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This film is the purest distillation of the spirit of Greek tragedy ever put on celluloid. Yes, this is a review of Seppuku, a Japanese film released in 1962. Perhaps it took a non-Westerner, free of all of the cultural baggage and ridiculous associations, to see straight into the heart of the tragic mode and make it palpable and alive in the twentieth century. That is not all: the black and white cinematography is both formally assured and often outrageously daring; the soundtrack is one of the finest efforts of the greatest Japanese composer of the 20th century (or any century for that matter); the acting is demonically inspired; and the narrative is relentlessly gripping and involving. The film illuminates the relationship between the individual and society and between society and history. It is a tender meditation on familial love and the ties of friendship that transcend even death. This film will cut open your bowels, pull your soul out, and force you to stare it in the face. There may be other films that attain similar heights, but I cannot imagine any film, ever, being more perfect. Forget Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, the Godfather, etc. etc. all of those commodified canonical works that everybody raves about because everybody else is raving about them. Don't get me wrong, they're fine--but this stuff is 200 proof. See it today. Buy it yesterday.
I saw Harakiri (Seppuku) in a new 35 mm print at NYC's Film Forum. This
is a brilliant use of a narrow period genre to explosively indict
politics and culture. Writers Shinobu Hashimoto and Yasuhiko Takiguchi
surely must have been as inspired by "The Count of Monte Cristo,"
Ambrose Bierce and Howard Hawks' Westerns as much as by samurai
literature and movies.
The film begins deceptively as a story within a story, seemingly providing a traditional example of upholding samurai honor, such as in the conventional, oft-retold tale of "The 47 Ronin." The context is set at a time when the central government, the shogunate, is supplanting local clans and arbitrarily unemploying thousands of people, notably their samurai, forcing them into the mercenary mode of ronin at best and begging for food at worse. But the parallels to the 20th century are made repeatedly explicit as the samurai who comes to this clan seeking help is from Hiroshima.
Very gradually we get further insight on the tale within a tale, as we see more flashbacks within flashbacks into what each character has been doing before these confrontations and we get uneasy inklings that the moral of the story may not be what it appears at first and the stakes get higher and higher with almost unbearable tension.
It is almost halfway through the film until we see a female and we suddenly see an alternative model of masculinity, where a priority is put on family, support, education and creative productivity. In comparison to the macho opening relationships, with their emphasis on formal militaristic loyalty to a hierarchy, a loving husband and father is practically a metrosexual. Seeing the same stalwart samurai making casual goo goo sounds to his grandbaby puts the earlier, ritualized scenes in sharp relief, particularly the recurring image of the clan's armor which seems less and less imposing and is finally destroyed as an empty symbol.
The psychological tension in the confrontations in the last third of the film is more excruciating than the actual violence. Even when we thought we already knew the outcome from the flashbacks, the layers of perception of relationships and personalities are agonizingly peeled away with each thrust of a sword to reveal the depths of the horrifying hypocrisy of the political and social structure. And those are just the overwhelming cultural resonances that a 21st century American can glean. Like "Downfall (Der Untergang)," it reveals the inhumane mentality that led to World War II.
The repeating motif of long walks then confrontations down empty corridors emphasizes the stultifying bureaucratic maze that entraps the characters. The revenge motifs are accented by startlingly beautiful cinematography that recalls traditional Japanese art, including drops of blood like first snow flakes then a waterfall.
The over all effect of this masterpiece is emotionally draining.
I've said it once about another movie, incidentally by the other great
Japanese director as well and I want to repeat my words in regard to
"Harakiri": "There are good, very good, and even great movies. But
among them there are just a few that go beyond great. They belong to
the league of their own". Masaki Kobayashi's "Harakiri" aka "Seppuku"
is one of them. The film of rare power and humanism, of highest
artistic achievements, profoundly moving, tragic like the best
Shakespeare's plays, universal and timeless even if it takes place in
the faraway country of 1630, by the words of one of the reviewers
"Harakiri" "is to cinema as the Sistine Chapel is to painting.
The film grabbed me from the very first shot, from its opening credits with their perfect harmony of kanji (I believe it is a correct word to describe the writings) characters, with the unusual disturbing score and with the dark beauty of the images. And then the story begins that centers on Hanshiro Tsugumo (Tatsuya Nakadai), one of hundreds or maybe even thousands unemployed lord less samurais, ronin, that in the blessed times of peace had not many choices to adjust to new life and often preferred to commit a ritual suicide, hara-kiri or seppuku on the property of the wealthy estate owners. According to Bushido, the way of the samurai, "One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind, by day and by night . . . the fact that he has to die. That is his chief business."
At the same time, samurai and anti-samurai film, "Harakiri" offers the masterfully screened scenes of sword-fights, not plentiful but exquisitely choreographed, perfectly paced and unbearably intense but the film is much more than that. It is also a gripping court drama where the truth is unfolded in the flashbacks. The viewers are allowed to look closer at the noble Samurai code of behavior and to reflect on how its abuse impacts the fate of an individual and the society in general. Compelling, poetic, and tragic, the movie has one of the most pessimistic endings ever that makes you wonder how the history is made, how the historical events are interpreted and who decides what would be written in the chronicles and important documents and what would be left out.
A Masterpiece, one of the best movies ever made, "Harakiri" deserves all its praise. It is not in my nature to force my opinion on anyone but if you call yourself a movie buff or a movie lover, you MUST see this film.
When I first saw this movie, I did not know much about it. I saw it for
a class so I was given a little background of the time period. In fact
I was pretty much just told this:
This movie takes place during the time where many Samurai were left ronins, or masterless. These samurai were unable to find work and thereby were left in poverty. Eventually many would go up to clans and ask to commit seppuku.
It was dishonorable to refuse such a "noble" request, but most clans did not want samurai to kill themselves on their property so they would just pay the samurai to go elsewhere.
So I watched the movie and well... I loved it. During the class discussion the next day I found most people hated the movie. Not because it was a bad movie, but because of how it made people feel about themselves. And that's exactly why this movie is genius. If you're interested in watching this movie, do not read the summary in detail - reading the summary in detail will deprive you of what one of the key things that made the movie great IMO.
I have seen this movie numerous times (at least 10, probably many more),
enjoy it each time. The first couple of times I saw it was right after it
came out. It did not have sub-titles, and as my Japanese is not very
I made some assumptions about the characters, relationships, the plot,etc.
When I saw it with sub-titles, I was surprised at how few incorrect
assumptions I had made. That I made so few errors is no credit to me, but
rather to how well the plot, character development, character
and the overall movie were done.
The movie is not limited to feudal Japan, for it transcends this era. It has lessons, for those who look for this in art. For instance, just one example occurs to me now: It underscores the need for a person to stand on principle, and to maintain their honor, ethics, and dignity, even when those who are the political leaders have long since lost theirs. However for purely entertainment value, the realism, suspense, art, and action could not be better. Words fail to express how this film captivates and entertains. Few films can equal this one. It is a "must see."
Harakiri is an excellent human drama set in feudal Japan that involves
a ronin presenting himself to a powerful clan and asking to commit
harikiri. However, through a series of flashbacks we see that this
ronin is motivated by more than the idea of dying honorably. The events
that follow are a critique of the feudal system and a celebration of
dying for one's beliefs.
