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MovementDesigned by our Technical Director Johannes Jahnke, Calibre SH21 was the first commercially viable movement from a British watch brand in over 50 years. With the C1 Grand Malvern Power Reserve, we marry his technical vision with an aesthetic DNA which will come to influence the design of future movements.
The introduction of an automatic power reserve complication to Calibre SH21 was achieved with a 28-piece modification to the base movement, bringing the total number of jewels to 35.
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|Cleric 3, Druid 3, Sor/Wiz 3
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|Pearl or shell object touched
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|Pearl & Usage
|While using iron or steel is common above land, what is a marine or aquatic campaign going to do? Wood doesn't last long without rotting, and steel rusts easily. Leather might work for a while, but as armor, its constricting underwater. Pearl fills the gap of a hard, available material, but it is not easily workable. This spell allows the caster to form and shape pearl into a variety of forms, from axe-heads, to full plate mail.
With this spell, you may shape and craft pearl and shell of the same type to form a variety of shapes, objects and items. This effect only works on unattended pearl or shell. When this spell is used in conjunction with an appropriate Craft skill to form equipment or tools, no material is lost if the check result fails. Achieving fine detail is possible when crafting with this spell. This spell can be used to form any equipment that is normally made of iron or steel, as well as repair broken or damaged pearl equipment.
Focus: A single pearl (of the pearl type to be molded) worth at least 50 gp. This pearl is not consumed in the process.
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21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 28Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. (KJV)


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Masters of the Universe: Icons of Evil: Beastman
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Thinking of launching a business in 1998 but not sure what's hot? Successful companies solve problems. So what's the biggest problem people face today? Lack of time. Whether they're working parents striving to keep the family on an even keel or seniors wanting to fulfill lifelong dreams, everyone seems to be caught up in a time crunch. If you start a business that offers relief from round-the-clock pressures, like those we're showcasing here, you'll be in on a trend that shows no signs of abating.
As worldwide commerce continues to flourish, so does the need for experienced translators who can create a level playing field of language for business. So it's no surprise the market for skilled translators is hotter than ever; Walter Bacak, executive director of the American Translators Association in Alexandria, Virginia, reports that association membership has tripled since 1990.
Tom West started his company when he uncovered a niche in the translation market just waiting to be filled. While working as an attorney at the largest law firm in Atlanta, West and his colleagues sent legal documents out to be translated at local agencies. But because of his experience with international transactions and his background in foreign languages--West holds a bachelor's degree in French, a master's degree in German and a minor in Russian--he continually noticed errors in the work they received.
"Almost without exception," West explains, "I found the translations we got back were just atrocious, because the documents were so full of legalese that untrained translators just couldn't get things right." So in 1995, West decided to do it better himself and started Intermark Language Services Corp., an Atlanta firm that specializes in translating foreign legal documents for attorneys. Now sales are hot and only show signs of getting hotter; since April 1997, business has tripled, mostly due to word-of-mouth advertising within the international legal community.
Spanish translating accounts for about 70 percent of the company's current assignments--whether it's English into Spanish or Spanish into English--while assignments in German, French and, occasionally, Dutch are also accepted. West hires independent contractors, many of whom have law degrees from other countries, to do the translations.
"Once the documents are translated into English, I can go through them and work with the translator to make sure they're written the way a lawyer would have written them," says West. "Legal systems differ, but common sense prevails around the world."
Professional Organizing
Sure, having to search for papers on a messy desk every day can be a real waste of time. But did you know how much time? A recent survey conducted by Accountemps, a worldwide temporary staffing service based in Menlo Park, California, revealed that executives waste the equivalent of about five weeks each year trying to find missing items.
Luckily for those who suffer from disorganization, an increasing number of entrepreneurs who have superior organization skills are starting businesses to help those who don't. Ruth Wong, who started her business, Organization Plus, in Aiea, Hawaii, is one of them. "Organizing is my passion," says Wong, who, in addition to owning her own professional organizing business, teaches organization classes and is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) in Austin, Texas.
NAPO's membership has increased more than 200 percent since Wong started her business in 1991, when professional organizing was still a relatively new business concept in her area. So new, in fact, there wasn't even a section for the business in the Yellow Pages. So as her business grew, Wong successfully lobbied to have an "Organizing" section introduced in her local Yellow Pages--which is how most of her new clients now locate her.
Wong works primarily with corporate clients--streamlining paper flow, purging and organizing desktops and work areas, rearranging schedules, and creating `quiet time' to help them avoid interruptions. A small percentage of her time is also spent helping residential clients rearrange living and utility spaces, such as closets and cabinets.
"Organizing is a process; it's not a one-time event," says Wong, who creates and distributes a newsletter to clients on her mailing list to encourage continued organization. "What I try to do is teach my clients the basic principles of organizing. Usually, after I teach them the basics, I let them take the principles they've learned and apply them themselves. Really, I try to work myself out of a job."
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If personal services make up the hottest business industry today, then the senior citizen demographic is one of the most potentially profitable segments of the personal services market. Sound confusing?
Consider these statistics for clarity: Based on data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau for the American Association of Retired Persons, there will be about 70 million older persons by 2030--more than twice their population in 1990. Furthermore, people 65 and older are projected to represent 13 percent of the population in the year 2000 and 20 percent by 2030. As the baby boomers age, the market for personal services will expand, too.
