews, John J. Life & death of an oilman: the career of E.W. Marland [Rugby resident]. Norman, U. of OK Press, 1951. 259 pp.
Miller, Ernest I. The English settlement at Rugby, TN. Knoxville, the author, 1941. 37 pp.
Miller, Ernest I. Some TN utopias. UT thesis, 1941. 80 pp.
Montgomery, James E. Two resettlement communities on the Cumberland Plateau. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1941. pp.
Owsley, Harriet C. "The Rugby papers: a bibliographic note." THQ 27 (1968), pp. 225-228.
Pemberton, Luola S. Thomas Hughes in Rugby, TN. George Peabody College thesis, 1947. pp.
The Rugbeian. Vol. 1, 1967-. (semiannual, irregular). Rugby Restoration Association.
The Rugby handbook of the English-American colony on the plateau of the Cumberland Mountains in east TN. Rugby, n.p., 1885. 32 pp.
Rugby planning news. Vol. 1, 1980-vol. 5, 1981. (irregular) Building Conservation Technology, Inc.
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Rugby Restoration Association. Rugby recipes: a collection of recipes from original colonists, occupants of Rugby homes through the years, & friends of the Rugby Restoration. Rugby, Rugby Restoration Press, 1971. 64 pp.
Stagg, Brian L. The distant Eden: TN's Rugby colony. A history of the English colony at Rugby, TN, with a guide to the remaining original building. Rugby, Paylor Publications, 1973. 34 pp.
Stagg, Brian L. "TN's Rugby colony." THQ 27 (1968), pp. 209-224.
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Stott, Kathleen B. Rugby, TN: an attempted utopia. U. MO thesis, 1938, 136 pp.
A study of Rugby. Rugby, Rugby Restoration Association, 1975. 46 pp. (Rugby planning reports, #2)
"TN colony named Rugby after Tom Hughes' old school." Time (Dec. 25, 1939), pp. 9+.
Tosswill, T.D. Annals of a village: the history of Rugby, TN. N.p., 1976. 1 vol.
Walton, Sarah L. Memories of Rugby Colony. Rugby, privately printed, 1952. 15 pp.
Walton, Sarah L. "Rugby in America." GA Review 10 (1956), pp. 395-403.
Wichman, Patricia G. Christ Church, Episcopal, Rugby, TN: a short history. Rugby, privately printed, 1959. 47 pp.
Wichman, Patricia G. Rugby: a great man's dream. Rugby, Hughes Pub. Lib., 1966. 43 pp.
Young, Arthur C., ed. The letters of George Gissing to Edward Bertz, 1887- 1903. London, Constable, 1961; New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers U. Press, 1961. 337 pp.
Everette, Sandra K. Educational handicaps & criminal behavior at Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility in Wartburg, TN. UT thesis, 1990. 163 pp.
O'Connell, Richard B., trans. "Report about & from America, given from firsthand observation in the years 1848 & 1849 & published for emigrants to persuade Germans to settle in Morgan County at Wartburg, where a German settlement had been established." By J.G. Hacken from Chemnitz. MVC Bull. 3 (1970), pp. 5-74; 4 (1971), pp. 85- 118.
Wust, Klaus. Wartburg: dream & reality of the new Germany in TN. Baltimore, J.H. Faust, 1963. 25 pp. (31st Report, Society for the History of the Germans in MD)


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On this date four years ago, a biology professor that was hiding from his students during office hours on opening day of the baseball season, started a blog. That Professor had little idea what he was doing as is clearly evident in his first-ever post, a post that included a Jonny Gomes home run.
But he started to find his stride later that day when he wrote about a journalist that predicted the Devil Rays to win the World Series…in 2006! That post got a lot of play on the interwebs, and there was no looking back from what was originally intended to be a practice run for a Bucs blog.
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I'm trying to take up simming again after taking a break and losing my Alphabetacy and OWBC- a hard blow. :p
But I think I want to play for the joy of playing instead of trying to start another challenge. Have quite a few under my belt already.
I started playing the cannon neighborhoods of Sims 2: Riverblossom, Pleasantview, Strangetown and Veronaville (which I have renamed to simply Verona), and created a custom neighborhood. Playing each household a week at a time. Well, that's not true, I got through one neighborhood, Riverblossom.