Every frame in Harikiri is wonderfully composed and a treat to view. The cinematography is crisp, the sets wonderful and the actors are spectacular. Much can be said about this film's technical merits as well as its social implications. I found out about this film through my love of Akira Kurosawa's samurai dramas (who else...) and I must say that it is very different from Kurosawa-sans work although it draws inevitable comparisons. Due to its themes, Harikiri is more of an anti samurai film. Generally Kurosawa's work seems to glorify the honor of the samurai and celebrate them as Japanese heroes by showing them gloriously in battle. Kurosawa is the Japanese John Ford, taking an icon from his culture and celebrating it. Harikiri exposes the virtues that Kurosawa portrays as being "a facade" to directly quote the film.
I say this so as not to mislead any potential viewers, I do not know enough about Japanese history to judge what the samurai really stood for and really I am not concerned with the idea. This is the only Kobyashi film I have seen and it has been brought to my attention that many of his films deal with similar themes. All in all I think that Harikiri is a wonderful film that offers a new take on feudal Japan.
Having seen this film the mind becomes clouded with the innumerable
things to say about it. Only praise comes to mind. Kobayashi has
crafted The great samurai film for the rebel generation and he mixes a
deftly handled criticism of authoritarian hypocrisy with a very
touching piece of human drama.
The plot is deceptively simple: an old samurai (touchingly portrayed by Tatsuya Nakadai of "Ran", "Kagemusha" and "Sword of Doom") arrives at a clan castle to commit seppuku in their yard, and then tells his tale, seemingly trying to gain time at first. What seems to be the rambling of an old man soon turns out to be a grieving account of how this man (and, more significantly, his loved ones) was wronged by the clan. Then comes the violent revenge (this is where you think "Wild Bunch with katanas", though they do up the ante toward the end with guns...).
Kobayashi's direction is masterful, keeping an unbearable suspense during the mostly talky film, handling the touching scenes with care and maturity and giving us a sweeping fight to top all that. The 133 minutes running time never feels half that long! At the heart of it all though, is Nakadai, who, despite an excellent CV, delivers his greatest performance ever. His Tsugumo evokes a wounded panther, grieving an grieving until it gives in to fury. Nakadai's performance alone marks the film as essential viewing.
If you're open to samurai flicks, this will rank among the finest films you've ever seen.
It's quite surprising that some old masterpieces fall easily into the
oblivion. Harakiri (Seppuku) is a good example. Quite simply this is
one of the best Japanese movies I've ever seen.
Everything is this movie is exceptional: the cinematography is top notch, the acting is very good, the direction is almost perfect.
Tragedy, revenge, ethics, political contents...this movie has all of these elements wrapped in an exceptional 16th century samurai environment.
The only defects I could see in this movie is that someone may feel it is slightly slow (as actually there are very few action scenes...this is not a "chambara" movie!) and the fact that it is not dubbed (at least in the Italian edition)...so you lose some of the details while reading the subtitles....that is, unless you understand Japanese.
If you like black & white Japanese movies this is definitely a must see. GREAT.
"Harakiri" ("Seppuku") (Japanese, 1962): It is the 17th century. A young Samurai warrior arrives at a mansion, asking to perform his ritual death there. In a series of flashbacks, we learn who he is, why he came, and what has occurred since. Although quietly told by another ex-warrior (about whom we also learn more), this is an interesting story that builds in complexity and tension. Debates about rituals and appearances may at first seem to hold more significance in old Japan than in the contemporary United States, but it is not difficult to translate and implement such thoughts. Love, honor, duty, family, children, saving "face", determination, desperation they all exist in OUR everyday lives. Dramatically photographed in beautiful black & white, given a strong Japanese score, and paced so that even the mildly patient will be glad they saw it, "Harakiri" is epically huge, and a must-see for story & film lovers.
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
A classic, surviving the test of time -- made in 1962 about 17th
century people. Here in 2005, we still watch and discuss the film and
the issues that it raises. Tsugumo Hanshiro, a middle-aged ronin
formerly serving a clan abolished by the Shogunate, appears at the Ii
clan gate. He wishes to commit seppuku rather than live on in poverty.
In his inner headquarters, Saito Kageyu, the chief retainer, bemoans
the fact that hordes of starving ronin have been making similar
requests at clan gates; most have wanted handouts rather than to
actually commit seppuku. Kageyu suspects the same of Hanshiro. Kageyu
attempts to discourage Hanshiro. He tells a tale of another ronin from
the same abolished clan, Chijiiwa Motome.
Motome had appeared a few months earlier, with a request, but had carried bamboo sword blades the clan members had been enraged. As an example to other scrounging ronin, particularly those without real blades, the clan decided to force Motome to commit seppuku with his own bamboo wakizashi.
Hanshiro tells his own life story. The film shows us some historical background. Thousands of ex-retainers had been thrown out of their positions, made into ronin, by the Shogunate's abolishing of clans. In the rigid class system (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants), these displaced ex-retainers had no place at all, being forced into marginal subsistence. Most trades (because they required long periods of apprenticeship) were out for most ronin. Many ronin became outlaws or obtained bodyguard positions for gangsters. If law-abiding, they were able to teach in schools for commoner children. Or become piecework artisans; they could contract with wholesalers (who also lent money) to make fans, umbrellas, insect cages, ink brushes, and the like. Even as most ronin had to fend for themselves in this netherworld, they still were to carry the two swords of their original rank, and to uphold their obligations. Hanshiro and his daughter Miho make umbrellas and fans to sell to wholesalers for a pittance; Hanshiro is in debt to one of the wholesalers. Motome teaches commoner children and receives a minimal wage for his work.
Miho and Motome marry and have a son. All goes well until sickness strikes. Miho contracts consumption and the child contracts a fever. Neither Hanshiro nor Motome can afford a doctor. Motome attempts to get a laborer job (which pays more than teaching does) and runs straight into job discrimination: "no starving ronin need apply." Motome sells his sword blades at a pawnshop, obtaining bamboo blades to wear inside his sword fittings, not an uncommon practice; some ronin (and some low-ranked clan samurai) desperately needed money. And yet, the sword was considered to be "the soul of the bushi." A bushi who sold his blades had to appear to wear the badge of his rank. The bamboo blades were available, thus no one would know of the despicable act of having sold his "soul" for money.
But Motome has not received enough; he still cannot afford a doctor. So Motome decides on something more desperate: to appear at a clan gate, with his hidden bamboo blades, in order to request seppuku -- with the actual intention of receiving a handout to get a doctor for his wife and child. The Ii clan officials have decided differently. The scene where Motome must commit seppuku with his bamboo wakizashi is one of the most harrowing scenes ever filmed. Motome is utterly humiliated, surrounded by the Ii clan retainers, with Onodaka Hikokuro, his assigned second preaching on how the sword is the soul of the samurai, the bamboo sword is what is appropriate for Motome, and so forth. While Motome painfully carries forth. Hikokuro refuses Motome's request to cut off his head and end the ritual's mockery, so Motome ends it himself, biting off his tongue.
Hanshiro has realized -- too late -- that he had never dared to even consider selling his own sword blades to help out the family. The scene when he is confronted with Motome's body and the truth of what has happened is truly gut-wrenching, as Hanshiro weeps and slams down his "useless tokens" that he had clung to. Hanshiro reveals his own secret he has used his "useless tokens" to avenge Motome's death. He has tracked down the three Ii retainers who were most responsible for Motome's death. The final duel between Hanshiro and Onodaka Hikokuro is absolutely stunning. Instead of taking the lives of these three, Hanshiro has taken their topknots. And while Kageyu has preached to Hanshiro about samurai honor, these three swordsmen have hidden themselves away, claiming sickness to cover up their own shame, while their topknots grow back.