Yvette Gooch knows these projections well. In 1990, she and her mother, Maria Solorzano, started a personal grocery-delivery service primarily aimed at assisting senior citizens. Their business, E Z Pantry Inc., is located in Berlin, New Jersey, a rural area where public transportation is limited. "Our service allows our customers--especially the ones who have stopped driving--to remain independent," says Gooch.
E Z Pantry distributes a 92-page catalog that lists, by numbered code, everything available from its 5,000-square-foot warehouse, which is filled with products purchased at wholesale prices. Perishable groceries are specially ordered from local merchants, who prepare orders to be picked up by E Z Pantry's drivers each day. By placing their orders between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., customers can receive their groceries the next day. A $3 fee is charged per order, which covers processing and delivery charges.
"Our prices are very competitive with local supermarkets because we don't have the overhead they do," says Gooch. Like supermarkets, E Z Pantry offers sales items and accepts manufacturers' coupons. "We want to make shopping with us similar to going to the grocery store, but more convenient."
While disabled customers and busy professionals also take advantage of E Z Pantry's convenient service, Gooch estimates about 75 percent of the company's sales are generated from the senior market. "In our area, where there just weren't resources set up to service this senior segment of the population, word-of-mouth advertising about our business has just spread like wildfire," says Gooch. "Hospitals, social service departments and other organizations are just chomping at the bit to have some sort of resource to give their patients."
Computer Consulting
Until computers become as simple to operate and maintain as toasters, computer consulting will remain a hot growth area, according to Joyce Burkard, executive director of the Independent Computer Consultants Association in St. Louis. "While many of our members are involved with contract programming," says Burkard, "the biggest growth area is in anything having to do with the Internet."
As a result of this trend, many consultants, like Henry Stephens, co-owner of SPN Services Inc. in Queens, New York, have added Web-page design and support to their lists of services. "We got into the Internet business about two years ago. It's been building like gangbusters, and 15 percent of our business now is in dealing with Internet issues," he says. But Stephens strongly believes that knowing the technical details and being in on the latest rage are just part of operating a successful computer consulting company.
"Success in this business can be summed up in one thought: Don't disappear on your clients," says Stephens, whose company specializes in networking design and installation, support and training, and Microsoft Access database applications. Too many consultants, he says, take the money and run, setting up complex systems, then leaving clients to deal with inevitable problems.
"You don't have to know everything, but you have to be reliable to succeed," says Stephens. "You have to be a good listener and be in tune with the customer's comfort level. A lot of consultants are technical hot shots who miss the mark on the business and customer service end of things."
Solving customers' problems and sticking with them has enabled the company to grow from nine accounts when it started in 1994 to almost 40 major accounts today. "When we finish a project," Stephens says, "I feel a real sense of accomplishment."
Adventure Tourism
You've heard it here before: Specialty vacations are the hottest thing in the travel industry. And they're also a key contributor to economic growth: The Travel Industry Association of America reports that employment directly generated by travel promises to grow more than 18 percent in major travel industry sectors by 2005, directly generating more than a million new jobs.
Jennie Bettles found more than a job in the specialty travel industry--she found a new business. "Our company was established to support a community of explorers," says Bettles, owner of SameSky Inc., an Internet-based travel company she started in Oakland, California, in 1996. SameSky's Web site acts as a one-stop resource for travelers looking for out-of-the-ordinary vacations. In addition to travel listings, SameSky provides an online marketplace for travel gear, travel books and international language tapes, as well as a discussion forum for chatting about travel and world cultures.
"We wanted to serve both ends of the marketplace," says Bettles. "It's difficult for consumers to learn about all the travel options available, so we wanted to provide a central resource to help them. Our service is also beneficial to tour operators because we offer them a channel to the marketplace."
"Our company is formatted as a concierge model of travel booking," explains Bettles, who consults individually with consumers to find the specific tours they're looking for. "Adventure means different things to different people. Sometimes clients are in the mood for a trip that's athletically challenging, and sometimes they want something more educational."
Some of the unique trips posted on SameSky's Web site include a workshop on the Amazon River in Peru that allows travelers to work closely with shamans to learn about ethnobotany, and a trip to the Sea of Cortez, which retraces a portion of the journey John Steinbeck recorded in his novel, The Log from the Sea of Cortez.
Bettles has compiled a database of more than 200 different adventure tours (with close to 400 more on the way), and receives a commission on each booking she makes. While trip prices cover a broad range, depending on length of stay and distance covered, the average trip price is about $2,500.
Children's Party Planning
Once upon a time, blowing up a few balloons, baking a cake and hollering out the front door for some neighborhood children to join yours for a birthday celebration worked just fine. But times change. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are about 32 million kids between the ages of 4 and 11 in the United States today, and a lot of them are hoping for a little more excitement than pin the tail on the donkey and a cake with trick candles. Busy, dual-income families with more money than time want to provide their kids with fun, entertaining activities. They just don't have the time to organize them.
Enter the children's party planner. "Relieving parental stress is what this business is all about," says Joy Yates, who, with her sister-in-law, Dawn Yates, started Little Princess Tea Parties from their Gainesville, Virginia, homes last year. "That, and ensuring that the children have a wonderful time."
