The edgy imagery of “Minnie the Moocher” is enhanced once it is grafted onto the cartoon’s setting. She messed around with a bloke named Smokey Īnd he showed her how to kick the gong around.Ī performance of the song’s sequel, “Kickin’ the Gong Around,” in The Big Broadcast (1932) actually features a live-action Calloway miming the snorting of cocaine as he sings. More insidiously, she hangs around with a cocaine-using (“cokey”) boyfriend who introduces her to opium in a tidy euphemism: In her most innocuous moments, Minnie the Moocher counts her million-dollars’ worth of nickels and dimes with Midas-like greed and lives the good life, even though her wealth is rooted in miniscule coins and her lavish lifestyle seems vaguely doomed by virtue of the song’s minor key tones and funereal-sounding conclusion. ![]() “Minnie the Moocher,” with its tales of jazz-era excess, might seem like an odd match for a ghoulish cave scene that eventually offers us ghosts, skeletons, and giant skulls in addition to the humanoid walrus, but consider how delightfully unsavory the song’s lyrics are even without the cartoon’s creepy-crawly treatment. While sheltering in the cave, Betty and Bimbo spy an upright ghostly walrus (a rotoscoped Cab Calloway) who sings and dances to Calloway’s hit “Minnie the Moocher” with Betty and Bimbo trembling to one side. We also see regular Betty Boop cartoon characters: a miniature version of Betty’s friend Koko the clown is briefly pictured emerging from an inkwell as Betty writes a farewell letter to her parents, and Betty climbs out of a window to meet another frequent companion, the dog-like Bimbo, and runs away with him.Įverything changes when Betty and Bimbo arrive at a far-off spooky cave, where the cartoon transforms into something unique and truly special. There is some standard cartoon magic when her father turns into a phonograph as he lectures her, and again shortly afterwards when she runs off to the staircase and sings a self-pitying song that the anthropomorphic banister chimes in on. Betty and her parents are shown sitting around the dinner table in a domestic scene, where Betty refuses to eat Hasenpfeffer mush for dinner and is scolded. Watching the opening of Minnie the Moocher, we might be tempted to think it is an ordinary early Betty Boop cartoon (that is, insofar as any early and pre-Code Betty Boop cartoon can be ordinary). Animated by Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville, and Bernard Wolf. Starring Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Mae Questel, and Billy Murray. ![]() Of the three cartoons, Snow-White in particular reaches dizzying heights of complexity and coolness, but all three short films are important artifacts of jazz history and are particularly notable for their contributions to the shaping and styling of jazz celebrity in the popular imagination. ![]() While Calloway was not the only jazz musician to be featured in Fleischer Studios’ Betty Boop cartoons (Louis Armstrong notably appeared in I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You ), his contributions to both the jazz and the animation worlds through his work with the Fleischers was impressive, especially because of the cartoons’ groundbreaking use of rotoscope technology to graph Calloway’s signature dance movements onto the bodies of his cartoon avatars. ![]() From 1932 to 1933, jazz musician, songwriter, and bandleader Cab Calloway was featured in three pre-Code Betty Boop cartoons as a singer and dancer: Minnie the Moocher (1932), Snow-White (1933), and The Old Man of the Mountain (1933).
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![]() In other words, there’s no need for any physical shopping or gift wrapping. You can buy a loved one a digital membership - which provides access to all of the platform’s courses - and they’ll receive the gift through email. Boasting more than 100 courses in 11 categories, each course is taught by well-known experts: Gordon Ramsey Teaches Cooking, James Cameron Teaches Filmmaking, and Alicia Keys Teaches Songwriting and Production to name just a few.īut MasterClass is also one of the best Christmas gifts. Since its foundation in 2014, MasterClass has burgeoned into a hub of education with perhaps the most impressive teachers in the world. For hands-on cooking everything form smoking ribs, to baking a pie, we can’t recommend the Pro Series 22 Pellet Grill enough. What we like: the robust body style is stable while remaining moveable with rugged, all-terrain wheels. Outdoor cooks will love the Trager Pro Series 22 Pellet Grill, which is fueled by hardwood pellets and controlled with a digital controller, so you get consistent results every time.ĭual meat probes simplifies checking internal meat temps, but you don’t have to worry, since the grill keeps the internal temperature within plus/minus 15☏ for super precise cooking anyways. It’s made from 100% cotton, has a relaxed fit, and is marketed as unisex, so you can buy it for anyone on your gifting list.įrom low and slow, to hot and fast grilling, The Home Depot is your one-stop shop for gifts for all the grillheads in your life. Know a weed lover? Get them this Rolling Stoned tee (pun intended), a humorous take on the original Rolling Stone logo. The Roomba 694 can last up to 90 minutes per charge, so it can clean multiple rooms before heading back to its dock - the best Christmas gift for your workaholic friend. Hook it up to Amazon’s Alexa or Google Assistant for totally hands-free scheduling. 