Kageyu cannot deal with Hanshiro's revelations. He commands his men to slaughter Hanshiro. Hanshiro fights back gamely, taking four of the Ii clan retainers and wounding several more. In a symbolic scene, he tears down the ancestral armor of the Ii clan. Some Ii clansmen use their rifles against Hanshiro, but Hanshiro sticks his own sword into his belly, committing seppuku as he has pledged to do. In the end, Kageyu fashions a cover-up of the entire event; mysterious plagues have hit the Ii clan and a number of their retainers, including Onodaka, have died of "illness" rather than by the blade of an impoverished hungry ronin.
This film raises many issues. It is Kobayashi's impassioned protest against rigidly militaristic societies that uphold hypocritical codes of "bushido" while disdaining what that term really means. The film is also like a Greek tragedy, with a character (Tsugumo Hanshiro) possessing the tragic flaw of his own pride -- which in the end, he must pay for with his life. Which he does in a heroic way. This film doesn't just recount the oppression of poor people. It shows the strength that these poor people have, the choices that they make as individuals, refusing to just bow down and be mere victims of their society.
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Casino Night Saturday 29th September
Tickets are now on sale for the Strathaven Rugby Club Casino Night on 29th September 2012 from 7pm to 1am. Tables open 8pm to 11pm.
Tickets are £5 and this includes a free glass of sparkling wine and £20 worth of casino money to get you started. There will be some raffles during the evening and prizes for the biggest winners on the night.
Roulette, Black Jack and Poker tables will all be available.
All proceeds go to help fund the Rugby Club so your support would be appreciated.
This event is strictly ticket-only. Please contact Duncan Robertson on 07767 325200 or purchase at the bar after Saturday training sessions.


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|Walter Jefferson, chief executive officer of Toronto-based Global Benefit Plan Consultants, pleaded guilty to five counts of income tax evasion in court this week & paid a fine of $375,000. Jefferson, 71, did not report income totalling at least $646,712 on his 1996 to 2000 tax returns. He received that money while serving as a director & officer at Global & a related firm, Canadian Benefit Consulting Group Inc. He misappropriated funds from the 2 companies for his own use by submitting phony expense claims & service invoices.
| July 2002
(Lotto Super 7)
| Florence Ayers, a 69-year old Jackson bookkeeper,
abruptly quit work 2 weeks ago after 20 years on the job at Basilon
Inc., a chain of dry cleaners & tuxedo rental shops. Florence, her son,
James Ayers, 41, of Mars, & her daughter, Sharon Kreindel, 48, of
Beachwood, Ohio, near Cleveland, presented the ticket but declined
to participate in a lottery news conference or make any public
statements. Delaware & New Hampshire are the only 2 states where
lottery winners may remain anonymous.
Despite the winner announcement, all was quiet on the narrow, twisting 1-lane road in Jackson where Florence lives in a 2-story Cape Cod home on a plot of about an acre. Only 5 homes are on the road, which is within earshot of Interstate 79.
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| Dec. 8, 2004
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|Country Food Mart in New Castle, Pennsylvania. As the seller of the winning ticket, store owner Russell DeMatteo receives $100,000.
| The families of Dave & Byron Hopper
made an agreement years ago that if they ever won the lottery,
they'd split the winnings. Dave Hopper & his wife Angela had bought 2
Dave called his financial advisor & brother-in-law, Gary Robertson. "I'm in trouble," Dave told Gary. "Did you win $25 million," joked Gary. Gary couldn't believe it when Dave answered "Yes."
Dave & Angela have 3 children and Byron & his wife Nancy have 2 children. Dave, a carpenter, says he'll continue working but "not on a schedule."
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|Joseph Petto family - Joe, 61, & his wife, Mercedes, 64, of Philadelphia; Mike Tartini, 41, of Roseland, New Jersey; & Keith Wesley, 40, of Trevose, Bucks County.
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|8 employees at a Boucherville plant where Vision 2 protective eyewear is manufactured: Longueuil residents Martin Riendeau & Danielle Hurteau; Manon Mallette of Varennes; Thérčse Robinson of Sainte-Julie; Suzanne Chrétien of Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu; Julienne Lacoste of Longueuil; Sainte-Julie residents Mélanie L'Heureux & Nathalie Gauthier. Mallette immediately called her husband on draw night, who quit his job on the spot. Of the 8 winners, 7 are women, all of whom have handed in their resignations.
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Rousseau, Sylvie Villeneuve, Lise Imbeault, Bérangčre St-Germain,
Nancy Mailloux, Danielle Martin, Noëlla St-Germain, Serge Lalonde,
Nancy Lalonde, & Raymonde Cormier. All are Chibougamau residents,
except for Sylvie Villeneuve and Danielle Martin who live in
Roberval and Mont-Laurier, respectively. Formed 15 years ago, the
group has always bought Quick Pick tickets.
There have been more than 900 lottery millionaries in Quebec, of which more than 530 have been in Lotto 6/49.
|Dec. 15, 2004
|Tabagie et dépanneur Merrill, a convenience store located at 99 Merrill Road in Chibougamau. This retailer will receive a bonus cheque for $41,017, which is 1% of the prize.
|Taxi owner Albert Duval recalls how he'd left his unsigned ticket on the dashboard of his taxi the entire day . . . He still shivers at the thought! His wife, Lucette Duval, who has been working at a home for seniors until now, also plans to retire earlier than originally expected. They have a son Daniel & daughter-in-law Annie St-Germain.
|Dec. 8, 2004
|The lucky Quick Pick was purchased at Dépanneur St-Laurent (GEM), a convenience store located at 365 Saint-Laurent Street in the Cap-de-la-Madeleine district of Trois-Rivičres. This retailer will receive a 1% bonus cheque for $80,336.
| Ronald Cissell & a group of 17 Leduc
high school co-workers. "Some of us play by Subscription, and I also
organize collections for larger Jackpots," explained Ronald, the
group's trustee. "When the jackpot was $16 million, 17 of us put in
$2 each."
The day after the draw, the 62-year-old checked the winning numbers in the daily newspaper. "I stuffed the ticket in my shirt pocket, & without telling anyone, I walked across the street to the store," he remembered. "The clerk checked it and said, 'You've won $8,000.' I said, 'I think it's a little more than that.'" "It was pretty stunning to see the slip, and I couldn't wait to tell the others!" the married father of 8 and grandfather of 9 continued. The members of the group are: Connie Becker, Lesley Schulz, Les Lytviak, Chris Madden, Gail Froland, Ed Sommerfeld, Julie Carter, Jan Mason, Marie Petryga, Doug Saumer, Barbie Staples, Owen Mattson, Al Horvat, Stan Staniszewski, Dennis Nosyk, & Linda Owens.
|Dec. 8, 2004
|Quick Pick tickets at Mac's Convenience Store, located at 100, 4302-50 Street in Leduc, AB.
|Réjean Leblond & Ghyslaine Gagné Leblond, former teachers who retired only last March. They sought the counsel of a financial advisor before making the claim.
|Nov. 27, 2004
|Supermarché B. Gagnon, a grocery store located at 125 Champoux Street in Disraeli, QC. This retailer will receive a 1%bonus cheque for $96,668.