Planners do everything from creating invitations to providing food, favors, crafts and entertainment--even clean-up--leaving parents free to enjoy the parties, too.
While no association has yet charted the exact number of businesses specializing in children's party planning, Sharon Jansen, owner of Special Event Business Advisors in San Clemente, California, says, "I get calls almost daily from people interested in this field. In fact, there are more calls about this area than any other."
Their first month in business, the Yates sisters-in-law gave five parties. They're now averaging 10 to 15 per month. At a minimum of $150 a pop, the money adds up. And this is a business where a small investment can result in a nice payoff: $500 launched Little Princess Tea Parties. The funds purchased prom and wedding dresses, shoes, gloves, and hats from thrift stores. The sisters-in-law also picked up some suit jackets, vests and ties for the boys who sometimes attend. Other buys included makeup, tea supplies and craft items. But mostly, the women invested time. With business booming, the two currently put in about 10 hours apiece each week, plus they attend and manage all the parties, most of which are held on weekends.
Unlike other children's party planners, who offer an array of party themes from the circus and sports to bead crafts and the latest cartoon phenomena, the women focus on a niche no one else in their area has yet entered. "We started with the idea that kids love to dress up, then realized tea parties were becoming a popular idea among adults," says Joy. "It turned out to be a great combination."
While the women advertise in some parenting and annual party publications, most of their publicity comes from word of mouth, and because they survey both parents and children, they know 99.9 percent of their customers are happy with the service they provide. For the moment, Little Princess Tea Parties will remain a local operation, but the partners are exploring the possibility of providing "tea parties in a box" to grow their business.
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How do you decide whether to have another baby? This is an intimately personal choice, everyone and every circumstance is different, of course, but the kinds of things that go into this decision are often quite similar.
Even though this is such a private choice, often outsiders offer unsolicited input. Nick and I always knew we wanted three children. We had a girl and two years later, a boy. Then when I was pregnant with our third baby, someone actually said to me, "Oh, why would you do that? You have the perfect family!" Um, seriously? You have your perfect family, I'll have mine.
There is so much that goes into family planning decisions. It's tough to sign up for another pregnancy when you look ahead at going through sleep deprivation, being tied down for nap schedules and managing babyhood, all while ALSO dealing with the needs of toddlers and school-aged kids.
Maybe you feel that things are going smoothly now, well, usually. Your kids are walking on their own, maybe they're all even going to the bathroom by themselves. Nap times are extinct, diaper bags have been donated and you're sleeping through the night (most of the time). So it's hard to think about going back to square one just when you've really got a rhythm to your daily life.
My younger brother once said of growing families to Nick, "Everyday, you guys are moving closer to freedom and everyday we're further away."
If you're struggling with this decision, you're not alone in your conflicted feelings. I'd venture to say that most women and couples explore the idea to have another baby at some point. It's a modern day battle between head and heart, between practicalities and emotions.


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A light salty crust covered the blackened iron door handle, due no doubt to it being subjected to centuries of sea air. I wrenched downward on it, the bolt screeching backwards as it gave way. Cautiously I swung the door inward, and stepped out into the cavernous night. The dark was absolute, the light from my torch barely a spark in the midst of this hallow abyss. Muttering protective incantations, I started forward.
Suddenly, the moon peeked from behind some clouds; a jaundiced, sickly disc that hung low in the sky, like a leper's shriveled testicle. The scene around me now bathed in a yellowish light, I continued. What my slippered feet now trod on was composed of the crushed remains of millions of bones from various exotic, and extinct, animals. Blackened trees, their bark endlessly weeping sap, stood as silent sentinels along the path, their grasping branches seeming to reach forward in an apparent attempt to slow my journey.
Twisted, hulking shadow-shapes fled from my torch light, hiding further back in the darkness. Their small eyes glittering like black diamonds, the glint from their metallic fangs quickening my step. Suddenly a large crash sounded to my right. I turned in time to see two giant trees topple some distance away, a bestial roar issued forth, and I caught a glimpse of something that made the blood in my veins run cold: a pebbled shoulder, reptilian, huge fangs, longer than a man's arm, jutting from a lower jaw. Only the most evil of gods could have brought such a beast onto this earth.
Finally, rounding a bend, I had reached my destination. I reached my hand forward, grasping the magnesium alloy handle, and pulled open the door to….. my privy! Glancing back, I saw that I had left the backdoor to my keep open. I walked back the 5 or so steps, closed it, then hobbled back to the outhouse to do my business. Dearest readers, please lament along with me the fact that I have chosen to inhabit a castle with only a single outdoor toilet!
As I sat on my, um, other, throne, my mind drifted back to film that holds a special place in my heart. It may not be the best movie I've ever watched. Nay, in fact it is one of the worst movies in my collection in terms of production values and acting. At last inquiry, it didn't even have an IMDB entry, let alone a poster! However, it more than delivers where it counts, and that is in massive quantities of SHEER AWESOME: The Hungan, aka The Horror of the Hungry Homongous Hungan!