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If karaoke wasn’t already popular enough pre-pandemic, the months of quarantine made it an almost essential activity to keep us occupied - and sane.Īnd while karaoke bars may be opening up again, there’s nothing quite like having friends over for a singing sesh at home. You’ve got both sound and a blinking light alert, just in case you’ve misplaced your pods. Our favorite wireless earbuds of the year, the next-gen AirPods Pro come with even better noise cancellation and a more streamlined design - the perfect Christmas gift for music lovers.Ĭhoose between four ear tip sizes, and enjoy a full six hours of listening time on a single charge. ![]() The mind starts to quiet in public during times you’d normally feel anxious. ![]() You feel your excuses, energy drains, emotional tangles, and locked mind doors begin to open. As you practice it becomes an amazing experience to feel the mind begin to sort itself. These tools allow us to sort through the mind. Yoga Nidra and iRest can be a part of your maintenance program. Stopping to think or reflect can also be the difference between life and death in a dangerous situation. We often feel like we are being attacked from all sides the moment we have time to rest. Stopping to rest or have feelings at all is perceived as weakness and self doubt. This is all part of our personal narrative and the way we travel through life at such a great speed. It denies our inner peace, sense of wellbeing, security, and clarity. We train ourselves to “be strong,” “survive,” and “keep going.” We drag our bodies around broken, suffering, and exhausted and use it as a badge of honor to feel like we are tough and strong. ![]() It is training ourselves to be ok with just where we are even if that involves discomfort or even serious emotional or physical pain. IRest Yoga Nidra allows our mind to soften around the current state of our body. **This is NOT a promised result of any form of yoga or meditation! Don’t stop taking your meds just because you started yoga. With the guidance of my doctor and the support of family I safely transitioned off my medications for anxiety and depression that had been in my body for 16 years. I dropped my stories and decided to trust the process. ![]() I utilized this science of the mind to bring true feelings of inner peace to my life by making this part of my daily routine. In a little over 3 months of practicing iRest I’ve decreased my generalized anger, anxiety, and sadness and increased my quality of sleep, length of sleep, and overall feelings of happiness and wellbeing. In November of 2018 I attended a workshop with Annie Okerlin and she introduced us to iRest and shared her experience teaching in the military hospital setting. IRest has helped me stay aware and awake to the needs of my children as I struggle with divorce and healing from 15 years of abuse. iRest is the Yoga Nidra format approved by the US Army Surgeon General and approved as ”a Tier 1 approach for addressing Pain Management in Military Care.” Follow these links to listen to an official iRest meditation and learn more. The main form of Yoga Nidra meditation we are using in class is influenced by iRest. Yoga Nidra is a guided form of meditation most commonly practiced lying down and often translated as “Yogic Sleep.” You don’t have to have any experience in yoga or familiarity with the philosophy to practice. If you practice Yoga Nidra or iRest consistently you will experience calm, relaxation, and joy for no reason in as little as 4 weeks of dedicated self study. If you drop the stories and excuses and approach this process like a battle of Self and Mind you will prevail and the fog will lift. Our minds run the show and don’t like that we may question the facts. Meditation can feel impossible when you have a mind that is completely reactive to the world around you. “I don’t have time.” “I’m too busy.” “I have ADHD I just can’t focus!” “It’s NOT my thing.” Quiet?! Sit?! Me?! Before you know it your hand is on your phone, your toes and legs are fidgeting, and your mind has whisked you back to the clutter. I ask you to sit or lie still and suddenly terror bubbles up from nowhere. People quit before they even start because they are afraid of failure. ![]() ** View collection totals and charts in the Statistics screen Sync data to/from our Comic Connect web-based software (separate subscription). ![]() Total comics and series, most recent additions, charts by series, by publisher, by grade, etc. ** Browse, sort, group and search your comic inventory in many waysīrowse your comic collection as a list or as a "cover wall". ** Questions or concerns? 