|Whenever Eila Lamb takes a trip, she likes to buy a few SCRATCH 'N WIN tickets wherever she visits. She is a 78-year old retired teacher from Okotoks.
| Nov. 2004
(Set For Life)
|She bought her winning $5 SCRATCH 'N WIN ticket at The Java Shop, located in the Fort MacLeod bus depot at 2302 - 2nd Avenue, Crowsnest Pass, AB.
|Brian Follett checked the winning lottery numbers on the Internet. He left work without saying a word, not even taking a minute to call his wife, Nancy, & made his way downtown to the Toronto Prize Office. Follett, 53, is a programmer developer with CGI in Markham.
|Nov. 20, 2004
|Eglinton Smoke and Gift in Toronto, ON
|Jim Steckley has been playing the same numbers for a long time. This is his 2nd time claiming a large prize; he was part of a group that won $69,000 in the early 1990's. Steckley, 51, works at L and S Electric as an electrician & has 2 children.
| Nov. 20, 2004
|Princess Variety on Princess Street in Stratford, ON
|Lorraine & Stanley Bronishewski have been married for 53 years, they have 3 children, 7 grandchildren & 4 great grandchildren. " We were retired before but now we are very happily retired!" said Lorraine.
| Nov. 10, 2004
|Four Season's Convenience on Wilson Road in Oshawa, ON
|Cecil Yeomans is a father of 4, grandfather of 10, and great-grandfather of 3. The life-long resident of Moncton has been playing the same Lotto 6/49 numbers for years.
|Nov. 10, 2004
|Chubby's Variety in Moncton, NB
|When Darren Arbeau found out that he won, he immediately ran out to the car to tell his daughter, Jessica, that they were new millionaires. She didn't believe her father at 1st, but once she was convinced that he was telling the truth, she asked if she could have a 4-wheeler. Darren has a girlfriend.
| Nov. 10, 2004
(Atlantic 49)
|Devon Park Ultramar in Fredericton, NB
|A group of 6 deli co-workers have worked together for over 2 years & been playing together for just over a year. The winners are: Ursula Heinemann, 59, of Whitby; Agnieszka Kozlowska; Anna Schank of Scarborough; Ernest Wendling; deli owner Jana Striezova; Mary Mosolanczki. They all plan to keep working.
|Nov. 6, 2004
|Markham Convenience in Scarborough, ON
|Jean & John Galliott. John, who has been working since he was 14, is a fish plant worker. This win will allow him to realize his life-long dream of retiring at 55. The couple, who have been married for 35 years, plan to share the windfall with their family of 8 brothers and sisters, 18 nieces & nephews, & several great-nieces & nephews.
| Nov. 5, 2004
(Lotto Super 7)
|Dominion Store in Bay Roberts, St. John's , Nfld. & Lab.
|Group of 18 employees from the local employment centre in Montréal's Plateau Mont-Royal district. Ms. Nathalie Bouchard has been in charge of the group for the past 13 years.
| Nov. 3, 2004
(Québec 49)
|Dépanneur Kiatou, located at 2700 Laurier Avenue East in Montréal. This retailer will receive a 1% bonus cheque for $10,000.
|Sukhi Kohli & wife Rashmi. Rashmi is 28 years old & works at Royal Bank. Sukhi is 36 & recently started at a recruitment company. The couple has been married for 8 years & they have 2 children.
| Oct. 2004?
(Lotto Super 7)
|Longo's Major Mackenzie Drive in Maple, ON
|Paul Ruel, Jacques Langevin & Benoit Arvisais are childhood friends who met up again about 3 years ago & decided to play the lottery together.
| Oct. 30, 2004
(Québec 49)
|A last-minute Quick Pick led to a spectacular haul for Jacques Babeu, a Régie intermunicipale Roussillon police officer living in the Montréal suburb of Saint-Philippe. He has a wife, Lina.
|Oct. 27, 2004
|Dépanneur Medeiros, located at 784 Lamarre Street in La Prairie, QC. This retailer, who was just as dumbfounded as his customer, will receive a 1% commission of $244,267.
|Jacquelyn Moore, 54, a mother of 3, has worked for 25 years at a Kellogg's cereal plant in Omaha, where her main job is to make Corn Pops cereal. She stuck her ticket above 1 of the sun visors in her pick-up & didn't check it until late Monday. Before that, she admits she was growing frustrated with the as-yet-unknown jackpot winner. "I kept telling my sister, 'Why doesn't that idiot say something or do something?'", she said with a laugh. "Well, I'm the idiot." She thinks that she has a convenience store clerk to thank for her big win, & she will thank her properly.
| Oct. 16, 2004
(US Powerball)
|Easy-pick ticket that clerk Sheila Wright offered her at the Jump Start convenience store in Carter Lake. Carter Lake is a community of about 3,200 along the Iowa-Nebraska border in the Council Bluffs area. The Jump Start will receive a $10,000 bonus.
|Group of 33 employees who work for a printing company in Seaford, Delaware, who have opted to remain anonymous. Each of the 33 winners will receive a payment of $2,657,754, which represents their share of the jackpot after federal taxes. They found out they won by checking the Internet.
| Oct. 9, 2004
(US Powerball)
|Uncle Willie's convenience store, 50 S. Market Street, in Blades, Delaware.
|Sylvia Alzner, 58. She has a husband (Heinz), 3 children & 7 grandchildren.
| Oct. 2004
(Set For Life)
|Chalet Foods in Grande Cache, population 3,800, situated approximately 180 km south of Grande Prairie, AB.
|Jackie & Jim Lagoon
|U$7,549,484 after witholding taxes
| July 7, 2004
(US Powerball)
|SuperAmerica, 2455 Centennial Road in North St. Paul, Minnesota
| Judy Park purchased a lottery ticket
after scolding her husband for buying the wrong ticket. Dean Park
of Cornerbrook Park initially purchased the less lucrative
Atlantic-49 & TAG draw tickets on the way home from a moose hunting
trip. "I always check my numbers on the internet before I go to bed,"
said Judy.
The 36-year-old unemployed man had to borrow a car for the 12-hour drive & ferry ride to pick up the jackpot. 37-year-old Judy has quit her new job as a waitress after working at McDonald's. They have 4 children aged 8-17.
|Sept. 25, 2004
|Vi's Confectionary in Corner Brook, Newfoundland will receive a seller's prize of $177,757.13.
|Shawn MacDonald spends about $5 each week playing lottery. The 33 year-old federal government employee, who is originally from Port Hawkesbury, N.S., discovered his win when he checked on the Internet. His partner's name is Cheryl Beesley.
| Sept. 17, 2004
(Lotto Super 7)
|Lotto Booth in Scotia Square Mall, Halifax, NS will receive a seller's prize of $75,000.
|Brad Walz, a 43-year-old golf pro, regularly plays lottery games and purchased a WESTERN 649 Quick Pick. He & his wife, Wendy, have 2 children & 2 grandchildren.
| Sept. 11, 2004
(Western 649)
|Mac's Convenience Store at 20 Crowfoot Crescent NW, Calgary, AB
|Patrick & Barbara Carriere of Manitoba. The Roblin-area couple have been playing the same lottery numbers for 18 years after creating a 7-number combination based on family birth dates & anniversary dates. The 50-year-old oil field consultant checked on the Internet. They have been married 29 years.
|Sept. 11, 2004
|Radisson, Saskatchewan on their way home from a business trip.