The movie opens with a hapless couple driving out in the country for a bit of a walk. The narrator (Jack Palance himself, who obviously woke up 3 days later, now sober, and asked his agent "I narrated WHAT?!") lets us know that various voodoo rituals in Haiti, by priests known as Hungans (we don't' know yet whether they are hungry or humongous), resulted in the creation of zombies. The girl tells her boyfriend that she's scared and wants to leave when suddenly a demonic howl issues forth from the woods. This kicks off what will be a running theme of this movie, that of the awesome bit of dialogue. The boyfriend says, "I don't want to alarm you, but that sound came from that cemetery up on the hill!"
Instead of leaving, they continue on, only to be ambushed by a zombie, who's wearing a white wig and affects the flannelled shirt look of a lumberjack. His right hand is deformed into giant talons. The boy grabs the girl's arm in preparation for flight, when a quick swipe from the zombie severs his arm at the shoulder! The girl runs away, the boy's arm still gripping hers. The zombie then proceeds to disembowel the boyfriend, and by "disembowel" I mean gently pat the boy's stomach that has a bunch of ketchup and sausages on it.
Fleeing, the girl runs straight into the cemetery, which for some reason has a lot of fog and skulls adorning it. She grabs a nearby shovel, pivots, and neatly decapitates the zombie! Suddenly, she is waking up in bed, the previous scene having been nothing but a nightmare…. Or a portent? We shall see!
As I said before, the production values are sorely lacking. The movie literally has about 2 or 3 sets, one of which is the interior of a house, and the other is an office building that the crew quite obviously rented out for the night, as all of the shots take place during that time. The office in question is set up to be a research facility that seems to employ just two doctors, a fat security guard, and a gigantic black dude as a janitor.
Apparently one of the doctors has stumbled upon the secret of resurrection; one would assume employing the same ways used by the aforementioned and titular Humongous Hungans. You'd think that "Hungan" would be referring to the zombie itself, but you'd be wrong! Having gone rogue against the wishes of the other doctor at the facility, the would-be Hungan resurrects yet another white-haired, blue jumpsuit-wearing, claw-gloved zombie.
The short-sighted doctor busts in brandishing a gun, just as the zombie is rising. Shooting the zombie, he is tackled by the other doc, who turns the gun on the doc holding the gun and blows a lot of blood out his back! The shots alert the janitor, who gets the security guard's attention by dumping a trash can on his head! Leading the way, the security guard heads out along with the janitor to investigate. The doctor, having just murdered his contemporary, re-ressurrects the zombie, who then begins the glorious rampage we have all been waiting on.
After impaling the janitor with a mop, and then bashing the security guard's head in with a fire extinguisher, the zombie sets off out into the big cruel world. Meanwhile, the girl who had the dream has hooked up with her cadre of friends, all of whom are going to a large party, which is to celebrate the fact that they are going camping the next day. Hey, I guess when you gotta party, any excuse is good enough! While the zombie is out on a rampage, these kids boogey down!
"Boogey" isn't quite the right word, however. I'd say "RAWK!" would be more appropriate, for the band that they have playing is the legendary CRY WOLF! Cry FUCKING Wolf, people! Started as a garage band in 1978, Cry Wolf was quickly signed to Enigma Records and soared to the top of the charts in 1980 with their hit single "I Want You Inside Me," followed by the hits "Enough, I Can't Get It" and "Glory Trail." With their sophomore effort, aptly entitled "Liquid Sex," Cry Wolf achieved international stardom, opening for the likes of The Rolling Stones and Duran Duran before finally headlining a tour in the summer of 1987.
Despite the dizzying heights that they attained, their humble beginnings as a party band in HotHHH are not to be understated. Cry Wolf pioneered the dual-guitarist-headbang-dropping-down-onto-the-knees style of awesomeness that was then copied by so many mainstream bands in the 80s, and here we get an early glimpse. Lead guitarist Chet "Throbber" Watkins and rhythm guitarist Billy "Chet" Harvison with heads bobbing and guitars wailing, look like the gods that they will become while they slowly lower themselves to their knees and then back up again. It sends shivers up the spine, it does. To see such a godly technique already perfected in its infancy is just phenomenal.
As he should have for such badassery, the director devotes an inordinate amount of time to this party sequence. On and on it goes, while chubby, fan-haired 80's chicks shake and jerk to the music. Hunky guys are interspersed through the crowd, sporting muscle shirts and Camaro mullets. The piece-de-résistance, however, comes when an honest-to-Lucifer Pee Wee Herman impersonator crashes the party! The sheer audacity at play here left me gob-smacked.
All too soon, the Cry Wolf spectacle is over and we join the teens as they head home to rest up for their camping trip on the morrow. We are treated to sweaty, box-fan-fueled make-out sessions and assorted mid-80's gayery. Soon morning has come, and off they go, zombie in tow! How exactly the zombie tracks them is best left unanswered, for a zombie who uses MapQuest is so horrible to dwell upon that the brain can barely conceive of the notion.
What follows is a massacre, with the teens (having set up their tents, with Cry Wolf playing on the cassette deck) pairing off to couple in the woods, only to be mauled by the raging, white-haired revenant. In what can only be described as one of the most epic zombie killings in cinema history, the zombie is shot by a firecracker mortar which is fired by a foul-mouthed 10 year old out the window of a truck that somehow found its way into the woods! While the zombie writhes in pain on the ground, one of the mulleted teens runs over, utters the immortal line "You lose, asshole!" and impales the zombie with a tree limb he found lying on the ground nearby.