I'm trying to decide if I want to go to the next neighborhood, Pleasantview, then naturally to the next after that- going through all four to five neighborhoods before starting the second round of rotations in Riverblossom again, or stay with Riverblossom. Oh, but gosh, when would I stop? Probably when I got bored, I guess.
Anyways, if you'd like to leave a comment on my predicament I'd appreciate it. One neighborhood at a time seems a manageable undertaking, but I thrive on challenge. Five neighborhoods might be too large a challenge, though- Oh, I should start a topic of the neighborhood I've completed, I suppose. Looking forward to hearing from you.


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By Asim Waqar
eINK's technology has been around, making flexible, low power displays for a while. Now eINK engineers have built a full-color electronic paper display that is suitable for mass production.
This paper achieves 12-bit color – 400×300 pixel – resolution of 83 pixels per inch. It creates an image that looks like a printed page from all angles and maintains the same contrast ratio under all lighting conditions, including direct sunlight. The display uses up to 100 times less energy than a standard liquid crystal display (LCD), resulting in reduced weight and greatly extend battery life for any product employing it.
No prices yet, but it's scheduled for mass production at the end of 2006, and the display will be shown at the E Ink booth of the annual FPD International trade show in Japan.
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An Australian police officer was found guilty for the brutal beating this past May of a 32-year-old man caught laying burnouts outside a police station. A police-car dashboard camera caught the beatdown, as the officer kicked the driver and smashed him with a baton. Watch the chilling video below.
As the Herald Sun reports, the attack occurred in Mansfield, Victoria back in May, when cops, including alleged attackers Senior Constables Paul Bell and David Farrell, stopped the man and his 19-year-old passenger on a back road. "Do you think you run this town?" one officer was heard yelling. "We do."
Bell was found guilty of intentionally causing injury and unlawful assault, and sentenced to a 12-month supervised community-based order and 60 hours of unpaid community service. He's been suspended without pay from the police. Bell is appealing the conviction. Farrell resigned from the force in October and pled guilty to intentionally causing injury. He got a 12-month community-based order, without conviction.
Bell's lawyer says the beating came out of frustration with local hoonage.
(Thanks to Brett for the tip!)


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By Michael Lynch
I asked the students in my introductory Lincoln course to write an essay on Lincoln's use of presidential power. I told them to decide whether Lincoln abused his authority and overstepped the Constitution, whether he was too timid, or whether he used his power judiciously, and to defend their answer in a short paper.
Although I assured the class that there was no "right" answer to the question, and that they were free to excoriate Lincoln as harshly as they wanted, the results came back overwhelmingly in his favor. Of some two dozen students, only three found his use of power excessive. The rest of the class generally agreed that Lincoln acted properly, given the circumstances he faced.
Interestingly, though, the two groups defended their positions quite differently. The students who argued that Lincoln assumed too much presidential power cited specific passages of the Constitution to make their case. Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, in particular, came in for criticism. As these students noted, the Constitution permits such an act "when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it," but this passage is found in the article dealing with powers of Congress. The legality of a presidential suspension of habeas corpus while the legislature was out of session was therefore a matter of controversy during the Civil War, and it remains so today.
The students who defended Lincoln, by and large, did not try to cite law and precedent to demonstrate that his actions were legal. Instead, they argued from necessity. Rebellion on the scale of the Civil War was something no other president had faced, and most students felt he had no choice but to act as he did in order to preserve the Union.
A few of the students who defended Lincoln did find him a bit too hesitant in one respect; they wished he had issued his emancipation decree sooner. But they also noted that their preferences in timing weren't necessarily practical, and agreed that Lincoln had good reasons for waiting as long as he did.
I found it interesting that the two groups of students differed in their approaches, because Lincoln himself used both law and necessity in defending his more controversial policies. Referring to his suspension of habeas corpus in a message to Congress in 1861, he noted that "the attention of the country has been called to the proposition that one who is sworn to 'take care that the laws be faithfully executed,' should not himself violate them." At the same time, however, he observed that all the Constitution's provisions were essentially going unenforced "in nearly one-third of the States." Was it acceptable for "all the laws, but one, to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces, lest that one be violated? Even in such a case, would not the official oath be broken, if the government should be overthrown, when it was believed that disregarding the single law, would tend to preserve it?"