|Riviere des Prairies resident Andre Leveille. The retired woodworker kept $4.5 million, but gave his wife (Diane), son (Patrick) & daughter (Josee) $3.75 million each. Diane plans to retire from her 2 jobs. Josee said she wants to have a 2nd child. Patrick, who got married just 2 months ago, never had a honeymoon.
|Sept. 1, 2004
|Gas station in Mascouche
|Ardrossan resident Sophia Harvey. She & her husband have 5 sons.
| Sept. 1, 2004
(Western 649)
|The 40-year-old homemaker purchased a $3 WESTERN 649 Quick Pick from Sobeys Lakeland Ridge in Sherwood Park, AB.
|Tze-Lam Chan & wife Mei-Ling Chan buy a ticket together every week, but said they never win. Tze-Lam, a jeweller, plans to stop working. They hope to share the money with their son & other family members as well as taking a cruise.
|26.9 (3rd largest prize on a single ticket in Canadian lottery history)
| Aug. 27, 2004
(Lotto Super 7)
|Toronto, ON
|Chuck Davits, a 54-year-old maintenance manager, scratched his ticket while sitting in his truck having lunch. The father of 4 & grandfather of 2 said he & his wife Tracy took some time to decide what to do with the windfall.
| Aug. 2004
(Set For Life Scratch 'N Win)
|Econo Park at 405 - 11th Avenue in Nisku, Alberta.
|Kathy Laboret of Black Diamond. She is a recently retired 56-year old teacher. The mother of 4 & grandmother of 2 said she plans to share her windfall with her sister.
| Aug. 2004
|Purchased 3 different SCRATCH 'N WIN tickets from Hilltop Shell located on 401 Centre Avenue in Okotoks, AB
|Mary Beth, 47, & David Wenell, 52 spent the weekend in northern Minnesota unaware that a winning Powerball ticket sitting on a dresser at their home.
|U$53.11860853 (35.9 after withholding)
| Aug. 14, 2004
(US Powerball)
|5-line quick-pick ticket at Cub Foods, 8015 Den Road in Eden Prairie, Minnesota
|Carla & Brad DiCesare of Stephenville, Nfld. & Lab. were in Codroy Valley for her sister's wedding. The morning of the wedding they realized they did not have enough balloons for the cars. While running the errand Brad saw that the Lotto 6/49 jackpot was $29 million & decided to buy a ticket with Atlantic 49.
| Aug. 7, 2004
(Atlantic 49)
|Mall Kiosk in Grand Bay Mall, Port Aux Basques will receive a $10,000 seller's prize.
|Four couples were having a backyard BBQ when they decided on a whim to play 6/49. Three of the couples are from Milton, 1 from Mississauga. The winners are Ken (construction worker) & Bernetta Thistle (supply teacher); Gregory & Lorraine Ulrick (customer service representative); Debbie Smyth, Joe D'Alessandro (auto-parts worker); Michael Banks, who works for his wife Margaretta's recycling company. Debbie & Joe were going home to pick up a computer program for their hosts when Ken suggested they grab a lottery ticket & persuaded everyone to chip in.
|Aug. 7, 2004
|Milton, ON
|Sandra Shumila's 60th birthday - Sunday, Aug. 8 - started out quietly. She had a cup of coffee & read the cards she received the day before at a party in her honour. "Some of them had lottery tickets in them, so I started to scratch them, and I made a pile of the EXTRAVAGANZA tickets. I won $5 on 1 of them, and then on the last 1, I saw it had won $1 million!" The retired office administrator is a mother of 2 & grandmother of 1.
| Aug., 2004
|Gibbs Drugs at 366 Main Street in Selkirk, MB
|Ben Manuge, 45, is a Police Officer with the Ontario Provincial Police. He & his wife Bev have 2 daughters & 1 son.
| 2004
(Bonus Cash For Life)
|Westside Jug City on Highway 35 in Minden, ON
|Jean-Paul Paquette of Montréal's Pointe-aux-Trembles. He had played a wager 10 for $5, which enabled him to increase fivefold the 10 on 10 category's $200,000 prize. He & his spouse, Nicole Langevin, plan to pay off their car and buy a new house. The new millionaire, who had never played Banco before, hopes to keep a cool head & make a few investments.
| July 28, 2004
|Pharmaprix Pharmacy at 12800 Sherbrooke Est, Montreal will receive $10,000.
|Gary Froescul, a 46-year-old operations plant worker & wife Charlotte, a 45-year-old healthcare worker, play 6/49 regularly using their own sets of favourite numbers based on family ages.
|July 21, 2004
|The parents of 2 were buying groceries for a fishing trip when they purchased their winning $7 ticket at Sobeys Station Square, located at 10004-99 Street in Fort Saskatchewan.
|Having retired after 33 years at Telus, 56-year-old Robert Foote had been working at the Field of Dreams RV dealership in Calgary. Wife Alice is a receptionist. He is the father of 1 & stepfather of 1.
|July 14, 2004
|Foote used his Petro Points to buy a $2 quick-pick ticket at Vulcan Auto Truck Stop (Petro Canada) in Highway 23, Vulcan, AB
|Jeff Cockburn has been playing Western 6/49 since it started. The 46-year old is a single father of 1.
| July 14, 2004
(Western 6/49)
|$4 WESTERN 6/49 Quick Pick at Save-On Food & Drugs, located at 8124-112 Avenue in Edmonton, AB
|Dane Mitchell bought a $100 lottery ticket. Mitchell got the call from the foundation while golfing at Saugeen Golf Club. The 53-year old & his wife have 3 daughters. Mitchell said the most he ever won prior to this big pay day was $100 from a Lotto 6/49 ticket. He said he plans on contacting a financial advisor to help him deal with the money after he returns from visiting his parents near the Ottawa Valley. He was 1 of 3 grand prize winners in Ontario's spring draw. The other winners are in Pembroke and Whitby.
| July 2004
(Heart and Stroke Foundation)
|Southampton, ON
|Asad & Tammy Abbas of Ottawa have an agreement with their family. If they or any of the other family members ever win the lottery, the prize will be shared amongst them. The group is made up of Asad & Tammy Abbas, Asad's parents Noorjahan & Hasan Abbas, Tammy's parents Patricia & Marcel Lapensee & the remainder of the group are Asad's siblings.
|July 7, 2004
|Shoppers Drug Mart in the Van Leeuwen Centre in Kanata, ON
|Jackie & Jim Lagoon of Stillwater.
| July 7, 2004
(US Powerball)
|SuperAmerica, 2455 Centennial Road in North St. Paul, Minnesota
|Carlos Darjuan, 49, is a concession attendant for the City of Burnaby. He is married, with a son & a daughter.
|July 3, 2004
|Tommy's Market on Edmonds Street in Burnaby, BC. Carlos was at the market to buy some produce & to purchase a watermelon his kids had asked for. "I noticed that Lotto 6/49 jackpot was $17 million so I bought a ticket."
|Roland & Melody Lajoie
|July 3, 2004
|Petro Canada station in Edmonton, AB
|67-year old Geraldine Williams cleaned homes after retiring as a janitor at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Williams, who was once in the US Marines, told her 3 children about her win as soon as she knew. The grandmother of 8 who moved to Lowell more than 40 years ago, said she plans to stay in the area.
| July 2, 2004
(Mega Millions)
|Her cleaning clients included the brother of the owner of the liquor store where she bought her winning ticket in Lowell, Powers Wine Co., Massachusetts.