In all honesty, this movie wouldn't have been watchable except for the inclusion of Cry Wolf and the Pee Wee impersonator. The fact that they are in, however, compels all among us to seek this movie out and add it to our collections. The fine folks at Troma have seen fit to unleash this, the least we can do is bask in its glory from time to time. I must give this movie 2 Thumbs Up, for it represents all that I enjoy in cinema.
When the Vicar and I started this site, movies like HotHHH were exactly what we wanted to bring to the awareness to the masses. A "glorious failure" indeed, let the Hungan live on, and CRY WOLF, BITCHES!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (198?), Or Cry Fucking WOLF
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 4:12 PM
Labels: '80s, 1-2 Thumbs, Cry Wolf, Zombies
6 comments:
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Ah, my dear Duke, how well I remember the evening you pressed this hot little treasure into my hands and insisted--nay, commanded!--that I watch it post-haste. At first I was dumbfounded as to why you would insist so, but once the trailer party started and Cry Wolf took the stage, all became magnificently clear. The surprise appearance of Faux Herman was just icing on the METULL cake.
Someday we must have a MMMMMovies Battle of the Bands--top slots of course go to Cry "fucking" Wolf and the inestimable American Xpress. Of course the hippie band from Awakening the Beast might give them a run for their money, and the Publick House where the festivities are held will thereafter be a smoking ruin upon which even the most hearty of foliage will be unable to find purchase.
So yes, a terrible movie, but redeemed by one shining moment of glory--or 15 shining moments, as the case may be. RAWK!
- August 5, 2008 at 8:16 AM
- Mr. Karswell said...
Just added this baby to my netfux queue, you guys better be telling the truth on factors o'bad.
- August 5, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Tenebrous Kate said...
Oh man... voodoosploitation IS a favorite of mine, and yet I have the sneaking suspicion that it's just your skillful pen that's making this movie sound so damn good, Duke.
Maybe I'll wait for Karswell to leap on this particular grenade before I add it to the queue...!
- August 5, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Make no mistake, my friends: This IS a bad movie. Verily, I could write a better script employing the ancient method of jamming a Sharpie betwixt mine arse cheeks and dancing up against a wall to the throbbing bass of the latest Miley Cyrus album.
Having said that, this truly is a "must watch". The director/producers obviously had a lot of fun, and there's even some bonus footage during the closing credits which shows that the actors took themselves less than seriously.
Worth a rent at least, to be sure. Take enough Hillbilly Heroin to numb the senses, sit back into an overstuffed chair clutching a noggin of port, and let the power of Cry Wolf wash over you in orgasmic waves of awesome.
- August 5, 2008 at 2:37 PM
- Kitty LeClaw said...
Cry Motherfuckin' WOLF
This looks a lot like the Spring Dance at Beacontown High*. Seriously lacking on the Crazy-Steppin' Asian Guy in the Zoot Suit, tho.
Still... I am intrigued!
*You know... Teen Wizzle!
- August 6, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Just absolutely dumbfounded! The only part any one has gotten correct about this is that the movie sux and Cry Wolf is amazing. Have any one of you taken a single look not only at the actual band but also at the beginning credits? It is not even close to the same band! The Cry Wolf that every one is so hung up on is a four member band and the one playing has three members. They don't look or even sound alike and to top it all off the opening credits say Cry Wolf and list all three members BY NAME!!! Seriously it's people like you that really make me worried about society!!!
- September 29, 2011 at 5:30 PM


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text: Dave Waugh, Work in Progress: Session I By Dave Waugh Earlier this year [a friend of mine] Elizabeth approached me about doing a back piece. Not just any back piece mind you, but a big-ass unicorn back piece. Of course I jumped at the opportunity to do this because for years I had been toying with drawing a somewhat similar idea, and I thought she'd be the perfect candidate for it. Well, turns out we had slightly different visions in mind as mine was a bit more graphic than hers. She initially sent me an image, which resembled a kid's bedroom poster, whereas mine was a bit more fantasy based. My idea was to show a Pegasus mounting a unicorn with little baby "Pegacorns" flying around them in the sky. I pitched this to her and after a bit of back and forth she decided she didn't want horses having sex on her back. Go figure? So we decided upon a happy compromise consisting of a unicorn and naked woman frolicking in a "shire" as she put it, complete with rainbow arcing across the sky. We also decided to do it less "animation-like" and more fantasy inspired, so my first step was to begin scouring through the numerous books I have just to jump-start some ideas and get a feel for a style I wanted to work in. I have tons of poster books, fantasy art books, pin-up books... But when you need to research the very best of the best in fantasy art work a very short list of names comes to mind: Roger Dean,"Views" "Views II" "Dragons Dream," [above] every Yes album cover, the Hildebrandt brothers, "The Lord of the Rings," "Star Wars," Rodney Matthews, "In Search of Forever," "Last Ship Home" and of course the king; Frank Frazetta, good compendiums are, "Legacy," "Testament" and "Icon" [below] among others, and "Illustrations Arcanum" is also a must-have. So with my brain now filled with curvaceous naked women and bizarre landscapes it was time to start sketching. One of my first concerns was perspective. So I found and forwarded an image I knew of by Greg Hildebrandt showing a woman and unicorn to Elizabeth that was close to what I had in mind. She approved, so next I needed to find body positions for both the horse and woman to mock up as a starting point. I found a basic pose for the female at the angle I wanted from a Vargas book, and