In any case, Lincoln continued, his suspension of habeas corpus was not a case of "disregarding the law." He believed he had acted within the limits established by the Constitution. After all, that document permits habeas corpus to be suspended in a case of rebellion, and while it does not explicitly permit the executive branch to exercise this power, neither does it explicitly forbid it. Besides, since "the provision was plainly made for a dangerous emergency, it cannot be believed the framers of the instrument intended, that in every case, the danger should run its course, until Congress could be called together; the very assembling of which might be prevented, as was intended in this case, by the rebellion."
Lincoln thus hedged his rhetorical bets in his message to Congress. He made a case for the constitutionality of his actions, and if that failed to convince his critics, he asked whether they preferred to see one law stretched and the Constitution saved or watch the whole Constitution tossed aside by the rebellion while the Union's hands remained tied.
If my students' essays are any indication, many modern Americans will support leaders who use extraordinary means so long as they believe the ends are worthwhile.
—Michael Lynch graduated from LMU with a degree in history, worked at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum as an assistant curator, and now teaches survey-level history courses on campus. He holds an M.A. in history from the University of Tennessee and blogs about historical topics at pastinthepresent.wordpress.com.


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Unlike the seemingly carefree makers of novelty records of decades past, its new breed of purveyors were embodied by charlatans who not only believed they were actually artists but were quite serious about obtaining fame and plastic stardom. And more often then not, reached their goals.
Many of those lucky (?) enough to achieve blog-fueled, internet popularity—which in most cases faded as soon as it had arrived—were aided by impressive advances in modern technology, which not only made it possible for any clown with a laptop to fancy themselves musicians, but also, paradoxically, pushed the music business paradigm back into a pseudo 1950s reality, one in which certain artists were more beholden than ever before to their record company overlords. Or were so scared of the bleak new world they decided to give away their music practically for free after years of seeking fair remuneration for their recorded efforts.
On a personal level we saw NYC, and specifically our beloved Brooklyn, become the toast of the music world early on in the decade. As musicians/music geeks with a sense of history we'd been longingly anticipating a time when the New York music scene would once again be the center of the industry universe. Like the '70s CBGB/punk/no wave era. Or the late '80s/early '90s hardcore scene. What we got instead was likes of The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Mooney Suzuki. (TV on the Radio was a blessing, tho.)
It wasn't all bad, of course: many established artists took the reigns of their careers and cut out the meddling, oppressive middle man with mostly positive results; some great albums of all stripes were made along the way; and music itself is more popular than ever, with live music once again returning to its past prominence.
So how will this decade be judged years or even decades removed from the present? Speaking in terms of popular music and pop culture, the defining characteristics of the last few decades aren't perfectly aligned chronologically: the 1970s didn't really get going until '72 or '73; it wasn't until 1984, more or less, that what is perceived as "the '80s" began in earnest; depending on who you ask, the '90s can mean the alt/grunge '92-'96 span or the boy band/nü-metal two-headed monster of the decade's final years.
Regardless of whether these last ten years might be looked back on as a brief continuation of the '90s, followed by a mish-mash of disorganized strands or unfocused post-modern nonsense, it stands to reason that, quite possibly, the means by which it was created and disseminated will overshadow judgment of the music itself. Of course we firmly believe–or rather, fervently hope, for what it's worth–sooner, rather than later, many will look back and mutter to themselves "Animal Collective? Fiery Furnaces? Vampire Weekend? What were we thinking?!" That would be a good thing.
Too much stuff went down over the last ten years. (Oh, and yes, lest we forget: whatever happened to the Coldplay wannabes like Aqualung, Athlete, Belarus, Embrace, Keane, Starsailor, etc. etc?)