|Karl Wietholter of Chilliwack.
| June 26, 2004
(Western 6/49)
|Edson, AB
|Michael Lavigne is a volunteer firefighter & forklift operator at Brunswick Cloverleaf Inc.
| June 26, 2004
(Atlantic 49)
|Hooper's Convenience in Blacks Harbour, NB
|Joseph Greenwood, 87, is in the real estate business with his brother & has no plans to retire. He has been very lucky in the past as well, winning a Saab convertible last year, a cruise to Ireland a few years ago & numerous other smaller prizes.
|June 16, 2004
|Loblaws Princess Market in Kingston, ON
|Montréal couple Jeannine & Jean-Paul Huard have decided to share their good fortune with their 3 children.
|June 16, 2004
|Pharmacie Jean Coutu, 4770, rue de Charleroi, Montréal-Nord, will receive $24,803.
|Norma & Brian Sitar. Norma, who turned 47 the day before the draw, will also celebrate her 29th wedding anniversary in July. The couple has 3 sons, ages 18, 23 & 25. Norma was born in Ireland, but moved to Canada at the age of 3. Norma works part-time as a secretary for the local surgeon & Brian works for CN Rail.
|June 12, 2004
|Sioux Lottery Centre in Sioux Lookout, ON
|Hye Soon Lee, 54, has 1 son.
| 2004
(Ontario Instant Millions)
|Purchased at Seven Days Variety, which she owns & operates, at Wilson Street in Hamilton, ON
|A group of 5 employees from Home Depot: Daniel Kelly, Sylvie Miljour, Edmond Volgo, Antonio Tringali, & Mario Lemyre.
|June 12, 2004
|Canadian Tire, 1454, Le Corbusier Blvd., Laval, QC, will receive $125,109 which is 1% of the prize.
|A group of 8 hardware store employees have been playing together for the past 8 months. "I checked the winning numbers on the internet Friday evening," said Sharon Freier, a 55-year-old cashier. The group, who range between the ages 45 & 58, include accounts payable employee Shirley Gammon & Steven Lengyell, the player who purchased the winning ticket. They all plan on retiring.
| June 11, 2004
(Lotto Super 7)
|Safeway on Highway 97 in Kelowna, BC
|Ralph & Donna Ryhorchuk won with their regular set of family birthdates and ages. "After being married 3 years, we can also finally go on a honeymoon," said Ralph.
|June 5, 2004
|$5 ticket at Klein's Food Mart, located at 6887 Rochdale Boulevard in Regina, Saskatchewan
|Results in Lottery Buddy ® are unofficial.
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New Agreement with UWF Allows Graduate Credit for NWF State College
The governing board of trustees of Northwest Florida State College has approved an agreement with the University of West Florida to allow students in the Project Management bachelor's program at NWF State to receive up to three (3) hours of graduate credit from UWF for their undergraduate work if they pursue the UWF Master of Science in Administration degree program. The board met in regular session November 18 in Niceville.
"This is a unique partnership in Florida and will provide our graduates a head start toward a Master's degree," said Dr. Jill White, NWF State College vice president of instruction. White noted that 164 students have graduated with the Bachelor of Applied Science degree since the program became the college's first bachelor's offering in 2004 and that more than 600 are currently admitted to the program.
"Any of the students who are in or graduate from our bachelor's degree with a major emphasis in Acquisitions will be able to benefit from this new agreement," White said. She explained that the college's Bachelor's of Applied Science degree in Project Management includes five areas of specialization, including acquisitions, public service management, human resources, project management and quality improvement. Graduates in any specialty may progress to graduate work at UWF, but only those who specialize in the acquisitions track may receive the graduate credits for work completed as an undergraduate under the new agreement.
In other action, NWF State College trustees approved the schematic design of a multi-purpose training facility located at the Destin Airport. The 27,000 square foot facility will be constructed with precast concrete walls up to 9 inches thick and will be hardened to withstand 190 mph wind loads to accommodate emergency operations staging and provide space for emergency vehicles to be housed within the facility as needed; however it will not be utilized as a public hurricane shelter. The facility will also serve as a training site for college programs in emergency operations such as EMT and Paramedic and houses seven classrooms and instructional spaces. Trustees anticipate receiving detailed construction documents at their January 2009 meeting and awarding a construction contract, following a bid process at their March 2009 meeting. The project is currently estimated at $5.2 million for construction costs.
Trustees also approved the addition of $570,000 to the construction contract for the Community Service Complex on the Niceville campus to add construction of an additional 235 space parking lot and roadwork in the north portion of the Niceville campus. College architect David Alsop of Sam Marshall Architects in Pensacola, noted that utilizing the current contractor on site to perform the additional work would be more economical for the college. The new section of the loop road around the Niceville campus is slated for completion by the end of January 2009.
The board also approved:
- An agreement establishing a Workforce Connection Scholarship Endowment through the gift of $15,000 from Workforce Connection. College foundation executive director Jim Chitwood noted that the agreement is the 286th endowed scholarship approved by the trustees during Chitwoods 20-year term of service with the college;
- The appointment of officers for the 2009 -2011 term of leadership for the NWF State College Foundation, to include Gloria Frazier, President; Wayne Campbell, vice-president; Wayne Bodie, Secretary; Don Howard, Treasurer and Lori Kelley, immediate past president. The board also approved the designation of Emeritus Director to Allyn C. Donaldson, Jr. of Santa Rosa Beach in recognition of his distinguished 18 years of service on the board;
- Retirement resolutions honoring the service of Faye Crawford of Laurel Hill, who is retiring as the administrative assistant to college vice president Dr. David Goetsch, following 24 years of service to the college; Pamela Gotcher of Niceville as Instructional Service Specialist in the office of the senior vice president Dr. Jill White, following 10 years of service to the college; and Linda Whitenton of Baker, who is retiring as Director of Nursing and Associate Dean of Health Technology at the college following more than eight years of service, including the establishment of the colleges nursing programs . The next meeting of the colleges Board of Trustees will be January 27, 2009 at 6:30 pm in the College Mall, Bldg, K on the Niceville campus. Board meeting are open to the public.


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The sweet tune was written by Kelley for his adopted daughter, and the video was directed by his wife, Katherine Heigl.
Some of his lyrics: "Halfway around my little world you had no idea/that you were my girl/you found my arms and not a moment too soon/I couldn't see past me till I saw you/my sweet naleigh moon"
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Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis and Drawn by Joe Abraham
What started out as an exercise in pure Bwa-ha-ha has now gained a lot of substance. HERO SQUARED, which focuses on slacker idiot Milo Stone and the alternate universe version of him, Captain Valor, who happens to be a superhero, has achieved a decided balance between the comedy and drama, and the book has become that much better for it.
It wasn't as though the book stunk to start, though. HERO SQUARED has been one of the most consistently entertaining books on the stands since it first shipped. The fun hasn't just come from Milo and Valor, however; the real intrigue has revolved around Milo's girlfriend Stephie and her alternate universe counterpart Caliginous… Valor's primary villain. This isn't a love triangle, it's a love square… and everyone's motives are suspect and screwy.