a decent rearing horse off the Internet. I sketched these two together real quick and again shot it over to Elizabeth for approval. She approved this basic of basic layouts, so then it came time to start fleshing out the detail and tweaking the perspective into something use-able and more interesting. Now, when I draw the human figure I try to work from photo reference as much as possible. In order to get things looking right I like to draw from real life, and preferably from photographs I take myself. This way I get the exact pose and angle I have in my head and all proportions are correct. So a quick call to a good friend and about 20 digital photos later, I captured pretty much what I was looking for. I re-drew the face and hair to suit my needs and the design, used the top half of one body (these torso and arms were best) and the bottom half of another (I liked the way these legs crossed better) and had my naked woman. For the horse I decided to have it facing a bit more forward and completely re-drew it with the help of my trusty "Anatomy Drawing School: Human/Animal/Comparative Anatomy" book, which has proven invaluable lately. The only way to get it right is to work from the best reference, and as someone who makes their living drawing I always say you can never have too many books. So with my nude chick and horny horse pretty much the way I wanted them I began sketching in the background where this fantasy adventure was to be taking place. This is where the Roger Dean and Rodney Matthews influence began fitting in. I told Elizabeth I wanted to sneak in some silly subliminal images into the background (phalli, weird little creatures doing who-knows-what, exotic plant life, etc) and there are no better guys for this than those two. The problem was I was trying too hard to throw things in that didn't need to be there and the background became way too busy and looked like a complete mess behind the main images. Simpler was better, so I nixed it all and settled for a little blue pond, some gray rocks, (that could possibly pass for something else) green grass and foliage for the framework. Now the rainbow above the unicorn's head had always been apart of the original design, but I saw I had a big gap just to the left of his head in the sky that needed to be filled. A floating castle in the nighttime sky came to mind, and I knew I had an album in my extensive record collection that just might fit the bill. The album was Citadel by the 70's prog-rock band "Starcastle," and wouldn't you know it... –the cover art again was by the brothers Hildebrandt. I filled the space in with what I dubbed "butt-plug city," which is floating in some clouds, surrounded by five-pointed stars and planets, finally I felt the design was complete. I shot it over to Elizabeth one more time for approval and luckily she liked it and had no changes for me. We were a-go for our first appointment. However, the day before she was to come in I had second thoughts about the unicorn's front two legs, (someone told me it looked like he was going to curb stomp the girl) so I changed them to more resemble the first horse's bent legs. But after seeing it Elizabeth demanded I change it back, (I guess she thought the chick deserved to get stomped or something) so I did. The customer is always right, unless of course they're wrong... I used a tight seven for lining, which I will bold-in and make calligraphic with a larger grouping once the color is finished in most sections. I am using a custom built liner by my boss Karl Hedgepath to do most of my line work these days. It's a three-piece steel frame, tig-welded and heat-treated. The side plate is a Scott Sylvia "Henry" design that Karl chopped up to make the machine out of, it has shorty coils and was tuned for me by him to run the way I like it. I try to work fast and it runs like a jackhammer. But it is completely painless, of course, due to my light hand. (Dave Waugh can be found at Jinx Proof Tattoo in Washington, DC)


text: So after reading the awesome thread posted by Joel regarding the Batteries, and the stator issues with the bike... I decided to jump on as a beta tester. I have already had one dead battery, but as many explained there were issues with them. I want to raise the charging voltage to 14.2 volt+, and I think by now we have all come to the conclusion that with the exception of a few..... the 8GS is charging too low. So using the link that Joel suplied.... I purchased a Mosfet R/R from a vendor in Joplin,ME. We can get all technical regarding the benefit...etc... But in short By raising the charging voltage to 14.2+.....your charging system would greatly benefit......specially setting you up for a LI battery. So a few measurements was necessary before the surgery. I recognize that the temperature of the case outside the stator is iffy at best, since latent heat from the headers...airflow....etc... will render it mostly .....ummmm. just for fun. But I set it up anyway. After a cold engine start.... and a 8 mile ride 6 of which was on the freeway at 60 mph.... I let the bike idle, and took the following measurements. I got the R/R from this ebay vendor... Thanks to Joel for the link.... Idle after a 5 minute cool down..... 3000 rpm after same 5 minute cool down...... Idle after 10 minutes....... Then the fan cycled 4 times....and the voltage dropped to 13.45 volts with the fan on..... After 15 minutes the temp seemed to stabilize at 263.5 deg.F.... The rise was slowed down a lot..... Here is the kit purchased..... No markings.... But very good instructions..... That was written in English...in this country... Which is awesome to see. It was ordered and shipped within one day.. Very good service... With those baseline measurements in hand.... I will now cut the stock R/R off,and begin the surgery..... Be back shortly with more pics....:eek1 Erling


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Mr. Wolf finally took subscription with a cable T.V Company and had a flat screen installed in his lair. Watching TV became a routine and an addiction. Once surfing channels with his remote he was struck by a talk show. A kid was waxing eloquent and all through the show he ridiculed wolves.
He asked: "What can one do with a wolf who has become a couch-potato?"