But before we get deep into what captured our attention the most, here are our favorite albums from each of the last 10 years:
2000 – AIMEE MANN Bachelor No.2 [Superego]
2001 – JON BRION Meaningless [Straight to Cut Out]
2002 – BECK Sea Change [DGC]
2003 – NADA SURF Let Go [Barsuk]
2004 – MATTHEW SWEET Kimi Ga Suki [RCAM]
2005 – FREELOADER Cantina Claqueur [JSS]
2006 – THE RACONTEURS Broken Boy Soldiers [Third Man/V2]
2007 – IRON & WINE The Shepherd's Dog [SubPop]
2008 – AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB The Golden Age [Merge]
2009 – PEARL JAM Backspacer [Monkeywrench/Island]
Ryan Adams Love is Hell [Lost Highway-2004]
Andre 3000 The Love Below [LaFace-2003]
Audioslave (self-titled) [Interscope-2002]
Broken Social Scene Feel Good Lost [Arts & Crafts-2003]
Café Tacuba SiNo [Universal Latino-2007]
Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticsm [Barsuk-2003]
Robert Downey Jr. The Futurist [Sony Classical-2004]
Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [Warner Bros-2002]
Sean Jones Gemini [Mack Avenue-2005]
Jumbo D.D. y Ponle Play [BMG US Latin-2001]
The Lemonheads (self-titled) [Vagrant-2006]
Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow [Load-2003]
The Mars Volta The Bedlam in Goliath [Universal-2008]
Jason Moran The Bandwagon: Live at the Village Vanguard [Blue Note-2003]
Dave Navarro Trust No One [Capitol-2001]
The Noisettes What's the Time, Mr. Wolf? [Universal-2007]
P.O.S. Never Better [Rhymesayers-2009]
A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms [Virgin-2000]
Prefuse 73 Vocal Studies and Uprock Narratives [Warp-2001]
Queens of the Stone Age Rated R [Interscope-2000]
Radiohead Hail to the Thief [Parlophone-2003]
Rollins Band Nice [Sanctuary-2001]
Elliott Smith Figure 8 [Dreamworks-2000]
Sonic Youth Murray Street [DGC-2002]
Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway [Caldo Verde-2003]
Super Furry Animals Rings Around the World [Epic-2001]
U2 All That You Can't Leave Behind [Island-2000]
The Webb Brothers Maroon [Warner Bros-2000]
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot [Nonesuch-2002]
Zurdok Hombre Sintetizador [Universal Latino-2000]
If we were to pick one from this bunch, to be our FAVORITE ALBUM OF THE DECADE it would have to be among the records released between 2001 and 2006 on the first list of favorites above.
But we simply cannot choose between the pop perfection on Brion's lone solo disc; Beck's late-night classic; Nada Surf's comeback and finest record to date; Sweet at his most vibrant this decade; the farewell release from NYC's Freeloader; or the debut from one of our favorite new artists of the last 10 years. (If we absolutely had to, we'd narrow it down to two: Sea Change and Let Go, but only with a gun to our heads.)
Katy Perry One of the Boys [Capitol-2008]
We'll leave it to the All Music Guide's Stephen Thomas Erlewine to explain:
Listening to Katy Perry's litany of belched alphabets, fruity boyfriends, Vegas hangovers, and lesbian lip-locks on her debut, One of the Boys, it's easy to assume she'll do anything for attention…[S]inging with the desperation of a fading burlesque star twice her age…Perry's shameless pandering on One of the Boys is startling, particularly as it comes in the form of some ungodly hybrid of Alanis Morissette's caterwauling and the cold calculation of Britney Spears in her prime.Runner up:
[Perry] distills every reprehensible thing about the age of The Hills into one pop album. She disses her boyfriend with gay-baiting; she makes out with a girl and she's doesn't even like girls; she brags to a suitor that he can't afford her, parties till she's face-down in the porcelain, drops brands as if they were weapons, curses casually, and trades under-the-table favors. In short, she's styled herself as a Montag monster.
Perry is not untalented…but that only accentuates how her vile wild-child persona is an artifice designed to get her the stardom she craves. Maybe if the music were as trashy as the style, she could get away with it, as it would have a junky thrill, but…her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get her places, so she sinks to crass, craven depths that turn One of the Boys into a grotesque emblem of all the wretched excesses of this decade.
Kevin Federline Playing with Fire [Reincarnate-2006]
Brooke Hogan The Redemption [SoBe-2009]
a tie between
The Mars Volta, and The Raconteurs
Runner up:
Sean Jones
Prefuse 73
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
Runner up: Lady Gaga
There's plenty of descriptions of our dislike for the Upper West Side preppy quartet elsewhere on this blog, so we'll spare you.
And we really don't care for Gaga one way or the other except to say she's a testament to 21st century hype and a more media savvy incarnation of Dale Bozzio, who has arrived to fill the weak, manufactured outrage vacuum left by Madonna's eventual irrelevance.
The Lemonheads
An old '90s mainstay reclaiming its turf with a kick-ass, self-titled comeback album rivaled in their catalog only by the beloved It's A Shame About Ray [Atlantic-1992]. And some pretty cool shows to promote it, too.