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![]() For some reason, though, the game wasn't very popular at the time of its launch. The biggest achievement is that the game manages to capture an anime look for its characters without using a cartoony style. It has a very polished look, from the interface to the detailed characters. The first thing that drew my attention to this game were the graphics. They look This is one of my favorite games on the Gamecube system. This is one of my favorite games on the Gamecube system. Overall, I honestly and personally still believe that Bloody Roar is the best fighter on the Gamecube. Horrible graphics and character movement/animation and limited (awful) moves. I bought it and sold it cause it was pretty crap. Another fighting game on the Gamecube which doesn't compare to Bloody Roar is Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. They could have chosen someone cooler or hotter but had to choose her.she looks like a witch. Out of all people they had to have Jenny (the bat) on the cover. ![]() The only complaint I have of Bloody Roar is the box art cover (lol). If anything, Soul Calibur II is EASILY more of a button mashing game. There is a lot of skill involved in connecting combos and dodging your opponents. As 'Diehard Critic' stated, this game is by no means a shallow button mashing game. The music isn't bad.it has that kind of retro 90's rock sound to it. Things like that make the game feel much more arcade like. I also like the stages where things smash up and floors in the levels break away to another level. Beast mode makes the game even more intense because it makes you feel absolutely monster strong. Weapons don't have that same feeling of power that you get from connecting punches and kicks in crazy combos. The character and their moves feel REALLY strong in comparison to soul calibur II which basically involves weapons most of the time. The gameplay is much more arcade like and there is more satisfaction from connecting moves and hits in this game than in soul calibur II because they're fast, furious and just feel really insanely strong. I have soul calibur II as well but I personally reckon bloody roar is so much more fun. It's still my favourite It's 2007 and I've had this came since it came out on the gamecube. It's 2007 and I've had this came since it came out on the gamecube. ![]() The fraudulent transfer statutes of almost every state are versions of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act ("UFTA"), which was recently amended and renamed the "Uniform Voidable Transactions Act" ("UVTA"). Thus, a trustee (or DIP pursuant to section 1107(a)) may seek to avoid transfers or obligations that are "voidable under applicable law," which is generally interpreted to mean state law. He trustee may avoid any transfer of an interest of the debtor in property or any obligation incurred by the debtor that is voidable under applicable law by a creditor holding an unsecured claim that is allowable under section 502 of this title or that is not allowable only under section 502(e) of this title.ġ1 U.S.C. ![]() Section 544(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code provides in relevant part as follows: 3, 2020), the court, adopting the majority approach, held that a chapter 7 trustee could effectively circumvent North Carolina's four-year statute of limitations for fraudulent transfer actions by stepping into the shoes of the IRS, which is bound not by North Carolina law but by the 10-year statute of limitations for collecting taxes specified in the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC").ĭerivative Avoidance Powers Under Section 544(b) of the Bankruptcy Code Zagaroli (In re Zagaroli), 2020 WL 6495156 (Bankr. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, the look-back period in avoidance actions under section 544(b) may be much longer-10 years-in bankruptcy cases where the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or another governmental entity is the triggering creditor. Indeed, under a ruling recently handed down by the U.S. The longer look-back periods governing avoidance actions under various state laws significantly expand the universe of transactions that may be subject to fraudulent transfer avoidance. One limitation on this avoidance power is the statutory "look-back" period during which an allegedly fraudulent transfer can be avoided-two years for fraudulent transfer avoidance actions under section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code and, as generally understood, three to six years if the trustee or DIP seeks to avoid a fraudulent transfer under section 544(b) and state law by stepping into the shoes of a "triggering" creditor plaintiff. The ability of a bankruptcy trustee or chapter 11 debtor-in-possession ("DIP") to avoid fraudulent transfers is an important tool promoting the bankruptcy policies of equality of distribution among creditors and maximizing the property included in the estate. As such, Capcom's iOS take on the series which crippled a million thumbs is a pared-down affair, the Coke Zero of the franchise.Īs a whole, the elements on offer in Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting equate to a decent little time waster, but it's unlikely to satisfy any baying Monster Hunter fanatics expecting a 700-hour thumbscrew session. ![]() They're not ideal for a mobile game, in truth. Monster Hunter Dynamic Huntingĭan Pearson writes: There are generally three things which you can expect from a Monster Hunter game: extensive and compulsive crafting, ample opportunity for endless grinding and a ball-crushing level of difficulty. This article contained embedded media which can no longer be displayed. But to deliver something this polished for free? Where I come from, ignoring it would be considered bad manners. If was asking a few quid for this simple battler, we'd be completely fine with that. The more nodes you conquer, the more upgrades you can bolt on, and before you know it, you're rolling again. ![]() Knowing when to issue one can often make the difference.