He himself supplied the answer: "You still got to skin him." Watching how the lamb was getting all the laughs he fumed: "Talking head, your wisecracks do not worry me so much as not knowing what you have done with the rest of your body."
No marks for guessing the source of this story.
Who has not heard of Aesop? Or read his fables? Very little is known of his life and the present book, I hope, shall to some extent satisfy that lacuna.
Who was Aesop?
The name is nothing more than a label that has come to be tacked on certain stories and these are the forerunner of fables as a literary genre. Of course he is a historical person if we were to go by the account of Herodotus in the Histories. According to him he lived in the time of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amasis (middle of the 6th century BC). By the latter part of the fifth century the name was familiar in Greece as the author of fables. Fables were extant even before Greeks ascribed this unique distinction to Aesop. It was in keeping with the Greek tradition of affixing various compositions to real or imaginary 'finder out'. According to present day scholars there is likelihood that Indian fables served as model for fables as much as Assyrian and Persian fables became known to the Greeks in classical times. Be that as it may Aesop and fables have become inseparable and no further proof we need to call for the present purpose.
My intention is to piece together from stray historical details a biography as representative of Everyman.
Let us see what are his credentials to be our spokesman. He was a slave. Are we not to market economy? We are slaves to the extent we have no independent spirit to go against the trends and we play the game. We play by their rules and not by our own. On this point I consider him as good as any to speak for us.
Consider the intent of fables which speak for him and did they spare him from death? According to Plutarch the storyteller was hurled to his death because of offending powers that be. Even this day do we not see how the just and innocent are as much as the bad affected by events beyond their control? Aesop serves as a template for all in life as well as in his death.
From the beginning of the Christian era fables served as regular feature of Rhetorical training. Fables have been treated as part of moral treatises and interest in this literary genre has continued even in later centuries.
Aesop's stories gave rise to a literary genre that bridges the Archaic and the modern era. It has attracted many illustrious names, among them La Fontaine and Thurber in recent times. What lessons in prudence and morality he inculcated through his stories have shaped our ethics. Aesop remains fresh as ever, being impressed in imagination that is not bound by time or fads. Consequently this is a work of imagination. Having said this by way of preface I can only add: 'go little book, do your thing! I am quite done.'
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"Community's" classes are back in session! PopcornBiz assembled a study group – including Joel McHale, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Danny Pudi, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash – at the recent PaleyFest tribute to the series to cram on upcoming storylines (there's a "Law & Order"-style episode, Shirley remarries and someone DIES?), fan love and pulling out all the stops to make sure the funniest sitcom that not enough people are watching stays on the air.
Joel McHale: I know that someone dies. I'm going to tell you that almost EVERYONE dies. One person survives. It's a lot like that movie '28 Days Later,' except less hopeful.
Yvette Nicole Brown: Shirley has a new business venture with Pierce, she reconciles with her man, and Shirley kind of comes into her own as a member of the study group. She's more centered and less worried about what people think about her. She's fully woman now. It's great. It's been really fun to play.
Alison Brie: The 'Law & Order' episode is kind of where Annie has some good stuff. We see an Annie and Jeff pairing a bit again in that episode. Not necessarily romantically, but it's another one of those kinds of episodes.
McHale: It's pretty graphic. We should be showing it on Cinemax. I did things that I didn't think I was capable of. And we both die. I'm saying all the characters die.
Brie: Also, there's a great Annie and Abed episode that I don't want to give too much away about it, but it involves the Dreamatorium. So it gets a little kooky and it was a lot of fun for Danny and I.
Ken Jeong: There's quite a doozy coming up that no one is going to expect and people are going to love. The moment coming up for Chang is going to be my favorite moment in the entire series for Chang – it really is! I can't wait. That's from the heart. I'm not hyping it. I'm just speaking the truth. I'm laughing just thinking about it.
Jim Rash: John Goodman comes back and so I think the Vice Dean is still on the Dean. There's a lot more of him using his power to make the Dean more scared and mess up even more, so the Dean has some scrambling to save his school, basically.
Gillian Jacobs: The episodes are great – blow-your-mind awesome. Best thing you've ever seen. Britta gets to therapize people, try to work on mental art skills on people. Why are we talking about anything else other than the fact that Jim Rash won an Oscar?
Rash: Knowing Joel's humor he would probably bring me down to earth pretty fast.
Jeong: We're coming back because of the fans. The fans have spoken, and we have the best fans in the world. We're doing it for them and I know that they will watch. There's so much love out there, and you're right, there's like a special dialogue between the writers and the cast and the fans, whether it be Twitter or just walking down the street or through the show. I feel like this season has been an expression of that love, to the fans and to the show.
McHale: The fans are so rabid. They're so wonderfully devoted and it literally brings tears to my eyes, as you can see now, but their response was so tremendous. I don't think there was anything that we could've done to create what they did with the flash-mobs, with the Occupy NBC thing. It was just tremendous and I think it's just one of the reasons why we're back when we're back now.
Brie: I think that our show has always kind of been out there. I think that every year Dan Harmon and the writers push the boundaries a little bit more and a little bit more, so you could say that about this year. When we started the third season there was a lot of talk, like 'It's really going to be grounded again this year,' and I don't think that's the case at all. I think we just kind of worked our way up again, just like we did last year.