Runner up:
American Music Club
My Bloody Valentine
Sunny Day Real Estate
Guns 'n' Roses Chinese Democracy [Geffen-2008]
The most talked about album of the decade—and quite likely, the last of the "event" records; the last grandiose album of the 20th century—finally saw the light of day. The over-the-top Chinese Democracy is a reminder of a time when—however self-indulgent—artists had true ambition and were willing to take risks and follow their muse, no matter what.
But…was it worth the wait? Nope. It's not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination. And after that long of a delay nothing short of a magnum opus could make up for it. But it's a solid rock record and a lot better than anyone ever expected it to be.
More importantly, it's the result of an uncompromising artist who, love him or hate him, chose to make Chinese Democracy his way or the highway, and followed through on his vision.
The Stooges The Weirdness [Virgin-2007]
After 34 years, expectations for The Stooges' return to the studio were quite high. Unfortunately, the Steve Albini-produced The Weirdness turned out to be not only a nasty blemish on the influential Michigan band's recorded legacy, but with the death of guitarist Ron Asheton in January 2009, the truly final word on it, as well.
Runner up:
Big Star In Space [Ryko-2005]
Let's clarify a bit: After a prolonged hiatus dating back to the mid '70s, Big Star has been semi-active since the mid '90s and we have absolutely no problem with that. (Hell, we even flew out to New Orleans to see them perform, New Year's Eve 2000.) It's this middling, Alex Chilton solo album under the Big Star name that is so frustrating. That the only redeeming moments on the album were written by the other guys in the band—guitarist Jon Auer and bassist Ken Stringfellow of The Posies; drummer Jody Stephens—says more about where Uncle Alex's head was at the time than any of his songs on here.
Robert Downey Jr The Futurist [Sony Classical-2004]
Actors routinely dabble in music attempting to live out rock star dreams; Downey Jr had already—and notoriously—partied like a rock star, so he finally took care of the music part of the equation with a satisfying, piano-based, singer/songwriter effort. Check it out sometime.
Discovering that the cheesy, faux-sleaze rock theme song to HBO's Entourage was actually a Jane's Addiction song. Lame.
Hard Fi "Seven Nation Army"
As Jack White himself would demonstrate a year later, Hard Fi's dub rock cover is a great example of what the head Stripe could do with his songs when provided proper backing. Very cool.
Runner up:
Jon Auer "Gold Star For Robot Boy" (originally by Guided by Voices)
Jon Brion "Voices" (originally by Cheap Trick)
Ted Leo + Pharmacists "Six Months in a Leaky Boat" (originally by Split Enz)
Very Special Mention:
Mark Kozelek's breathtaking, solo acoustic, album-length tribute to AC/DC, What's Next to the Moon [Badman-2001], is a master lesson in reinterpretation for both veteran and aspiring performers alike.
It's incredibly rare that a collaboration between two artists we do not care for—especially, in this particular case, with said artists not actively participating in their mutual alliance—would produce such intoxicating results. But Freelancer Hellraiser's mash-up of The Strokes' "Hard to Explain" and Christina Aguilera's "Genie in a Bottle" was, well, "A Stroke of Genius", indeed.
There were plenty out there but Ted Nugent's live rendition of the Sam and Dave classic "Soul Man" is not only laughably incongruous but so horrible it has no competition.
Runner up:
Britney Spears "Satisfaction"
Velvet Revolver "Psycho Killer"
Brooke Hogan The Redemption [SoBe-2009]
And the music is even worse...on the bright side, it sold a measly 10,000 copies. So there's that.
Runner up:
Dark Meat When the Shelter Came EP [Emergency Umbrella-2009]
Ted Nugent Love Grenade [Eagle-2007]
Weezer Raditude [DGC-2009]
FAVORITE SINGLES (in alphabetical order by artist):
Ryan Adams "Wonderwall"
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor"
Armor for Sleep "Williamsburg"
At The Drive-In "One-Armed Scissor"
Audioslave "Cochise"
Coldplay "Yellow"
Death Cab for Cutie "The Sound of Settling"
Deftones "Change (in the House of Flies)"
Freelance Hellraiser "A Stroke of Genius"
Earl Greyhound "It's Over"
Green Day "Waiting"
Guided by Voices "Glad Girls"
Incubus "Megalomaniac"
Injected "Faithless"
Iron & Wine "Woman King"
JLS "Maco Jones"
Norah Jones "Don't Know Why"
Longwave "Wake Me When It's Over"
The Mars Volta "The Widow"
No Doubt "Simple Kind of Life"
The Noisettes "Don't Give Up"
Outkast "Hey Ya!"