I don't review a lot of superhero books at this site- you'll notice the lack of a page for Marvel and DC reviews. But that doesn't mean that I hate the genre. I can get behind any genre, as long as the stories are good and the characters are interesting. The "Big Two" are simply failing miserably at producing those kinds of comics these days. Giffen and DeMatteis, however, are not. HERO SQUARED is compelling, entertaining reading. This latest issue finds Milo and Valor captured by the law, and Milo ultimately back in the clutches (and bed) of Caliginous again, progressing every single relationship in the book forward. Even more impressive: if you've never read the book before, you could still pick it up and understand it. I recommend doing so.
Written by Dan Abnett and Ian Edginton and Drawn by Greg Boychuk
Smartly, WARHAMMER gets an inside-cover recap, otherwise I'd have been totally lost trying to read it. I remember reading the first one and getting through it thanks to the glossary and extra materials, but those don't add as much to the proceedings here in issue two, and it suffers for it.
The writers are trying very hard to create an authentic and intriguing futuristic society, and it's a respectable effort, but the problem here is the characters. They take a backseat in order for the plot to get serviced, and I became un-invested in their plight. The action sequences are spectacular, no doubt; the opening sequence where we see Tankred go into battle is powerful and eye-popping, but all it delivers it the "wow" factor. You never get the sense of any danger or stake from it, only that it is supposed to be cool.
Regardless of story problems, the book still looks fantastic. Greg Boychuk is a find, his work vivid and exciting to pore over. The pages are full of life and panel elements that jump out at you, and I'd have no problem picking up this book to check out his development alone.
But ultimately, I'd like to see some balance back in the story and writing. A comic needs that in order to truly compel the reader, and issue two of WARHAMMER sadly does not achieve it. I'm not giving up on it by a long shot, but the book must recapture it over the next four issues to prove itself.
Written by Mike Leib and Drawn by Chee
Keith Giffen's TAG was one of the more surprising and entertaining minis to launch in 2006. The story of a man who was touched by a random curse, it combined heavy character drama with modern horror in a new a fresh way that hinted at a larger palette for the concept. And now, that palette has a new set of painters taking a swipe at the canvas.
Ed is living a mundane existence. He runs a hardware store, eats the same thing every time he goes to the local diner, and generally repeats his every move daily. But he also has a secret in his past: he was once "tagged" and spent time as a dead man, before passing along the curse to the next person. But rather than be content to be back amongst the living, he is obsessed with the path of the curse and the possible future victims. Much of that is due to the guilt of having kept the curse alive to be sent onward, and he suffers for it. But when his mental state reaches its fragile he concocts a plan that he hopes will redeem his soul: to trace the curse and put a final stop to it by preventing the current holder from tagging the next victim.
I have yet to read the conclusion to the original series, but fortunately, that doesn't matter. TAG: CURSED is written in perfect introductory fashion. Anyone could pick the book up and follow it. Leib does a terrific job of putting Ed on the stage, diving into his head and peeling apart his emotions, and explaining the actual curse, and none of it feels overly expository or annoying. That's no mean feat. Matching him, Chee delivers some dark, moody art that gives the sense that no one Ed meets is truly alive in their drab little town. This is a very strong debut episode, every bit as entertaining as the first issue of the original series.
Written by Michael Alan Nelson and Drawn by Jean Dzialowski
Spanning centuries, FALL OF CTHULHU tells the tale of Abdul Alhazred, a mystic with an eye towards the dark and unknown and a talent for writing: the man is the author of the Necronomicon. Left for dead after violating every law and natural order in the 700s, he is resurrected by a new form of his demonic master in modern day in order to complete his written work and observe the final fate of Cthulhu himself.
CTHULHU faced an uphill battle with me, as I am definitely not the intended audience for this book. I was never into the Lovecraft's original novels, and these types of stories are ones that generally don't suit my taste buds. In fact, I panned the first CTHULHU anthology that Boom produced. But with that said, I must admit that I found this to be quite readable and easy to follow. Nelson lays out his characters and explain their paths with ease, and I was intrigued enough by their actions that I was drawn in to their plights. Alhazred is a fascinating fellow, and Nelson allows you to make your own judgment as to the quality of his character and intentions.
Dzialowski's art is colorful and surprisingly adaptable to the various milieus that the story plays out in, and the storytelling is solid. I may never be a huge Cthulhu fan in any format, book or comic, but when the stories are executed this well, I will have no problem reading and enjoying the results on their own merit.
Written by Dan Abnett and Ian Edgington and Drawn by Lui Antonio
I have never played the Warhammer game. Nor have I played Warhamster (hi, DORK TOWER fans). So I came to this comics adaptation with a clean slate and no expectations.
DAMNATION tells the story of the human empire of the far future (the 41st century, explaining the numerical title). We've basically conquered just about the whole known universe, and with the aid of space marines, (especially the finest group, called "Black Templars") we keep it in our grasp. This book dives in to that world and shows how those soldiers are recruited and maintained for constant, horrific battle.
The story and set-up are rather thick, no question. It takes a while for the reader to adjust and parse out exactly what's happening, but once you do, things make a decent amount of sense and you can enjoy the book. Certainly one of the more intriguing aspects of the story is that we are essentially following the bad guys; Earth is basically one galaxy-wide Spanish Inquisition at this point. And the only character we get to know who isn't part of the Inquisition as of yet is on his way to joining. So there's a real twist to the point of view, and I'll be interested to see how it plays out over the six issues of the series.
There's a story "set up" on the inside of the front cover, and a guide to the world of WARHAMMER printed at the back of the story, so when combined with a script that's fairly lean and expository, CRUSADE works when maybe it shouldn't. The only weak link is the art by Antonio, as it feels kind of stiff and posed in the action sequences and doesn't flow well from panel to panel. I also have to admit that it was weird to see Dan Abnett credited as a writer alongside someone else besides Andy Lanning. In all, this should be a solid success for Boom, and perhaps a book that, when collected, will do excellent business in gaming stores as well as bookstores.
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Paul Thek at the Hammer Museum and the History of Meat Art
In Los Angeles at the moment, it is safe to say that a meat movement is marinating. Whole-animal butchery is in, as are butchers who covet proximity to meat sources and are scrupulous about waste. Liberated, self-conscious carnivores are raising their own animals and signing up for butchery demonstrations and hands-on classes where they can learn the craft of meat carving.
Food-centric "happenings" are as common now as pickup basketball games, whether in the form of pop-up restaurant or pickling class. Bacon has appeared on doughnuts and in chocolate bars, in soda and, yes, in toothpaste. Foie gras emerged on L.A.-based French chef Ludo Lefebvre's pop-up menu in the form of a white powder that easily could have been absorbed through the nostrils. In some neighborhoods, votes for best burger trump turnouts for local elections, and beef Wellington, locavore and sous vide have found their place in The Associated Press Stylebook.
As meat has been revitalized as a topic of interest for eaters, so has the controversial staging of flesh as art. The Hammer Museum's show "Paul Thek: Diver, a Retrospective" includes works from one example, his series Technological Reliquaries, mysterious, painstaking wax replicas of bloody chunks of meat and severed limbs.
Over the past 50 years, as artists have challenged their audience's comfort with the topic and company of meat, wars, gender dynamics and appetites evolve, and so does the metaphor. The scene was fresh when Thek created his meat sculptures in the '60s, about the time Carolee Schneemann first presented Meat Joy at the First Festival of Free Expression at the American Center in Paris in 1964. Meat Joy featured a sloppy dance of partially nude humans rolling around on the floor, rubbing themselves with raw fish, chickens and sausages, sinking their teeth into the slimy raw flesh, sandwiching the corpses between them as they caressed and kissed each other. The scene was revolting yet somehow tender — human bodies commingling with dead animals, the common denominator being flesh.