Danny Pudi: I think it's incredible that we have so much talent around us. All these people come in, and we'll be shooting an episode where maybe one day we're doing a bunch of scenes with Troy and Abed. We'll do a bunch of tags or stuff in the pillow-fort and then at the end of the day Jim Rash might come in and we'll shoot a scene in the dean's office and it's a completely new energy. So you can't help but just be excited when you have all these funny people coming in. The second that you start to get bored someone new comes in – Ken Jeong comes in and you're like, 'Well, it doesn't even matter anymore. Let's just get crazy.'
Jacobs: I don't feel like we had an agenda with the episodes. I feel like we just kept making the show. Hopefully people will get hip to the notion that 'Community' is the funniest show on TV because we're all really proud of it and we believe in it and we want everyone to discover it.
Brie: I don't know if it was a matter of trying to prove something, because we never stopped production. We continued to shoot all through the hiatus and we just wrapped, so I feel maybe more like a weight had lifted anyway that was sort of like, 'Is there any expectation right now? The show isn't being aired.' So, we were all ready to just re-embrace having fun and making something great that we love because we weren't sure if anyone was going to see it.
Brown: We used to joke all the time that we could do whatever we wanted because no one was watching. 'No one is going to see this.' So, there's a little bit of that, but we always, even when we were on the air we were trying to do the funniest show possible to get people to tune in. We felt like 'Oh, we're doing this really interesting and fun show, and five people are watching.' I know that it's more than that because I can't walk down the street without someone saying 'I love the show.' So that tells me that we have to find a better way to monitor who's watching TV, because God bless the Neilsen people, but it's not indicative of what the nation is doing. It's just not.
McHale: You can be optimistic, but you have to be realistic with network television because you just never know. The seas of network television are unpredictable. It can change at any moment. We've done 72 episodes now. We're close to the magic number of 100, or close to 100 if we do a fourth season. That's good for syndication and being sold off. Being sold to Hulu and also the international deal have been really good. But all those things said, I think the performance of the next weeks will be very telling. And we don't have any competition at eight o'clock on the Thursday nights: I'm not worried about 'American Idol,' 'Big Bang Theory' or March Madness basketball. That will be fine. I think we'll be fine, right?
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The nation's fifth-largest bank has allowed more than 150 foreclosed homes in Los Angeles to fall into disrepair, making US Bank "one of the largest slumlords" in the city, according to a new lawsuit filed by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich.
The civil complaint, filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeks to hold US Bank responsible for properties that Trutanich said have dangerously deteriorated from "willful neglect."
He termed the disrepair "bank blight," urging residents who see problems at bank-owned homes to email email@example.com.
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"These nuisance properties depress surrounding property values. They become magnets for crime. They create dangerous fire hazards and place an increased stress on city services that are already taxed," Trutanich said during a press conference Tuesday.
His lawsuit follows a similar action – filed last year against Deutsche Bank – that is ongoing. Trutanich said that initial lawsuit was meant as a warning that had gone unheeded by US Bank.
The new lawsuit, he said, is also meant as a "deterrent" for other banks.
"As I said when we filed Deustche Bank, the fraud committed on Wall Street turns into the blight on Main Street," Trutanich said. "The neighborhoods of the Los Angles will not be held hostage by the balance sheets of large financial institutions."
The complaint alleges that US Bank has through foreclosure taken title to more than 1,500 homes in the city since 2008, unlawfully evicting hundreds of tenants. The lawsuit says US Bank allegedly used "unfair and deceptive practices" and violated state and federal laws.
The lawsuit names 158 examples of properties owned by US Bank where "unlawful conditions" exist. The homes are primarily in South Los Angeles and the northeast San Fernando Valley, a press release from the Trutanich's office states.
The complaint included pictures of home interiors covered in graffiti, outdoor pools filled with stagnant water, along with other alleged blighted, dangerous or unsanitary conditions.
The suit seeks a judge's order that the properties be brought up to city code within 30 days, and that allegedly illegal evictions stop, Trutanich said.
US Bank Vice President Thomas Joyce responded to the lawsuit in a statement that its loan servicers – the companies to which homeowners write their mortgage checks – are responsible for the state of the properties.
Joyce said US Bank, which is the flagship tenant of Los Angeles' tallest building, was "extremely disappointed" that the suit was filed.
"The city attorney has chosen the wrong party – we are not the owners of the properties, nor are we responsible for the servicing of the properties," Joyce said. "Our role as trustee is purely administrative."
Joyce said the Minneapolis-based company had requested information on properties in disrepair "in order to immediately identify and work with the responsible servicer to address outstanding issues."
The City Attorney's Office had "until very recently" refused to provide that information, Joyce said.
Asked about Joyce's statement at his Tuesday press conference on the steps of City Hall, Trutanich joked that maybe the city should sue "the pool guy" too.
"When you own a piece of property, you're at the top of the food chain. You can try to deflect and say somebody else is responsible, but at the end of the day, you're the owner," Trutanich said.
The lawsuit seeks: $2,500 for each property for each day a home was in violation of city code; restitution for those harmed by US Bank's alleged illegal business practices; a penalty of $2,500 for each related violation; plus an additional $2,500 for each violation that affected a senior citizen or disabled person.
US Bank could owe hundreds of millions of dollars if a judge sides with the city.
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