Pearl Jam "The Fixer"
A Perfect Circle "Judith"
Queens of the Stone Age "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret"
The Raconteurs "Steady as She Goes"
Radiohead "House of Cards"
The Roots featuring Cody Chestnutt "The Seed (2.0)"
Scarface "My Block"
Duncan Sheik "White Limousine"
Elliott Smith "Pretty (Ugly Before)"
Spoon "Don't You Evah"
System of a Down "Chop Suey!"
TV on the Radio "Province"
U2 "Beautiful Day"
Weezer "Keep Fishin"
The White Stripes "Fell in Love with a Girl"
Zwan "Honestly"
Matthew Sweet - Irving Plaza, NYC - 3/25/00
Touring in support of In Reverse, on this particular evening Sweet gave us what we've always considered the ideal performance. Why? The band was in top form; the sound was on-point; and Sweet performed 22 songs—7 from his then-current album and 15 from his catalog—so we got to hear almost everything a devoted fan would want to, within reason. (Maybe 5 tunes from In Reverse would've been enough, but hey…)
Runner up:
Ruben Blades - Prospect Park - BKNY - 7/14/01
Wilco / Sonic Youth - Central Park Summerstage, NYC - 6/27/03
Jumbo - Prospect Park - BKNY - 8/09/02
Yo La Tengo - Prospect Park - BKNY - 7/12/02
The Lemonheads - Southpaw - BKNY - 2/23/07
Chocolate Genius - Castle Clinton, NYC - 7/11/02
TV on the Radio - Prospect Park - BKNY - 6/30/06
Paul McCartney Back in the US [Capitol-2002]
60-year old legend performs one of the most impressive set lists in modern pop history, with the best backing band he's had since leaving his old mates in 1970.
Runner up:
The Concert for George [Rhino-2003]
There are way too many musical tributes filled with star-studded appearances cast, so to speak, with individuals that have little or nothing in common with the honoree, with an eye on the bottom line and not on paying proper homage.
Sure, this memorial concert for George Harrison includes performances of his songs by a classic rock who's who: among them, Eric Clapton (who acts as musical director), Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynne, Billy Preston, and Ravi Shankar, as well as the comedy genius of the Monty Python crew. (Where was Bob Dylan?) But all of them had a personal and professional connection to Harrison, and it shows in this loving and moving tribute to the man and his music.
Children of Men (2006) directed by Alfonso Cuarón
An innovative and profound sci-fi flick; pregnant (no pun intended) with symbolism—it's a modern-day nativity story of faith and hope amidst the bleakness and despair of a world fraught with infertility, chaos, terrorism, and jingoistic nationalism run amok—Children of Men may not have been a big deal at the box office, but Cuarón's gem was one of the best flicks we've seen in a long, long time.
Runner up:
Amores Perros (2000)
Best in Show (2000)
61* (2001)
Auto Focus (2002)
Mystic River (2003)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Sideways (2004)
Syriana (2005)
Thank You for Smoking (2006)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Gran Torino (2008)
Honorable Mentions:
The Contender (2000)
Snatch (2000)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ghost World (2001)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
The Boys of 2nd Street Park (2003)
Old School (2003)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Mean Girls (2004)
American Gangster (2007)
Sicko (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Room (2003)
Runner up:
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Catwoman (2004)
Disclaimer: Because we are not professional film critics, and thus, do not have the time—nor, God forbid, the inclination—to see the hundreds of movies a year these brave folks subject themselves to, we researched what the general consensus was regarding worst films of the aughts and list here the ones among them we actually saw.
It seems we happen to have been quite lucky since that total came to just three. And in this case, it was definitely not a magic number.
As for the films themselves, let's just say that Tommy Wiseau, director of The Room, is the new Ed Wood. 'Nuff said.
Tom Green, on the other hand, is quite talented. But his Freddy Got Fingered is exactly what you'd expect from a man who filmed and publicly aired graphic scenes from his surgery for testicular cancer.