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"Of all the food I've used in my work, meat is by far the most pornographic, and often elicits the most intense response," Rubell says in an email. "Like pornography, it has that push-me/pull-me quality — seductive, arousing, exciting, enticing on the one hand, and then immoral, wasteful, cruel, decadent on the other. My work as a whole asks viewers to transgress that Don't Touch viewer/artwork boundary that's been drilled into all of us since childhood. The food is a prompt to that transgression, and the more intense, loaded and irresistible that prompt can be, the better."
Song Dong's edible installations at Chelsea's former PaceWildenstein Gallery (now the Pace Gallery) in 2009 satirized traditional art through wall-mounted landscapes of food from which the audience was invited to eat, including stacks of prosciutto layered with slices of bread and decorated with broccoli florets leaning against a white wall and a mountain of roast pork. His perishable works are essentially art objects for a brief moment before they are devoured. His image captions approximate small recipes. By consuming Dong's ephemeral installations, gallerygoers become collectors of his work.
Feminist artists have long used meat as a metaphor in their work, showcasing it as a garment on the female body. Linder Sterling's dress of chicken entrails from 1982, Jana Sterbak's 1987 work Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic (made from 60 pounds of raw flank steak) and Lady Gaga's raw-meat dress from MTV's 2010 Video Music Awards all looked like something the Rodarte girls might assemble out of their natural-world inspirations. They posed questions of conventional appetites, rituals and gender as well as human-animal relations.
"I went with the cold-concept, warm-execution method," Gaga's dress designer, Franc Fernandez, says via email. "There's something so obviously crude about making a dress out of meat that I wanted the finished product to be almost beautiful, fit her right, look good on camera, make people think twice whether it was real meat or not. The medium is taboo more and more every day."
In contrast to the gluttonous themes at the heart of Dong's, Rubell's and Schneemann's works, and the shock value of meat garments, Thek's "meat pieces" at the Hammer come off as incredibly controlled, almost demure, cautionary and sterile. Inspired by his 1962 trip to the Capuchin Catacombs in Sicily with then-lover Peter Hujar, Thek's sculptures are sealed in Formica and Plexiglas boxes as though they were precious specimens, or morbid preserves, a precursor to Damien Hirst's animals pickled in formaldehyde 30 years later. Unlike Hirst's whole-animal works, Thek's pieces feature unidentifiable portions of meat and severed limbs cast from his own body. The sculptures could easily be mistaken for vestiges of Gunther Von Hagens' early experiments in Plastination in the 1970s, bodies preserved down to bone, tendon, vein.
Untitled (Meat Pyramid), for instance, involves a four-sided Plexiglas pyramid box that contains a bloody, sinewy chunk of wax-meat textured with clear lumps of what could be fat, the top coated in a cloudy layer, insinuating congealed lard. The image caption reveals a list of organic and nonorganic materials: wax, hair, metal, wood, plaster, cord, paint.
Thek's "meat pieces" will not be physically digested by his audience and, unlike the ephemeral works mentioned earlier, which were born out of the relational aesthetics movement, they have physically outlived the artist — who died of AIDS at age 54 — and will outlive audiences. The works are simply art objects — the experience is neither aural, olfactory, gustatory nor tactile. Appetites will not be entertained.
Like the satirical and sarcastic scenes posed by other artists who employ meat as a medium, Thek's works are both ridiculous and religious at once. Although they do not require his audience to physically handle, chew, and digest, the experience of peering into his boxes is no less self-conscious.
But the experience of his works is a relatively private act, and can offer pause to modern viewers preoccupied with meat sources, cooking methods and cuts. Like a diner at a trendy pop-up restaurant, a participant in one of Rubell's meat installations might leave with greasy fingers, a full stomach and a few new friends, while Thek's audience is kept at arm's length, left to consider, without the distraction of sensory details, the matter and meaning of meat.
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Originally posted by j3nn View PostJust heard that a judge invalidated Bloomberg's soda ban that was set to go into effect tomorrow.
Tweet from NYC Mayors office today: "We believe @nycHealthy has the legal authority and responsibility to tackle causes of the obesity epidemic, which kills 5,000 NYers a year."
So when is saturated fat on their list? Black market coconut oil anyone?"It's a great life, if you don't weaken.". John Buchan
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Are you telling me that voting for a city council gives them the right to dictate your food choices?
50 years ago, give or take, items of processed food started appearing regularly in our shops in the UK. Many of the older generation at the time did not touch these foods other than the occasional tin of Spam (pork meat) or corned beef, tins of beans etc. However, the younger generation grew up with them including the introduction of all the sodas and so on. None of us knew the dangers lurking round the corner. Same with smoking. Cigarettes were given to soldiers during the war to calm them, not knowing the health risks associated with smoking (at least the soldiers didn't know the risks).
Well, we are all a bit wiser now. And so are the corporations who make these products. Enough scientific studies have been done to show which substances are potentially bad for us. A recent documentary on TV showed that HFCS is a major factor in obesity and the producers of this stuff (as has already been pointed out here) have won the right to continue making it.
We have our own obesity problem here which is similar to the US (or getting there). There has been debates about legislating against certain foods (higher taxes on them and so on) but this has come to nothing, as yet. Instead the government policy is to encourage healthier eating through the "Change 4 Life" campaign. This includes a series of TV adverts every few months which are practical and give advice (using a little PlayDoh family) on small changes that can be made to reduce lifestyle health risks. This is coupled with interventions in schools and doctor surgeries. It's a cohesive message (whether you agree with the contents or not).
During routine health checks for children, parents of obese children are approached with a view to helping them get their child back to a healthier weight. If no co-operation, then Social Services are involved as it's considered child abuse to allow this to continue. I am not sure how rigorously this is managed, but I suspect it's given some priority, and can lead to children being taken into care if situation does not improve - but that is an extreme measure and not so common.
People who are very poor here do tend to buy rubbish food as it's inexpensive but filling, and the majority of obese children are from poorer backgrounds - but it's not exclusive (it's not the poor who have cupboards full of chocolate bars and crisps). So public education is the only way to go. You can't legislate what food people can or can't buy or say they can't have healthcare because their illness is their own fault. There would be no end to it, would there? But maybe that's where we're headed.
I've noticed on TV during the adverts that almost EVERY advert is selling snacks or food of some sort. The message that it's ok to 'snack' all the time has got to be a big contributing factor to obesity. And some of these snacks are the size of meals! HFCS is bad but it's not the only thing that's bad. Our attitude to food, overeating, wastage, consumerism, all contribute to the problem. The governments should not legislate our food intake but they should influence the amount of advertising and when something can be advertised, what messages we are getting/our children are getting. McDonald's for example do not advertise SuperSize meals here anymore, but you can still get them I believe if you ask.
I don't know what a 16oz drink looks like but most of the sizes on sale in the UK are fairly regular - probably 12oz (not huge). Anecdotally, I've been told that when eating out in the States, you can feed a family of four on one portion of food there?? Sure that's not entirely true, but are we all turning into gluttons?
If people want to eat themselves into an early grave then all you can do is try and educate them. But would any food outlet refuse to serve someone on the basis of "you're too fat already, you can only buy the salad"? Just like a barman would refuse to give a drunkard another drink. You can't nanny state everything. But if you educate, eventually the messages will get through.


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