Īs you can probably predict, the more you understand Robotek's nuances, the more it suckers you in for another battle. Such moments can be decisive in a closely fought battle.īut the more turns a battle goes on for, the more one-off specials you can deploy, such as emergency repair or rapid fire. Say, for example, your opponent rolls three-of-a-kind: not only will it deliver the most powerful form of that attack, but grant them an extra turn. When you've got a full arsenal available and can afford to lose a few units, sometimes it makes sense to go all-out and unleash the most powerful attacks to knock down their HP, but sometimes you're simply reliant on the luck of the roll. But, occasionally, you'll spot opportunities to mine weak points, or, for example, circumvent firewall defences by using a microwave attack. Given that your mainframe is not only defenceless but unable to attack, the first priority is to teleport droids into the fray and let them unleash merry hell on your opponent. To start with, you simply spin the reels and tap again to stop on your chosen symbol, and this results in a different action like a fruit machine, the more matching symbols you end up with, the more valuable the attack. But the interesting part comes from a nimble combination of luck and judgement.įaced with thee basic strategies each turn, you can either opt for warfare, hacking or powers. In Robotek HD, two slightly overweight mainframes face one another and slug it out until one's hit points have been reduced to zero. But it's a special kind of love that one formally expresses via the ancient art of turn-based combat and fruit machines. So that's D-Capitatrix: sexy robot physics dancing, to a soundtrack of your choice. If you're not dancing gingerly past electric force fields, you're coaxing ball bearings onto pressure pads or contriving to ignite explosives to blast your way through solid walls.Īt other times it's just a matter of building up speed to launch yourself at a precise trajectory, before course-correcting at the last moment with judicious use of the tilt controls. To make matters a smidgen more involved, Gamesmold also deems it necessary to pick up three energy packs dotted around the level - a process that involves more precision faffing with every passing level. It's up to your fumbling fingers to place little wormholes around each 'prison', roll their severed heads, reunite them with their lonely cadavers and allow them to attend the forthcoming Take That concerts. ![]() They were most likely Ipswich Town fans.īut little does Robot Thatcher realise, help is literally at hand. It's not every day you get to roll a decapitated dominatrix robot head around in the name of quality mobile entertainment.įor reasons probably too sordid to repeat on a family website, a heartless machine known as The Golden Mistress has become consumed with a jealous rage and elected to remove the heads of all attractive female robots. Also available on iPhone and Mac App Store. if you never had a bloodstone pickaxe, then leave that value alone or it may corrupt the save and possibly your game. so if you had a bloodstone pickaxe in your inventory, then you can change it to whatever. ![]() So Once you have player.inv in hex editor, you want to look at the values for a moment andĬheck to see if any of the values match with ID's of the items you actually had in your inventory. In hex editor if your looking to edit your inventory to get special items such as Bloodstone Bullets or the hidden block called Space Rock and stuff. Now this part is hard to explain since nobody really had a tutorial for inventory editing, so I will try an explain it. It will decrypt it usually instantly but then you would want to open the file you decompressed in hex editor or hex workshop. ![]() Next open Fair Child's Decompression/Compression tool and select Decompress/decrypt. you want to go into file contents then pick a world you own (top=newest) then click on it and choose to extract either, player.inv, or your base location at an X Y Z Angle. NOTE: Dont transfer the full save itself. (Also has encryption tool)Īnd a USB drive for transferring your castleminer save.įirst transfer your castleminer z save and not the game to your usb and then to your computer which then open horizon's device explorer to extract the files. thank you for your patience.Ĭredit to Fairchild for the cryption tool and CountryBoy for some of the ID'sįairchild's Decryption tool for Castleminer z. Help out the CastleMiner Z Wiki in any way you'd like by adding honest information about the game to the Wiki, or correcting grammatical errors.NOTE: PATCHED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! Will update with any new releases. Worlds can be saved in any gamemode (except Endurance) so try building a castle with enemies turned off, then grabbing some friends and loading it up with enemies turned on!īe sure to check out these pages for more information:
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