And finally, we believe there is an untold number of films worse than Catwoman; this one's just spectacularly mediocre and boring.
[Regarding the ones out there we haven't seen, so much has been said about the John Travolta vehicle and screen adaptation of the L. Ron Hubbard novel Battlefield Earth (2000)—unanimously negative, as far as we can tell—that we are almost looking forward to watching it. 'Almost' being the key word.]
OK, we'll admit we're damning him with faint praise but, truthfully, in lesser hands than Oliver Stone's, W would've been a successful endeavor. Perhaps. But that we expect so much more from him is the double-edged sword of the burden he bears as a brilliant filmmaker.
There were mountains of worse films, of course, and this one isn't even bad, but it suffered from being rushed—in order to precede the 2008 US presidential election—and it shows.
Runner up:
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Idiocracy (2006)
The former is a 30 minute buddy comedy romp followed by 90 minutes of chick flick nonsense. Seemingly aware of this folly, the powers that be have Will Ferrell pointlessly appearing halfway through the movie, for no discernable reason other than to try and re-inject some humor into this lost cause. No dice.
Meanwhile, the latter flick is a Mike Judge vehicle (he of Beavis and Butthead, Office Space, and King of the Hill fame) with a great premise—500 years from now, centuries of rampant advertising, consumerism, and anti-intellectualism have turned humanity terminally stupid—that just didn't pan out and is, in fact, painful to watch.
Chappelle's Show (Comedy Central)
Forget the wildly popular catchphrases, try these skits on for size:
"Blind Supremacy" (a faux news feature about a blind, white supremacist, black man); "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories" (Murphy's recurring hilarious tales from the '80s featuring Rick James and Prince);
"The Niggar Family" (a white, Leave it to Beaver-type family with a surname that gets them into some interesting situations);
"PopCopy" (a scathing send-up of Kinko's);
"Samuel Jackson Beer" (a parody of Sam Adams beer commercials re-imagined with the famed actor as its spokesperson);
"Wayne Brady's Show" (the actor/comedian sheds his affable public image and turns into a disturbed, murderous character akin to Denzel Washington in Training Day); and of course, "The Racial Draft"
(a sports-type draft in which different ethnicities vie for celebrities of a different ethnicity, and which has to be seen to be believed).
Although only running for two seasons—and a truncated third—comedian Dave Chapelle humorously tackled issues of race like no one since Richard Pryor, and in the process created a hands down, comedy classic. Brilliant.
Runner up:
Two and a Half Men (CBS)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC)
Weeds (Showtime)
Californication (Showtime)
Entourage (HBO)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)
The Life and Times of Tim (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
* [Had they not debuted in 1999, The West Wing (NBC), The Sopranos (HBO), and Family Guy (Fox), respectively, would've taken our top spots.]
From the All Music Guide's Stephen Thomas Erlewine's intro to Kevin Federline's Playing with Fire:
"One day, either in this life or the next, Britney Spears will have to atone for unleashing Kevin Federline upon the world."
Runner up:
Andy Kellman, also from the All Music Guide, from his review of Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights [Matador-2002]:
"One might go into a review like this one wondering how many words will pass before Joy Division is brought up. In this case, the answer is 16."
The concertgoers who left Crosby Stills Nash & Young shows on the Deja Vu tour in protest, claiming the band was "too political"
One question: Who did these people think they were going to see? Seriously.
As David Crosby himself stated, "It's like going to an airshow and protesting planes." Jeez...
Cluelessness and/or Arrogance?
Franz Ferdinand, The Dead 60s, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, The Futureheads, etc. etc. etc. were labeled as fresh and innovative, with a sound seemingly conjured fully formed out of nowhere, when in fact, they owed a very big chunk of their musical identity to none other than Wire, The Jam, The Clash, and even early XTC and U2 circa War.
Or these writers didn't know (which makes them ignorant) or they didn't care (which makes them arrogant and useless). Either way, they are a disgrace. You know who you are.
Runner up:
The fawning over Meg White's drumming "skills"
The fall of the music industry as we've known it
[for more see every other post on this blog in the last few years]
Runner up:
Radiohead's pay-what-you-want model
An interesting and controversial move by a mega artist—baby bands: attempt this at your own peril—that could well-afford to take the risk of letting consumers set their own price for the quintet's self-released 2007 album In Rainbows.
But most observers failed to notice how much of a boon this actually was for Radiohead and how they shrewdly covered their assess throughout: the press they got for the move was massive and overwhelmingly positive; whatever monies they would "lose" from penny-pinching downloaders they made back in spades, not only with their rabid fan base purchasing the initial available downloads, but also the various—and expensive—deluxe versions of the album, as well as the regular CD itself, which was released in January 2008.
In the end, In Rainbows garnered positive reviews across the board; won two of the four Grammy Awards it was nominated for ("Best Alternative Music Album" and "Best Special Limited Edition Package"; the song "House of Cards" earned three nominations); and combined total sales of the album, in all formats, exceeded 3 million copies. Not too shabby.
The portable MP3 player and digital music stores
Awesome to have easy access to purchasing millions of songs online, as well as a portable device that lets you carry upwards of 20,000 tunes everywhere you go. Beautiful.
But despite upgrades, MP3 tracks still have comparatively lousy sound quality and are significantly inferior to CDs in that regard. Bummer.
Hip-hop enters its hair-band phase
Runner up:
- Something masquerading as "emo" takes the modern-day goth kids by storm
- Interpol become an acclaimed and popular band while Longwave languish in semi-obscurity
[In case you're wondering, we've given up decrying the usage of beloved songs in TV ads; the practice is so ubiquitous these days—and has become the only source of non-touring income for many performers and songwriters—that to even bring it up is practically irrelevant. Still doesn't mean we dig it, though.]
"Live vs. Memorex"
This is the thing that baffles us: more and more people each day refuse to pay, say, $10 for an album but spend up to 10 times—or even way more—on a live show. (Many will, in certain instances, pony up $20+ for a "deluxe" vinyl version, however.)
Yet, aside from the uncertainty that is an intrinsic part of the concert experience—performers having an off-night, bad sight-lines, mediocre sound, etc. can all rear their ugly heads, individually or collectively—the quality of live performance has been watered down across the board by a myriad of performers who, clearly, were made for the studio-bound artist era. (That's how Auto-Tune went from being a pitch-correction tool known to producers, engineers and recording artists to a commonly used term.) What gives?
Runner up:
The likes of Judd Apatow, Bo Burnham, Dane Cook, Sarah Silverman, Flight of the Conchords, etc. are considered funny.
The rise of "reality" television
Bar none, this has got to be the absolute worst; the punk rock ethos taken to its ugliest conclusion: "Hey, if that talentless clown can be on TV and become famous, why can't I?"
According to a 2007 article in The Economist, 1 of every 7 teenagers in the UK hoped to become famous via reality television. Need we say more?
"I heard the title Vampire Weekend and I thought, 'Oh, man, that's gonna be great. I gotta see it.' And there are these guys with little Gap T-shirts on and I'm going, 'What happened to the balls in rock 'n' roll? Why are American bands so wimpy?'"
- Alice Cooper
Runner up:
"It's Slippery When Wet with umlauts."
- Music scribe Todd Totale revisiting Dr. Feelgood, which Motley Crue played live in its entirety in the summer of '09.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (by us, anyway):
Ryan Adams [but for how long?]
Armor For Sleep
At the Drive-In
The Dismemberment Plan
Ben Folds Five
Guided by Voices
The Mayfield Four
Oasis [will it last?]
Red House Painters
The Rollins Band
12 Rods
Violent Femmes


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Beyonce + Solange Were No-Shows at Father's Wedding
Beyonce and her little sister Solange were no-shows at their father Mathew Knowles' wedding to former model Gena Avery on Sunday, June 30, in Houston, Texas. So what gives? Why did the Sisters Knowles nix the nuptials? Is it a statement on their feelings about their new stepmother, to whom their father was engaged for a year-and-a-half?
It's not quite clear, but Knowles himself told TMZ that his baby girls sent their regrets because they had other plans. "Unfortunately, Beyonce and Solange had previous engagements, which made it impossible for them to attend," Knowles, who was Bey's manager for most of her career until she gave him the boot in 2011, said.
Yeah, but weddings are usually planned months in advance. Bey and Sol couldn't clear their calendars in advance for dear ol' dad? Even if they had other commitments, it sounds like an indication of their feelings about this marriage and perhaps a move to prove their loyalty to their mother Tina, who filed for divorce from Mathew in 2009 after 31 years of marriage. They split after he had an affair with an actress, which produced a son.